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Passaic County - Surrogate's Office
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. 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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See also:
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Bergen County - Surrogate's Office
Essex County - Surrogate's Office Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records (including state censuses) | |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Miscellaneous Estate Records [incomplete], ca. 1853-1957 |
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Control #:
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CPASU001 |
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Format:
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20 c.f. (20 boxes) |
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Notes:
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Apparently only a portion of these records were transfered to the Archives; includes surnames ending in C, D, E, F, K, L & M. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Administration Bonds, 1861-1902 |
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Control #:
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CPASU002 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Miscellaneous Bonds, 1870-1899 |
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Control #:
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CPASU003 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Letters of Guardianship, 1857-1903 |
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Control #:
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CPASU004 |
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Continue from Letters of Administration and Guardianship. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Guardians' Bonds, 1861-1904 |
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Control #:
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CPASU005 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Estate Inventories, 1837-1902 |
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Control #:
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CPASU006 |
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Format:
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14 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Petitions for Letters of Administration, 1884-1903 |
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Control #:
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CPASU007 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1837-1857 |
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Control #:
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CPASU008 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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This filing is split into two series in 1857. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Orphans Court Records, 1837-1900 |
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Control #:
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CPASU009 |
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Format:
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9 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Requests for Renunciations and Releases, 1871-1900 |
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Control #:
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CPASU010 |
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Format:
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6 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Sales of Lands, 1870-1904 |
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Control #:
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CPASU011 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Will Books, 1835-1911 |
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Control #:
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CPASU012 |
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Format:
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20 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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See Index to Wills and Proceedings for name-access to testators. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Petitions for Probate of Wills, 1884-1903 |
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Control #:
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CPASU013 |
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Lodged Wills [Unprobated], 1842-1972 |
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Control #:
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CPASU014 |
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by testator |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Index of Wills and Proceedings, 1835-1919 |
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Control #:
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CPASU015 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Letters of Adminstration, 1857-1903 |
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Control #:
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CPASU016 |
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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This series continues from Letters of Administration and Guardianship. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Surrogate's Office Adoptions, 1880-1901 |
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Control #:
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CPASU017 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 21.5 c.f. of paper records and 69 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 Surrogate's Office, 77 Hamilton Street, Paterson, NJ 07505-2018, tel. 973-881-4771, website: www.passaiccountynj.org/Departments/departments.html#Surrogate's Court This page last updated 07/07/2008 |
