Middlesex County, New Jersey Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1675, original part of East Jersey
 * 1 March 1683, created as a county from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * 26 May 1688, part taken for Somerset County.
 * 1710, some boundary changes
 * 1714, part of Somerset County taken back
 * 1790, some boundary changes with Somerset County
 * 1822, water boundary established
 * 22 February 1838, West Windsor and part of East Windsor twps. to Mercer County.
 * 1844, part of Monroe twp. to Monmouth County
 * 1844, part of Monroe twp. to Monmouth County and returned in 1845
 * 1847, piece of Monroe twp. to Monmouth County
 * 1850, part of Franklin twp. of Somerset County to North Brunswick twp.; water boundary clarified
 * 1855, some changes to boundary with Somerset County and again in 1858
 * 1860, part of Woodbridge twp. to Rahway, Union County
 * 1871, boundary with Plainfield, Union County changed
 * 1878, boundary at Kingston, Somerset County clarified
 * 1892, water boundary further clarified
 * 1939, land to Matawan, Monmouth County.

Populated Places

 * New Brunswick

Neighboring Counties
Mercer | Monmouth | Somerset | Union | Richmond (Staten Island) county, New York

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * New Brunswick

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. (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
 * Internet: http://www.answers.com/topic/new-jersey-superior-court

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog