Morris County, New Jersey Genealogy

United States New Jersey  Morris County

Morris County, New Jersey genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Morris County Courthouse Hall of Rec Admin Bldg; Court St; PO Box 315 Morristown, NJ 07963 Phone: 973.285.6120 County Clerk has marriage records 1795-1881, court records 1739-1978, land records from 1785, slave records 1804-1820, naturalization records from 1816 and military discharge records from 1945. County Surrogate has probate records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records.

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/morris/index.htm Washington &amp; Court Sts. Morristown, NJ 07960-0910 973-656-4000

Morris County, New Jersey Historical Facts

 * Morris County was first settled by the white man in the early 1700s.
 * Named after Lewis Morris, who was then the Governor of the Province of New Jersey
 * Beginning in 1740 Morris County had 3 Municipal Subdivisions (Hanover Twp., Morris Twp., and Pequannock Twp.)
 * Beginning of the 19th century (1800) Morris County had 7 Municipal Subdivisions (Hanover, Morris, Pequannock, Chester, Mendham, Roxbury and Washington Townships).
 * Beginning of the 20th century (1900) Morris County had 25 Municipal Subdivisions.
 * Beginning of the 21st century (2000) Morris County is composed of 39 Municipal Subdivisions.

Parent County

 * 15 March 1739: Morris County was created by an Act of the State Legislature separating it from Hunterdon County. (Worldcat)

Boundary Changes

 * 16 May 1753: Sussex County set off. (Worldcat)
 * 1749 the boundary with Somerset County was clarified.

Census and Directories

 * Morris County, New Jersey, 1749
 * Morris County, New Jersey, 1771
 * Morris County, New Jersey 1780 Census Index
 * United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850
 * United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850
 * United States Census 1850
 * United States Census, 1850
 * United States Census, 1860
 * United States Census 1860
 * United States Census, 1870
 * United States Census 1870
 * United States Census, 1880 (Index only)
 * United States Census 1880
 * United States Census, 1900
 * United States Census 1900
 * United States Census 1910
 * United States Census, 1920
 * United States Census 1920
 * Many Directories for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Cemeteries

 * The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Morris County
 * Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the Old Burying Ground
 * Union Cemetery, Hackettstown BillionGraves

Church History and Records

 * Morris County, New Jersey Churches

Land Deeds and Property

 * The Land Past and Present
 * Many Land Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the.
 * Beautiful Homes of Morris County and Northern New Jersey (1900) - book freely available at the Internet Archive.

History

 * The Founding of Morris County, New Jersey
 * Morris County Biorgraphy Bibliography (WorldCat)
 * Many History Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * The Changing Landscape of Morris County, New Jersey
 * Morris County New Jersey 1895
 * Morris County Map
 * Linkpendium Maps and Gazetteers

Military History and Records

 * The Revolutionary Forefathers of Morris County: an address delivered at Morristown, N. J., July 4, 1876
 * World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Personnel, Morris County (page 1)
 * World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Personnel, Morris County (page 2)
 * Many Military Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Many Naturalization and Citizenship Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Newspapers

 * Morris County Newspapers

Probate Records
Obtaining Copies of County Probate Records

Copies of recorded probate records and the estate files can be obtained from the surrogate's offices for a fee. Addresses of surrogate's offices are found in:


 * Eichholz, Alice, Editor. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992. (.) Explains state-by-state history, vital records, census, background sources, periodicals, archives, libraries, societies, maps, land, probate, court, tax, cemetery, church, and military records. Includes county boundary map and table which shows when each county was created and the parent counties.

In addition, copies of the original wills, administrations, inventories, and guardianships sent to Trenton since 1901 can be ordered from:

Clerk of the Superior Court Records Information Center P.O. Box 967 Trenton, NJ 08625-0967 Phone: (609) 292-4978 Fax: (609) 777-0094

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: New Jersey, Middlesex County Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)


 * Many Probate Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the.

Taxation

 * Many Taxation Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see the.

Vital Records

 * Bill of Mortality Being a Register of Deaths
 * Death Records, June 1878 - June 1885
 * New Jersey Vital Records
 * Many Vital Records for Morris County have been microfilmed or abstracted. Some of those copies are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. For a listing of their holdings, see.

Societies, Libraries and Museum

 * Morris County Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dover New Jersey Family History Center
 * Ledgewood New Jersey Family History Center
 * Morristown New Jersey Family History Center

Morris County, New Jersey Web Sites

 * The Morris County NJGenWeb Project, a member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Morris County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Morris County. (Backup site)
 * Linkpendium Morris County
 * Linkpendium Morris County

Populated Places

 * Brief Profiles of Towns in Morris County, New Jersey
 * Morris County, New Jersey Populated Places
 * Morris County, New Jersey Cities, Towns, and Neighborhoods

Neighboring Counties
Essex | Hunterdon | Passaic | Somerset | Sussex | Union | Warren