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Towns and cities in Somerset County, New Jersey:
Basking Ridge,
Bedminster Township,
Bernards Township,
Far Hills,
North Plainfield,
Somerset Hills and
Somerville.
Somerset County, New Jersey
Genealogy
Somerset County was created May 1688 from
Middlesex County. |
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Archives |
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The
New Jersey State Archives
preserves records from throughout
the state considered to have historical value. They encourage county and
towns to establish their own archives and where needed they assist these
organizations in preserving their records.
Searchable Databases for the 1600s-1800s are available on the internet.
Over 3,000 photographs and manuscript images are also on the internet at
Imaged Collections. A listing of
County Government Records includes marriage records, birth and burial
records and adoptions. Visit the
reference
services page to learn the hours they are open to the public and
photocopy fees. One may obtain photocopies by mail for those records that
are index. |
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Census (To view page by page, click on
the desired census, once on that screen scroll down to the bottom and
click on the desired state, then click on the desire County and township.) |
1830 U.S. Census
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1840 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850-1880 Mortality Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1870 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1880 U. S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1890 U. S. Veteran Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Church |
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1832-1872
Forty years at Raritan: eight memorial sermons with notes for a history of the Reformed Dutch Churches in Somerset
County, N.J. - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1900
Early history of Lutheranism in Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, N.J.: typescript (photocopy)
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1900
First Presbyterian Church, Somerset and Middlesex Counties, Bound Brook, New Jersey: founded in 1688: typescript
(carbon copy) - online at Ancestry.com |
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County Records |
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1772-1822
Minutes of the meetings of the justices and chosen freeholders for the county of Somerset, May 13, 1772 to September 2, 1822
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Court Records |
1704-1844
New Jersey Index to
Supreme Court Cases, 1704-1844 - free online by New Jersey State Archives
Photocopies of the original document can be purchased
for a fee. |
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Family History |
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pub. 1866
Centennial celebration by the Annin family at the old stone house in Somerset County, N.J., August 15, 1866
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1958
William Oppie of Somerset County, New Jersey : and some of his descendants, with other Opie families mentioned.
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1966
Supplement and corrections to the Oppie-Opie genealogy : entitled William Oppie of Somerset County, New Jersey and some of his
descendants, with other Opie families mentioned. - online at
Ancestry.com |
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History |
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pub. 1878
Centennial history of Somerset County - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1880
Report of the expert committee appointed to investigate the affairs of Somerset County, New Jersey
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1881
[Index to Snell's History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties] - online
at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1899
First things in old Somerset: a collection of articles relating to Somerset County, N.J.: including sketches of Washington Rock,
Chimney Rock and a list of the freeholders in Somerset County in 1790.
- online at Ancestry.com |
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The Somerset hills : being a brief record of significant facts in the early history of the hill country of Somerset County,
New Jersey. - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1927
Northwestern New Jersey : a history of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex counties
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1930
Somerset County, New Jersey, 1688-1930 - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1938
Somerset County, 250 years - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1938
Somerset County, 1688-1938 : a chronology with tales from the past : a bicentennial project
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Map |
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1895
U.S. 1895 Atlas (Somerset County, New Jersey) - free online |
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Military |
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1775-1783
[Sketches and papers relating to the revolutionary days in Somerset County]
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Newspaper |
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pub. 1879
Extra no. 2 of The Somerset gazette - online at Ancestry.com |
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Occupation |
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Report of proceedings and catalogue of the Somerset County Teachers' Institute at Bound Brook, October 25, 1852
- online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1855
The proceedings and catalogue of the Somerset County Teachers' Institute held at Peepack, Somerset, N.J., September 24th
to 28th, 1855 - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1916
One hundredth anniversary, Somerset County Medical Society - online at
Ancestry.com |
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Vital Records |
1666-1799
New Jersey Index to
Marriage Records, 1666-1799 - free online by New Jersey State Archives
Photocopies of the original document can be purchased
for a fee. |
1848-1867
New
Jersey Index to Marriage Records, 1848-1867 - free online by New Jersey State Archives
Photocopies of the original document can be purchased
for a fee. |
| 1872-1873
Our home. : a monthly magazine of original articles, historical, biographical, scientific and miscellaneous, mostly by
Somerset and Hunterdon County writers includes marriage and deaths) -
online at Ancestry.com |
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