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Somerset County, New Jersey
Genealogy, History & Facts
County Vital Records ∣ County Census Records ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣
County Societies, Family History Resources and County Genealogy Links
Somerset County, New Jersey Facts
When was Somerset County, NJ Created?
Somerset County was established on May 14, 1688 from Middlesex County.
What is the County Seat of Somerset County, NJ?
The County Seat is located in Somerville plus the county government website is www.co.somerset.nj.us/
What counties are adjacent to Somerset County, NJ?
Bordering Counties are Morris County, Union County, Middlesex County, Mercer County, Hunterdon County.
Somerset County, NJ Vital Records
Where can find Somerset County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Somerset County vital records can be found at the New Jersey Department of Health has copies of Birth, Marriage and Death records from 1878 to the present. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in New Jerseyi for current fees and application process.
You can also order Order Electronically Online or You can download an application for New Jersey Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail.
Somerset County, NJ Census Records
What Somerset County, NJ census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Somerset County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Somerset Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Somerset Co. Industry and Agriculture is available for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Somerset Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890. You can get free down-loadable not to mention printable census forms that can help with your research. See Also New Jersey Census Records Research Guide
Somerset County, NJ Courthouse and Government Records
Somerset County CourthouseWhat genealogical records can I find in the Somerset County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Somerset County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in New Jersey courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless New Jersey residents.
The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Somerset County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also New Jersey Courthouse Records Research Guide.
- Somerset County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 20 North Bridge Street, Somerville, NJ 08876-1262
- Somerset County Clerk
- Address: 20 Grove Street, PO BOX 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876-1262
- Phone: (908) 231 – 7006
- Land Records: 1765 mortgages /1785 deeds
- Marriage Records:1765
- Somerset County Surrogate Court / Orphan’s Court
- Address: 20 Grove St., P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
- Phone: 908-231-7003
- Probate Records: 1794 orphans’ court minutes /1804 surrogates’ records
- Land holders from survey by Benjamin Morgan
- Minutes of the meetings of the justices and chosen freeholders for the county of Somerset, May 13, 1772 to September 2, 1822
- Charter and by-laws of the Bound Brook Mutual Fire Assurance Co.
- New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
- Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey 1664-1703
- New Jersey, Published Archives Series, 1631-1782
- BLM Land Records
Somerset County, NJ Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Somerset County, NJ?
A list of Somerset County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide New Jersey Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Somerset County Historical Society, Van Veghten Dr., Bridgewater, NJ 08807; (908) 218-1281
- Somerset Hills, Historical Society Of The, P.O. Box 136, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
- Somerset County Library, N. Bridge & Vogt Drive, Bridgewater, NJ 08807; (908) 526-401
- Somerset Hills, Historical Society Of The, P.O. Box 136, Basking Ridge NJ 07920
- Department of State Division of Archives and Records Management ; Bureau of Archives and Records Preservation State Library Bldg, 185 West State Street, CN-307, Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
- New Jersey State Library, State Library Building, 185 West State Street, CN-520, Trenton, NJ 08625-0520
- New Jersey Historical Society, 52 Park Pl., Newark, NJ 07102; 973-596-8500 ext 248 or 249
- Genealogical Society of New Jersey, PO Box 1476, Trenton NJ 08607-1476
Where can I connect with other Somerset County, NJ Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- New Jersey State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Somerset County, New Jersey Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com) read and post messages about your ancestors in Somerset County
- Somerset County, New Jersey Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Somerset County, NJ?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Somerset County. A majority of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business Sites, Private Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some have to have a payment. This is just a directory which has been gathered or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site above another.
Somerset Co. NJ Books, Newspapers & Publications
- New Jersey Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- New Jersey historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from New Jersey (1777 – 1972) (genealogybank.com)
- Newspaper clippings from the Sussex register (search.ancestry.com)
- Somerset County, New Jersey Books (amazon.com)
- Search New Jersey Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
Somerset Co. NJ Cemeteries & Church Records
- New Jersey Cemetery Research Guide
- Methodist Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J. (search.ancestry.com)
- Old Presbyterian Churchyard, Bound Brook, N.J. (search.ancestry.com)
- Somerset Co., New Jersey Graves (findagrave.com)
- Somerset County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Somerset Co., New Jersey Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Somerset Co., New Jersey Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- New Jersey Church & Bible Research Guide
- Forty years at Raritan : eight memorial sermons with notes for a history of the Reformed Dutch Churches in Somerset County, N.J (search.ancestry.com)
- Directory, 75th anniversary number, Pluckamin Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, N.J. (search.ancestry.com)
- Directory, 76th anniversary number, Pluckemin Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, N.J. (search.ancestry.com)
- Inventory of the church archives of New Jersey (search.ancestry.com)
- Topographic Church List and Map for Somerset County, New Jersey
- Somerset County, New Jersey Church Books (amazon.com)
Somerset Co. NJ Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- New Jersey Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Nichols and Related Families (nicholsgenealogy.com)
Somerset Co. NJ General and History Websites
- See Also State History for New Jersey
- Somerset County, New Jersey Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Quick Guide to Somerset County, New Jersey (njskylands.com)
- Northwestern New Jersey : a history of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex counties (search.ancestry.com)
- North of the Raritan Lotts : a history of the Martinsville, New Jersey area (search.ancestry.com)
- The Corning farm book : being the complete and authentic story of the Corning egg farm from its inception to date : together wi (search.ancestry.com)
- Index to Snell’s History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties (search.ancestry.com)
- Report of the expert committee appointed to investigate the affairs of Somerset County, New Jersey (search.ancestry.com)
- Why not own your own home on the line of the Central Railroad of New Jersey? (search.ancestry.com)
- Addition to index of Mellick’s Story of an old farm (search.ancestry.com)
- Somerset County, New Jersey Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Somerset Co. NJ Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Somerset County, New Jersey (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – New Jersey – Counties – Somerset (cyndislist.com)
- Somerset County New Jersey (genealogytrails.com)
- Somerset Co. NJGenweb (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
- Somerset County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Somerset Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Somerset Co. NJ Immigration & Naturalization
Somerset Co. NJ Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Statewide Maps and Atlas Links for New Jersey
- Somerset County NJ D.O.T. Map
- 1895 Somerset County Map (livgenmi.com)
Somerset Co. NJ Military Records
- New Jersey Military Records Research Guide
- Sketches and papers relating to the revolutionary days in Somerset County (search.ancestry.com)
- New Jersey Military Records (Fold3.com) will provide easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the New Jersey individuals who served. Excellent for Somerset County genealogists, researchers, historians and a lot more.
