Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Atlantic County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Court records
- Clerk's Office · Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1822-1949; Index, 1932-1950; Judgements, 1885-1898 · CATCL0011822 - 1949
- Clerk's Office · Supreme Court Minutes, 1874-1954 · CATCL0061874 - 1954
- Clerk's Office · Prohibition Enforcement Act Docket and Case Files, 1921 · CATCL0131921
- Clerk's Office · Motor Vehicle and Traffic Act Violation Dockets, 1939 - 1947 · CATCL0151939 - 1947
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Minutes, 1841-1946 · CATCL0161841 - 1946
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Judgments, 1843-1935 · CATCL0191843 - 1935
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Dockets, 1875-1949 · CATCL0201875 - 1949
- Clerk's Office · Chancery Court Indexes and Assignment of Judgements, 1837-1974 · CATCL0231837 - 1974
- Court of Common Pleas · Minutes, 1837 - 1953 · CATCP0011837 - 1953
- Court of Common Pleas · Certificates of Lunacy/Non - Criminal Commitments, 1855 - 1926 · CATCP0021855 - 1926
- Court of Common Pleas · Dockets and Judgements, 1872-1948 · CATCP0041872 - 1948
- Justices Court · Judgements, 1857-1948 · CATJU0011857 - 1948
- Court of General Quarter Sessions · Minutes, 1837-1941 · CATQU0011837 - 1941
- General Court of Quarter Sessions · Judgements, 1889-1942 · CATQU0021889 - 1942
- Sheriff's Office · Dockets, 1893 - 1966 · CATSH0011893 - 1966
- Small Causes Court/District Court · Miscellaneous Volumes, 1885-1946 · CATSM0011885 - 1946
County government
- Clerk's Office · Executions, 1838-1948 · CATCL0021838 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Partitions, 1845 - 1899 · CATCL0031845 - 1899
- Clerk's Office · Physician and Dentist Licenses, 1850 - 1940 · CATCL0041850 - 1940
- Clerk's Office · Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861 - 1865 · CATCL0081861 - 1865
- Clerk's Office · Executive Jury List, 1888 - 1897 · CATCL0091888 - 1897
- Clerk's Office · Veterinary Register, 1889 - 1919 · CATCL0101889 - 1919
- Clerk's Office · Record of Grand and Petit Jurors, 1901 - 1905 · CATCL0111901 - 1905
- Clerk's Office · Chiropody and Osteopathy Licenses, 1908 - 1942 · CATCL0121908 - 1942
- Clerk's Office · Justice of the Peace Records of Disorderly Persons, 1927 - 1949 · CATCL0141927 - 1949
- Clerk's Office · Road Returns, Volume A, 1837 - 1900 · CATCL0171837 - 1900
- Clerk's Office · Oyer & Terminer Minutes & Judgements, 1879-1950 · CATCL0211879 - 1950
- Clerk's Office · Pistol Permits, 1934-1944 · CATCL0221934 - 1944
- Draft Board · World War I Draft Records, 1917 · CATDR0011917
Deeds and land
Marriages, births and deaths
Naturalization records
Wills and estates
- Surrogate's Office · Index to Dockets, 1915 - 1974 · CATSU0011915 - 1974
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Minutes, 1837 - 1922 · CATSU0021837 - 1922
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1837 - 1922 · CATSU0031837 - 1922
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Administration and Guardianship, Volume A, 1837 - 1927 · CATSU0041837 - 1927
- Surrogate's Office · Administration Bonds, 1878 - 1922 · CATSU0051878 - 1922
- Surrogate's Office · Guardians' Inventories, Volume A, 1838 - 1958 · CATSU0061838 - 1958
- Surrogate's Office · Bounds and Divisions of Estates, Volume A, 1838 - 1916 · CATSU0071838 - 1916
- Surrogate's Office · Sundry Records, 1871 - 1903 · CATSU0091871 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Estate Indexes, 1837 - 1920 · CATSU0101837 - 1920
Tax records
Other records
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected county-created series from the New Jersey State Archives current searchable catalog. Dates, series identifiers and creating offices are retained. Statewide records appearing in county searches were excluded. A catalog entry may describe paper or microfilm held on site; consult its format, restrictions and detailed contents before requesting access.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Atlantic County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk and the surrogate, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Deeds, mortgages and other land records, and naturalizations.
- The surrogate
Wills and estates.
- The New Jersey State Archives
In Trenton: state birth, marriage and death records from 1848, and the original wills and estate papers proved before 1901.
- New Jersey State Archivesfree
The state archives in Trenton, with state vital records from 1848, colonial and state wills, court records and state censuses.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "New Jersey, Atlantic" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Gloucester County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Gloucester County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1837, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
New Jersey began statewide registration in 1848, earlier than most states. The State Archives holds those records for the early years and also the wills proved before 1901.