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County Government Records


Union County Declaration
of Intention, 1885.
Regular filings in the Clerks' Offices include deeds, mortgages, early marriage returns (1795-1878), tavern licenses, etc. In some counties, deeds and mortgages are filed by a County Register of Deeds.

Naturalizations prior to 1948 were granted by the former Courts of Common Pleas and by other courts. Probate and estate-administration filings, guardianship and adoption records, and minutes of the Orphans Courts are filed in the Surrogate's Offices.

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