This is a list of New Jersey Probate Records online and may include estates, wills, guardianships, lists of assets, death dates, names of heirs and other family members, and more. Probate records are one place to search for substitute death records because they record how a deceased person’s estate was handled and will usually include a death date or possibly a death certificate.

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New Jersey Probate Records online at the State level

New Jersey – Probate Records – New Jersey archives, abstract of wills, 1670-1730, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – New Jersey Compton wills, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – New Jersey, probate records, 1678-1980, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Abstract of New Jersey wills -1751-1760, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Arthur’s in New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Arthurs in New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Calendar of New Jersey wills, volume I, 1670-1730 : edited, with an introductory note on the early testamentary laws and customs of New Jersey by William Nelson, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Clements papers – extracts from New Jersey probate records and deeds 1716-1778, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Collection of old wills assembled by D.A.R. chapters of Oklahoma, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Court records, 1770-1774, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Court records, 1780-1901; index to court records, 1863-1948, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Court registers, 1776-1877, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Estates and partitions, 1712-1866, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Genealogical data : miscellaneous notes and abstracts of wills from New Jersey ; Descendants of John Howland the Pilgrim, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Geographical collection, counties of New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Indentures collection containing deeds, bonds, commissions, etc. of New Jersey individuals : and other states, 1600-1900, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Index of names to various records in various New Jersey counties, 1600-1800s, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – John P. Dornan collection, 1600-1900, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Miscellaneous notes and abstracts of wills from New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Miscellaneous section of New Jersey wills, arranged by county, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Prerogative Court record of wills, 1786-1905, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Record of letters of administration granted by the Governor, v.A, 1830-1848, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Record of wills in New Jersey, 1705-1804, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative Court, and, on appeal, in the Court of Errors and Appeals, of the state of New Jersey., at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Salem County surveys, wills, deeds, 1675-1718, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – State of New Jersey – index of wills, inventories, ect. prior to 1901, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Unrecorded wills of New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Wills, 1823-1906, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – The law and the practice of New Jersey from the earliest times : concerning the probate of wills, the administration of estates, the protection of orphans and minors, and the control of their estates ; the perogative court, the ordinary, and the surrogates, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Index of wills, inventories, etc. in the office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Index of wills, inventories, etc. in the office of the Secretary of State prior to 1901, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Index of wills, inventories, etc., prior to 1901, State of New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey – Probate Records – Index of wills, office of Secretary of State, state of New Jersey, at FS

New Jersey Probate Records online at the County level

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Bonds, 1878-1922, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Bounds and Divisions : 1838-1916, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Collateral Inheritance Tax : No. 1, 1892-1908, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Index to Estates : 1837-1915, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Index to Estates of Minors and Wards : 1837-1920, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Letters of Administration and Guardianship : 1837-1927 (Volume A), at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Minutes of Orphans’ Court, Atlantic County, New Jersey 1837-1922, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1837-1900; 1A – 1748A, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Sundry Records : 1841-1904, at FS

Atlantic County – Probate Records – Wills, 1837-1974, at FS

Bergen County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1714-1962, at FS

Bergen County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1804-1953, at FS

Bergen County – Probate Records – Record of Wills and Proofs of Bergen County, N. J., Vol. 1, 1804-1814, at FS

Bergen County – Probate Records – Unrecorded Estate Papers, 1783- Early 1900’s, at FS

Bergen County – Probate Records – Will Records, 1698-1900, at FS

Burlington – Probate Records – Abstract of Wills at Philadelphia. No. 59, Will of Elizabeth Tatham, at FS

Burlington County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1785-1970, at FS

Burlington County – Probate Records – Bonds, V. 2-3, 1743-1775, at FS

Burlington County – Probate Records – Divisions of Lands, 1798-1902, at FS

Burlington County – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Public and Court Records, 1889-1954, at FS

Burlington County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1740-1918, at FS

Burlington County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1785-1970, at FS

Burlington County – Probate Records – Record of Wills 1C-21920C, 1688-1900, at FS

Camden County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1844-1907, at FS

Camden County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1844-1900, at FS

Camden County – Probate Records – Surrogate’s Dockets, 1844-1929, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Bonds, 1863-1902, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Book of Applications, V. 1-2, 1878-1908, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Book of Reports, 1802-1924, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Collateral Inheritance Tax, 1895-1910, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1786-1863, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Court Records, 1855-1905, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Dockets, 1786-1913, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Final Settlements, V. 1-3, 1871-1908, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Letters Testamentary, Administration, and Guardianship, V. 1-2, 1852-1902, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Record, 1841-1895, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Petitions, V. 1-2, 1871-1915, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1E – 2469E; 1704-1900, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Records of Receipts, Releases, 1812-1914, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Renunciations, V. 1, 1871-1916, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Reports of Sales, 1871-1919, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Surrogate’s Book, V. 1-2, 1863-1916, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Surrogate’s Dockets, 1917-1980 ; General Index to Estates, 1804-1980, at FS

Cape May County – Probate Records – Wills, 1804-1970, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Accounts of Executors and Administrators, 1872-1901; Index to Accounts, 1872-1970, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Administration Books, V. A-B, 1818-1911, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Administrations and Guardianship, V. A-A, 1804-1818, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1785-1904; Index, 1785-1943, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Division of Lands, 1810-1901; Index to Division of Lands, 1791-1901, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Genealogical Data from Cumberland County, New Jersey : Wills, Abstracts, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Records, 1887-1909, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Record of Applications for Letters Testamentary and of Administration, 1878-1909, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Record of Wills from 1747-1900; 1F – 6217F, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Records of Bonds, 1861-1901; Index to Bonds, 1861-1944, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Wills, 1804-1970, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Guardianship Books, V. A-B, 1818-1954, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Record of Applications for Letters Testamentary and of Administration, 1878-1909, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Record of Orders Appointing Guardians, 1898-1940, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Record of Wills from 1747-1900; 1F – 6217F, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Records of Bonds, 1861-1901; Index to Bonds, 1861-1944, at FS

Cumberland County – Probate Records – Wills, 1804-1970, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Divisions of Real Estate, 1793-1873, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Drew Family Papers, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Lloyd Family Papers, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – New Jersey Crane Wills : (continued from Page 8), at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Price Family Papers, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1697-1900, at FS

Essex County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1794-1902 [Essex County, New Jersey], at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Divisions : 1808-1878, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Divisions of Land : 1788-1865, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Executor and Administrator Accounts : 1871-1901, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Minutes, 1785-1902, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Petitions for Guardianship : 1884-1923, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Petitions for Letters of Administration : Vol. A-B, 1878-1903, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Petitions for Probate : Vol. A-C, 1878-1905, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Receipts and Discharges : 1812-1901, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1691-1900, 1H-7635H, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Renunciations : Vol. 1-3, 1878-1932, at FS

Gloucester County – Probate Records – Will Books, 1804-1922, at FS

Hudson County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1804-1953, at FS

Hudson County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1840-1900; 1I – 10894I, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Brittan Family Papers, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Index to Files Including Recognizances, Indictments, Affidavits, Appeals, Insolvents and Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1900, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Index to Hunterdon County, New Jersey Probate Records, Orphans’ Court Minutes V 1-2, 1785-1806, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Minors Estates, 1800-1900, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1785-1919 ; General Index to Estates, 1804-1970, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1704-1900; 1J – 10459J, at FS

Hunterdon County – Probate Records – Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey, Heirs to Estates : Abstracted from Partitions and Divisions, 1809-1904, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Accounts, 1871-1883, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Application for Probate, 1884-1905, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Appointment of Administrators, 1899-1920, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Bonds of Administrators, 1861-1911, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Bonds on Proceedings to Sell Land, V. 1-2, 1861-1937, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1838-1913; Index, 1838-1958, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Federal Inheritance Taxes, 1870-1872, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – General Index to Estates, 1838-1939, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Inventories, 1838-1898, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Letters of Guardianship and Administrations, 1838-1910, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Orders for Division of Land, 1838-1862, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Petitions for Administration, 1884-1908, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Record of Wills 1K – 6468K, 1838-1900, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Releases and Discharges, 1839-1918, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Report of Sales of Land, 1838-1871, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Sundry Bonds, 1861-1904, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Surrogate’s Journals, V. A-B, 1838-1912, at FS

Mercer County – Probate Records – Wills, 1838-1913, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – New Jersey, Middlesex County Probate Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1830-1921, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – New Jersey, Middlesex County, Administration Records, 1887-1921, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – New Jersey, Middlesex County, Probate Applications, 1903-1921, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – New Jersey, Middlesex County, Wills, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1780-1930; Indexes, 1803-1971 [Middlesex County, New Jersey], at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1683-1900; 1L – 17442L, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – New Jersey, Middlesex County, Guardianship Records, 1908-1921, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Papers, 1741-1764, at FS

Middlesex County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1683-1900; 1L – 17442L, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Administrators Bonds, 1861-1886, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Administrators Bonds, 1887-1902, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Applications for Probate, 1879-1903, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Estate Index, 1800-1969, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Estate Index, T-Z, 1800-1969, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Index to Minutes, 1785-1867, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Inventories for Guardians, V. A-B, 1813-1919, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Letters of Administration, 1804-1913, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Minutes, 1785-1906, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Partitions of Real Estate, V. A, 1846-1862, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Petitions for Administration, 1879-1898, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Proceedings Index, 1800-1969, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Real Estate Bonds, V. D, 1868-1898, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Receipts and Discharges, 1814-1891, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Receipts and Discharges, 1891-1900, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1 – 8424, 8425M – 16783M, 1695-1900, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Recorded Wills, 1804-1844, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Recorded Wills, 1844-1894, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Recorded Wills, 1894-1909, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Recorded Wills, 1909-1911, at FS

Monmouth County – Probate Records – Report of Sales of Real Estate by Commissioners, V. A, 1846- 1863, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Administrations (1850-1902, 1917) and Guardianship (1851-1919), at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Application for Administration, 1878-1927, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Application for Probate of Wills, 1885-1925, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Bonds, 1861-1924 [Ocean County, New Jersey], at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Dockets, 1850-1955, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Inventories, 1850-1926, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Inventory for Guardians, 1856-1919, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Minutes, 1851-1923, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Packets, 1850-1900, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Partitions of Real Estate by Commissioners, 1850-1901, 1914, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Partitions, V.1, 1852-1909, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Receipts and Discharges, 1852-1925, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Sales of Real Estate, 1851-1915, at FS

Ocean County – Probate Records – Wills, 1850-1922, at FS

Ocean County – Application for Guardianship, 1851-1923, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Administrator’s Bonds, 1861-1902 [Passaic, New Jersey], at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Index of Wills and Proceedings : 1838-1919, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Letters of Administration and Guardianship, 1837-1903, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Miscellaneous Bonds, 1870-1899, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Orphans Court Records, 1837-1900, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Petitions for Letters of Administration, Vol. A-D, 1884-1903, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Petitions for Probates of Wills : 1884-1903, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1837-1902, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Requests, Renunciations and Releases : 1871-1900, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Will Dockets, 1837-1900, 1P-5772P, at FS

Passaic County – Probate Records – Wills, 1835-1911, at FS

Passaic County – Guardians Bonds, 1861-1904, at FS

Morris County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1740-1900; 1N – 8426N, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Applications for Administrators, 1883-1900, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Applications of Executors, 1883-1908, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Bonds and Letters of Administration, 1804-1901; Index to Administrations, 1804-1907, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Court Minutes, 1802-1908, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Deeds Index, 1726-1900, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Divisions of Land, 1785-1898, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Divisions, 1791-1935, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Docket Files, 1748-1804,1824-1845, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1679-1900, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Salem County Surveys, Wills, Deeds, 1675-1718, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Salem County Wills Recorded in the Office of the Surrogate at Salem, New Jersey, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Salem County, New Jersey Wills : Ca. 1700-ca. 1900, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Surrogates Minutes, 1855-1895, at FS

Salem County – Probate Records – Wills, 1804-1970, at FS

Somerset County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1794-1945; Indexes, 1804-1972, at FS

Somerset County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1688-1900; 1R – 6963R, at FS

Somerset County – Probate Records – Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey, Heirs to Estates : Abstracted from Partitions and Divisions, 1809-1904, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Administration Bonds, 1861-1908, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Division; Partitions of Lands Proceedings, 1820-1880, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Divisions of Land Proceedings, Vol. A-C, 1795-1922, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Estate Index, 1804-1974; Proceedings Index, 1804-1973, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Guardians and Sale of Lands, 1861-1915, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Inventories, 1803-1903, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Petitions and Renunciations, 1871-1903, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Receipts (releases and Refunding Bonds) 1813-1901, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1753-1900; 1S – 5948S, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Unindexed Wills of Sussex County, New Jersey, Ca. 1760-1850, at FS

Sussex County – Probate Records – Wills, 1804-1905, at FS

Union County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1854-1931 : Index to Probate Records, 1857-1949, at FS

Union County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1857-1900; 1T – 4792T, at FS

Warren County – Probate Records – Accounts of Executors, Administrators, and Etc., 1871-1898, at FS

Warren County – Probate Records – Division of Real Estate, Vol. 1-2, 1825-1877, at FS

Warren County – Probate Records – Orphans’ Court Minutes, 1825-1901, at FS

Warren County – Probate Records – Partitions : 1825-1946, at FS

Warren County – Probate Records – Probate Records, 1825-1924; Index to Probate Records, 1825-1956, at FS

Warren County – Probate Records – Record of Wills, 1824-1900; 1U – 453OU, at FS

New Jersey Probate Records online at the City level

Burlington – Probate records – Abstract of wills at Philadelphia. No. 59, Will of Elizabeth Tatham, at FS