County Government Records

Regular filings in the Clerks' Offices include deeds, mortgages, early marriage returns (1795-1878), tavern licenses, etc. In some counties, deeds and mortgages are filed by a County Register of Deeds.

Naturalizations prior to 1948 were granted by the former Courts of Common Pleas and by other courts. Probate and estate-administration filings, guardianship and adoption records, and minutes of the Orphans Courts are filed in the Surrogate's Offices.

Place-Name Resources

• County Map and Historical Information
• Local Place Names - searchable version of the Department of Transportation's directory of modern place names in New Jersey. Users should note that many historical place names are not included.

County Records grouped by Subject (includes some municipal records)

• County Marriage Records
• County Birth and Burial Records
• Adoptions
• Records relating to Taverns
• Records relating to Peddlers
• County Military Records and Veterans' Grave Registrations

Holdings by County

• Atlantic County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Bergen County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Burlington County: Clerk's Office | Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Camden County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Cape May County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Cumberland County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Essex County: Clerk's Office | Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Gloucester County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Hudson County: Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Hunterdon County: Clerk's Office | Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate's Office
• Mercer County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Middlesex County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Monmouth County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Morris County: Clerk’s Office
• Ocean County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Passaic County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Salem County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Somerset County: Clerk’s Office | Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Sussex County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office
• Union County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous |Surrogate’s Office
• Warren County: Clerk’s Office, Courts & Miscellaneous | Surrogate’s Office