Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Hudson 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
Marriages, births and deaths
Court records
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer Trial Book [Minutes], 1873 - 1874 · CHDCL0031873 - 1874
- Clerk's Office · Chancery Court Case Files, 1842 - 1908 · CHDCL0051842 - 1908
- Clerk's Office · Court of Errors and Appeals Case Files, #6933, 1886 · CHDCL0061886
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Case Files, ca. 1855 - 1915 · CHDCL0071855 - 1915
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Judgments, 1854 - 1927 · CHDCL0081854 - 1927
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer Indictments, 1866 - 1932 and Indexes [incomplete], 1884 - 1888 & 1894 - 1924 · CHDCL0091884 - 1924
- Court of Common Pleas · Case Files, 1873 - 1926 · CHDCP0011873 - 1926
- Court of Common Pleas · Case Papers from the Court of Small Causes, 1874 - 1917 · CHDCP0041874 - 1917
- Court of Common Pleas · Tavern License Petitions [incomplete], 1901 - 1907 · CHDCP0051901 - 1907
- Court of Common Pleas · Certificates of Lunacy/Non - Criminal Commitments, 1849 - 1921 · CHDCP0061849 - 1921
- Coroner's Office · Inquests, 1889 - 1910 · CHDCR0011889 - 1910
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Minutes, 1868 - 1869 & 1909 - 1911 · CHDQU0011868 - 1911
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Case Papers, 1870 · CHDQU0021870
Military records
Naturalization records
Deeds and land
- Register of Deeds and Mortgages · Deeds, 1840 - 1925 and Indexes, 1805 - 1922 · CHDRD0011805 - 1922
- Register of Deeds and Mortgages · Mortgages , 1805 - 1866 and Indexes, 1805 - 1905 · CHDRD0021805 - 1905
- Register of Deeds and Mortgages · Releases of Mortgages and Judgments, 1880 - 1893 and Index, 1880 - 1913 · CHDRD0031880 - 1913
- Register of Deeds and Mortgages · Miscellaneous Records, 1812 - 1901 · CHDRD0041812 - 1901
Wills and estates
- Surrogate's Office · Administrators and Executors Accounts, 1870 - 1901 · CHDSU0011870 - 1901
- Surrogate's Office · Administration Bonds, 1862 - 1900 · CHDSU0021862 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Applications for Letters of Administration, 1875 - 1900 · CHDSU0031875 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Guardianship, 1868 - 1900 and Index, 1868 - 1910 · CHDSU0041868 - 1910
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Administration, 1840 - 1900 · CHDSU0051840 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Testamentary Guardian Bonds, 1876 - 1934 · CHDSU0061876 - 1934
- Surrogate's Office · Guardian Bonds, 1867 - 1903 · CHDSU0071867 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Bonds, 1861 - 1902 · CHDSU0081861 - 1902
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Records [Minutes], 1840 - 1902 · CHDSU0091840 - 1902
- Surrogate's Office · Receipts and Discharges 1849 - 1899 and Index, 1849 - 1903 · CHDSU0101849 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Dockets and Indexes, 1840 - 1953 · CHDSU0111840 - 1953
- Surrogate's Office · Unrecorded Estate Papers, 1804 - 1953 · CHDSU0121840 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1840 - 1901 · CHDSU0131840 - 1901
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
- Hudson 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, Hudson" 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: Bergen County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Bergen County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1840, 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.