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}}{{NJ-sidebar}}{{TOC left}}<br>These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in New Jersey.<br> | }}{{NJ-sidebar}}{{TOC left}}<br>These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in New Jersey.<br> | ||
== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories | == Wiki Articles on Major Repositories for New Jersey == | ||
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[[National Archives at New York City]]{{·}} | [[National Archives at New York City]]{{·}} | ||
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== Statewide Repositories == | == Statewide Repositories == | ||
=== New Jersey State Archives === | === New Jersey Department of Health === | ||
Office of Vital Statistics and Registry<br>P.O. Box 370 ('''mailing address''')<br>140 East Front Street ('''street address''')<br>Trenton, NJ 08625-0370<br>Telephone: 609-292-4087 or 866-649-8726 toll-free<br>E-mail: [http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/order-vital/online-requests/index.shtml Online Requests]<br>Internet: [http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/order-vital/ Order a Vital Record] | |||
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:Birth, marriage and death records since 1917. Proof of relationship is required. Vital records are also available from local vital records offices in the municipality where the event occurred. See the New Jersey State Archives (next) for vital records from May 1848 – 1916.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/ Vital Statistics] in ''New Jersey Department of Health'' (accessed 20 April 2017).</ref><br><br> | |||
=== [[New Jersey State Archives]] === | |||
225 West State Street<br>Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0307<br>Telephone: 609-292-6260<br>E-mail: [mailto:Feedback@sos.nj.gov Feedback@sos.nj.gov]<br>Internet: [http://nj.gov/state/archives/search.html State of New Jersey Department of State] | 225 West State Street<br>Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0307<br>Telephone: 609-292-6260<br>E-mail: [mailto:Feedback@sos.nj.gov Feedback@sos.nj.gov]<br>Internet: [http://nj.gov/state/archives/search.html State of New Jersey Department of State] | ||
:Wills are one of the most important records for New Jersey research, and many of those wills 1670-1900 are housed here. The New Jersey State Archives is the official repository for all colonial and state government records. Its collections include manuscripts, births 1848-1923, marriages and deaths 1848-1940, deeds 1660s-1880s, military records of the Revolution, petitions, court records 1680-1850, NJ state censuses 1855-1915, election returns, taxes 1772-1882, railroad and turnpike records, and microfilms of pre-1900 county and town records.<ref name="DB77">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 77. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The state archives also has several [http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/searchdatabases.html searchable databases online]. See also:<br><br> | :Wills are one of the most important records for New Jersey research, and many of those wills 1670-1900 are housed here. The New Jersey State Archives is the official repository for all colonial and state government records. Its collections include manuscripts, births 1848-1923, marriages and deaths 1848-1940, deeds 1660s-1880s, military records of the Revolution, petitions, court records 1680-1850, NJ state censuses 1855-1915, election returns, taxes 1772-1882, railroad and turnpike records, and microfilms of pre-1900 county and town records.<ref name="DB77">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 77. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> The state archives also has several [http://www.nj.gov/state/archives/searchdatabases.html searchable databases online]. See also:<br><br> | ||
:*[http://nj.gov/state/archives/index.html '''New Jersey State Archives: Searchable Databases'''] The databases include indexes for Marriage and Death and much more. | :*[http://nj.gov/state/archives/index.html '''New Jersey State Archives: Searchable Databases'''] The databases include indexes for Marriage and Death and much more. | ||