New Jersey Prisons & Convicts
Essex County Jail
1880 Index of prisoners.
Union County Jail
1900 Index of prisoners.
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New Jersey Court Records
Salem County Genealogical Court Records
Index of Judges, clerks, Sheriffs, surrogates and attornies 1849
Court, Government, & Criminal Records
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New Jersey Executions
Executions in New Jersey
1901 – 1963