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Morris County
Morris County was formed from the northern portions of original Hunterdon County on 15 March 1739. Consult the Hunterdon County page linked below for pre-1739 records.
County clerks were required by law to file copies of deeds beginning in 1785 and mortgages beginning in 1766. Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for colonial deed filings. Recording of wills and estate inventories at the county level began in 1804. Orphans Courts were established in 1785. 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. Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for information on court jurisdictions. |
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See also:
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Hunterdon County - Clerk's Office
Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records (including state censuses) | |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1773-1909 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL001 |
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Format:
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44 c.f. (88 boxes and 6 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Books are numbered |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Deeds, 1785-1885 and Indexes, 1785-1950 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL002 |
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Format:
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225 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Miscellaneous Records, Volume A, 1876-1925 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL003 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Index to Mortgages, 1765-1926 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL004 |
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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State Archives has film of indexes only. |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Marriage Records, 1795-1919 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL005 |
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Ancient Deeds, 1871-1962 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL006 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Morris County Clerk's Office Oaths of Justices of the Peace, 1880-1948 |
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Control #:
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CMRCL007 |
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (2 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Morris County Court of Common Pleas Minutes, 1740-1866 |
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Control #:
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CMRCP001 |
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Format:
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12 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Morris County Court of Common Pleas Naturalization Records, 1816-1906 |
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Control #:
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CMRCP002 |
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Format:
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29 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Morris County Probation Office First Report, 1917 |
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Control #:
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CMRPR001 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 report) |
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Notes:
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Report of the office's first two and one-half years ending in June 1917. |
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Series:
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Morris County Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace Petition of Robert Robertson for a Brief for Charity, 1771 |
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Control #:
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CMRQU001 |
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Format:
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0.01 c.f. (1 item) |
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Series:
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Morris County Sheriff E. W. Cory Transcription of Account of Sales, 1887-1906 |
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Control #:
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CMRSH001 |
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Format:
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0.05 c.f. (1 item) |
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Series:
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Morris County Surrogate's Office Orphans Court Case File on Estate of William Meier, 1895-1943 |
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Control #:
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CMRSU001 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Various |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 45.76 c.f. of paper records and 282 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: Morris County Clerk's Office, Hall of Records Administration Building, Court Street, PO Box 315, Morristown, NJ 07963-0315, tel. 973-285-6125, website: www.clerk.morris.nj.us Morris County Surrogate's Office, Administrative and Records Building, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900, tel. 973-285-8332, website: www.morrissurrogate.com Morris County Archives, 300 Mendham Road, P.O. Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900, tel. 973-829-8114, website: www.co.morris.nj.us/Heritage/heritage.html This page last updated 07/07/2008 |
