Colonial Records of New Jersey: First Series: 1631 - 1817.

            Research Publications has assembled and microfilmed the most important published colonial and state records of the original Thirteen Colonies, Maine, and Vermont. The series is comprised of sixty-seven titles which span the years from the earliest available records for each colony until approximately 1800.            

            The Colonial Records of New Jersey : First Series, was microfilmed on eight reels and contains twenty-four volumes of material. A
subsequent purchase by the University of New Brunswick Library from Brookhaven Press of five reels containing twenty-two volumes completedthe Series.
 
CR 31. Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey from the Surrender of the Government to Queen Anne, on the 17th Day of April 1702, to the 14th Day of January 1776;  to which is annexed the Ordinance for Regulating and Establishing the Fees of the Court of Chancery of the said Province, with three Alphabetical Tables and Index...

CR 32. The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey;  the Acts passed during the Proprietary Governments, and other material Transactions before the Surrender therefore to Queen Anne;  the Instrument of Surrender, and her formal Acceptance thereof;  Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequence thereon, 1664-1702. There is a preface at the beginning of the volume. Subject indexes for New Jersey, East Jersey, and West Jersey, are located at the end of the volume.
 
CR 33. Laws of the State of New Jersey, 1703-1798. The Laws are preceded by the following documents:  The Grant of King Charles the Second to James, Duke of York, 12 March 1663-1664;  The Release of James, Duke of York to John Lord Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret, 24 June 1664;  Constitution of New Jersey, 2 July 1776; Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776;  Constitution of the United States of America in Congress, 1787;  and other documents.  There is a subject index at the end of the volume.

CR 34. Archives of the State of New Jersey : First Series, 1631-1817. 42 vols.  Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey.  Volume 1, 1631-1687;
Volume 2, 1687-1703;  Volume 3, 1703-1709;  Volume 4, 1709-1720;
Volume 5, 1720-1737;  Volume 6, 1738-1747;  Volume 7, 1746-1751;
Volume 8, 1751-1757;  Volume 9, 1757-1767;  Volume 10, 1767-1776. There is a chronological table of contents at the start of each volume and an index at the end.  Volume 11,I. Some Account of American Newspapers, particularly of the Eighteenth Century, and Libraries in which they may be found.  Part 1. Alabama - Maryland.II. Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey, Vol.1, 1704-1739; Volume 12,I. Some Account of American Newspapers... Part 2, Massachusetts.  II. Extracts from American Newspapers...Vol.2, 1740-1750;  Volume 13, Journal of the Governor and Council. Vol.1, 1682-1714;  Volume 14, Journal...Vol.2, 1715-1738;  Volume 15, Journal...Vol.3, 1738-1748;  Volume 16, Journal... Vol.4, 1748-1755; Volume 17, Journal ... Vol.5, 1756-1768;  Volume 18, Journal ... Vol.6, 1769-1775;  Volume 19,  I. Some Account of Early Newspapers ... Part 3, Michigan - New Hampshire.  II. Extracts from American Newspapers ...Vol.3, 1751-1755;  Volume 20, Extracts from American Newspapers ... Vol.4, 1756-1761
 
CR 34.  Volume 21,Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703. Part 1, East Jersey Records. Part 2, West Jersey Records. A table of contents and a preface are located at the beginning of
the volume. There is an index of names of persons and subjects, and a list of occupations, professions, and trades, containing an alphabetical list of persons engaged in each occupation, at the end of the volume. A supplementary index completes the volume. There is a second copy of Volume 21 on the next reel (Reel 9);Volume 22, Marriage Records, 1665-1800. An historical introduction on the early marriage laws of New Jersey and the precedents on which they were founded precedes the Marriage Records; Volume 23, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 1 (1670-1730.  Contains an introductory note on the early testamentary laws and customs of new Jersey.  There is a preface at the beginning of the volume, an index of names of persons, an index of places and an index of subjects at the end of the volume.  Volume 24, Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey...Vol. 5, 1762-1765. Volume 25, Extracts of American Newspapers...Vol.6, 1766-1767. Volume 26, Extracts of American Newspapers...Vol.7, 1768-1769.  Volume 27, Extracts of American Newspapers...Vol.8, 1770-1771.  Volume 28, Extracts of American Newspapers...Vol.9, 1772-1773.  Volume 29, Extracts from American Newspapers Relating to New Jersey, Vol. 10, 1773-1774.
CR 34.  Volume 30. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, etc...Vol.2, 1730-1750.  The volume contains a preface, an appendix, an index of names of persons and an index of place names at the end of the volume.  Volume 31, Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to new Jersey, 1775.  There is an index of persons and places at the end of the volume.  Volume 32, Calendar of new jersey Will, Administrations, etc...Vol. 3, 1751-1760.  Volume 33, Calendar...Vol. 4, 1761-1770.  Volume 34, Calendar...Vol. 5, 1771-1780.  Volume 35, Calendar...Vol. 6, 1781-1785.  Volume 36, Calendar...Vol. 7, 1786-1790.  Volume 37, Calendar...Vol. 8, 1791-1795.  Volume 38, Calendar...Vol. 9, 1796-1800.  Volume 39, Calendar...Vol. 10, 1801-1805.  Volume 40, Calendar...Vol. 11, 1806-1809.  Volume 41, Calendar...Vol. 12, 1810-1813.  Volume 42, Calendar...Vol. 13, 1814-1817.  There is an index of names of persons and an index of place names at the end of each volume from Volume 32 to 42 inclusive.  All volumes in CR 34 have one or more indexes at the end of each volume, and many volumes have an introduction and/or preface at the beginning of the volume.            

             A microfilm shelf list which correlates the microfilm reel numbers with the Colonial Record numbers and the volume numbers has been
created by the author of the Loyalist Collection Inventory. 
The Microfilm Shelf List is available in print with the Loyalist Collection Finding aids and on the World Wide Web.
 Subject indexes for New Jersey, East Jersey, and West Jersey, are located at the end of the volume.
 Laws of the State of New Jersey, 1703-1798: There is a subject index at the end of the volume.
Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Post
Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey :each volume has an index at the end (v.1-10).
CR 34. Volume 21. Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703. Part 1, East Jersey Records: There is an index of names of persons and subjects, and a list of occupations, professions, and trades, containing an alphabetical list of persons engaged in each occupation, at the end of the volume.
Volume 23, Calendar of New Jersey Wills vol. 1 (1670-1730) includes an index of names of persons, an index of places and an index of subjects at the end of the volume.
 Volume 30 includes an index of names of persons and an index of place names at the end of the volume.
Volume 31 includes an index of persons and places at the end of the volume. 
            

Online Related New Jersey Records:

Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, 1685-1794 via HathiTrust.website.

Early Land Records, 1650-1900 via New Jersey State Archives.