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''[[How to Find United States Death Records|How to Find United States Deaths]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] '''New Jersey Deaths'''''<br> __NOTOC__  
''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[United States Vital Records|US Vital Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[How to Find United States Death Records|How to Find United States Deaths]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New Jersey Vital Records|Vital Records]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''New Jersey Deaths'''__NOTOC__  


Statewide registration of deaths began in 1848, and some earlier records have been extracted from other sources. Records before 1911 are kept at the [http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/searchdatabases.html New Jersey State Archives]. From 1912 to the present, death records are kept at the [http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/start.shtml New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics]. Records from 1848 to the present are also kept by the Local Registrars for [http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/regbycnty.shtml individual counties]; however, many pre-1910 records have not survived.<br>  
Statewide registration of deaths began in 1848, and some earlier records have been extracted from other sources. Records before 1911 are kept at the [http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/searchdatabases.html New Jersey State Archives]. From 1912 to the present, death records are kept at the [http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/start.shtml New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics]. Records from 1848 to the present are also kept by the Local Registrars for [http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/regbycnty.shtml individual counties]; however, many pre-1910 records have not survived.<br>  
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== '''Next Step: When did the death occur? '''  ==
== '''Next Step: When did the death occur? '''  ==


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==== '''STEP ONE: Find Death Information'''  ====
==== '''STEP ONE: Find Death Information'''  ====


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| [[Tips for Searching an Online Index|Tips for searching online indexes]]  
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