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Passaic County - Clerk's Office, Courts and Miscellaneous
Passaic County was formed 7 February 1837 as follows: Acquackanonk (Clifton) and Paterson Twps. from Essex County; Manchester (Haledon), Pompton (Bloomingdale/Ringwood/Wanaque/Pompton Lakes) and West Milford Twps. from Bergen County.
Consult the Bergen and Essex pages linked below for pre-1837 records. 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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Bergen County - Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous
Essex County - Clerk's and Register's Offices Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records (including state censuses) | |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Assignments of Mortgages and Indexes, 1851-1901 |
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Control #:
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CPACL001 |
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Format:
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25 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Indexes continue through 1936. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office 1860 Federal Census Schedule for Passaic County |
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Control #:
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CPACL002 |
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Format:
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0.4 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Bergen County Mortgages [Copy], 1766-1840 |
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Control #:
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CPACL003 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Civil War Records, ca. 1861-ca. 1865 |
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Control #:
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CPACL004 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Divisions and Partitions of Land, 1850s-1880s |
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Control #:
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CPACL005 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Miscellaneous Records, 1820-1963 |
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Control #:
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CPACL006 |
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Format:
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14 c.f. (20 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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No obvious arrangement |
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Notes:
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A portion of the material has not been processed. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Essex County Mortgages, 1766-1838 |
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Control #:
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CPACL007 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Marriage Records, 1837-1902 |
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Control #:
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CPACL008 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (3 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Mortgages 1837-1866 and Indexes, 1837-1916 |
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Control #:
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CPACL009 |
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Format:
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17 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Building Contracts, 1849-1926 |
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Control #:
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CPACL010 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes) |
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Notes:
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Mostly public buildings, including schools and fire houses. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Perth Amboy Surveys, 1678-1814 |
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Control #:
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CPACL011 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Include index. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Release Books, 1888-1908 |
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Control #:
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CPACL012 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Nurses' Licenses, 1903-1945 |
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Control #:
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CPACL013 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (6 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Alphabetic index included in Books A-D. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Medical Registers, 1845-1975 |
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Control #:
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CPACL014 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Various |
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Notes:
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Includes registers of physicians, midwives, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, druggists, dentists, etc. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1827-1948 |
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Control #:
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CPACL015 |
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Format:
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6 c.f. (24 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by justices' name |
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Notes:
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Indexes are occassionally included in volume. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Exempt Firemen's and Military Certificates, 1860s-1935 |
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Control #:
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CPACL016 |
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Lists of Notaries, 1837-1935 |
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Control #:
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CPACL017 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Circuit Court and Supreme Court, 1870s-1897 |
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Control #:
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CPACL018 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Sewer and Road Improvement Maps, 1860s-1910s |
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Control #:
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CPACL019 |
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Format:
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6 c.f. (6 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Mechanics' Liens, 1837-1893 |
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Control #:
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CPACL020 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Papers Relating to Roads and Sewers, 1837-1960s |
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Control #:
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CPACL021 |
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Format:
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7 c.f. (7 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Lists of Appeals, 1868-1907 |
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Control #:
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CPACL022 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Index to Circuit Court Judgments, No. 1, ca. 1862-ca. 1895 |
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Control #:
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CPACL023 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Proceedings [Case Files] and Indexes, 1838-1881 |
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Control #:
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CPACL024 |
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Format:
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30 c.f. (29 boxes and 2 vols.) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes [with gaps], 1837-1915 |
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Control #:
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CPACL025 |
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Format:
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11 c.f. (41 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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By record type and then chronological |
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Notes:
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"Record" volumes A-I appear to be duplicate copies of the minutes, gaps in the minutes may be supplemented by these. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Executions, 1837-1928 |
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Control #:
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CPACL026 |
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Format:
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8 c.f. (18 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes one volume of Quarter Sessions Executions, and one volume of deed searches, 1837-1863. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court in Equity Registers, 1852-1904 |
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Control #:
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CPACL027 |
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 vols. 1 box) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Court of Oyer and Terminer Indictments, 1910-1919 |
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Control #:
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CPACL028 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Session Minutes [with gaps], 1840-1942 |
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Control #:
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CPACL029 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (15 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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By record type, then chronological |
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Notes:
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"Record" volumes appear to be duplicate copies of the minutes; gaps in the minutes may be supplemented by these. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Rough Minutes of the Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer [with gaps], 1888-1942 |
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Control #:
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CPACL030 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of Common Pleas Loose Papers, 1837-1908 |
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Control #:
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CPACP001 |
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Format:
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12 c.f. (12 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of Common Pleas Minutes, 1840-1914 |
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Control #:
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CPACP002 |
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Format:
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8 c.f. (25 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological |
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Notes:
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Record volumes appear to be duplicates of the minutes. Volumes B-I include naturalization entries. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of Common Pleas Executions and Indexes, 1837-1947 |
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Control #:
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CPACP003 |
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Format:
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3 c.f. (8vols. 1 box) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of Common Pleas Judgments, 1837-1912 |
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Control #:
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CPACP004 |
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (4 boxes and one vol.) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of Common Pleas Veteran's Peddlers Licenses, 1931-1952 |
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Control #:
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CPACP005 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of Common Pleas Naturalization Records, 1837-1906 |
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Control #:
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CPACP006 |
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Format:
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67 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Coroner's Office Reports, Testimonies and Inquisitions, 1837-1901 |
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Control #:
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CPACR001 |
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Format:
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19 c.f. (33 boxes) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Department of Parks and Recreation Transcriptions of Dey Mansion Manuscripts, 1790-1925 |
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Control #:
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CPAPA001 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace Minutes, 1867-1952 |
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Control #:
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CPAQU001 |
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Format:
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15 c.f. (45 volumes) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace Special Sessions Minutes [Allegations], 1875-1927 |
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Control #:
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CPAQU002 |
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Format:
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8 c.f. (25 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace Special Sessions Minutes [Indictments], 1909-1928 |
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Control #:
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CPAQU003 |
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Passaic County Court of General Quarter Sessions Recognizances, 1906-1919 |
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Control #:
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CPAQU004 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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chronological |
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Series:
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Passaic County Register of Deeds Ancient Deeds, 1877-1897 |
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Control #:
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CPARD001 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Register of Deeds Deeds, 1837-1901 and Indexes, 1837-1916 |
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Control #:
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CPARD002 |
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Format:
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210 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Register of Deeds Bergen County Deeds [Copy], 1715-1838 |
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Control #:
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CPARD003 |
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Format:
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16 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Register of Deeds Essex County Deeds [Copy], 1729-1838 |
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Control #:
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CPARD004 |
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Format:
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8 reels (35-mm) |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 188.15 c.f. of paper records and 357 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: Passaic County Clerk's Office, 401 Grand Street, Room 130, Paterson, NJ 07505, tel. 973-225-3632, website: www.passaiccountynj.org/Departments/departments.html#clerk This page last updated 07/07/2008 |
