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 112,000 citations to birth and marriage announcements, death notices and obituaries from more than 35 Burlington County newspapers and publications. Also includes citations to WPA grave registration cards cemetery transcriptions, funeral home records, and more. - 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).
- A-Z Guide to Newspapers for Researching Burlington County People and Places An alphabetical guide to newspapers that will help you research Burlington County. Includes years available at BCLS and indexing.
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- Burlington County History & Genealogy
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- Obituaries and Funerals
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- Census Enumerations
- Military Records
- New Jersey History & Genealogy
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Websites and books to get you started.
Information, websites and books about Burlington County.
Books, resources, indexes and websites about birth, marriage and death records.
Print and online indexes, books, and more covering death notices, funeral and burial records.
Cemetery and burial ground transcriptions, indexes, resources and websites for cemeteries.
Information, websites and books on the various census enumerations of Burlington County and the State of New Jersey. Includes list of what the library owns.
Information, websites and books about the military records in our collection.
Information, websites and books covering the State of New Jersey.
Discover our favorite and highly recommended books, websites, and more.
Information and indexes for Burlington County and other newspapers in our collection.
Explore online tools like calculators, charts, calendars and more... all helpful to the family historian.
E-Resources & Databases
- Ancestry Library EditionAccess: Headquarters & all branches in-house use only.
- Biography CollectionAccess: Headquarters, all branches, & remote with your BCLS card.
- New York Times, Digital EditionThe New York Times digital microfilm beginning with 2008 and all issues to date. Access: Headquarters, all branches, & remote with your BCLS card
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