Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Where Are the Morris County, New Jersey Probate Records in the Family History Library Catalog - UPDATED

I was looking for the Morris County, New Jersey wills from the 1760-1800 period on the Family History Library Catalog tonight, and found this entry:

That's just what I want!  I clicked on the "New Jersey, Probate Records are available online, click here" link and saw:

Where is Morris County on the list?  It should be between Monmouth and Ocean, but it isn't.  So they aren't on the browseable record collection on   https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?cqs=new%20jersey.

All is not lost, however.  The Catalog entry for the early probate records are on digital microfilm:


However, I will have to go to the local FamilySearch Library to see them since there is a key over the photo icon in the right-hand column.

UPDATE:  After I posted this on Facebook, Aine Ni Donneghaile commented that "Morris County was taken down, from Ancestry and FamilySearch, due to contract disagreements with the county. Old news."

I missed that bit of news.  Apparently, the records are at Morris County Archives.

Thank you to Aine for the help!

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1 comment:

A van Helsdingen said...

You don't have to go the FHL in Utah to see the records. The restriction message says:
To view these images you must do one of the following:
Sign in to Familysearch.org as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Access the site at a family history center.
Access the site at a FamilySearch affiliate library.