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Ocean County - Surrogate's Office


Ocean County was formed from the southern portion of Monmouth County on 15 February 1850. Consult the Monmouth County page linked below for pre-1850 records.

Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for original estate records for the 1660s-1900 period.

The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines.


See also: Monmouth County - Surrogate's Office
Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records (including state censuses)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Applications for Administration, 1878-1927
Control #:
COCSU001
Format:
2 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Miscellaneous Bonds, 1861-1924
Control #:
COCSU002
Format:
3 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Applications for Probate of Wills, 1885-1925
Control #:
COCSU003
Format:
2 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Register of Wills and Inventories, 1850-1942
Control #:
COCSU004
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Orphans Court Inventories, 1850-1926
Control #:
COCSU005
Format:
4 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Orphans Court Minutes, 1851-1923
Control #:
COCSU006
Format:
8 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Receipts and Discharges, 1852-1925
Control #:
COCSU007
Format:
3 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Real Estate Records, 1850-1915
Control #:
COCSU008
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Docket and Index, 1850-1955
Control #:
COCSU009
Format:
2 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Will Books, 1843-1923
Control #:
COCSU010
Format:
7 reels (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Guardians' Inventories, 1856-1919
Control #:
COCSU011
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)

Series:
Ocean County
Surrogate's Office
Applications for Guardianship, 1857-1917
Control #:
COCSU012
Format:
1 reel (35-mm)


~ The collections listed on this page represent 35 reels of microfilm ~

To contact the New Jersey State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov

For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:

Ocean County Surrogate's Office, Ocean County Courthouse, 118 Washington Street, PO Box 2191, Toms River, NJ 08754-2191, tel. 732-929-2011, website: http://www.co.ocean.nj.us/surrogates/


This page last updated 04/23/2013