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=== Other Vital Records Sources and Indexes === | === Other Vital Records Sources and Indexes === | ||
*The Works Progress Administration (WPA) abstracted some birth and death information onto card indexes known as ''New Jersey W.P.A. Birth and Death Records, Early to 1900.'' These cards primarily index church burial records, but they also index death notices from newspapers, some town clerk births and deaths, cemetery headstones, and sextons' records. They are found at the state archives and on microfilm at the Family History Library (on 12 Family History Library films beginning with 820014). | *The Works Progress Administration (WPA) abstracted some birth and death information onto card indexes known as ''New Jersey W.P.A. Birth and Death Records, Early to 1900.'' These cards primarily index church burial records, but they also index death notices from newspapers, some town clerk births and deaths, cemetery headstones, and sextons' records. They are found at the state archives and on microfilm at the Family History Library (on 12 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=98769&disp=New+Jersey+W.P.A.+birth+and+death+++ Family History Library films beginning with 820014).] | ||
The New Jersey Biographical Card Index at the New Jersey Historical Society (not available at the Family History Library) is an index to about 75,000 births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials from: | The New Jersey Biographical Card Index at the New Jersey Historical Society (not available at the Family History Library) is an index to about 75,000 births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials from: | ||
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*Trinity Church, Newark, burial records | *Trinity Church, Newark, burial records | ||
*Elizabeth, New Jersey records compiled by Elmer T. Hutchinson | *Elizabeth, New Jersey records compiled by Elmer T. Hutchinson | ||
*''Vital Statistics Index from Trenton Newspapers, 1800- 1900, at the New Jersey Bureau of Archives and History'', is an alphabetical card index to marriage and death notices for the period from December 1777 to 1900. It was microfilmed in 1969 at the state archives. (Family History Library films 542512-29.) | *''Vital Statistics Index from Trenton Newspapers, 1800- 1900, at the New Jersey Bureau of Archives and History'', is an alphabetical card index to marriage and death notices for the period from December 1777 to 1900. It was microfilmed in 1969 at the state archives. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=210931&disp=Vital+statistics+index+from+Trenton+news++ Family History Library films 542512-29].) | ||
There is an index to deaths where the person died from unusual causes: | There is an index to deaths where the person died from unusual causes: | ||
*''Index to Inquisitions on the Dead, 1700s-1800s''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. (Family History Library film 913176 item 2.) This is an index to records at the state archives and provides the name of the person, the county, page, and sometimes the township or town. | *''Index to Inquisitions on the Dead, 1700s-1800s''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=96523&disp=Index+to+inquisitions+on+the+dead%2C+170++ (Family History Library film 913176 item 2.]) This is an index to records at the state archives and provides the name of the person, the county, page, and sometimes the township or town. | ||
For an inventory of the birth, marriage, and death records kept in the various towns, cities, and counties as of 1941, see: | For an inventory of the birth, marriage, and death records kept in the various towns, cities, and counties as of 1941, see: | ||
*''Guide to Vital Statistics Records in New Jersey''. (Family History Library book 974.9 V2h; film 874039 items 1-2; fiche 6051253.) Volume 1 has information on birth, marriage, and death records, and volume two has information on the vital statistics records kept in churches. | *''Guide to Vital Statistics Records in New Jersey''. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=259389&disp=Guide+to+vital+statistics+records+in+New%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library book 974.9 V2h]; [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=259389&disp=Guide+to+vital+statistics+records+in+New++ film 874039 items 1-2; fiche 6051253].) Volume 1 has information on birth, marriage, and death records, and volume two has information on the vital statistics records kept in churches. | ||
=== Divorce Records === | === Divorce Records === | ||