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Ocean County - Surrogate's Office

Ocean County was formed from the southern portion of Monmouth County on 15 February 1850. Consult the Monmouth County page linked below for pre-1850 records.

Consult the Secretary of State page linked below for original estate records for the 1660s-1900 period.

The State Archives' holdings vary from county to county. Consult the Collecting Policy for additional information about our accessioning guidelines.

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Applications for Administration, 1878-1927
Control #:	COCSU001
Format:	2 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Miscellaneous Bonds, 1861-1924
Control #:	COCSU002
Format:	3 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Applications for Probate of Wills, 1885-1925
Control #:	COCSU003
Format:	2 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Register of Wills and Inventories, 1850-1942
Control #:	COCSU004
Format:	1 reel (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Orphans Court Inventories, 1850-1926
Control #:	COCSU005
Format:	4 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Orphans Court Minutes, 1851-1923
Control #:	COCSU006
Format:	8 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Receipts and Discharges, 1852-1925
Control #:	COCSU007
Format:	3 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Real Estate Records, 1850-1915
Control #:	COCSU008
Format:	1 reel (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Docket and Index, 1850-1955
Control #:	COCSU009
Format:	2 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Will Books, 1843-1923
Control #:	COCSU010
Format:	7 reels (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Guardians' Inventories, 1856-1919
Control #:	COCSU011
Format:	1 reel (35-mm)

Series:	Ocean County Surrogate's Office Applications for Guardianship, 1857-1917
Control #:	COCSU012
Format:	1 reel (35-mm)

~ The collections listed on this page represent 35 reels of microfilm ~

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For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:

Ocean County Surrogate's Office, Ocean County Courthouse, 118 Washington Street, PO Box 2191, Toms River, Sexy真人 08754-2191, tel. 732-929-2011, website:

This page last updated 04/23/2013