Cape May Genealogy (in Cape May County, NJ)

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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 online

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 online

Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery Billion Graves online

Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery Interment online

Fairview Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fairview Memorial Cemetery Interment online

Holmes Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Inscriptions from Cape May County Ancestry online

Mount Zion Cemetery; Cape May US Gen Web Archives online

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

Resurrection Cemetery Find a Grave online

Smith Family Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Cape May 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

Federal Census of 1940, Cape May, New Jersey LDS Genealogy 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

Cape May Church Records

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A History of the First Presbyterian Church, Cape May, New Jersey, 1851-1951 Ancestry online

Cape Island, Cape May, New Jersey computer printout, births or christenings, 1854-1867 FamilySearch Library

Church of The Advent, 1953-1970, Parish Register Vol. 2 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

Church of the Advent Yearbook Ancestry online

Church of the Advent yearbook : summer 1926-summer 1930, summer 1932 FamilySearch Library

Church of the Advent, 1900-1952, Parish Register Book 1 (included in New Jersey, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, Church Records) Ancestry online

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 online

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 online

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

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 online

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 online

Cape May Immigration Records

Naturalization records, 1805-1962 FamilySearch Library

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Cape May 1828 ) Ancestry online

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 online

Cape May, New Jersey 1912 Map American Geographical Society online

Cape May 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

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 online

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

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

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

Cape May Newspapers and Obituaries

Gazette of Cape May County 09/09/2010 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Index To the Gazette, Star, Wave and the Star and Wave Newspapers : 1885-1930 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Cape May

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.

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 online

Abstracts of Cape May County wills, 1804-1826 FamilySearch Library

Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 Ancestry online

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

Cape May School Records

Cape May High School - Yam Epac Yearbook (Cape May, NJ), 1935, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957 E Yearbook online

Cape May High School yearbook, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 Classmates online

Cape May High School yearbook, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cape May High School yearbooks, 1935, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lower Cape May Regional High School yearbook, 1965, 1968, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lower Cape May Regional High School yearbook, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994 Classmates online

Lower Cape May Regional High School yearbooks, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cape May Tax Records

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



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