Monmouth County - New Jersey Genealogy - Ancestry Research & Family History

Archives and Libraries

New Jersey Counties

Allentown Public Library

Asbury Park Library

Avon Free Library

Belmar Public Library

Bradley Beach Public Library

Brielle Public Library

Cape May County Library

Eatontown Borough Library

Fair Haven Library

FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: Monmouth County

FamilySearch Catalog

Freehold Public Library

The Historic Village at Allaire

Historic Walnford

History of Wilson Hall - Monmouth University

Keyport Library

Kuban Cossacks Association Library & Museum - Howell Township, NJ

Library and Archives - Monmouth County Historical Association

Local History & Genealogy Resources - Matawan Aberdeen Public Library

Long Branch Free Public Library

Longstreet Farm - Holmdel, NJ

Manasquan Public Library

Matawan-Aberdeen Public Library

Monmouth Beach Borough Library

Monmouth County Historical Room - Monmouth County

Monmouth County Library System

Monmouth County Library System - Branch Information

Monmouth County, NJ Archives

Monmouth County, NJ Libraries

Monmouth County Public Libraries

Monmouth County Public Libraries

The Monmouth Museum

Middletown Township Public Library

National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey - Sea Girt, NJ

Neptune Township Public Library

New Jersey State Archives - Trenton, NJ

New Jersey State Library - Trenton, NJ

Red Bank Public Library

Sea Bright Library

Sea Girt Library

Spring Lake Library

Tinton Falls Public Library

The Township of Ocean Historical Museum

Union Beach Memorial Library

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ

Biographies

Biographies - Monmouth County New Jersey

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Biographies

Wikipedia.org - List of people from New Jersey

Cemeteries

American History and Genealogy - Monmouth County, NJ Cemeteries

Cemetery Records - Monmouth County New Jersey

Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project - Monmouth County, NJ

Colts Neck Family Cemetery Collection

Crawford Family Cemetery - Holmdel, NJ

Dorsett Town Historic Cemetery - Holmdel, NJ

Epodunk - Monmouth County, NJ Cemeteries

Find a Grave - Monmouth County, NJ Cemeteries

The Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Inventory of Monmouth County Cemeteries

Greenlawn Cemetery - West Long Branch, NJ

Hendrickson Family Burying Ground - Holmdel, NJ

Holmdel Baptist Cemetery - Holmdel, NJ

Holmdel Cemetery - Holmdel, NJ

Holmes Family Burying Ground - Holmdel, NJ

Interment.net - Monmouth County, NJ Cemeteries

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Cemetery Records

LeQuier Family AKA Van Brackle Family Cemetery - Holmdel, NJ

Little Family Burying Ground - Matawan, NJ

Luyster Family Graveyard or Van Shoick Family Cemetery - Holmdel, NJ

Midway Green Cemetery - Aberdeen, NJ

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Cemetery Records

Philip Morin Freneau Cemetery - Matawan, NJ

The Political Graveyard - Monmouth County, NJ

Tombstone Transcription Project - Monmouth County, NJ

Robertson Scotch Burial Ground - Matawan, NJ

Schenck & Couwenhoven Cemetery AKA Pleasant Valley Cemetery -Holmdel, NJ

Smock Family Burying Ground - Holmdel, NJ

St. James A. M. E. Zion Church Historic Cemetery - Matawan, NJ

Throckmorton-Lippit-Taylor Burying Ground - Middletown, NJ

Union Prospect Cemetery - Aberdeen, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Cemetery Text Records

Van Pelt Family Burying Ground - Aberdeen Township, NJ

Census Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Census Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Census Records

Monmouth Co. Census Records - Census Online

Monmouth County Federal Census Index - US-Census.org

Monmouth County, New Jersey Census Records

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Census Files

1830 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1840 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1840 Census Index of Monmouth County, NJ - USGenWeb Census Project

1850 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1860 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1860 Census Index of Monmouth County, NJ - USGenWeb Census Project

1870 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1870 Census Index of Monmouth County, NJ - USGenWeb Census Project

1880 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1880 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - FamilySearch.org

1900 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1910 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1910 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - USGenWeb Census Project

1920 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

1930 Census of Monmouth County, NJ - Ancestry.com

Church Records

American History and Genealogy - Monmouth County, NJ Churches

Colts Neck Reformed Church

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Church Records

New Jersey Churchscape - Monmouth County Churches

USGenWeb Archives - Marriages: Christ Church of Shrewsbury, 1734-1824

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Innskeep Family

Court Records

Court Records - Monmouth County New Jersey

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Court Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Court Records

Livingston's Law Register 1851 - Monmouth County, NJ

Monmouth County, New Jersey Courthouse Records

Monmouth County, NJ Surrogate

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County City Directories

History

American History and Genealogy - Monmouth County, NJ History

Bi-Centennial Celebration of the New Jersey Legislature 1883

First Families of Old Monmouth County, NJ

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Events

The Historical Marker Database - Monmouth County, NJ

History of Monmouth County, New Jersey 1885 - Internet Archive

History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1664-1920

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Histories and Genealogies

National Register of Historic Places - Monmouth County, NJ

Monmouth County Genealogy Society: The First Twenty Years(1998-2008)

Monmouth County, NJ Historic Sites

Monmouth County, NJ Oral History

The New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Old Placenames

NJ Pines & Down Jersey

Old Times in Old Monmouth - Internet Archive

USGenWeb Archives - Beekman, Early Dutch Settlers

USGenWeb Archives - The History of the Stout Family, 1823

USGenWeb Archives - Ledger of Holmes PULLEN 1897-1907: Clarksburg, Millstone Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Names listed in Wolverton's Atlas of Monmouth County, 1889

USGenWeb Archives - Town Name Changes: Monmouth and Nearby Counties

Wikipedia.org - Monmouth County, NJ

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Immigration and Naturalization Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Immigration Records

National Archives - Naturalization Records

New Jersey Department of State - Naturalization (Citizenship) Records

USGenWeb Archives - Naturalization list, March 7, 1933

Land Records

BLM Land Records

Deed Records - Monmouth County New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Land Records

Monmouth County, NJ County Clerk

USGenWeb Archives - Flinn House Deeds 1813-1898

USGenWeb Archives - Thomas HUETT to Stofill LONGSTREET, 1698

USGenWeb Archives - John JOHNSTON to John HAVENS, 1699

USGenWeb Archives - William WEST and Wife to John WEST, 1700

USGenWeb Archives - Thomas WHITE to Robert DRUMMOND, 1707

USGenWeb Archives - James LAWRENCE to Theophilus LONGSTREET, 1710

USGenWeb Archives - Gabriel STELLE to Theophilus LONGSTREET, 1714

USGenWeb Archives - Gavin DRUMMOND to Stophilus LONGSTREET, 1714

USGenWeb Archives - James HUBBARD to Theophilus LONGSTREET, 1714

USGenWeb Archives - Gawen DRUMMOND to Theophilus LONGSTREET, 1744

USGenWeb Archives - Theophilus LONGSTREET to Amos WHITE, 1744

USGenWeb Archives - Stoffel LONGSTREET to Robert DRUMMOND, 1749

USGenWeb Archives - S. ALLEN to R. LAWRANCE to Stoffil LONGSTREET, 1750

USGenWeb Archives - Robert DRUMMOND to Mary SMITH, 1752

USGenWeb Archives - Elbert ELBERSON and Wife to Robert HARVEY, 1767

USGenWeb Archives - Samuel HARVEY, Jr. and Wife to Joshua GIFFORD, Jr., 1790

USGenWeb Archives - JOHNSON, John A. to MUEHLHAUSEN, Henry L. - May 16, 1925

USGenWeb Archives - VAUGHNs to William KIRBY, 1805

USGenWeb Archives - Andrew BELL to David HARVEY and Britton RIDDLE, 1814

USGenWeb Archives - Andrew BELL to David HARVEY, 1816

USGenWeb Archives - Alexander McGREGOR (for Samuel HARVEY) to Robert SHAFTO, 1827

USGenWeb Archives - Elizabeth KIRBY to James MOUNT, 1839 : Upper Freehold Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Mary ENRIGHT to Wm A. FRENCH, 1881 : Shrewsbury Twp

Map Records

Historic Map Works - Monmouth County, New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Map Records

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Maps

Wikipedia.org - Monmouth County, NJ Geography

Military Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Military Data

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Monmouth County, New Jersey

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Monmouth County, New Jersey (cont'd)

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Monmouth County, New Jersey (cont'd)

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Military

Revolutionary War New Jersey - The Ultimate Field Guide

USGenWeb Archives - Deposition of Ebenezer Ker, 19 April 1777

USGenWeb Archives - HAIGHT, William, 1762: Monmouth/Burlington Co

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Pensioners, 1835

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Pensioners, 1883

USGenWeb Archives - Petition of Inhabitants of Monmouth County 1757

World War II Casualties Army and Air Force - Monmouth County, NJ

Minority Records

Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. - New Jersey Chapter

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Minority Records

Miscellaneous Records

FamilySearch Wiki - Monmouth County, New Jersey

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Miscellaneous Records

Monmouth County, NJ Government

Monmouth County, NJ Historical Commission

Monmouth County, New Jersey External Links

Monmouth County, New Jersey Resources

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Links

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Reference

USGenWeb Archives - Letter, 1786: Meriam Hoff ZUTPHEN to Mary Hoff CLARK, New Brunswick, Canada

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Genealogy Tidbits

Municipalities

American History and Genealogy - Monmouth County, NJ Communities

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Records by City/Town

Monmouth County, NJ Municipalities

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Towns

Wikipedia.org - Monmouth County, NJ Municipalities

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Newspaper Stories

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Newspapers

Monmouth County - New Jersey Digitized Historic Newspapers

Monmouth County, NJ Local News Media

Red Bank Register Newspaper Archives

USGenWeb Archives - Naturalization list, March 7, 1933

Obituaries

Asbury Park Press - Obituaries

Clarence B. Wright Funeral Home - Obituaries

Colts Neck Deaths - September 11, 2001

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Obituaries and Death Notices

Obituaries - Monmouth County New Jersey

Obituary Index - Monmouth County, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean Grove Record, 1882

USGenWeb Archives - Ocean Grove Times, 1897

USGenWeb Archives - 1913-1919: A-G Index for the Asbury Park Evening Press

USGenWeb Archives - 1913-1919: H-Q Index for the Asbury Park Evening Press

USGenWeb Archives - 1913-1919: R-Z Index for the Asbury Park Evening Press

USGenWeb Archives - 1921-1967 Surname Index for the Asbury Park Evening Press

USGenWeb Archives - 1943 Index for the Asbury Park Evening Press

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, A-B Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, C Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, D-E Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, F-G Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, H-J Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, K-L Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, M Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, N-P Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, Q-R Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, S Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, T-V Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - Generally 1970-1990, W-Z Surnames, The Coast Star, Monmouth Co, NJ

USGenWeb Archives - 1879-1892; Obit Index from the Red Bank Register

Windsor-Hights Herald - Obituaries

Photography

Freehold Military Academy, Freehold, NJ Basketball Team about 1905 | FamilyOldPhotos.com

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Wills and Probate Records

National Archives - Monmouth County, New Jersey

Probate Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Postcards

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Probate Records

Monmouth County, NJ Surrogate

USGenWeb Archives - Monmouth County, NJ Index of Colonial Wills

USGenWeb Archives - Letters of Administration Index: Vol B: 1833-1858

USGenWeb Archives - BENNET, Jacob May 12, 1810: Middletown

USGenWeb Archives - BENNIT/BENNET, John [1831-1840]: Shrewsbury

USGenWeb Archives - BURDGE, John Sr., 1821: Howell Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Richard STOUT, 1703

USGenWeb Archives - Stoffel Dircksen LANGESTRAET, 1739

USGenWeb Archives - Stoffil LONGSTREET, 1779

USGenWeb Archives - William JOHNSTON, 1812: Dover Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Joseph R. PATTERSON, 1833: Howell Twp

USGenWeb Archives - William I. PATTERSON 1849: Howell Twp

USGenWeb Archives - Hendrick SMOCK, 1814

USGenWeb Archives - Thomas VICCARS, 1695; Shrewsbury

USGenWeb Archives - WOOLLEY, Stephen 1805; Shrewsbury

Wills - Monmouth County New Jersey

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County School Records

Monmouth County, NJ Public Schools

Monmouth County, NJ Superintendent of Schools

Monmouth County, NJ Vocational School District

USGenWeb Archives - 1930-39 Manasquan High School, Faculty and Graduates

USGenWeb Archives - 1940-59 Manasquan High School Graduates

Wikipedia.org - Monmouth County, NJ Education

Societies & Museums

Allentown Sober Society

Atlantic Highlands Historical Society

Church of the Presidents Museum

Colts Neck's Historical Preservation Committee

Eatontown Historical Museum

First Families of Old Monmouth County, NJ

Francis Hopkinson-Monmouth Court House Chapter - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Freehold Township Heritage Society - Freehold, NJ

Genealogical Society of New Jersey - Trenton, NJ

Historic Houses - Monmouth County Historical Association

The Historic Village at Allaire

Historical Society of Ocean Grove - Ocean Grove, NJ

Hankinson-Moreau-Covenhoven House

InfoAge Science History Learning Center

The Jewish Heritage Museum

Keyport Fire Museum Association Inc

Keyport Historical Society

Kuban Cossacks Association - Howell Township, NJ

Marlboro Township Historic Commission - Marlboro, NJ

Middletown Township Historical Society - Middletown Township, NJ

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

Monmouth County Genealogy Society - Lincroft, NJ

Monmouth County Historical Association - Freehold, NJ

Monmouth County Park System - Longstreet Farm

Monmouth Museum

National Guard Militia Museum

New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum

Old Wall Historical Society - Wall, NJ

New Jersey Historical Society - Newark, NJ

The New Jersey Museum of Transportation, Inc

Poricy Park Nature Center

Pvt. Meredith Pool Camp 1505 - Sons of Confederate Veterans

Sea Girt Lighthouse

Spring Lake Historical Society - Spring Lake, NJ

Township of Ocean Historical Museum

The Twin Lights

Tax Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Tax Records

Monmouth County, NJ Tax Board

Shrewsbury, NJ 1887 Dog Tax

Vital Records

Birth, Marriage, and Death Records - New Jersey Department of Health

Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates - VitalRec.com

Death Records - Monmouth County New Jersey

GEDCOM Index - Monmouth County, New Jersey

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Births

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County Marriage Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Monmouth County 1850 Mortality Schedule

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Monmouth County Marriage Records

Marriage Records - Monmouth County New Jersey

Monmouth County, New Jersey Vital Records

Monmouth New Jersey Death Notices 1878-1881 - Red Bank Register

Monmouth New Jersey Marriages 1878-1882 - Red Bank Register

NJGenWeb Project - Monmouth County Vital Statistics

Illegitimate Children 1734 - 1897 - Monmouth County, NJ

Marriage Returns, 1684-1892 Database Search

New Jersey County Records

Many New Jersey family records can be found online and at various archives and libraries located throughout the state of New Jersey . Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, town clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in New Jersey. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in New Jersey. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in New Jersey have changed over the past few hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of New Jersey's 21 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

Formation Date

1837

1675

1681

1844

1685

1748

1675

1686

1840

1714

1838

1675

1675

1739

1850

1837

1681

1688

1753

1857

1824

County Seat

Mays Landing

Hackensack

Mount Holly Township

Camden

Cape May Courthouse

Bridgeton

Newark

Woodbury

Jersey City

Flemington

Trenton

New Brunswick

Freehold Borough

Morristown

Toms River

Paterson

Salem

Somerville

Newton

Elizabeth

Belvidere

Parent County

Gloucester County

Original county

Original county

Gloucester County

Burlington County

Salem County

Original county

Burlington County

Bergen County

Burlington County

Various counties

Original county

Original county

Hunterdon County

Monmouth County

Bergen & Essex Counties

Original county

Middlesex County

Morris County

Essex County

Sussex County