Passaic County, New Jersey Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1837, created from Bergen and Essex counties.

Boundary Changes

 * 1907, part back to Essex County.

Neighboring Counties
Bergen | Essex | Morris | Sussex | New York counties: Orange | Rockland

Cemeteries

 * Findagrave-- List of Cemeteries for Passaic County
 * Findagrave -- Map of Cemeteries for Passaic County
 * Passaic County Cemeteries -- Rootsweb
 * Passaic County Cemeteries -- GenWeb

Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Cemeteries Outside of Passaic County
 * Acquackanonk - Old First Reformed Cemetery Plot Owners, 1850 - 1864
 * Butler - Manning Avenue Cemetery - (Adobe PDF) - Manning Ave. Cemetery Map
 * Cedar Grove - Cedar Grove Cemetery (CANFIELD-DOREMUS)
 * Clifton - Centerville Cemetery, (Jewish)
 * Oak Ridge - Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Paterson - Cedar Lawn Cemetery (narrative)

Maps

 * Map of Townships in Passaic County
 * Outline of Passaic County over Google Map -- Home Town Locator

Military
Revolutionary Soldiers buried in the rear of Belleville Reformed Church, Belleville, New Jersey. Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club

Obtaining Copies of County Probate Records
Copies of recorded probate records and the estate files can be obtained from the surrogate's offices for a fee. Addresses of surrogate's offices are found in:


 * Eichholz, Alice, Editor. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992. (.) Explains state-by-state history, vital records, census, background sources, periodicals, archives, libraries, societies, maps, land, probate, court, tax, cemetery, church, and military records. Includes county boundary map and table which shows when each county was created and the parent counties.

In addition, copies of the original wills, administrations, inventories, and guardianships sent to Trenton since 1901 can be ordered from:


 * Clerk of the Superior Court
 * Records Information Center
 * P.O. Box 967
 * Trenton, NJ 08625-0967
 * Telephone: 609-292-4978
 * Fax: 609-777-0094
 * Internet: http://www.answers.com/topic/new-jersey-superior-court

Schools and Associations
Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1873 - 1895
 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1896 - 1908
 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1909 - 1916
 * Passaic - High School Graduates, 1917 - 1921
 * Paterson - Assoc. of Exempt Firemen, 1882-1892
 * Paterson - Candidates for Admission to High School, 1890
 * Paterson - DAR Applications, Garret A. Hobart Chapter
 * Paterson - Hamilton Club, 1905 Membership Roster
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1880
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1903
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1904
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1905
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1907
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1909
 * Paterson - High School Graduates, 1910
 * Paterson - Normal School Graduates, 1905
 * Paterson - Normal School Graduates, 1906
 * Paterson - Old Ladies' Home of Passaic Cty., Resident List 1927-1934
 * Paterson - Rambling Club, Inc., 1908
 * Paterson - Riverside Athletic and Singing Club, Inc., 1933

Bible Records
Courtesy of the Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club:


 * Index of Surnames
 * ACKERMAN Family Bible Records
 * BENJAMIN / FURDUN Family Bible Records
 * BURHANS Family Bible Records
 * CAMPBELL Family Bible Records
 * CRANE Family Bible Records
 * DERROM Family Bible Records
 * FORCE Family Bible Records
 * GARRABRANT Family Bible Records
 * GARRABRANT (James) Family Bible Records
 * GOULD / VAN HOUTEN Family Bible Records
 * HINCHMAN Family Bible Records
 * KING Family Bible Records
 * POST Family Bible Records
 * POST / SPEAR Family Bible Records
 * PULIS Family Bible Records
 * ROMAINE Family Bible Records
 * ROSE Family Bible Records
 * SLINGERLAND Family Bible Records
 * SMITH (Hophni) Family Bible Records
 * SMITH (John) Family Bible Records
 * SPEAR / HINDLE Family Bible Records
 * STANLEY Family Bible Records
 * STORM Family Bible Records
 * VAN BLARCOM Family Bible Records
 * ZABRISKIE Family Bible Records

Societies and Libraries

 * The Passaic County Historical Society
 * The Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Passaic New Jersey Family History Center
 * Paterson New Jersey Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Passaic County US GenWeb Project
 * Passaic County Gen Web Archives
 * Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club On-line Resources
 * ancestry.com -- Search Passaic County Sources ($ ancestry.com subscription required)
 * |NJ|Passaic&xz=earth Live Roots -- Passaic County Links