How to Obtain New Jersey Vital Records
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How to Obtain New Jersey Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

This page provides information on obtaining copies of New Jersey birth certificates, New Jersey marriage licenses, New Jersey divorce decrees and New Jersey death records. There are also useful links to past New Jersey Vital Records for those of you conducting family history research. General information about US vital records can be viewed on the Vital Records Index Page

New Jersey birth, marriage and death certificates may be obtained from the following government office:

New Jersey State Archives
225 West State Street
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307

New Jersey birth, marriage and death certificate order forms as well as more information are available on the following pages:

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services may be contacted by phone on 1-866-649-8726 or online at http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/

Remarks: The State Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registration maintains records from June 1878 to present

More New Jersey Vital Records Resources

Birth, Marriage and Death Historical Record Collections at FamilySearch.org
 over 700 million records online, search New Jersey birth, marriage and death certificate databases from the 1800s and 1900s

Vitalcheck Express Certificate Service
order copies of New Jersey birth, marriage and death certificates online

Vital Records Search at Ancestry.com
search births, marriages, deaths, divorces, obituaries and wills; a database of over 9 Billion records