Somerset County, New Jersey Genealogy

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Parent County
1688, created from Middlesex County; 1710, boundaries changed; 1714, part back to Middlesex County; 1741, part from Essex County; 1749, boundary with Morris County defined; 1790, boundary changes with Middlesex County and again in 1855, 1858 and 1878; 1838, part of Montgomery twp. to Mercer County; 1844, Tewksbury twp. from Hunterdon County and restored in 1845; 1850, part of Fanklin twp. added to to North Brunswick twp., Middlesex County; 1876, Union County boundary clarified; 1965, hunterdon County boundary clarified.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog