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Mailing Address:
NJ State Archives
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Office Address:
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Trenton, NJ
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Mercer County - Surrogate's Office
Mercer County was formed 22 February 1838 as follows: Trenton, Ewing, Hopewell and Lawrence Twps. from Hunterdon; Nottingham (Hamilton) Twp. from Burlington; East & West Windsor from Middlesex; and part of Montgomery Twp. (now Princeton) from Somerset.
Consult the Hunterdon, Burlington, Middlesex and Somerset County pages linked below for pre-1838 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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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Accounts, 1871-1883
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Control #:
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CMESU001
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Administration Bonds, 1861-1911
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Control #:
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CMESU002
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Format:
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9 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Appointments of Administrators, 1899-1920
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Control #:
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CMESU003
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Petitions for Administration, 1884-1908
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Control #:
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CMESU004
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Applications for Probate of Wills, 1884-1904
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Control #:
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CMESU005
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Sundry Bonds, 1861-1904
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Control #:
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CMESU006
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Appointments of Guardians, 1899-1916
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Control #:
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CMESU007
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Letters of Guardianship and Administration, 1838-1878
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Control #:
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CMESU008
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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The filing is split into two series after 1878.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Guardian Inventories, 1838-1884
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Control #:
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CMESU009
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Petitions for Guardianship, 1916-1926
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Control #:
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CMESU010
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Guardian Bonds, 1861-1909
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Control #:
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CMESU011
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Record of Federal Inheritance Taxes, 1870-1872
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Control #:
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CMESU012
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Inventories of Estates, 1838-1897
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Control #:
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CMESU013
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Format:
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5 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Orphans Court Minutes 1838-1913 and Indexes, 1838-1958
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Control #:
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CMESU014
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Format:
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15 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Divisions and Partitions of Land, 1798-1900
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Control #:
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CMESU015
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Releases and Discharges, 1839-1918
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Control #:
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CMESU016
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Format:
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16 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Index to Estates, 1838-1939
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Control #:
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CMESU017
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Format:
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4 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Journals, 1838-1912
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Control #:
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CMESU018
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Will Books, 1838-1913
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Control #:
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CMESU019
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Format:
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15 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Bonds on Proceeding to Sell Land, 1861-1937
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Control #:
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CMESU020
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Letters of Guardianship, 1878-1909
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Control #:
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CMESU021
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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This series is continued from Letters of Guardianship and Administration.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Letters of Administration, 1878-1910
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Control #:
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CMESU022
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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This series is continued from Letters of Guardianship and Administration.
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Series:
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Mercer County
Surrogate's Office
Divisions of Real Estate by Commissioners, 1847-1934
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Control #:
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CMESU023
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 88 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:
Mercer County Surrogate's Office, Mercer County Civil Court House, 175 South Broad Street, Fourth Floor, Room 420, PO Box 8068, Trenton, NJ 08608-0068, tel. 609-989-6331, website: http://nj.gov/counties/mercer/officials/surrogate/
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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