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New Jersey State Archives
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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Circuit Court
The Circuit Court met on county circuit and was presided over by Supreme Court justices. Its jurisdiction (pre-1948) was concurrent with the Supreme Court for non-criminal cases within the county; it also received appeals from several county courts.
See the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Box 1-25, for early papers of this court.
For Circuit Court records post-dating the collections listed below,
contact the Superior Court Records Management Center at 171 Jersey
Street, PO Box 967, Trenton, NJ 08625-0967, tel. 609-421-6100.
Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for further information on court jurisdictions.
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Series:
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Circuit Court
Judgments, 1845-1948
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Control #:
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SCI00001
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Format:
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6 c.f. (17 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Volume 2 (1882-1902) was missing at the time of accession.
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Series:
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Department of Education
New Jersey State Library
Bureau of Archives and History
Manuscript Collection, 1680s-1970s
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Control #:
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SEDSL006
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Format:
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41.25 c.f. (66 boxes and 9 map folders); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological within record type
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Notes:
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Includes early records for: governors, legislature, courts, Hunterdon County, local elections, Revolutionary War, etc.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Court of Oyer and Terminer/Circuit Court
Minutes, 1730-1820
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Control #:
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SOY00001
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes); 2 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By county, then session date
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Related records:
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Series:
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Atlantic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1841-1905
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Control #:
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CATCL016
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Case Papers, 1838-1898
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Control #:
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CBUCL023
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Format:
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4 c.f. (8 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Appearance Docket, 1838-1911
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Control #:
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CBUCL030
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Circuit Court entries span May 1838 - August 1907; also includes two Court of Common Pleas entries from 1911.
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Miscellaneous Executions, 1875-1934
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Control #:
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CBUCL033
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Notes:
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Includes executions from the Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Court of Small Causes.
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Minutes of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Quarter Sessions, 1843-1916
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Control #:
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CBUCL035
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Format:
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1.4 c.f. (5 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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See Circuit Court/Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Books for 1837-1843 minutes.
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Executions [and Sealing Dockets], 1838-1954
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Control #:
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CBUCL036
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Format:
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4 c.f. (15 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Judgments, 1838-1916
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Control #:
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CBUCL037
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (14 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court/Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Books, 1837-1890
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Control #:
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CBUCL038
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes Oyer and Terminer minutes for 1837-1843 only; Oyer and Terminer minutes are continued as a separate series.
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Series:
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Burlington County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Reports of the Commissioners of Adjustment of Taxes for the City of Burlington, 1894-1895
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Control #:
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CBUCL043
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (5 map folders)
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Arrangement:
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By report number
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Series:
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Camden County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1852-1948
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Control #:
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CCDCL015
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Format:
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19 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Each volume includes an index.
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Series:
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Camden County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Tax Adjustment Minutes, Volume I, 1887
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Control #:
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CCDCL019
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cape May County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Executions, 1839-1903
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Control #:
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CCPCL009
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Format:
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0.5 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Cape May County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Clerk's Book, 1838-1854
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Control #:
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CCPCL010
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Format:
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0.5 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cape May County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1813-1903
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Control #:
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CCPCL011
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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The volume covering 1813-1835 is misidentified on the film as a clerk's book.
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Series:
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Cape May County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Judgments, 1839-1911
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Control #:
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CCPCL014
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cape May County
Clerk's Office
Supreme Court Docket of Judgments in the Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, 1859-1964
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Control #:
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CCPCL015
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Format:
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0.5 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, Book A, 1798-1842
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Control #:
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CCUCL012
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Cumberland County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Case Papers, 1798-1887
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Control #:
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CCUCL017
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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By year
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only.
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Series:
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Essex County
Clerk's Office
Name-Change Papers, 1877-1922 and Index, 1881-1967
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Control #:
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CESCL005
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Generally chronological
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Notes:
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Most are name-change petitions from the Court of Common Pleas and Circuit Court.
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Series:
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Essex County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Judgments, 1838-1905
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Control #:
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CESCL029
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Format:
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22.5 c.f. (23 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Essex County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1838-1902
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Control #:
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CESCL030
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Format:
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11 c.f. (11 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Essex County
Minutes of the Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Court of General Quarter Session, 1709-1907
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Control #:
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CESCP003
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Format:
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19 c.f. (57 vols.); 13 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Bound volumes cover 1709-1907; microfilm covers 1709-1849. Later Quarter Sessions minutes are continued in a separate series.
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Series:
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Hudson County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Case Files, ca. 1855-1915
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Control #:
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CHDCL007
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Format:
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14.5 c.f. (29 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By file number
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Notes:
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Most date from between 1855 and 1870.
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Series:
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Hudson County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Judgments, 1854-1927
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Control #:
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CHDCL008
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Format:
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141 c.f. (282 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By book and page number
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Docketed Judgments, 1855-1916
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Control #:
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CHNCL010
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes judgments from the Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1852-1861
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Control #:
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CHNCL011
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Format:
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0.7 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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The fourth volume in this series, titled "Equity Cases," records only three cases.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
List of Causes Noticed for Trial, 1856-1874
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Control #:
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CHNCL029
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 booklet)
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Notes:
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Includes cases in the Supreme Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Rough Court Minutes, 1860-1925
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Control #:
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CHNCL031
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes minutes of the Supreme Court, Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Appeals Docket, 1858-1875
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Control #:
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CHNCL033
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 booklet)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Covers September 1858 - September 1875.
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Series:
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Hunterdon County
Sheriff William J. Poulson
Executions and Record Book, 1893-ca. 1899
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Control #:
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CHNSH001
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Notes:
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The second volume includes exections for the Supreme, Common Pleas and Circuit Courts.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Circuit Court and Supreme Court, 1870s-1897
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Control #:
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CPACL018
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Index to Circuit Court Judgments, No. 1, ca. 1862-ca. 1895
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Control #:
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CPACL023
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Proceedings [Case Files] and Indexes, 1838-1881
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Control #:
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CPACL024
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Format:
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30 c.f. (29 boxes and 2 vols.)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes [with gaps], 1837-1915
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Control #:
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CPACL025
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Format:
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11 c.f. (41 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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By record type and then chronological
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Notes:
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"Record" volumes A-I appear to be duplicate copies of the minutes, gaps in the minutes may be supplemented by these.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Executions, 1837-1928
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Control #:
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CPACL026
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Format:
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8 c.f. (18 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes one volume of Quarter Sessions Executions, and one volume of deed searches, 1837-1863.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court in Equity Registers, 1852-1904
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Control #:
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CPACL027
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 vols. 1 box)
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Series:
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Salem County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Case Papers, 1799-1920
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Control #:
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CSACL012
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Format:
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6 c.f. (12 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes notices/lists of causes and case papers. Records for the early-19th- and 20th-century are sparce, with many gaps.
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Series:
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Somerset County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Declarations in Debt, 1841-1876
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Control #:
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CSOCL020
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Somerset County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Minutes, 1838-1901
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Control #:
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CSOCL022
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Somerset County
Court of Common Pleas
Declarations in Debt and other Papers, 1776-1840
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Control #:
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CSOCP003
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Format:
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12.5 c.f. (25 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes some Circuit Court declarations in boxes 26 & 27, as well as other filings throughout.
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Series:
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Somerset County
Court of Common Pleas
Judgments, 1784-1855
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Control #:
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CSOCP008
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Also includes Circuit Court judgments.
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Series:
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Sussex County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Judgments, 1838-1907
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Control #:
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CSUCL022
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Format:
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6 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Sussex County
Clerk's Office
Minutes of the Circuit Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, and Court of General Quarter Sessions, 1798-1851
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Control #:
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CSUCL023
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Format:
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3.25 c.f. (6 boxes and 1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Includes pamphlets for 1798-1851 (Quarter Sessions beg. Nov. 1815), and bound transcript for Oyer & Terminer/Quarter Sess., 1810-1817.
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Series:
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Union County
Clerk's Office
Index to Miscellaneous Records, 1857-1940
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Control #:
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CUNCL011
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Indexes various records, including coroner's inquests, Circuit Court and Common Pleas cases, etc.
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Series:
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Union County
Clerk's Office
Circuit Court Papers relating to Sewers, ca. 1909-1914
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Control #:
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CUNCL017
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Notes:
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May include papers relating to other types of municipal improvements.
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Series:
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Warren County
Clerk's Office
Rough Minutes of the Circuit Court, 1838-1901
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Control #:
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CWACL006
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box); 4 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Volumes span 1849-1862; microfilm covers 1838-1901.
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Series:
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William Inglis & Co.
Journals and Ledger, 1854-1857
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Control #:
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PINGL001
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 vols.)
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Notes:
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This company was located in Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ; the books were used as exhibits in a Passaic Circuit Court case.
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 370.9 c.f. of paper records and 68.5 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:
Superior Court Records Management Center, 171 Jersey Street, PO Box 967, Trenton, NJ 06255-0967, tel. 609-777-0092
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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