Morris County, New Jersey Genealogy

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

Quick 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.

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

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, 1860
 * United States Census, 1870
 * United States Census, 1880 (Index only)
 * United States Census, 1900
 * 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 topic details.

Cemeteries

 * The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project for Morris County
 * Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the Old Burying Ground

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 topic details.

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 topic details.

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 topic details.

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 topic details.

Newspapers

 * Morris County Newspapers

Probate 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 topic details.

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. (Family History Library book 973 D27rb 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
 * Telephone: 609-292-4978
 * Fax: 609-777-0094
 * Internet: http://www.answers.com/topic/new-jersey-superior-court

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 topic details.

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 topic details.

Societies, Libraries and Museum

 * Morris County Library

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)
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Linkpendium Morris County