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| Ocean County, New Jersey | |
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 Location in the state of New Jersey | |
 Location of New Jersey in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | 1850 |
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| County Seat | Toms River |
| Courthouse | |
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| Address | Ocean County Courthouse 118 Washington Street PO Box 2191 Toms River, NJ 08754 Phone: (732) 929-2018 Ocean County Website |
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County Courthouse
Ocean County Courthouse
118 Washington Street
PO Box 2191;
Toms River, NJ 08754
Phone: 732.929.2018
County Clerk has probate and court records from 1850. [1]
History
- Named for the Atlantic Ocean.
Parent County
Boundary Changes
- 1857, boundary with Burlington County clarified.
- 1869, part of Plumsted twp. to Monmouth County.
- 1891, received Little Egg Harbor twp. from Burlington County.
- 1906, coastal boundary defined.
- 1928, part of Howell twp. from Monmouth County.
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Atlantic | Burlington | Monmouth
Resources
Cemeteries
US Vol. 1 page 20 - Torry Cemetery, at Lakehurst
Church
- 1708-1985 - Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.
- Contains the church records of:
- Barnegat City: St. Peter's Chapel
- Beach Haven: Holy Innocents Church
- Beachwood: St. Paul Lutheran Church
- Toms River: First United Methodist Church
- Tuckerton: First Presbyterian Church
- Contains the church records of:
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Obtaining Copies of County Probate Records
Copies of recorded probate records and the estate files can be obtained from the surrogate's offices for a fee. Addresses of surrogate's offices are found in:
- Eichholz, Alice, Editor. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources. Revised Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1992. (Family History Library book 973 D27rb 1992.) Explains state-by-state history, vital records, census, background sources, periodicals, archives, libraries, societies, maps, land, probate, court, tax, cemetery, church, and military records. Includes county boundary map and table which shows when each county was created and the parent counties.
In addition, copies of the original wills, administrations, inventories, and guardianships sent to Trenton since 1901 can be ordered from:
- Clerk of the Superior Court
- Records Information Center
- P.O. Box 967
- Trenton, NJ 08625-0967
- Telephone: 609-292-4978
- Fax: 609-777-0094
- Internet: http://www.answers.com/topic/new-jersey-superior-court
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ocean County, New Jersey page 465, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
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