Bergen County, New Jersey Genealogy

United States New Jersey  Bergen County

County Courthouse
http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/ One Bergen County Plaza Hackensack, NJ 07601 (201) 336 - 7300

Parent County

 * 1675, formed as original county of East Jersey.
 * Formally created 1 March 1683.

Boundary Changes

 * 1710, New Barbadoes twp. added from Essex County
 * 1807, coastal boundary fixed.
 * 7 March 1837, Passaic County was set off.
 * 22 February 1840, Hudson County was set off.
 * 1852, part of Harrison twp. added as Union twp.
 * 1892, coastal boundary clarified.

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 (generally $1 per page). 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. (Family History Library book 973 D27rb 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

Websites

 * The Bergen County NJGenWeb Project, a member of The NJGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Bergen County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Bergen County. (Backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog