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Burlington
County New Jersey, United States |
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INTRODUCTION
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Burlington County is located in the U.S. state of
New Jersey. The county seat is Mount
Holly. The county seat had been in Burlington,
but as population moved away from the Delaware River a more
central location was needed. As of 2000, the population was 423,394. Burlington
County dates back to 1681, when its court was established. The county was
formed on May 17, 1694,
"by the union of the first and second Tenths". This county is part of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Counties adjacent to
Burlington are: Mercer
County – north; Monmouth
County – northeast;
Ocean
County – east; Atlantic
County – south; Camden
County – southwest;
Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania –
west; Bucks
County, Pennsylvania –
northwest. |
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Source: Wikipedia |
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GEN TOOL-KIT
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COUNTY RECORDS All
Departments below are in the Burlington County Court Facility, 49 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly, NJ 08060; (609)
518-2600, unless otherwise noted below. The Official County website is
located at http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/. Burlington County Clerk has
Land
Records &
Marriage Records from 1776/1785*, and is
located at the address above. 1st floor Phone Number: (609) 265-5122 Burlington County Surrogate Court /
Orphan's Court has Probate
Records from 1785/1804** and is located
at the courthouse. Rm 102, Phone Number: (609) 265-5005. |
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Source: Family
History 101 States |
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HISTORICAL / GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY(s) |
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Historical Societies/Organizations
& Sites in Burlington Co. |
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COUNTY LIBRARY |
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Beverly-Edgewater Park Free Library. |
Moorestown Public Library.
[web site ] Mount Holly Library and Lyceum.)
[web site ] Mount Laurel Library.) [web site ] [online catalog] |
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HISTORICAL PLACES |
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SURNAMES
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The
following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died in this
location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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Moreland;
Scruggs |
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Asay; Bishop; Bozorth; Britton; Brown; Council/Smith; Huff; Mason/Marson; Peiffer/Phifer; Platt; Quigley; Rainear; Rhubart; Sears; Shinn |
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Barstow; Cousart; Fenn; Gardiner; Gotta; McMorrow; Pfeffer; Potts; Sharp; Silar; Siler; Smith; Wittmeyer; Worrell |
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Additional information regarding these and other surnames may also be
found at: |
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ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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ANCESTRAL
GEN-SITES |
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Bordentown Cemetery |
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LOCATION: Lat: 40°08'47"N - Lon:
74°42'54"W; Bordentown
Cemetery Association is at 210 Crosswicks Rd., Bordentown, NJ 08505 |
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s):
Location of
Quigley, Rhubart, Peiffer family graves. |
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INTERNET
WEB LINK(s): Bordentown Cemetery; Find A Grave: Bordentown Cemetery |
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William MacFarland High School |
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LOCATION: Now
known as the McFarland Intermediate School, 87 Crosswicks
St. Bordentown, NJ 08505, Phone: 609-298-0674. |
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s): Thomas Q. Peiffer, Frederick
G. Siler, and June Eleanor Moreland completed High School education here in
1941.
See web page link below for more on the Class of 1941. |
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INTERNET
WEB LINK(s): William MacFarland High
School 1941 Year Book |
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LIST
OF LOCALITIES
The list below will assist
in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage,
death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have
occurred. Source: Wikipedia The yellow star in the map*
at the right designates the location of the seat of government for this
county. *For
a better view of this map use your computer’s ZOOM feature. |
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The
following municipalities are located in Burlington County. Unincorporated
areas are listed within the municipalities in which they are situated. The
type of government is listed in parentheses where it is not included in
municipality name: Bass
River Township ; Beverly
(city); Bordentown
Township; Bordentown
(city); Burlington
Township ; Burlington
(city); Chesterfield
Township; Cinnaminson
Township; Delanco
Township; Delran
Township; Eastampton
Township ; Edgewater
Park Township ; Evesham
Township (Marlton
CDP) ; Fieldsboro
(borough) ; Florence
Township (Florence-Roebling)
; Hainesport
Township ; Lumberton
Township ; Mansfield Township
; Maple
Shade Township ; Medford
Lakes (borough) ; Medford
Township ; Moorestown
Township(Moorestown-Lenola); Mount
Holly Township; Mount
Laurel Township (Ramblewood); New
Hanover Township (Fort Dix (part), McGuire
Air Force Base (part));
North
Hanover Township(McGuire
Air Force Base (part));
Palmyra
(borough); Pemberton
Township (Browns
Mills, Country
Lake Estates, Fort Dix (part), Pemberton
Heights, Presidential
Lakes Estates ); Pemberton
(borough); Riverside
Township; Riverton
(borough); Shamong
Township ; Southampton
Township (Leisuretowne
); Springfield Township (Fort Dix (part)); Tabernacle
Township; Washington Township; Westampton
Township; Willingboro
Township; Woodland
Township; Wrightstown
(borough) |
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We
recommend that you use the following search engine and external
links to obtain additional knowledge
about this topic.
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IMAGE GALLERY
During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
This life size statue of Thomas Paine stands at the head of Prince Street in Bordentown. |
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If you have any
photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we would greatly appreciate hearing
from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any
images that pertain to this location. |
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Contact Information
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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Pony Express: Tom |
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