Library Resources

Databases

• Ancestry.com Library Edition (available only for in-library use)

State of N.J., Local Research

• Gloucester County Historical Society
• NJ State Library - Guide to Genealogy Resources in NJ
• NJ State Library - Guide to NJ Digitized Historic Newspapers
• NJ Historical Society - Genealogists' Guide
• The Genealogical Society of New Jersey
• NJ Societies, Libraries, & Archives
• NJ Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies

U.S. Government, National Archives

• Resources for Genealogists - National Archives

Online Genealogy Tools

General

• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
• Cyndi's List
• Castle Garden (pre-Ellis Island, covers 1820-1892)
• Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
• Steve Morse Search Engines

By Nationality or Ethnicity

• German Roots
• ItalianGen
• JewishGen
• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
• ScotlandsPeople

Cemeteries

• Find A Grave
• Nationwide Gravesite Locator (managed by U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
• Interment.net

Maps

• Old Maps Online
• Sanborn Maps of New Jersey

Online Guides to Research

• Genealogy Research Tips from the New York Public Library
• Research Guides from the Milstein Division of U.S. History-Local History & Genealogy
• Everyone Counts: Using the Census in Genealogy Research
• Getting Started Doing Your Family History