Cape May Genealogy (in Cape May County, NJ)
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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Cape May are also found through the Cape May County and New Jersey pages.
Cape May Birth Records
Cape Island, Cape May, New Jersey computer printout, births or christenings, 1854-1867 FamilySearch Library
Great Egg Harbor, Atlantic Co., N.J. [and] Cape May, Cape May Co., N.J. Monthly Meeting : births & deaths 1681-1841, marriages 1809-1837, minute 1726-1843 FamilySearch Library
New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry 
New Jersey, Birth Records, 1848-1920 New Jersey State Archives
New Jersey, Birth Records, 1921-present New Jersey Department of Health
Cape May Cemetery Records
Cape May County Park and Zoo Burial Ground Find a Grave
Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery Find a Grave
Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery Billion Graves
Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery Interment
Fairview Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave
Fairview Memorial Cemetery Interment
Holmes Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Inscriptions from Cape May County Ancestry
Mount Zion Cemetery; Cape May US Gen Web Archives
New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry
Resurrection Cemetery Find a Grave
Smith Family Burial Ground Find a Grave
Cape May Census Records
1855 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
1865 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
1875 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
1885 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
1895 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
1905 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
1915 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry
Federal Census of 1940, Cape May, New Jersey LDS Genealogy
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Cape May Church Records
A History of the First Presbyterian Church, Cape May, New Jersey, 1851-1951 Ancestry
Cape Island, Cape May, New Jersey computer printout, births or christenings, 1854-1867 FamilySearch Library
Church of the Advent Yearbook Ancestry
Church of the Advent yearbook : summer 1926-summer 1930, summer 1932 FamilySearch Library
Great Egg Harbor, Atlantic Co., N.J. [and] Cape May, Cape May Co., N.J. Monthly Meeting : births & deaths 1681-1841, marriages 1809-1837, minute 1726-1843 FamilySearch Library
Monthly meeting records, 1693-1837 (Society of Friends. Egg Harbor and Cape May Monthly Meeting (Atlantic and Cape May Counties, New Jersey)) FamilySearch Library
New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry
Cape May City Directories
Cumberland County (New Jersey) directories FamilySearch Library
Cape May Death Records
1901-1903, 1920-1929, 1949-2000 New Jersey Death Index Ancestry
1920-1929, 1949-2017 New Jersey Death Index MyHeritage
Great Egg Harbor, Atlantic Co., N.J. [and] Cape May, Cape May Co., N.J. Monthly Meeting : births & deaths 1681-1841, marriages 1809-1837, minute 1726-1843 FamilySearch Library
New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry
New Jersey, Death Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives
New Jersey, Death Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health
Cape May Histories and Genealogies
Cape May spray (New Jersey) Genealogy Gophers
Cape May Immigration Records
Naturalization records, 1805-1962 FamilySearch Library
U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Cape May 1828 ) Ancestry
Cape May Land Records
Deeds, 1692-1934; deed index, 1692-1926 FamilySearch Library
Cape May Map Records
Cape May City, New Jersey 1880 Map American Geographical Society
Cape May, New Jersey 1912 Map American Geographical Society
Cape May Marriage Records
1670-1965 New Jersey Marriage Records (selections) Ancestry
1901-1914 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage
1901-2016 New Jersey Marriage Index Ancestry
1915-2016 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage
Great Egg Harbor, Atlantic Co., N.J. [and] Cape May, Cape May Co., N.J. Monthly Meeting : births & deaths 1681-1841, marriages 1809-1837, minute 1726-1843 FamilySearch Library
New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 Ancestry
New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives
New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health
Cape May Newspapers and Obituaries
Gazette of Cape May County 09/09/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank
Index To the Gazette, Star, Wave and the Star and Wave Newspapers : 1885-1930 FamilySearch Library
Offline Newspapers for Cape MayAccording 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. Cape May Co. Gazette. (Cape May Court House, N.J.) 1880-1977 Cape May Daily Star. (Cape May City, N.J.) 1872-1906 Cape May Ocean Wave. (Cape Island [I.E. Cape May], N.J.) 1840s-1876 Cape May Wave. (Cape May City, N.J.) 1876-1907 Gazette Leader. (Cape May Co., N.J.) 1977-Current Star of the Cape. (Cape May Court House, N.J.) 1868-1907 |
Cape May Probate Records
1785-1924 New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
Abstracts of Cape May County wills, 1804-1826 FamilySearch Library
Cape May School Records
Cape May High School - Yam Epac Yearbook (Cape May, NJ), 1935, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957 E Yearbook
Cape May High School yearbook, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 Classmates
Lower Cape May Regional High School yearbook, 1965, 1968, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage
Cape May Tax Records
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