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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
Contact Information
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Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records (including state censuses)
See the Tax Ratables referenced below as a substitute for early census records.
Consult the Reference Services page for information about research services available by mail through the State Archives.
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1855 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE001
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Format:
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2.25 c.f. (3 vols.); 4 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county
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Notes:
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No records exist for the following counties: Burlington, Cape May, Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean and Salem. Several others are incomplete.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1865 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE002
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Format:
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3 c.f. (4 vols.); 6 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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No records exist for the following counties: Cape May, Mercer, Morris, Ocean, Somerset and Warren. Several others are incomplete.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1875 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE003
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes); 11 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Incomplete records exist for the following counties only: Essex, Hunterdon and Sussex.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1885 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE004
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Format:
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35 c.f. (45 vols.); 44 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1895 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE005
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Format:
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45 c.f. (54 vols.); 54 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1905 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE006
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Format:
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65 c.f. (74 vols.); 49 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Census Bureau
1915 State Census of New Jersey
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Control #:
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SSTCE007
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Format:
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80 c.f. (99 vols.); 70 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Division of Commercial Recording
Name-Change Judgments, 1876-1947
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Control #:
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SSTCM001
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Format:
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31 c.f. (62 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Numbered roughly in date order
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Statistics of Orphanage resulting from the Civil War, 1865-1867
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Control #:
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SSTSE016
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes and 1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county/municipality
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Deeds, Surveys and Commissions, ca. 1650-1856
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Control #:
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SSTSE023
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Format:
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100 c.f. (141 vols., 38 boxes, 1 mss. folder); 69 reels (60 35-mm, 9 16-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological within sub-series
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Notes:
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Commissions are indexed by card file in Manuscript Reading Room; deeds are indexed by "Colonial Conveyances of New Jersey."
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Letters and Miscellaneous Records, 1738-1842
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Control #:
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SSTSE024
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Wills and Inventories, ca. 1670-1900
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Control #:
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SSTSE033
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Format:
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680 c.f. (208 vols. & 1,206 boxes); 1536 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By will packet number
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Notes:
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Published indexes available in Microfilm Reading Room. Vol. 20 [unit 44] includes minutes of the Council of New Jersey, 1773-1775.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Marriage Bonds and Licenses, 1711-1795
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Control #:
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SSTSE036
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Format:
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13 c.f. (33 vols., 19 card boxes); 8 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By first letter of husband's surname
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Notes:
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Indexes by groom & bride available in the microfilm search room. Abstracts published as "New Jersey Colonial Marriage Records."
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Administration Bonds, 1716-1775
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Control #:
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SSTSE040
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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These bonds are indexed in the 3-volume index to wills, under the county of residence of the decedent.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
AM Papers, 1693-1905
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Control #:
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SSTSE052
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Format:
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17 c.f. (26 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By AM number
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Notes:
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"AM" apparently stands for "Autographed Manuscript." The series consists of legislative papers predominantly (mostly pre-1850).
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
1855 State Census Schedules for Cumberland County
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Control #:
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CCUCL004
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By municipality
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
1865 State Census Schedules for Cumberland County
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Control #:
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CCUCL006
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By municipality
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Series:
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Essex County
Clerk's Office
1875 State Census Schedules for Essex County
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Control #:
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CESCL008
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Format:
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7 c.f. (14 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By municipality
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Notes:
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Film cataloged under Department of State/ Census Bureau/ 1875 State Census of New Jersey.
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Series:
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Essex County
Clerk's Office
1855 State Census Schedule, City of Newark, 7th Ward
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Control #:
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CESCL026
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Notes:
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Film cataloged under Department of State/ Census Bureau/ 1855 State Census of New Jersey.
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Series:
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Essex County
Clerk's Office
1865 State Census Schedules
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Control #:
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CESCL028
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By municipality
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Notes:
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Film cataloged under Department of State/ Census Bureau/ 1865 State Census of New Jersey.
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Series:
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New Jersey General Assembly
Tax Ratables (Duplicates), 1768-1846
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Control #:
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SAS00001
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Format:
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79 c.f. (120 boxes, 3 card file boxes); 27 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county/municipality
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Notes:
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Bulk dates are 1772-1822.
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Series:
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Superior Court of New Jersey
Probate Division
Wills of Prominent New Jerseyans, 1804-1994
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Control #:
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SSUPR001
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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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~ The collections listed on this page represent 1164.6 c.f. of paper records and 1880 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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