Indexes to Historical Burlington County Newspapers
These indexes offer researchers a number of opportunities!
Citations are added everyday by BCLS staff and volunteers, so don't forget to search them frequently!
- Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index
This index includes over 110,000 citations to birth and marriage announcements, death notices, obituaries, WPA grave registration cards cemetery transcriptions, funeral home records, and more, from over 35 Burlington County newspapers and publications. - Batsto Citizens Gazette
The Gazette was the chief source of news and information on Batsto Village, an open-air museum in the Wharton State Forest, from 1966-1997. - Bordentown Register/Register News Founded in 1845, this weekly newspaper covers the news from Bordentown and the surrounding area. The index includes citations for both historical and current events.
- Central Record This weekly community paper, begun in 1896, reports the news of Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, and other central Burlington County towns. The index includes citations from January 1980 to the present day.
- New Jersey Mirror
The Mirror was published from 1818-1947 in Mount Holly, but included news from the entire county. Here is the full-text of selected articles (births, marriages, death notices, court cases, town news, surrogate cases) from the first issue to the last. - Times-Advertiser/Community News Index Index to historical and current for two weekly newspapers covering Pemberton Township and the area - "Times-Advertiser" (published 1935-1982) and "Community-News" (published 1983-to date).
On the Web
Vital records, i.e., records that document the major “highlights” of our lives - birth, marriage and death - offer some of the most important clues for solving the genealogy puzzle. In many cases, church records of baptisms, marriages, etc., may substitute when civil records are not readily available. For example, the State of New Jersey began systematic recording of births, marriages, and deaths in May 1848. Before this date, other sources, like Quaker Meeting minutes, must be consulted. No matter the source, vital record documents are the factual framework on which our family histories are constructed .
- Index to New Jersey Colonial Marriages, 1666-1799 Search for citations (scroll down in screen for results).
- Index to New Jersey Marriage Records, 1848-1878 From the original county marriage returns held at the New Jersey State Archives returns. Covers May 1848 through 31 May 1878.
E-Resources & Databases
- Ancestry Library Edition Access: Headquarters & all branches in-house use only.
- Biography Collection Access: Headquarters, all branches, & remote with your BCLS card.
- Footnote.com Access: Headquarters & all branches in-house use only. Sponsored by the NJ State Library.
- New York Times, Digital Edition The New York Times digital microfilm beginning with 2008 and all issues to date. Access: Headquarters, all branches, & remote with your BCLS card
- Access Newspaper Archive *** Please note: This service was discontinued on 1/15/2010 due to budget cuts. ***
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