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Monmouth 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
Monmouth County, New Jersey Facts
When was Monmouth County, NJ Created?
Monmouth County was established on March 1, 1683 as one of four original counties created in East Jersey.
What is the County Seat of Monmouth County, NJ?
The County Seat is located in Freehold Borough plus the county government website is www.visitmonmouth.com/
What counties are adjacent to Monmouth County, NJ?
Bordering Counties are Middlesex County, Ocean County, Burlington County, Mercer County, Queens County (Queens), New York, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York.
Monmouth County, NJ Vital Records
Where can find Monmouth County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Monmouth 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.
Monmouth County, NJ Census Records
What Monmouth County, NJ census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Monmouth County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1790-1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Monmouth Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Monmouth Co. Industry and Agriculture is available for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Monmouth 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
Monmouth County, NJ Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Monmouth County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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.
- Monmouth County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 71 Monument Park, Freehold, NJ 07728-1266
- Monmouth County Clerk
- Address: 33 Mechanic Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
- Phone: 732-431-7324
- Land Records: 1766 mortgages / 1667 deeds
- Marriage Records: 1683
- Monmouth County Surrogate Court / Orphan’s Court
- Address: 1 E. Main Street, Hall of Records, Room 118, Freehold, NJ 07728
- Phone: 732-431-7330
- Probate Records: 1785 orphans’ court minutes / 1804 surrogates’ records
- Intestates and Others from the Orphans Court Books of Monmouth Co., N.J., 1785-1906
- Abstracts of Partitions and Divisions of the New Jersey Counties of Monmouth, Mercer, and Burlington
- 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
Monmouth County, NJ Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Monmouth County, NJ?
A list of Monmouth County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide New Jersey Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Monmouth County NJ Genealogy Group (facebook.com)
- Monmouth County Archives, 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan, NJ 07726; (732)-308-3772
- Monmouth County Historical Association, 70 Court St., Freehold, NJ 07728, (732) 462-1466
- Monmouth County Historical Commission, Hall of Records, Rm 201, Freehold, NJ 07728; (732) 431-7413
- Howell Historical Society, 427 Lakewood-Farmingdale Road, Howell ; (732) 938-2212
- Keyport Historical Society, Broad Street Keyport, NJ 07735; (732) 739-6390
- Matawan Historical Society, 94 Main St Matawan, NJ 07747; 732-566-5605
- Middletown Township Historical Society, 900 Leonardville Rd, Leonardo, NJ 07737; 732-615-2260
- Neptune Township Historical Society, 25 Neptune Blvd., Neptune NJ
- Ocean Grove, Historical Society Of, 53 Central Avenue, Ocean Grove NJ
- Old Wall Historical Society, 1701 New Bedford Rd, Belmar, NJ 07719; Phone: 1 (732) 974-1430
- Spring Lake Historical Society, 5th & Warren Avenue, Spring Lake 07762; 732-449-0772
- Shrewsbury Historical Society, 419 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury
- Spring Lake Historical Society, 5th & Warren Avenue, Spring Lake 07762; 732-449-0772
- Squan Village Historical Society, 105 South Street, Manasquan, NJ 08736; Phone 732.223.6770
- 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 Monmouth County, NJ Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- New Jersey State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Monmouth County, New Jersey Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com) read and post messages about your ancestors in Monmouth County
- Monmouth County, New Jersey Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Monmouth County, NJ?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Monmouth 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.
Monmouth 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)
- Monmouth County, New Jersey Books (amazon.com)
- Search New Jersey Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
Monmouth Co. NJ Cemeteries & Church Records
- New Jersey Cemetery Research Guide
- Monmouth County cemetery guide (search.ancestry.com)
- Monmouth Co., New Jersey Graves (findagrave.com)
- Monmouth County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Monmouth Co., New Jersey Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Monmouth Co., New Jersey Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- New Jersey Church & Bible Research Guide
- Inventory of the church archives of New Jersey (search.ancestry.com)
- Topographic Church List and Map for Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Monmouth County, New Jersey Church Books (amazon.com)
Monmouth Co. NJ Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- New Jersey Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Early Dutch settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey (search.ancestry.com)
- Nichols and Related Families (nicholsgenealogy.com)
Monmouth Co. NJ General and History Websites
- See Also State History for New Jersey
- Monmouth County, New Jersey Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Index to History of Monmouth County, New Jersey (search.ancestry.com)
- From Indian trail to electric rail : history of the Atlantic Highlands, Sandy Hook, and original Portland Poynt, one of the fir (search.ancestry.com)
- A history of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, embracing a genealogical record of earliest settlers in Monmouth and Ocean Counties a (search.ancestry.com)
- Old times in old Monmouth (search.ancestry.com)
- New Jersey, this old Monmouth of ours (search.ancestry.com)
- History of Rumson, 1665-1944 (search.ancestry.com)
- Monmouth County, New Jersey Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Monmouth Co. NJ Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Monmouth County, New Jersey (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – New Jersey – Counties – Monmouth (cyndislist.com)
- Monmouth County New Jersey (genealogytrails.com)
- Monmouth Co. NJGenweb (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
- Monmouth County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Monmouth Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Monmouth Co. NJ Immigration & Naturalization
Monmouth Co. NJ Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Statewide Maps and Atlas Links for New Jersey
- Monmouth County NJ D.O.T. Map
- 1895 Monmouth County Map (livgenmi.com)
Monmouth Co. NJ Military Records
- New Jersey Military Records Research Guide
- Roster of the People of Revolutionary Monmouth County [New Jersey] (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 Monmouth County genealogists, researchers, historians and a lot more.