|
New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Contact Information
Email: Feedback@sos.state.nj.us |
Atlantic County - Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous
|
Atlantic County was formed from Gloucester County on 7 February 1837. Consult the Gloucester County page 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.
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1822-1949 and Index, 1932-1950
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL001
|
|
Format:
|
22.5 c.f. (50 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Alphabetical by justices' name
|
|
Notes:
|
Index to cases, 1932-1950, is arranged semi-alphabetically by defendant but does not correspond to the exisiting records.
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Executions, 1838-1903
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL002
|
|
Format:
|
0.5 c.f. (5 vols.)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Partitions, 1845-1899
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL003
|
|
Format:
|
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes); 1 reel (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Physician and Dentist Licenses, 1850-1940
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL004
|
|
Format:
|
2 c.f. (4 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Deeds and Indexes, 1837-1900
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL005
|
|
Format:
|
154 reels (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological by filing date
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Rough Minutes, 1874-1905
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL006
|
|
Format:
|
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Marriage Books, 1837-1885 and Indexes, 1837-1910
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL007
|
|
Format:
|
0.5 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
By date of filing
|
|
Notes:
|
Book A is still held by the Atlantic Co. Clerk's Office; State Archives holds Book 2 and film of Books A, 2 and the index.
Index includes references to non-resident marriages 1897-1910.
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Record of Volunteers in the Civil War, 1861-1865
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL008
|
|
Format:
|
0.1 reel (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
By regiment
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Executive Jury List, 1888-1897
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL009
|
|
Format:
|
0.75 c.f. (1 vol.)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Alpha. by municipality, then by name
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Veterinary Register, 1889-1919
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL010
|
|
Format:
|
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Record of Grand and Petit Jurors, 1901-1905
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL011
|
|
Format:
|
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Chiropody and Osteopathy Licenses, 1908-1942
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL012
|
|
Format:
|
0.25 c.f. (1 box)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Notes:
|
Chiropody licenses begin 1908; osteopathy licenses begin 1913.
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Prohibition Enforcement Act Docket and Case Files, 1921
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL013
|
|
Format:
|
2 c.f. (4 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Justice of the Peace Records of Disorderly Persons, 1927-1949
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL014
|
|
Format:
|
2 c.f. (4 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
By year
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Motor Vehicle and Traffic Act Violation Dockets, 1939-1947
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL015
|
|
Format:
|
1 c.f. (6 vols.)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1841-1905
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL016
|
|
Format:
|
1 c.f. (2 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Road Returns, Volume A, 1837-1900
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL017
|
|
Format:
|
1 reel (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Mortgage Book A, 1837-1862
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCL018
|
|
Format:
|
1 reel (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological by recording date
|
|
Notes:
|
Includes index.
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Court of Common Pleas
Minutes, 1838-1905
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCP001
|
|
Format:
|
1 c.f. (2 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Court of Common Pleas
Certificates of Lunacy/Non-Criminal Commitments, 1855-1926
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCP002
|
|
Format:
|
5 c.f. (10 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
|
Notes:
|
Includes commitments to psychiatric institutions and other hospitals.
|
|
Restrictions:
|
Some records may be confidential as per NJSA 30:4-24.3
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Court of Common Pleas
Naturalization Records, 1837-1951
|
|
Control #:
|
CATCP003
|
|
Format:
|
30 reels (35-mm)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological within record type
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Draft Board
World War I Draft Records, 1917
|
|
Control #:
|
CATDR001
|
|
Format:
|
2.5 c.f. (5 boxes)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
By draft number
|
|
Notes:
|
Include: physical examination records, discharge records, affidavits of married draftees and wives, etc.
|
|
Finding Aid:
|
Click here!
|
|
Series:
|
Atlantic County
Sheriff's Office
Summons Docket of S. E. Johnson, Sheriff, 1893-1896
|
|
Control #:
|
CATSH001
|
|
Format:
|
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
|
|
Arrangement:
|
Chronological
|
~ The collections listed on this page represent 43.3 c.f. of paper records and 188.1 reels of microfilm ~
To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov
For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:
Atlantic County Clerk's Office, 5901 Main Street, PO Box 2005, Mays Landing, NJ 08330, tel. 609-625-4011, website: www.atlanticcountyclerk.org
This page last updated 04/22/2013
|
|
