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New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
Contact Information
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Adoption Records
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The State Archives' holdings of adoption records vary from county to county. Additional and/or more recent records are held by the county surrogates' offices and Superior Court; consult the county records and judiciary pages for addresses and links.
It should be noted that New Jersey's 1940 adoption statute did not retroactively seal earlier adoption files. The records listed below, therefore, are open to the public without restriction.
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Series:
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Camden County
Surrogate's Office
Adoption Files, 1911-1936
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Control #:
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CCDSU012
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (9 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By file number
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Notes:
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Include guardians' consents, decrees, and related papers. See also series: Requests for Partition, Renunications and Adoptions.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Camden County
Surrogate's Office
Requests for Partitions, Renunciations and Adoptions, Volume A, 1880-1907
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Control #:
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CCDSU015
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Surrogate's Office
Adoptions, 1882-1940
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Control #:
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CCUSU009
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Format:
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2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Essex County
Surrogate's Office
Applications for Letters of Administration, 1878-1901
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Control #:
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CESSU015
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Format:
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6 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Notes:
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Consult the surrogate's dockets to get a volume and page citation.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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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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Series:
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Salem County
Court of Common Pleas
Divisions of Property, 1791-1935
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Control #:
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CSACP005
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Later records also contain a few decrees of adoption.
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Series:
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Sussex County
Surrogate's Office
Miscellaneous Records, 1700s-1900s
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Control #:
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CSUSU018
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Notes:
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Includes warranty deeds, receipts, refunding bonds, renuniciations, accounts, bonds, inventories, and Townsend/Katison adoption (1903).
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Series:
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Union County
Surrogate's Office
Adoptions, 1885-1918
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Control #:
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CUNSU017
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 5.75 c.f. of paper records and 12 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
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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