New Jersey, Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection consists of images of probate records from various court houses in New Jersey. Most records end in 1920 but some counties have records up to the year 1970.

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Citation for This Collection
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New Jersey, Various Courts. Probate Records, 1683-1920. Various court houses throughout New Jersey.

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Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
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Example for an Indexed Collection:

“Delaware Marriage Records,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; citing Delaware, State Marriage Records, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.

Example for a Browsed Collection:

“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata.

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