Salem Genealogy (in Salem County, NJ)

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Salem Birth Records

New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Birth Records, 1848-1920 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Birth Records, 1921-present New Jersey Department of Health

Salem, Salem, New Jersey computer printout; births or christenings, 1860-1867 FamilySearch Library

Salem Cemetery Records

Alloway Baptist Cemetery Interment online

Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

East View Cemetery Find a Grave online

East View Cemetery Interment online

Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Finn's Point National Cemetery Interment online

Finn's Point National Cemetery Interment online

Finn's Point National Cemetery : Route 3, Salem, New Jersey. WorldCat

New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry online

Saint John Episcopal Cemetery Interment online

Saint John's Episcopal Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salem Baptist Cemetery Interment online

St. James Episcopal Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Salem Census Records

1855 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1865 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1875 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1885 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1895 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1905 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1915 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Salem Church Records

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Church Records for Broadway United Methodist (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church Records for St John's Episcopal Church (in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1675-1947 [Salem, New Jersey\ (Society of Friends. Salem Monthly Meeting (Salem, New Jersey : Hicksite)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1686-1899 (Society of Friends. Salem Monthly Meeting (Woodstown, New Jersey : Orthodox)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1755-1859 (First Baptist Church (Salem, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1755-1950 (First Baptist Church (Salem, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1796-1837 (Methodist Episcopal Church (Salem, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library

First Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1796-1837, Salem, N.J. Archive Grid

New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry online

Records of the Salem Monthly Meeting of Friends, Salem, N.J., 1685-1899 FamilySearch Library

Salem, Salem, New Jersey computer printout; births or christenings, 1860-1867 FamilySearch Library

St. John's, 1882-1904, Parish Register Vol. 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1905-1943, Parish Register Vol. 2 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1910-1945, Parish Register Vol. 3-Marriages (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1946-1952, Parish Register Vol. 4 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

St. John's, 1952-1970, Parish Register Vol. 5 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Salem City Directories

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Salem (New Jersey) city directories FamilySearch Library

Salem City Directory 1887 MyHeritage online

Salem City Directory 1889 MyHeritage online

Salem City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Salem City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Salem City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Salem City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Salem, NJ 1903-1931 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1899 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem, New Jersey, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Salem Death Records

1901-1903, 1920-1929, 1949-2000 New Jersey Death Index Ancestry online

1920-1929, 1949-2017 New Jersey Death Index MyHeritage online

New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Death Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Death Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health

Salem County, New Jersey, Deaths and Marriages : Extracted from the Newspaper, Salem Sunbeam, from 1858 Through 1903 FamilySearch Library

Salem Histories and Genealogies

Craven's Choice : Paper Read Before the Salem County Historical Society On June 9th, 1908 Ancestry online

First Quarter Century of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Salem, New Jersey Ancestry online

Genealogical Data : the Salem Tenth in West New Jersey Ancestry online

History and genealogy of Fenwick's colony LDS Genealogy online

History and genealogy of Fenwick's colony Internet Archive online

Salem more than a century ago : extracts from the Salem messenger from September, 1819, to December, 1872 FamilySearch Library

Sketches of Salem N.J. and vicinity in the years 1823-1826 : extracts from the files of the Salem messenger and public advertiser, FamilySearch Library

Sketches of Salem, N.J., and Vicinity in the Year 1823-26 Ancestry online

Salem Immigration Records

Naturalization records, 1888-1960 FamilySearch Library

Salem Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, 1923 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, July 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, July 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, July 1896 Library of Congress online

Salem Marriage Records

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1670-1965 New Jersey Marriage Records (selections) Ancestry online

1901-1914 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

1901-2016 New Jersey Marriage Index Ancestry online

1915-2016 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

First Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1796-1837, Salem, N.J. Archive Grid

Marriage license index, 1680-1945 FamilySearch Library

New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health

Salem County (New Jersey) Marriage Records Ancestry online

Salem County, New Jersey, Deaths and Marriages : Extracted from the Newspaper, Salem Sunbeam, from 1858 Through 1903 FamilySearch Library

South Jersey Marriages : Supplementing the Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem County Marriage Records Ancestry online

Salem Military Records

Finn's Point National Cemetery : Route 3, Salem, New Jersey. WorldCat

Salem Newspapers and Obituaries

Newspaper Articles Regarding Salem County, New Jersey Families Ancestry online

Salem County, New Jersey, Deaths and Marriages : Extracted from the Newspaper, Salem Sunbeam, from 1858 Through 1903 FamilySearch Library

Salem Messenger and Public Advertiser 11/17/1819 to 04/25/1832 Genealogy Bank online

Salem, N.J., newspaper index, 1850-1940s Archive Grid

Today's Sunbeam 07/29/2004 to 11/04/2012 Genealogy Bank online

Today's Sunbeam: Web Edition Articles 01/21/2010 to 09/12/2012 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Salem

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Freeman's Banner. (Salem, N.J.) 1834-1843

National Standard and Salem County Advertiser. (Salem, N.J.) 1844-1846

National Standard and Salem County Advertiser. (Salem, N.J.) 1849-1867

National Standard. (Salem, N.J.) 1843-1844

National Standard. (Salem, N.J.) 1846-1849

National Standard. (Salem, N.J.) 1867-1904

Salem Messenger. (Salem, N.J.) 1819-1822

Salem Messenger. and Public Advertiser. (Salem, N.J.) 1822-1834

Salem Standard and Jerseyman. (Salem, N.J.) 1904-1972

South Jerseyman. (Salem, N.J.) 1881-1904

Today's Sunbeam. (Salem, N.J.) 1972-Current

West-Jersey Gazette. (Salem, N.J.) 1817-1818

Salem Probate Records

1785-1924 New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 Ancestry online

Salem County Wills : Recorded in the Office of the Surrogate at Salem, New Jersey : 1831-1860 Ancestry online

Salem County wills : recorded in the Office of the Surrogate at Salem, New Jersey WorldCat

Salem County wills recorded in the office of the surrogate at Salem, New Jersey WorldCat

Salem School Records

Salem High School - Fenwick Papers Yearbook (Salem, NJ), 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953 E Yearbook online

Salem High School yearbook, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salem High School yearbook, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Salem High School yearbook, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 Classmates online

Salem Tax Records

1772-1822 Tax Lists (included in New Jersey Census collection) Ancestry online



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