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Guide to Mercer County, New Jersey ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Mercer County is in the west-central region of the state. It was created in 1838. Trenton is the county seat. The county was named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer.

County Courthouse
Trenton County Courthouse PO Box 8068 Trenton, NJ 08650-0068 Phone: (609) 989-6517 Mercer County Website Mercer County Courthouse PO Box 8068; Trenton, NJ 08650-0068 Phone: (609) 989-6517 County Surrogate has probate records. County Clerk has court and land records from 1838, judgments, tax maps, and corporation records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Census Records

 * 1855 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1895 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1915 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records

 * 1675-1970 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups African American
 * Smith, Anna Amelia Bustill.Reminiscences of Colored people of Princeton, N.J., 1800-1900. -[Philadelphia P. V. Baugh, c 1913] - 15 p. F144.P9 M6
 * The Princeton & Slavery Project

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places


 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Mercer County for settlers included:
 * Delaware River a pre-historic pathway serving as the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania rises in Schoharie (NY) and flows by the Lehigh Canal in Pennsylvania, Frenchtown, Trenton where river meets tidewater, and past Bordentown in New Jersey, Philadelphia in Pennsylvania to empty into the North Atlantic Ocean.
 * King's Highway 1673 connected Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina and many coastal cities between including Philadelphia, Trenton, and New York City.
 * Delaware and Raritan Canal 1834 connected New Brunswick, New Jersey on the Raritan River (and NY City) to Bordontown, New Jersey on the Delaware River and parts of Pennsylvania including Philadelphia. A boat traffic carrying feeder canal from near Frenchtown also supplied water to the Trenton part of the D&amp;R Canal.

Military Records

 * ca. 1770-ca.1979 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1696-1991 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Other 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


 * 1678-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; images only

Mercer County, New Jersey Neighboring Counties


 * Burlington
 * Hunterdon
 * Middlesex
 * Monmouth
 * Somerset
 * Bucks (PA)

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Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Birth

 * 1901-1903 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records 1606-1981 - New Jersey, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
 * 1670-1980 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1930-1938 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Death

 * 1901-1903;1916-1929 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Family History Centers

 * East Brunswick New Jersey Family History Center
 * Morrisville Pennsylvania Family History Center
 * Monmouth County Library - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Allentown - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Colts Neck - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Holmdel - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Howell - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Marlboro - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Ocean Township - an affiliate library
 * Monmouth County Library - Wall Township - an affiliate library
 * New Jersey State Archives - an affiliate library

Libraries
Societies Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission 640 S. Broad St. Trenton, NJ 08650 Telephone: 609-989-6701 Website Central Jersey Genealogical Club PO Box 9903 Hamilton, NJ 08650-1903 Website Hamilton Township Historical Society 2200 Kuser Road Trenton, NJ 08650 Telephone: 609-585-1686 [org Website] Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society 164 North Main Street Hightstown, NJ, 08520 Telephone: 609-371-9580 Website Historical Society of Princeton 158 Nassau St. Princeton, NJ 08542-7006 Telephone: 609-921-6748 Website Hopewell Valley Historical Society PO Box 371 Pennington, NJ 08534 Telephone: 609-737-7751 Websote {| style="float: right;" border="0"

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Mercer County NJ Genealogy
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.