Somerset Genealogy (in Somerset County, NJ)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Somerset are also found through the Somerset County and New Jersey pages.


Somerset Birth Records

New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Birth Records, 1848-1920 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Birth Records, 1921-present New Jersey Department of Health

Return of births in the township of Bernards, county of Somerset, state of New Jersey : typescript (photocopy), 1973 WorldCat

Somerset Cemetery Records

Cedar Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry online

Somerset Census Records

1855 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1865 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1875 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1885 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1895 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1905 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

1915 New Jersey, State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Somerset, New Jersey LDS Genealogy online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Somerset Church Records

New Jersey Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 Ancestry online

Somerset Death Records

1901-1903, 1920-1929, 1949-2000 New Jersey Death Index Ancestry online

1920-1929, 1949-2017 New Jersey Death Index MyHeritage online

New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Death Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Death Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health

Somerset Immigration Records

Naturalization petitions, 1830-1906 FamilySearch Library

Somerset Land Records

Deeds, 1779-1901; index to deeds, 1785-1916 FamilySearch Library

Somerset Marriage Records

1670-1965 New Jersey Marriage Records (selections) Ancestry online

1901-1914 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

1901-2016 New Jersey Marriage Index Ancestry online

1915-2016 New Jersey Marriage License Index MyHeritage online

New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1848-1930 New Jersey State Archives

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1931-present New Jersey Department of Health

Somerset Newspapers and Obituaries

Newspaper Clippings from the Sussex Register Ancestry online

Somerset County Daily Voice 12/02/2019 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Somerset Probate Records

1785-1924 New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 Ancestry online

New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 Ancestry online

Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, New Jersey, heirs to estates : abstracted from partitions and divisions, 1809-1904 Genealogy Gophers online

Somerset School Records

Franklin High School - Shield Yearbook (Somerset, NJ), 1969 E Yearbook online

Franklin High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Franklin High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1992 Classmates online

Franklin High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1992 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rutgers Preparatory yearbook, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Rutgers Preparatory yearbook, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Classmates online

Rutgers Preparatory yearbooks, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Somerset Tax Records

1772-1822 Tax Lists (included in New Jersey Census collection) Ancestry online

Somerset County, New Jersey, business records for taxation purposes, 1814-1817 FamilySearch Library


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