Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Camden County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
County government
- Clerk's Office · Municipal Incorporation Records [Transcript], 1887 - 1969 · CCDCL0011887 - 1969
- Clerk's Office · Exempt Firemen's Certificates, ca. 1893 - 1922 · CCDCL0021893 - 1922
- Clerk's Office · Physician's Certificates/Diplomas, 1863 & 1871 · CCDCL0031863 - 1871
- Clerk's Office · Inventory of Building Contracts Deposited with the Camden County Historical Society, 1852 - 1886 · CCDCL0051852 - 1886
- Clerk's Office · Road Book A, 1844 - 1960 · CCDCL0081844 - 1960
- Clerk's Office · Attachments, 1853 - 1965 · CCDCL0111853 - 1965
- Clerk's Office · Recognizances, 1882 - 1959 · CCDCL0121882 - 1959
Deeds and land
Court records
- Clerk's Office · Sealing Dockets, 1859 - 1948 · CCDCL0101859 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Supreme Court Judgments, Volume B, 1922 - 1953 · CCDCL0131922 - 1953
- Clerk's Office · Bonds of Sheriffs, 1844 - 1949 · CCDCL0141844 - 1949
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Minutes, 1852 - 1948 · CCDCL0151852 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery Minutes, 1844 - 1948 · CCDCL0161844 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery Executions, 1869 - 1873 · CCDCL0171869 - 1873
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery Indictments, 1885 - 1945 · CCDCL0181885 - 1945
- Clerk's Office · Court of Small Causes/District Court Judgments, 1849 - 1948 · CCDCL0201849 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Volume A, Minutes of District Court, 1911 - 1961 · CCDCL0211911 - 1961
- Court of Common Pleas · Tavern License Applications, 1844 - 1875 · CCDCP0011844 - 1875
- Court of Common Pleas · Fishery Bonds, 1844 - 1917 · CCDCP0031844 - 1917
- Court of Common Pleas · Minutes, 1844 - 1948 · CCDCP0051844 - 1948
- Court of Common Pleas · Judgments, 1940 - 1948 · CCDCP0061940 - 1948
- Court of Common Pleas · Executions, 1844 - 1877 · CCDCP0071844 - 1877
- Court of Common Pleas · Blotters, 1891 - 1948 · CCDCP0081891 - 1948
- Court of Common Pleas · Bonds in Bastardy Proceedings, Volume 1, 1913 - 1967 · CCDCP0091913 - 1967
Naturalization records
Wills and estates
- Surrogate's Office · Petitions for Probate, 1887 - 1905 · CCDSU0081887 - 1905
- Surrogate's Office · Dockets, 1844 - 1929 · CCDSU0091844 - 1929
- Surrogate's Office · Estate Papers [Loose], 1844 - 1900 & 1923 - 1930 · CCDSU0101844 - 1930
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1844 - 1901 · CCDSU0111844 - 1901
- Surrogate's Office · Adoption Files, 1911 - 1936 · CCDSU0121911 - 1936
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1844 - 1872 · CCDSU0131844 - 1872
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Guardianship, 1872 - 1906 · CCDSU0141872 - 1906
- Surrogate's Office · Requests for Partitions, Renunciations and Adoptions, Volume A, 1880 - 1907 · CCDSU0151880 - 1907
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
- Camden 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, Camden" 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 1844, 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.