Passaic County, New Jersey Genealogy

United States New Jersey  Passaic County

Passaic 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
Passaic County Courthouse 401 Grand St #130; Paterson, NJ 07505 Phone (973) 225-3632 County Clerk has divorce records from 1947, court records from 1900 and land records. County Surrogate has probate records.

Parent County

 * 1837, created from Bergen and Essex counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 1907, part back to Essex County.

Neighboring Counties
Bergen | Essex | Morris | Sussex | New York counties: Orange | Rockland

Bible
Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Index of Surnames
 * ACKERMAN Family Bible Records
 * BENJAMIN / FURDUN Family Bible Records
 * BURHANS Family Bible Records
 * CAMPBELL Family Bible Records
 * CRANE Family Bible Records
 * DERROM Family Bible Records
 * FORCE Family Bible Records
 * GARRABRANT Family Bible Records
 * GARRABRANT (James) Family Bible Records
 * GOULD / VAN HOUTEN Family Bible Records
 * HINCHMAN Family Bible Records
 * KING Family Bible Records
 * POST Family Bible Records
 * POST / SPEAR Family Bible Records
 * PULIS Family Bible Records
 * ROMAINE Family Bible Records
 * ROSE Family Bible Records
 * SLINGERLAND Family Bible Records
 * SMITH (Hophni) Family Bible Records
 * SMITH (John) Family Bible Records
 * SPEAR / HINDLE Family Bible Records
 * STANLEY Family Bible Records
 * STORM Family Bible Records
 * VAN BLARCOM Family Bible Records
 * ZABRISKIE Family Bible Records

Cemeteries

 * Findagrave-- List of Cemeteries for Passaic County
 * Findagrave -- Map of Cemeteries for Passaic County
 * Passaic County Cemeteries -- Rootsweb
 * Passaic County Cemeteries -- GenWeb

Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Cemeteries Outside of Passaic County
 * Acquackanonk - Old First Reformed Cemetery Plot Owners, 1850 - 1864
 * Butler - Manning Avenue Cemetery - (Adobe PDF) - Manning Ave. Cemetery Map
 * Cedar Grove - Cedar Grove Cemetery (CANFIELD-DOREMUS)
 * Clifton - Centerville Cemetery, (Jewish)
 * Oak Ridge - Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Paterson - Cedar Lawn Cemetery (narrative)

Directories
Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * 1853 Paterson City Directory online
 * Passaic County Directory Holdings ( for assistance with any item in this list contact them though their email: [mailto:info@lambertcastle.org info@lambertcastle.org]

Maps

 * Map of Townships in Passaic County
 * Outline of Passaic County over Google Map -- Home Town Locator

Military
Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Revolutionary Soldiers buried in the rear of Belleville Reformed Church, Belleville, New Jersey
 * Passaic County Soldiers and Saiilors Monument
 * Passaic County Soldiers for the Union
 * Jerseymen for the Union, Passaic City Volunteers: A-H, I-R, S-Z
 * Paterson: WW1 Veterans of the Barbour Flax Spinning Co. 1918
 * Totowa Borough Veterans Memorial
 * Wayne Township Veterans Memorial

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

Schools and Associations
Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1873 - 1895
 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1896 - 1908
 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1909 - 1916
 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1917 - 1921
 * Paterson - Assoc. of Exempt Firemen, 1882-1892
 * Paterson - Candidates for Admission to High School, 1890
 * Paterson - DAR Applications, Garret A. Hobart Chapter
 * Paterson - Hamilton Club, 1905 Membership Roster
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1880
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1903
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1904
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1905
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1907
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1909
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1910
 * Paterson - Normal School Graduates, 1905
 * Paterson - Normal School Graduates, 1906
 * Paterson - Old Ladies' Home of Passaic Cty., Resident List 1927-1934
 * Paterson - Rambling Club, Inc., 1908
 * Paterson - Riverside Athletic and Singing Club, Inc., 1933

Societies and Libraries

 * The Passaic County Historical Society
 * The Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Passaic New Jersey Family History Center
 * Paterson New Jersey Family History Center

Passaic County, New Jersey Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Passaic County US GenWeb Project
 * Passaic County Gen Web Archives
 * Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club On-line Resources
 * ancestry.com -- Search Passaic County Sources ($ ancestry.com subscription required)
 * Live Roots -- Passaic County Links