Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Cumberland County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Other records
Marriages, births and deaths
County government
- Clerk's Office · Road Records, 1752 - 1904 · CCUCL0021752 - 1904
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Civil War Records, 1861 - 1862 · CCUCL0051861 - 1862
- Clerk's Office · Election Records, 1790 - 1944 · CCUCL0071790 - 1944
- Clerk's Office · Oaths of Members of the Board of Registry and Election, 1904 & 1911 · CCUCL0091904 - 1911
- Clerk's Office · Railroad Damage Petitions, 1860 - 1889 · CCUCL0111860 - 1889
- Clerk's Office · Register of Nurses, 1914 - 1950 · CCUCL0131914 - 1950
- Clerk's Office · Dental Registry, 1884 - 1905 · CCUCL0141884 - 1905
- Clerk's Office · Register of Physicians and Midwives, 1894 - 1954 · CCUCL0151894 - 1954
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Records, 1773 - 1882 · CCUCL0211773 - 1882
- Clerk's Office · Commissions of Officials, 1845 - 1859 · CCUCL0251845 - 1859
- Clerk's Office · Certificates of Boundary Line Settlements, 1820 - 1852 · CCUCL0261820 - 1852
- Clerk's Office · Records relating to Laying Out of Tidal Swamps, Meadow Banks and Water Courses, 1812 - 1890 · CCUCL0281812 - 1890
Court records
- Clerk's Office · Papers relating to Supreme Court Cases, 1761 - 1894 · CCUCL0031761 - 1894
- Clerk's Office · Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1788 - 1948 · CCUCL0081788 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Minutes, Book A, 1798 - 1842 · CCUCL0121798 - 1842
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer Case Papers, 1778 - 1865 · CCUCL0161778 - 1865
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Case Papers, 1798 - 1887 · CCUCL0171798 - 1887
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer Minutes, Book A, 1798 - 1837 · CCUCL0181798 - 1837
- Clerk's Office · Oaths, Bonds and Appointments of Sheriffs, 1788 - 1842 · CCUCL0231788 - 1842
- Court of Common Pleas · Case Papers, 1745 - 1837 · CCUCP0011745 - 1837
- Court of Common Pleas · Tavern License Petitions, 1774 - 1920 · CCUCP0021774 - 1920
- Court of Common Pleas · Peddler's Licenses and Petitions, 1797 - 1979 · CCUCP0031797 - 1879
- Court of Common Pleas · Petitions and Orders for Relief of Widows with Dependent Children, 1913 - 1938 · CCUCP0071913 - 1952
- Court of Common Pleas · Record Book, 1847 - 1853 · CCUCP0091847 - 1853
- Court of Common Pleas · Court of General Quarter Sessions · Minutes, 1748 - 1900 · CCUCP0101748 - 1900
- Coroner's Office · Inquisitions and Bills of Cost, 1784 - 1950 · CCUCR0011784 - 1950
- Justices Court and Small Cause Court · Records, 1783 - 1912 · CCUJU0011783 - 1912
Deeds and land
- Clerk's Office · 1855 State Census Schedules for Cumberland County, 1855 · CCUCL0041855
- Clerk's Office · 1865 State Census Schedules for Cumberland County, 1865 · CCUCL0061865
- Clerk's Office · Mortgages, 1766 - 1861 and Indexes, 1766 - 1943 · CCUCL0191766 - 1943
- Clerk's Office · Ancient Deeds, 1812 - 1872 (recorded 1872 - 1901) · CCUCL0201812 - 1901
- Clerk's Office · Deeds, 1785 - 1901 and Indexes, 1785 - 1952 · CCUCL0221785 - 1952
- Clerk's Office · Rules of the Cumberland Court, 1818 · CCUCL0241818
- Court of Common Pleas · Partitions of Land, 1806 - 1929 · CCUCP0041806 - 1929
- Loan Office · Mortgage Register, 1786 · CCULO0011786
- Surrogate's Office · Divisions of Land, 1810 - 1901 and Index, 1794 - 1901 · CCUSU0021794 - 1901
Wills and estates
- Clerk's Office · Works Progress Administration Records, ca. 1936 - 1942 · CCUCL0101936 - 1942
- Clerk's Office · Lists of Creditors of Assigned Estates, 1826 - 1853 · CCUCL0271826 - 1853
- Court of Common Pleas · Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820 - 1829 · CCUCP0051820 - 1829
- Court of Common Pleas · Petitions and Orders of Commitment of Minors to the New Jersey State Board of Children's Guardians, ca. 1936 - 1948 · CCUCP0121936 - 1948
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Minutes, 1785 - 1904 and Indexes, 1785 - 1943 · CCUSU0011785 - 1943
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1804 - 1922 and Indexes, 1804 - 1970 · CCUSU0031804 - 1970
- Surrogate's Office · Administrations, 1804 - 1911 · CCUSU0041804 - 1911
- Surrogate's Office · Guardianship Records, 1818 - 1954 · CCUSU0051818 - 1954
- Surrogate's Office · Record of Bonds, 1861 - 1901 and Index, 1861 - 1944 · CCUSU0061861 - 1944
- Surrogate's Office · Accounts of Executors and Administrators, 1872 - 1901 and Index, 1872 - 1970 · CCUSU0071872 - 1970
- Surrogate's Office · Applications for Letters Testamentary, 1878 - 1907 and Index, 1878 - 1945 · CCUSU0081878 - 1945
- Surrogate's Office · Adoptions, 1882 - 1940 · CCUSU0091882 - 1940
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Records, Volume 1, 1887 - 1909 · CCUSU0101887 - 1909
- Surrogate's Office · Applications for Letters of Administration, 1890 - 1909 and Index, 1879 - 1970 · CCUSU0111879 - 1970
Military records
Naturalization records
Poor relief and institutions
Tax records
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
- Cumberland 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, Cumberland" 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: Salem County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Salem County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1748, 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.