Template:NJ Probate Intro

From 1797 or the creation of the county, probate records were held by the Court of Common Pleas. In 1852, most of those records were transferred to the County Probate Court. (Check the Court of Common Pleas for earlier records, just in case.) For more complete information and for online and other resources, see New Jersey Probate Records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (1867-1908 only).