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'''Mortgages'''. The earliest mortgages date from 1724. The mortgages often include a schedule of payments, the names of the assignees (persons to whom property is legally transferred), and the name of the mortgagor. New Jersey mortgages were seldom recorded until the date the mortgage was discharged. | '''Mortgages'''. The earliest mortgages date from 1724. The mortgages often include a schedule of payments, the names of the assignees (persons to whom property is legally transferred), and the name of the mortgagor. New Jersey mortgages were seldom recorded until the date the mortgage was discharged. | ||
A card index to county loan office mortgages is at the state | A card index to county loan office mortgages is at the [http://nj.gov/state/darm/index.html New Jersey State Archives]. ({{FHL|263522|item}} film 913175). This indexes many mortgages of Burlington, Hunterdon, Gloucester, and Somerset Counties. County clerks began recording mortgages in 1766. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of: | ||
*Mortgages to about 1860 or 1870 for all counties except Morris County | *Mortgages to about 1860 or 1870 for all counties except Morris County | ||
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NEW JERSEY, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY. | NEW JERSEY, [COUNTY] - LAND AND PROPERTY. | ||
'''Road Returns'''. A rather unique source that is particularly useful for colonial New Jersey research is the road returns or road surveys. Road returns give the names of property owners through whose property the roads were to run and sometimes give the names of former property owners with the note "deceased." They are usually found at the county courthouses. Copies of road returns for most counties are on microfilm at the state | '''Road Returns'''. A rather unique source that is particularly useful for colonial New Jersey research is the road returns or road surveys. Road returns give the names of property owners through whose property the roads were to run and sometimes give the names of former property owners with the note "deceased." They are usually found at the county courthouses. Copies of road returns for most counties are on microfilm at the [http://nj.gov/state/darm/index.html New Jersey State Archives]. The Family History Library has road returns for Atlantic, Essex, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||