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Books relating to Atlantic County NJ and its inhabitants


The Daily Union History of Atlantic City, New Jersey By John F Hall, George W Bloodgood, 1899

The Indians of New Jersey: Their Origin and Development; Manners and Customs; Language, Religion and Government. With Notices of Some Indian Place Names, By William Nelson, 1894

Early History of Atlantic County, New Jersey: Record of the First Year's Work of Atlantic County's Historical Society By Atlantic County Historical Society (N.J.), 1915

Compendium of Censuses 1726-1905: Together with the Tabulated Returns of 1905, By New Jersey. Department of State, Samuel D. Dickinson, 1906

Directory of Churches in New Jersey: Atlantic County, by New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project, New Jersey. State Planning Board, 1940

The following is a list of publications available FREE, through HeritageQuest. Simply contact your local library to see if they have a subscription (many libraries do). If yes, you can access this at the library. Simply search for "Atlantic County" under the PLACE search. The following (and more) will show up. Some county and local libraries allow you to access this from your home--ask your local librarian about this.

-- Belisle's Atlantic City directory for the year 1874 containing the names of the inhabitants, places of business, hotels, cottages, city officers, &c.; Camden, N.J.: Robert F.S. Belisle, 1874, 82 pgs.
-- Sketches of old Port Republic by Harriet S. Sander; United States: unknown, 1964?, 47 pgs.
-- May's Landing by William H. Hopping; Hammonton, N.J.: Mirror Job and Book Printing, 1885, 39 pgs.
-- Historical discourse delivered Sunday morning, October 28, 1906
Atlantic City, N.J.: The Church?, 1906, 21 pgs. by William Aikman
-- Historical discourse delivered in the Presbyterian Church May's Landing, N.J., April 2d, 1899 on
the occasion of its fifty-eighth anniversary, by Joel S. Gilfillan; Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1899, 43 pgs.
-- History of the Methodist Episcopal Society at Bargaintown, now Zion M. E. Church, in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, formerly Blackman's Meeting House from 1814 to 1909; Ocean City, N.J.: Ledger Print, 1909, 33 pgs. by William Lake
-- A history of the Somers Mansion by Herbert N. Moffett; Somers Point, N.J.: Atlantic County Historical Society, 1942, 26 pgs.
-- Atlantic County, New Jersey marriage records; Merchantville, N.J.: H.S. Craig, 19--?, 93 pgs.
-- The affair at Egg Harbor New Jersey, October 15, 1778, by William S. Stryker; Trenton, N.J.: Naar, Day & Naar, 1894, 34 pgs.
-- History of Atlantic City by A.L. English; Philadelphia, Pa.: Dickson & Gilling, 1884, 229 pgs.
-- Absegami : annals of Eyren Haven and Atlantic City, 1609 to 1904 : being an account of the settlement of Eyren Haven or Egg Harbor ... by Alfred M. Heston; Camden, N.J.: A.M. Heston, 1904, 808 pgs.
-- The Daily Union history of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey : containing sketches of the past and present of Atlantic City and county, with maps and illustrations specially prepared; Atlantic City, N.J.: Daily Union, 1900, 520 pgs. by John F. Hall
-- Atlantic County tombstone inscriptions; United States: unknown, 19--, 57 pgs.
-- Eric Mullica and his descendants : a Swedish pioneer in New Jersey together with a description of the Mullica River region in Burlington and Atlantic counties, N.J., and an account of the early generations of the family in the vicinity of Mullica Hill and Swedeboro, Gloucester County, N.J. by Charles J. Werner; New Gretna, N.J.: C.J. Werner, 1930, 117 pgs.
-- South Jersey : a history, 1664-1924; New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924, 1889 pgs.
-- Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey : a book of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation; New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910, 1962 pgs