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Superior Court of New Jersey and Miscellaneous Judicial Records


The State Archives' holdings from the Superior Court include the 1901-1952 wills and limited post-1948 court records.

For additional or more recent material contact the Superior Court Records Management Center at 171 Jersey Street, Trenton, NJ 08625-0967, tel. 609-421-6100.


Series:
Administrative Office of the Courts
Portraits of Court Officials, 1973-1979
Control #:
SAD00001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Arrangement:
By court, then alpha.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Administrative Office of the Courts
Miscellaneous Publications, 1974-1979
Control #:
SAD00002
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 box)

Series:
Administrative Office of the Courts
Annual Reports of the Judiciary, 1982-1990
Control #:
SAD00003
Format:
0.5 c.f. (7 vols.)
Notes:
Missing 1985.

Series:
Judiciary
Maps and Plans, 1850s-1890s
Control #:
SJU00001
Format:
19 c.f. (13 map boxes and 5 flat boxes)
Arrangement:
Various
Notes:
Includes maps filed with the Supreme Court, Chancery Court, and probably Prerogative Court.
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Chancery Division
Somerset County
Civil Docket P, Case No. 226, Doris Duke Trust, 1979-1988
Control #:
SSUCH001
Format:
3.5 c.f. (4 boxes)

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Chancery Division
Lists of Enrolled Cases Microfilmed, ca. 1977-1979
Control #:
SSUCH002
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
By enrollment number
Notes:
Includes enrollment number, title of case, and docket/page numbers.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
Minutes, 1948-1949
Control #:
SSULA001
Format:
0.5 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
For earlier minutes see Camden County / Court of Common Pleas / Minutes.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
District Court Judgments, 1948-1961
Control #:
SSULA002
Format:
6 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
For earlier records see Camden County/Clerk's Office/Court of Small Causes/District Court Judgments. Each vol. includes an index.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
Blotters, 1948-1966
Control #:
SSULA003
Format:
2.5 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
For earlier Blotters see Camden County / Court of Common Pleas / Blotters.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
Criminal Case Minutes, 1948-1956
Control #:
SSULA004
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
For earlier records see Camden County / Court of General Quarter Sessions / Minutes.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
Judgments, 1948-1957
Control #:
SSULA005
Format:
2.5 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
For earlier records see Camden County / Court of Common Pleas / Judgments.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
Sealing Dockets, 1948-1956
Control #:
SSULA006
Format:
0.5 reel (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
For earlier records see Camden County / Clerk's Office / Sealing Dockets.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Monmouth County
Docket No. L-13259-81E, In the Matter of the 1981 General Election for the Office of Governor
Control #:
SSULA007
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 box)
Notes:
Includes various civil actions initiated by Thomas Kean and James Florio regarding recounting votes in the gubernatorial election.

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Law Division
Camden County
District Court Docketed Judgments, 1954-1971
Control #:
SSULA008
Format:
2 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Chronological

Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Probate Division
Wills of Prominent New Jerseyans, 1804-1994
Control #:
SSUPR001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Arrangement:
Alphabetical by testator
Finding Aid:
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Series:
Superior Court of New Jersey
Probate Division
Wills and Index, 1901-1952
Control #:
SSUPR002
Format:
51 c.f. (2 boxes, 371 index drawers); 2239 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
By file number
Notes:
Pre-1901 wills cataloged under Secretary of State.


Related records:


Series:
Judicial Council of New Jersey
Annual Reports, 1930-1937
Control #:
SZJUD001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 box)
Notes:
The Judicial Council was created by law in 1930 to "make continuous study of the organization and relation of the various courts ..."


~ The collections listed on this page represent 78.25 c.f. of paper records and 2254 reels of microfilm ~



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This page last updated 02/05/2007