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Circuit Court
The Circuit Court met on county circuit and was presided over by Supreme Court justices. Its jurisdiction (pre-1948) was concurrent with the Supreme Court for non-criminal cases within the county; it also received appeals from several county courts.
See the Bureau of Archives & History Manuscript Collection (referenced below), Box 1-25, for early papers of this court. For Circuit Court records post-dating the collections listed below, contact the Superior Court Records Management Center at 171 Jersey Street, PO Box 967, Trenton, NJ 08625-0967, tel. 609-421-6100. Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for further information on court jurisdictions.
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Series:
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Circuit Court Judgments, 1845-1948 |
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Control #:
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SCI00001 |
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Format:
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6 c.f. (17 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Volume 2 (1882-1902) was missing at the time of accession. |
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Series:
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Department of Education New Jersey State Library Bureau of Archives and History Manuscript Collection, 1680s-1970s |
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Control #:
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SEDSL006 |
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Format:
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41.25 c.f. (66 boxes and 9 map folders); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological within record type |
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Notes:
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Includes early records for: governors, legislature, courts, Hunterdon County, local elections, Revolutionary War, etc. |
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Finding Aid:
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Click here! |
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Series:
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Court of Oyer and Terminer/Circuit Court Minutes, 1730-1820 |
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Control #:
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SOY00001 |
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes); 2 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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By county, then session date |
Related records:
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Series:
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Atlantic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, 1841-1905 |
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Control #:
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CATCL016 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Case Papers, 1838-1898 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL023 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (8 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By year |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Appearance Docket, 1838-1911 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL030 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Circuit Court entries span May 1838 - August 1907; also includes two Court of Common Pleas entries from 1911. |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Miscellaneous Executions, 1875-1934 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL033 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (4 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date |
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Notes:
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Includes executions from the Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Court of Small Causes. |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Minutes of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Quarter Sessions, 1843-1916 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL035 |
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Format:
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1.4 c.f. (5 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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See Circuit Court/Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Books for 1837-1843 minutes. |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Executions [and Sealing Dockets], 1838-1954 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL036 |
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Format:
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4 c.f. (15 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Judgments, 1838-1916 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL037 |
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (14 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Circuit Court/Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Books, 1837-1890 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL038 |
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes Oyer and Terminer minutes for 1837-1843 only; Oyer and Terminer minutes are continued as a separate series. |
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Series:
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Burlington County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Reports of the Commissioners of Adjustment of Taxes for the City of Burlington, 1894-1895 |
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Control #:
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CBUCL043 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (5 map folders) |
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Arrangement:
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By report number |
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Series:
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Camden County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, 1852-1948 |
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Control #:
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CCDCL015 |
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Format:
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19 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Each volume includes an index. |
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Series:
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Camden County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Tax Adjustment Minutes, Volume I, 1887 |
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Control #:
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CCDCL019 |
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Cape May County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Executions, 1839-1903 |
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Control #:
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CCPCL009 |
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Format:
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0.5 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date |
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Series:
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Cape May County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Clerk's Book, 1838-1854 |
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Control #:
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CCPCL010 |
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Format:
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0.5 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Cape May County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, 1813-1903 |
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Control #:
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CCPCL011 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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The volume covering 1813-1835 is misidentified on the film as a clerk's book. |
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Series:
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Cape May County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Judgments, 1839-1911 |
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Control #:
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CCPCL014 |
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Cape May County Clerk's Office Supreme Court Docket of Judgments in the Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, 1859-1964 |
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Control #:
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CCPCL015 |
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Format:
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0.5 reel (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological by filing date |
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Series:
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Cumberland County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, Book A, 1798-1842 |
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Control #:
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CCUCL012 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Cumberland County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Case Papers, 1798-1887 |
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Control #:
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CCUCL017 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box) |
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Arrangement:
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By year |
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Notes:
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Consists of records for scattered years only. |
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Series:
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Essex County Clerk's Office Name-Change Papers, 1877-1922 and Index, 1881-1967 |
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Control #:
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CESCL005 |
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Generally chronological |
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Notes:
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Most are name-change petitions from the Court of Common Pleas and Circuit Court. |
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Series:
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Essex County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Judgments, 1838-1905 |
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Control #:
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CESCL029 |
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Format:
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22.5 c.f. (23 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Essex County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, 1838-1902 |
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Control #:
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CESCL030 |
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Format:
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11 c.f. (11 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Essex County Minutes of the Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Court of General Quarter Session, 1709-1907 |
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Control #:
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CESCP003 |
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Format:
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19 c.f. (57 vols.); 13 reels (35-mm) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Bound volumes cover 1709-1907; microfilm covers 1709-1849. Later Quarter Sessions minutes are continued in a separate series. |
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Series:
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Hudson County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Case Files, ca. 1855-1915 |
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Control #:
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CHDCL007 |
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Format:
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14.5 c.f. (29 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By file number |
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Notes:
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Most date from between 1855 and 1870. |
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Series:
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Hudson County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Judgments, 1854-1927 |
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Control #:
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CHDCL008 |
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Format:
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141 c.f. (282 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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By book and page number |
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Series:
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Hunterdon County Clerk's Office Docketed Judgments, 1855-1916 |
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Control #:
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CHNCL010 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes judgments from the Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas. |
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Series:
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Hunterdon County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, 1852-1861 |
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Control #:
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CHNCL011 |
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Format:
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0.7 c.f. (4 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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The fourth volume in this series, titled "Equity Cases," records only three cases. |
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Series:
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Hunterdon County Clerk's Office List of Causes Noticed for Trial, 1856-1874 |
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Control #:
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CHNCL029 |
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 booklet) |
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Notes:
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Includes cases in the Supreme Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas. |
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Series:
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Hunterdon County Clerk's Office Rough Court Minutes, 1860-1925 |
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Control #:
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CHNCL031 |
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Format:
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1.25 c.f. (3 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes minutes of the Supreme Court, Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. |
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Series:
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Hunterdon County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Appeals Docket, 1858-1875 |
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Control #:
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CHNCL033 |
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Format:
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0.1 c.f. (1 booklet) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Covers September 1858 - September 1875. |
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Series:
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Hunterdon County Sheriff William J. Poulson Executions and Record Book, 1893-ca. 1899 |
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Control #:
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CHNSH001 |
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Format:
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0.6 c.f. (3 vols.) |
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Notes:
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The second volume includes exections for the Supreme, Common Pleas and Circuit Courts. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Circuit Court and Supreme Court, 1870s-1897 |
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Control #:
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CPACL018 |
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Format:
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1 c.f. (1 box) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Index to Circuit Court Judgments, No. 1, ca. 1862-ca. 1895 |
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Control #:
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CPACL023 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 vol.) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Proceedings [Case Files] and Indexes, 1838-1881 |
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Control #:
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CPACL024 |
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Format:
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30 c.f. (29 boxes and 2 vols.) |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes [with gaps], 1837-1915 |
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Control #:
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CPACL025 |
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Format:
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11 c.f. (41 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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By record type and then chronological |
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Notes:
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"Record" volumes A-I appear to be duplicate copies of the minutes, gaps in the minutes may be supplemented by these. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Executions, 1837-1928 |
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Control #:
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CPACL026 |
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Format:
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8 c.f. (18 vols.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes one volume of Quarter Sessions Executions, and one volume of deed searches, 1837-1863. |
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Series:
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Passaic County Clerk's Office Circuit Court in Equity Registers, 1852-1904 |
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Control #:
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CPACL027 |
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Format:
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3.5 c.f. (7 vols. 1 box) |
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Series:
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Salem County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Case Papers, 1799-1920 |
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Control #:
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CSACL012 |
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Format:
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6 c.f. (12 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes notices/lists of causes and case papers. Records for the early-19th- and 20th-century are sparce, with many gaps. |
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Series:
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Somerset County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Declarations in Debt, 1841-1876 |
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Control #:
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CSOCL020 |
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Format:
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5 c.f. (10 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Series:
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Somerset County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Minutes, 1838-1901 |
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Control #:
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CSOCL022 |
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Format:
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7 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Somerset County Court of Common Pleas Declarations in Debt and other Papers, 1776-1840 |
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Control #:
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CSOCP003 |
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Format:
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12.5 c.f. (25 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes some Circuit Court declarations in boxes 26 & 27, as well as other filings throughout. |
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Series:
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Somerset County Court of Common Pleas Judgments, 1784-1855 |
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Control #:
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CSOCP008 |
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (5 boxes) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Also includes Circuit Court judgments. |
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Series:
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Sussex County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Judgments, 1838-1907 |
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Control #:
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CSUCL022 |
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Format:
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6 reels (35-mm) |
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Series:
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Sussex County Clerk's Office Minutes of the Circuit Court, Court of Oyer and Terminer, and Court of General Quarter Sessions, 1798-1851 |
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Control #:
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CSUCL023 |
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Format:
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3.25 c.f. (6 boxes and 1 vol.) |
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Arrangement:
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Chronological |
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Notes:
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Includes pamphlets for 1798-1851 (Quarter Sessions beg. Nov. 1815), and bound transcript for Oyer & Terminer/Quarter Sess., 1810-1817. |
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Series:
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Union County Clerk's Office Index to Miscellaneous Records, 1857-1940 |
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Control #:
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CUNCL011 |
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (1 vol.); 1 reel (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Indexes various records, including coroner's inquests, Circuit Court and Common Pleas cases, etc. |
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Series:
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Union County Clerk's Office Circuit Court Papers relating to Sewers, ca. 1909-1914 |
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Control #:
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CUNCL017 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box) |
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Notes:
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May include papers relating to other types of municipal improvements. |
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Series:
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Warren County Clerk's Office Rough Minutes of the Circuit Court, 1838-1901 |
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Control #:
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CWACL006 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box); 4 reels (35-mm) |
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Notes:
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Volumes span 1849-1862; microfilm covers 1838-1901. |
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Series:
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William Inglis & Co. Journals and Ledger, 1854-1857 |
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Control #:
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PINGL001 |
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (3 vols.) |
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Notes:
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This company was located in Paterson, Passaic Co., NJ; the books were used as exhibits in a Passaic Circuit Court case. |
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 370.9 c.f. of paper records and 68.5 reels of microfilm ~
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