Hunterdon County Surrogate - Genealogical Interest

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THE HUNTERDON COUNTY SURROGATE'S COURT
RECORD KEEPERS SINCE 1804
SUSAN J. HOFFMAN, HUNTERDON COUNTY SURROGATE 65 Park Avenue - PO Box 2900 - Flemington, NJ 08822-2900 Directions to Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm 908-788-1156 * Fax (908)788-1586 surrogate@co.hunterdon.nj.us

SOURCES OF GENEALOGICAL INTEREST

General Index:	1804 - 1965 (By name of deceased, minor, assignor) 1966 - Present (By name of deceased, minor, assignor)
Accounts:	Begin 1871
Administrations:	1804 - Present (Letters of Administration) 1882 - Present (Petitions for Administration)
Adoptions:	Sealed and unavailable for use
Applications for Probate:	1866 - Present
Assignees Bonds:	1866 - 1975
Caveats:	1817 - 1896
Divisions of Lands:	1815 - 1876
Dockets:	1804 - Present (These are on microfilm)
Guardianships of Minors and Incompetents:	1798 - 1909
Inventories:	1804 - 1977
Orphans Court Minutes:	1810 - Present (In New Jersey, the Orphans Court handled all estate matters whether there are actual orphans or not)
Partitions of Land:	1915 - 1960
Receipts / Releases:	1812 - Present
Wills:	1804 - Present (The originals are located in the state offices. A copy is retained with the Surrogate's Court)

This list does not include all the records in the Surrogate's Court but includes those that have the most genealogical / historical material.

The Surrogate's Court does very limited searching.