Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Burlington County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
County government
- Clerk's Office · Records of Children of Slaves, 1804 - 1826 · CBUCL0011804 - 1826
- Clerk's Office · Manumissions of Slaves - Book B, 1820 - 1853 · CBUCL0021820 - 1853
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Records, 1749 - 1950 · CBUCL0121749 - 1937
- Clerk's Office · Road Records, 1762 - 1950 · CBUCL0131762 - 1950
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Records, Volume 1, 1889 - 1954 · CBUCL0141889 - 1954
- Clerk's Office · Oaths of Public Officials, 1866 - 1949 (bulk dates 1866 - 1921) · CBUCL0161866 - 1949
- Clerk's Office · Jury Records, 1874 - 1916 · CBUCL0211874 - 1916
- Clerk's Office · Record of Indictments and Sentences, 1887 - 1910 · CBUCL0221887 - 1910
- Clerk's Office · Commitment Papers, 1899 - 1905 · CBUCL0251899 - 1905
- Clerk's Office · Railroad Damage Petitions, 1880 · CBUCL0261880
- Clerk's Office · Elections Records, 1840 - 1914 · CBUCL0291840 - 1914
- Clerk's Office · Certificates of Incorporation, 1847 - 1924 · CBUCL0321847 - 1924
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Executions, 1875 - 1934 · CBUCL0331875 - 1934
- Clerk's Office · Index to Building Contracts, ca. 1841 - 1931 · CBUCL0341841 - 1931
- Clerk's Office · Returns of Commissioners to Settle Township Boundaries, 1762 - 1763 · CBUCL0401762 - 1763
- Clerk's Office · Bottle Descriptions [sample], 1894 - 1897 · CBUCL0411894 - 1897
- Clerk's Office · Dentist's and Physician's Registry, 1882 - 1930 · CBUCL0421882 - 1930
Marriages, births and deaths
Deeds and land
- Clerk's Office · Assignments of Mortgages, 1853 - 1874 · CBUCL0051853 - 1874
- Clerk's Office · Ancient Deeds, Volume 1, 1718 - 1892 (recorded 1876 - 1921) · CBUCL0061718 - 1921
- Clerk's Office · Deeds, 1785 - 1901 and Indexes, 1785 - 1921 & 1948 · CBUCL0071785 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Divisions and Partitions of Land, 1788 - 1896 · CBUCL0081788 - 1896
- Clerk's Office · Mortgages, 1766 - 1861 and Indexes, 1766 - 1924 · CBUCL0111766 - 1924
- Clerk's Office · Original Recorded Deeds, Mortgages and Other Land Records, ca. 1712 - 1950 · CBUCL0151712 - 1950
- Clerk's Office · Record of Surveyors' Compass Variations, 1866 - 1871 · CBUCL0171866 - 1871
- Clerk's Office · Chattel Mortgages, 1852 - 1935 and Indexes, 1880 - 1924 · CBUCL0201852 - 1935
- Clerk's Office · Discharges of Mortgages and Cancelled Bonds, 1801 - 1938 · CBUCL0311801 - 1938
- Loan Office · Mortgage Registers, Minutes and Ledgers, 1724 - 1799 · CBULO0011724 - 1799
- Surrogate's Office · Bonds for Sales of Land, Volume 1, 1886 - 1933 · CBUSU0031886 - 1933
Court records
- Clerk's Office · Record of Trials, Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Quarter Sessions, 1887 - 1937 · CBUCL0091887 - 1937
- Clerk's Office · Chancery Court Case Papers, 1879 - 1904 · CBUCL0101879 - 1904
- Clerk's Office · Court Fee Books, 1831 - 1896 · CBUCL0181831 - 1896
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Court Indexes, 1854 - 1916 · CBUCL0191854 - 1916
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Case Papers, 1838 - 1898 · CBUCL0231838 - 1898
- Clerk's Office · Writ and Attachment Dockets, 1807 - 1905 · CBUCL0241807 - 1905
- Clerk's Office · Supreme Court Case Papers, 1807 - 1903 · CBUCL0271807 - 1903
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer and Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace Indictments, 1732 - 1897 and 1913 - 1947 · CBUCL0281732 - 1947
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Appearance Docket, 1838 - 1911 · CBUCL0301838 - 1911
- Clerk's Office · Minutes of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Quarter Sessions, 1843 - 1916 · CBUCL0351843 - 1916
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Executions [and Sealing Dockets], 1838 - 1954 · CBUCL0361838 - 1954
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Judgments, 1838 - 1916 · CBUCL0371838 - 1916
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court/Court of Oyer and Terminer Minute Books, 1837 - 1890 · CBUCL0381837 - 1890
- Clerk's Office · Assignments of Judgment, 1879 - 1938 · CBUCL0391879 - 1938
- Clerk's Office · List of Causes of the Burlington County Courts, 1911 - 1926 · CBUCL0441911 - 1926
- Court of Common Pleas · Court of General Quarter Sessions · Tavern License Petitions and Remonstrances, 1817 - 1906 · CBUCP0011817 - 1906
- Court of Common Pleas · Judgments, 1799 - 1916 · CBUCP0041799 - 1916
- Court of Common Pleas/Court of General Quarter Sessions · Minutes, 1681 - 1919 · CBUCP0051681 - 1919
- Court of Common Pleas · Cost Dockets, 1761 - 1772 · CBUCP0061761 - 1772
- Court of Common Pleas · Case Papers, ca. 1756 - 1935 · CBUCP0071756 - 1935
- Court of Common Pleas · Accounts of Indian Commissioners, 1807 - 1819 · CBUCP0081807 - 1819
- Court of Common Pleas · Judgments from the Court of Small Causes, 1848 - 1911 · CBUCP0091848 - 1911
- Court of Common Pleas · Executions [Docketed Judgments], 1792 - 1914 · CBUCP0101792 - 1914
- Coroner's Office · Inquisitions, Postmortem View Certificates, Miscellaneous Records, and Transcriptions of Selected Inquisitions, 1747 - 1907 · CBUCR0011747 - 1907
- Justices Court · Records, 1822 - 1937 · CBUJU0011822 - 1937
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Petitions for Peddler's Licenses, 1739 - ca.1776 · CBUQU0011739 - 1776
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Minutes, 1739 - 1787 · CBUQU0021739 - 1787
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Minutes of Special Sessions, 1894 - 1923 · CBUQU0031894 - 1923
- Small Cause Court · Case Papers, 1810 - 1888 · CBUSM0011810 - 1888
Tax records
Military records
Naturalization records
Wills and estates
- Surrogate's Office · Accounts, 1871 - 1903 · CBUSU0011871 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Administration Bonds, 1862 - 1905 · CBUSU0021862 - 1905
- Surrogate's Office · Estate Index, 1785 - 1970 · CBUSU0041785 - 1970
- Surrogate's Office · Executors' Bonds, Volume A, 1882 - 1952 · CBUSU0051882 - 1952
- Surrogate's Office · Guardians' Accounts, 1800 - 1844 · CBUSU0061800 - 1844
- Surrogate's Office · Guardians' Bonds, 1862 - 1919 · CBUSU0071862 - 1919
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Guardianship and Administration, 1804 - 1884 · CBUSU0081804 - 1884
- Surrogate's Office · Inventories of Estates, 1804 - 1901 · CBUSU0091804 - 1901
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Administration, 1884 - 1905 · CBUSU0101884 - 1915
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Guardianship, Volume D, 1884 - 1923 · CBUSU0111884 - 1923
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Estate Papers [Loose], 1740 - 1900 and Index, 1740 - 1918 · CBUSU0121740 - 1918
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Letters, Volume 1, 1884 - 1933 · CBUSU0131884 - 1933
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Minutes, 1785 - 1903 · CBUSU0141785 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Petitions for Letters of Administration, 1878 - 1904 · CBUSU0151878 - 1904
- Surrogate's Office · Petitions for Probate and Letters Testamentary, 1878 - 1904 · CBUSU0161878 - 1904
- Surrogate's Office · Proceedings Index, 1785 - 1970 · CBUSU0171785 - 1970
- Surrogate's Office · Receipts and Discharges, 1833 - 1908 · CBUSU0181833 - 1908
- Surrogate's Office · Renunciations, 1878 - 1908 · CBUSU0191878 - 1908
- Surrogate's Office · Special Bonds, 1861 - 1919 · CBUSU0201861 - 1919
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1804 - 1900 · CBUSU0211804 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Divisions, 1853 - 1902 · CBUSU0221853 - 1902
- Surrogate's Office · Executors' Bonds, Volume A (1882 - 1952) and Inventories of Estate Assignments, Volume A, 1877 - 1935 · CBUSU0231877 - 1935
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected county-created series from the New Jersey State Archives current searchable catalog. Dates, series identifiers and creating offices are retained. Statewide records appearing in county searches were excluded. A catalog entry may describe paper or microfilm held on site; consult its format, restrictions and detailed contents before requesting access.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Burlington County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk and the surrogate, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county clerk
Deeds, mortgages and other land records, and naturalizations.
- The surrogate
Wills and estates.
- The New Jersey State Archives
In Trenton: state birth, marriage and death records from 1848, and the original wills and estate papers proved before 1901.
- New Jersey State Archivesfree
The state archives in Trenton, with state vital records from 1848, colonial and state wills, court records and state censuses.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "New Jersey, Burlington" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Burlington County: Hunterdon County, Mercer County
The Atlas data for Burlington County begins in 1710, later than the 1681 date above, so this is the earliest boundary on file, not its original one.
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1681, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
New Jersey began statewide registration in 1848, earlier than most states. The State Archives holds those records for the early years and also the wills proved before 1901.