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Morris County
Morris County was formed from the northern
portions of original Hunterdon County on 15 March 1739. Consult the Hunterdon County page linked below for pre-1739 records.
County clerks were required by law to file copies of deeds beginning in 1785 and mortgages beginning
in 1766. Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for colonial deed filings.
Recording of wills
and estate inventories at the county level began in 1804. Orphans Courts were established in 1785. Consult the Secretary of
State page linked below for original estate records for the 1660s-1900 period.
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Justice
of the Peace Dockets, 1773-1909 |
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Deeds,
1785-1885 and Indexes, 1785-1950 |
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Index
to Mortgages, 1765-1926 |
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Morris County
Clerk's Office
Marriage
Records, 1795-1919 |
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Morris County
Court of Common Pleas
Minutes,
1740-1866 | To contact New Jersey State Archives:
Relative to research and mail reference services - archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us
Relative to records transfers and donations - archives.collections@sos.state.nj.us
For additional and/or more recent records
relating to this topic, contact:
Morris
County Clerk's Office, Hall of Records Administration Building, Court Street, PO Box 315, Morristown, NJ 07963-0315, tel.
973-285-6125, website: www.clerk.morris.nj.us
Morris County Surrogate's Office, Administrative and Records Building, PO Box 900, Morristown, NJ 07963-0900, tel.
973-285-8332, website: www.morrissurrogate.com
Morris County Archives, 300 Mendham Road, P.O. Box 900,
Morristown, NJ 07963-0900, tel. 973-829-8114, website: www.co.morris.nj.us/Heritage/heritage.html
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