So you’ve suddenly developed a deep interest in the history of Atlantic County, or perhaps you really want to find out if the old family stories about Great Uncle Enoch are really true, but you don’t have a clue as to where to start. You’re in luck, Atlantic County Historical Society Trustee, Jim Mason, has compiled a list of relevant links regarding cartography, local history, nautical records and genealogy and has provided them below. Enjoy!
Map Links
Sanborn Maps, New Jersey towns and cities, by County The Sanborn Map Company is the oldest mapping company in the United States. Founded in 1866, the
company created detailed building maps of cities and towns all across the country, primarily for use by insurance companies. These maps also have been used extensively by local government agencies for over a century in conducting their daily operations efficiently. Approximately 12,000 American cities and towns are chronicled in the company’s collection of over one million maps. As a result of its history, the name “Sanborn” has become synonymous with this kind of map. Genealogists, local history buffs, city planners, architects, and countless others have been drawn to the quality of detail found in them.
Rutgers University historical maps of New Jersey
NOAA Office of Coast Survey Historical Map and Chart Collection
Beers, Comstock and Cline Wall Map of Atlantic County – 1872 (41 mb file!)
Books and Pamphlets
Hall’s “Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County” 1899
“Early History of Atlantic County, New Jersey” published by ACHS in 1915
“Atlantic City and County, New Jersey, biographically illustrated: a short biography: illustrated by portraits, of prominent residents of Atlantic County and the famous summer and winter resort, celebrated throughout America — Atlantic City” 1899
by Heston, Alfred M. (Alfred Miller), 1854-1937
Publication date 1900
Heston’s hand-book : being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and County during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries; also Indian traditions and sketches of the region between Absegami and Chicohacki, in the country called Scheyichbi
by Heston, Alfred M. (Alfred Miller), 1854-1937
Publication date 1900
Publisher Atlantic City, N.J. : A.M. Heston
Hand-book of Atlantic City, New Jersey
by Heston, Alfred M. (Alfred Miller), 1854-1937
Publication date 1887
Absegami : annals of Eyren Haven and Atlantic city, 1609 to 1904 , vol. 1
by Heston, Alfred M. (Alfred Miller), 1854-1937. cn
Absegami : annals of Eyren Haven and Atlantic city, 1609 to 1904, vol. 2
by Heston, Alfred M. (Alfred Miller), 1854-1937. cn
“Cape May to Atlantic City”,
a travelogue published by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1883.
“History of Atlantic City, New Jersey”, A. L. English, 1884
“Atlantic City, New Jersey”
a publication of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad
Publication date 1873
“The History of New Jersey from the Discovery by Europeans to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution” and “A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey. Comprehending a General View of its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map”
Thomas Gordon, 1834
Nautical
“Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States”, U.S. Gov’t publications, various dates 1869-1935
also
“Rogers and Black’s Marine Roll, or, List of the Names of the Permanently Registered and Enrolled Vessels Above Twenty Tons, Comprising the Mercantile Marine of the United States”, 1847
“Annual Report of the United States Life-saving Service”, various dates 1876-1913
“South Jersey, a history, 1664-1924”
Heston, Alfred M. (Alfred Miller), 1854-1937. comp
Genealogy
“New Jersey Online Genealogy Records”, an exhaustive list of links provided by the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints
“Bible records of Atlantic County, NJ” compiled by Sarah Ann Risley
Volume 1
Volume 2
“History and Genealogy of Fenwick’s Colony”, by Thomas Shourds, 1876
“Descendants of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven”
“A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island”
Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley, 1915
“The Genealogy and History of the Shreve Family from 1641”, by L.P. Allen, 1901
“The Ong Family of America”, by Albert R. Ong, 1906
“Jeremy Adams of Cambridge, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., and his Descendants”
Arthur Adams, 1955M