Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Passaic County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Deeds and land
- Clerk's Office · Bergen County Mortgages [Copy], 1766 - 1840 · CPACL0031766 - 1840
- Register of Deeds · Bergen County Deeds [Copy], 1715 - 1838 · CPARD0031715 - 1838
- Clerk's Office · Essex County Mortgages, 1766 - 1838 · CPACL0071766 - 1838
- Register of Deeds · Essex County Deeds [Copy], 1729 - 1838 · CPARD0041729 - 1838
- Clerk's Office · Assignments of Mortgages, 1851 - 1901 and Indexes, 1851 - 1936 · CPACL0011851 - 1936
- Clerk's Office · Divisions and Partitions of Land, ca. 1850 - 1880 · CPACL0051850 - 1880
- Clerk's Office · Mortgages 1837 - 1866 and Indexes, 1837 - 1916 · CPACL0091837 - 1916
- Clerk's Office · Perth Amboy Surveys, 1678 - 1814 · CPACL0111678 - 1814
- Register of Deeds · Ancient Deeds, 1877 - 1897 · CPARD0011877 - 1897
- Register of Deeds · Deeds, 1837 - 1901 and Indexes, 1837 - 1916 · CPARD0021837 - 1916
- Surrogate's Office · Sales of Lands, 1870 - 1904 · CPASU0111870 - 1904
County government
- Clerk's Office · Civil War Records, ca. 1861 - 1865 · CPACL0041861 - 1865
- Clerk's Office · Miscellaneous Records, 1820 - 1963 · CPACL0061820 - 1963
- Clerk's Office · Building Contracts, 1849 - 1926 · CPACL0101849 - 1926
- Clerk's Office · Release Books, 1888 - 1908 · CPACL0121888 - 1908
- Clerk's Office · Nurses' Licenses, 1903 - 1945 · CPACL0131903 - 1945
- Clerk's Office · Medical Registers, 1845 - 1975 · CPACL0141845 - 1975
- Clerk's Office · Lists of Notaries, 1837 - 1935 · CPACL0171837 - 1935
- Clerk's Office · Sewer and Road Improvement Maps, ca. 1860 - 1910 · CPACL0191860 - 1910
- Clerk's Office · Mechanics' Lien Claimes, 1837 - 1893 · CPACL0201837 - 1893
- Clerk's Office · Papers Relating to Roads and Sewers, 1837 - ca. 1960 · CPACL0211837 - 1960
- Clerk's Office · Lists of Appeals, 1868 - 1907 · CPACL0221868 - 1907
Marriages, births and deaths
Court records
- Clerk's Office · Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1827 - 1945 · CPACL0151827 - 1948
- Clerk's Office · Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions, Circuit Court and Supreme Court, ca. 1870 - 1897 · CPACL0181870 - 1897
- Clerk's Office · Index to Circuit Court Judgments, No. 1, ca. 1862 - 1895 · CPACL0231862 - 1895
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Proceedings [Case Files] and Indexes, 1838 - 1881 · CPACL0241838 - 1881
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Minutes, 1837 - 1915 [with gaps] · CPACL0251837 - 1915
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court Executions, 1837 - 1928 · CPACL0261837 - 1928
- Clerk's Office · Circuit Court in Equity Registers, 1852 - 1904 · CPACL0271852 - 1904
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer Indictments, 1910 - 1919 · CPACL0281910 - 1919
- Clerk's Office · Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Session Minutes/Record, 1840 - 1920 [with gaps] · CPACL0291840 - 1942
- Clerk's Office · Rough Minutes of the Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Termine, 1888 - 1942 [with gaps] · CPACL0301888 - 1942
- Court of Common Pleas · Loose Papers, 1837 - 1908 · CPACP0011837 - 1908
- Court of Common Pleas · Minutes, 1840 - 1914 · CPACP0021840 - 1914
- Court of Common Pleas · Executions and Indexes, 1837 - 1947 · CPACP0031837 - 1947
- Court of Common Pleas · Judgments, 1837 - 1912 · CPACP0041837 - 1912
- Coroner's Office · Reports, Testimonies and Inquisitions, 1837 - 1901 · CPACR0011837 - 1901
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Minutes, 1867 - 1952 · CPAQU0011867 - 1952
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Special Sessions Minutes [Allegations], 1875 - 1927 · CPAQU0021875 - 1927
- Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace · Special Sessions Minutes [Indictments], 1909 - 1928 · CPAQU0031909 - 1928
- Court of General Quarter Sessions · Recognizances, 1906 - 1919 · CPAQU0041906 - 1919
Military records
Naturalization records
Other records
Wills and estates
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Estate Records [incomplete], ca. 1853 - 1957 · CPASU0011853 - 1957
- Surrogate's Office · Administration Bonds, 1861 - 1902 · CPASU0021861 - 1902
- Surrogate's Office · Miscellaneous Bonds, 1870 - 1899 · CPASU0031870 - 1899
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Guardianship, 1857 - 1903 · CPASU0041857 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Guardians' Bonds, 1861 - 1904 · CPASU0051861 - 1904
- Surrogate's Office · Estate Inventories, 1837 - 1902 · CPASU0061837 - 1902
- Surrogate's Office · Petitions for Letters of Administration, 1884 - 1903 · CPASU0071884 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1837 - 1857 · CPASU0081837 - 1857
- Surrogate's Office · Orphans Court Records [Minutes], 1837 - 1900 · CPASU0091837 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Requests for Renunciations and Releases, 1871 - 1900 · CPASU0101871 - 1900
- Surrogate's Office · Will Books, 1835 - 1911 · CPASU0121835 - 1911
- Surrogate's Office · Petitions for Probate of Wills, 1884 - 1903 · CPASU0131884 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Lodged Wills [Unprobated], 1842 - 1972 · CPASU0141842 - 1972
- Surrogate's Office · Index of Wills and Proceedings, 1835 - 1919 · CPASU0151835 - 1919
- Surrogate's Office · Letters of Adminstration, 1857 - 1903 · CPASU0161857 - 1903
- Surrogate's Office · Adoptions, 1880 - 1901 · CPASU0171880 - 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
- Find Passaic County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk and the surrogate.
- 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, Passaic" 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, Essex County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Bergen County, Essex County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1837, 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.