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Passaic County - Clerk's Office, Courts & Miscellaneous
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Passaic County was formed 7 February 1837 as follows: Acquackanonk (Clifton) and Paterson Twps. from Essex County; Manchester (Haledon), Pompton (Bloomingdale/Ringwood/Wanaque/Pompton Lakes) and West Milford Twps. from Bergen County.
Consult the Bergen and Essex pages linked below for pre-1837 records.
The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines.
Consult the Organizational Chart for Pre-1948 Court System for information on court jurisdictions. |
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Assignments of Mortgages and Indexes, 1851-1901
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Control #:
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CPACL001
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Format:
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25 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Indexes continue through 1936.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
1860 Federal Census Schedule for Passaic County
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Control #:
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CPACL002
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Format:
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0.4 c.f. (1 vol.)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Bergen County Mortgages [Copy], 1766-1840
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Control #:
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CPACL003
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Civil War Records, ca. 1861-ca. 1865
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Control #:
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CPACL004
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Divisions and Partitions of Land, 1850s-1880s
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Control #:
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CPACL005
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Format:
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0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Miscellaneous Records, 1820-1963
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Control #:
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CPACL006
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Format:
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14 c.f. (20 boxes)
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Arrangement:
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No obvious arrangement
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Notes:
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A portion of the material has not been processed.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Essex County Mortgages, 1766-1838
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Control #:
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CPACL007
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Marriage Records, 1837-1902
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Control #:
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CPACL008
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Format:
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0.75 c.f. (3 vols.); 1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Mortgages 1837-1866 and Indexes, 1837-1916
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Control #:
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CPACL009
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Format:
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17 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Building Contracts, 1849-1926
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Control #:
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CPACL010
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Notes:
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Mostly public buildings, including schools and fire houses.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Perth Amboy Surveys, 1678-1814
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Control #:
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CPACL011
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Notes:
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Include index.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Release Books, 1888-1908
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Control #:
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CPACL012
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Format:
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3 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Nurses' Licenses, 1903-1945
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Control #:
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CPACL013
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Format:
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2 c.f. (6 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Notes:
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Alphabetic index included in Books A-D.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Medical Registers, 1845-1975
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Control #:
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CPACL014
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Format:
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1 c.f. (2 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Various
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Notes:
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Includes registers of physicians, midwives, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists, druggists, dentists, etc.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1827-1948
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Control #:
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CPACL015
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Format:
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6 c.f. (24 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Alphabetical by justices' name
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Notes:
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Indexes are occassionally included in volume.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Exempt Firemen's and Military Certificates, 1860s-1935
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Control #:
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CPACL016
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Format:
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2.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Lists of Notaries, 1837-1935
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Control #:
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CPACL017
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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
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
Sewer and Road Improvement Maps, 1860s-1910s
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Control #:
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CPACL019
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Format:
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6 c.f. (6 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Mechanics' Liens, 1837-1893
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Control #:
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CPACL020
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Papers Relating to Roads and Sewers, 1837-1960s
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Control #:
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CPACL021
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Format:
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7 c.f. (7 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Lists of Appeals, 1868-1907
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Control #:
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CPACL022
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes)
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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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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Court of Oyer and Terminer Indictments, 1910-1919
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Control #:
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CPACL028
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Format:
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4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Clerk's Office
Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Session Minutes [with gaps], 1840-1942
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Control #:
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CPACL029
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Format:
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4 c.f. (15 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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By record type, then chronological
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Notes:
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"Record" volumes 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
Court of Common Pleas
Loose Papers, 1837-1908
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Control #:
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CPACP001
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Format:
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12 c.f. (12 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of Common Pleas
Minutes, 1840-1914
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Control #:
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CPACP002
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Format:
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8 c.f. (25 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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chronological
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Notes:
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Record volumes appear to be duplicates of the minutes. Volumes B-I include naturalization entries.
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of Common Pleas
Executions and Indexes, 1837-1947
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Control #:
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CPACP003
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Format:
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3 c.f. (8vols. 1 box)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of Common Pleas
Judgments, 1837-1912
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Control #:
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CPACP004
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Format:
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4.5 c.f. (4 boxes and one vol.)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of Common Pleas
Veteran's Peddlers Licenses, 1931-1952
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Control #:
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CPACP005
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Format:
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2 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of Common Pleas
Naturalization Records, 1837-1906
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Control #:
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CPACP006
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Format:
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67 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Coroner's Office
Reports, Testimonies and Inquisitions, 1837-1901
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Control #:
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CPACR001
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Format:
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19 c.f. (33 boxes)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Department of Parks and Recreation
Transcriptions of Dey Mansion Manuscripts, 1790-1925
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Control #:
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CPAPA001
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Format:
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0.25 c.f. (1 box)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Minutes, 1867-1952
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Control #:
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CPAQU001
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Format:
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15 c.f. (45 volumes)
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Arrangement:
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chronological
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Special Sessions Minutes [Allegations], 1875-1927
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Control #:
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CPAQU002
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Format:
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8 c.f. (25 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Passaic County
Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Special Sessions Minutes [Indictments], 1909-1928
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Control #:
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CPAQU003
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Format:
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2 c.f. (4 vols.)
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Arrangement:
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Chronological
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Series:
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Passaic County
Register of Deeds
Ancient Deeds, 1877-1897
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Control #:
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CPARD001
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Format:
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1 reel (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Register of Deeds
Deeds, 1837-1901 and Indexes, 1837-1916
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Control #:
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CPARD002
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Format:
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210 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Register of Deeds
Bergen County Deeds [Copy], 1715-1838
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Control #:
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CPARD003
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Format:
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16 reels (35-mm)
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Series:
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Passaic County
Register of Deeds
Essex County Deeds [Copy], 1729-1838
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Control #:
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CPARD004
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Format:
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8 reels (35-mm)
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~ The collections listed on this page represent 185.65 c.f. of paper records and
357 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:
Passaic County Clerk's Office, 401 Grand Street, Room 130, Paterson, NJ 07505, tel. 973-881-4786, website: www.passaiccountynj.org/Index.aspx?NID=131
This page last updated 05/17/2006
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