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Mercer County - Surrogate's Office
Mercer County was formed 22 February 1838 as follows: Trenton, Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence Twps. from Hunterdon; Nottingham (Hamilton) Twp. from Burlington; East & West Windsor from Middlesex; and part of Montgomery Twp. (now Princeton) from Somerset.
Consult the Hunterdon, Burlington, Middlesex and Somerset County pages linked below for pre-1838 records. Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for original estate records for the 1660s-1900 period. The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines. |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Accounts, 1871-1883 |
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Control #:
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CMESU001 |
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Administration Bonds, 1861-1911 |
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CMESU002 |
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Format:
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9 reels (35-mm) |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Appointments of Administrators, 1899-1920 |
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CMESU003 |
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Petitions for Administration, 1884-1908 |
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CMESU004 |
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Applications for Probate of Wills, 1884-1904 |
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CMESU005 |
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Sundry Bonds, 1861-1904 |
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CMESU006 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Appointments of Guardians, 1899-1916 |
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CMESU007 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Letters of Guardianship and Administration, 1838-1878 |
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CMESU008 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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The filing is split into two series after 1878. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Guardian Inventories, 1838-1884 |
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Control #:
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CMESU009 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Petitions for Guardianship, 1916-1926 |
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Control #:
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CMESU010 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Guardian Bonds, 1861-1909 |
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Control #:
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CMESU011 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Record of Federal Inheritance Taxes, 1870-1872 |
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CMESU012 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Inventories of Estates, 1838-1897 |
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CMESU013 |
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Format:
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5 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Orphans Court Minutes 1838-1913 and Indexes, 1838-1958 |
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CMESU014 |
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15 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Divisions and Partitions of Land, 1798-1900 |
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CMESU015 |
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Releases and Discharges, 1839-1918 |
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CMESU016 |
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16 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Index to Estates, 1838-1939 |
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CMESU017 |
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Format:
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4 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Journals, 1838-1912 |
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Control #:
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CMESU018 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Will Books, 1838-1913 |
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Control #:
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CMESU019 |
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Format:
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15 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Bonds on Proceeding to Sell Land, 1861-1937 |
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Control #:
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CMESU020 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Letters of Guardianship, 1878-1909 |
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Control #:
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CMESU021 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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This series is continued from Letters of Guardianship and Administration. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Letters of Administration, 1878-1910 |
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Control #:
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CMESU022 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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This series is continued from Letters of Guardianship and Administration. |
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Series:
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Mercer County Surrogate's Office Divisions of Real Estate by Commissioners, 1847-1934 |
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Control #:
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CMESU023 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 88 reels of microfilm ~
To contact New Jersey State Archives: Relative to research and mail reference services - archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us Relative to records transfers and donations - archives.collections@sos.state.nj.us For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact: Mercer County Surrogate's Office, Mercer County Civil Court House, 175 South Broad Street, Fourth Floor Room 420, PO Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08608, tel. 609-989-6331, website: www.mercercounty.org/surrogate/index.htm This page last updated 07/07/2008 |
