State Resources — New Jersey

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 Vital Records

State office has birth and death records since June 1878.

Birth, Marriage, and Death Records

	Call (609) 292-4087 for information on record lookup fees.
	Write to: New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Statistics P.O. Box 370 Trenton, NJ 08625-0370

For records from May 1848 to May 1878, contact the address below.

	Write to: New Jersey Department of State Division of Archives and Records Management P.O. Box 307 Trenton, NJ  08625-0307
	Cost: $4.00. Additional copies of same record ordered at same time are $2.00 each. If the exact date is unknown, the fee is an additional $1.00 per year searched. Check or money order should be made payable to New Jersey State Department of Health. Personal checks are accepted.

Divorce Records

	Write to: Public Information Center CN 967 Trenton, NJ 08625
	Cost: $10.00 for a certified Blue Seal copy. Make check payable to Clerk of the Superior Court.

 State Archives and Libraries

They currently have vital records from 1848, church records, court records, colonial petitions and correspondences, state census records, military records, newspapers, tax records, cemetery records, probate records, maps, and federal census records from 1790-1910.

Write to: NJ State Archives Department of State Building 225 West State Street - Level 2 Dept of State Bldg P.O. Box 307 Trenton, NJ 08625-0307 Telephone: (609) 292-6260

 Local Genealogical Societies

	Write to: Genealogical Society of New Jersey P.O. Box 1291 New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00, Saturday (during the school year) 1:00-5:00, closed Sunday
	Publications: The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Newsletter