Monmouth County, New Jersey Genealogy

United States New Jersey  Monmouth County

Monmouth 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
County Clerk has marriage records 1795-1892 and land records from 1667. County Surrogate has probate records.

Quick History
Wikipedia

Parent County
1675: part of East Jersey

1 March 1683: Created from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes
1710: boundary changed

1822: water boundary established

1844: part from Middlesex County

1850: Ocean County created from Monmouth and boundary clarified in 1851.

1866: water boundary further clarified

1906: coastal boundary established

1928: part of Howell twp. to Ocean County

1939: part of Middlesex gained.

Populated Places
List of communities in Monmouth County as listed by ePodunk

Freehold, Fair Haven, Asbury Park, Aberdeen, Manalapan, Millstone, more places...

Military
Camp Charles Wood | Fort Monmouth | US Naval Weapons Station Earle

Neighboring Counties
Burlington | Mercer | Middlesex | Ocean

Bible Records

 * 1) Monmouth County Historical Association Library, Carol Fisher Megill and Beverly Seward Yackel

Biography
See also: Genealogy, History


 * 1) Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of the Third congressional district of New Jersey : comprising Middlesex, Monmouth and Somerset counties, together with historical sketch of each county, 1896, Samuel T. Wiley
 * 2) Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of the Third congressional district of New Jersey : comprising Middlesex, Monmouth and Somerset counties, together with historical sketch of each county, 1896, Samuel T. Wiley
 * 3) Book of the dead of Monmouth, (1915-1917) ;
 * 4) Early courts and lawyers of Monmouth County : beginning at its first settlement, and down to the last half century, 1911
 * 5) History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1885
 * 6) History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1664-1920

Cemeteries
Please refer to Populated Places for cemeteries within their localities.


 * 1) Book of the dead of Monmouth, (1915-1917) Digital version at

Church Directories, History and Records
Existing churches in Monmouth County, New Jersey


 * 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.


 * Contains the church records of:
 * Long Branch: Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church

Court Records

 * 1) Guardianship

County Histories
see also: Biography, Genealogy

Genealogy
See also: Biography, History

Newspapers (County)
Red Bank Register The Red Bank Register is a free online historical newspaper, covering Red Bank, New Jersey and surrounding areas in Monmouth County. The following is from their website explaining publication dates and the Digitization Project.

"The Red Bank Register is captured on microfilm covering 1878 to 1964 as the Red Bank Register and 1964 to 1991 as the Daily Register. The Digitization Project was a collaborative effort between Middletown Township Public Library and the Red Bank Public Library. Because of the size of the collection, the digitization of all the microfilm was broken down into two phases. The first phase covers June 27, 1878, to December 26, 1923. The second phase covers January 2, 1924, to November 13, 1991, the final issue of the Red Bank Register."

The Independent: 1972-2000 Courtesy of the Matawan - Aberdeen Public Library

Matawan Journal The Matawan Journal offers online access to its back issues printed from 1869 through 1973. Provided by the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library.

The Independent The Independent offers online access to its back issues printed from March 1972 through March 2000. Provided by the Matawan Aberdeen Public Library.

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)


 * 1) Indexes
 * 2) Administrators Bond
 * 3) Applications for Probate
 * 4) Inestates
 * 5) Inventories (guardianship)
 * 6) Inventories (Estates)
 * 7) Letters of Administration
 * 8) Minutes
 * 9) Partitions of Real Estate
 * 10) Petitions for Administration
 * 11) Real Estate bonds
 * 12) Receipts and Discharges
 * 13) Records of Wills
 * 14) Recorded Wills
 * 15) Sale of Real Estate

Vital Records

 * Births


 * 1) Black births


 * Marriages
 * Deaths

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Eatontown New Jersey Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Monmouth County Historical Association
 * The Monmouth County NJGenWeb Project, a member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Monmouth County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Monmouth County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library Catalog for Monmouth County