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New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street-Level 2
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
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Prerogative Court of New Jersey
The
Prerogative Court held pre-1948 jurisdiction over estate disputes and probate of estates with property in more than one county.
See the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Box 1-25, for early papers of this court.
For Prerogative 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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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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Judiciary
Maps and Plans, 1850s-1890s
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Control #:
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SJU00001
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Format:
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19 c.f. (13 map boxes and 5 flat boxes)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes maps filed with the Supreme Court, Chancery Court, and probably Prerogative Court.
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Finding Aid:
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Click here!
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Registers [Minutes], 1786-1905
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Control #:
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SPR00001
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Format:
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2 c.f. (9 vols.); 6 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Case Files, 1780s-1875
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Control #:
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SPR00002
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Format:
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9 c.f. (20 boxes); 19 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By register and page
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Miscellaneous Case Files, 1780s-1862
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Control #:
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SPR00003
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes); 4 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By number (roughly chron.)
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Miscellaneous Wills/Case Files, 1820s-1920s
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Control #:
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SPR00004
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (3 boxes); 4 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By case number
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Will Books, 1830-1903
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Control #:
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SPR00005
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Format:
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1.5 c.f. (6 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Liber A contains letters of administration granted by the governor.
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Record of Division of Real Estate, 1847-1934
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Control #:
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SPR00006
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Format:
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0.3 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Rules for Hearing, 1855-1870
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Control #:
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SPR00007
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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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Prerogative Court
Case Files, ca. 1862-1980s
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Control #:
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SPR00008
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Format:
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51 c.f. (98 boxes, 4 vols.); 100 reels (35-mm)
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Arrangement:
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By case number
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Notes:
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Includes cases docketed prior to the court change-over in 1948; includes papers of cases that continued on beyond this date.
Case Files #1 - #999 (1899-1909) have not been microfilmed.
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Opinions, 1928-1948
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Control #:
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SPR00009
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Format:
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3 c.f. (5 boxes, 1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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By file number
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Inventories of Estates, 1881-1904
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Control #:
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SPR00010
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Format:
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0.3 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Record of Limited Administrations, 1882-1907
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Control #:
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SPR00011
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Format:
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0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Record Book, 1886-1909
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Control #:
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SPR00012
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Format:
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0.3 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Bank and Trust Company Files, ca. 1910-ca. 1948
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Control #:
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SPR00013
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Format:
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27 c.f. (27 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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By file number
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Notes:
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The Prerogative Court general case files, 1863-1948, refer to these files.
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Record of Bonds and Releases, 1927-1937
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Control #:
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SPR00014
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Prerogative Court
Card Indexes to Cases, ca. 1830-1910s
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Control #:
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SPR00015
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Format:
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1 c.f. (3 card drawers); 1 reel (16-mm)
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Notes:
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Includes indexes to several series of records, including Registers [Minutes], Case Files, Will Books and Divisions of Real Estate.
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Series:
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Supreme Court of New Jersey
Clerk's Office
Docketed Decrees of the Orphans and Prerogative Courts, 1907-1948
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Control #:
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SSVCL003
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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 by filing date
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 159.7 c.f. of paper records and 136 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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