Genealogical Holdings

Place - Name Resources

• County Map and Historical Information
• Local Place Names
  Searchable version of the Department of Transportation's directory of modern place names in New Jersey. Users should note that many historical place names are not included.

Vital Records

• Colonial Marriage Bonds and Licenses, see Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records also consult the searchable Index to Marriage Records, 1666-1799.
• Department of Health – Bureau of Vital Statistics; also consult the Index to Marriage Records, 1848-1900 and Index to Death Records, 1848-1900. To order birth (1848-1921), marriage (1848-1940) and death records (1848-1940), see our Searchable Databases and Records Request Forms page. To order birth (under a 100 years old), marriage and death records (1941-present), visit the Department of Heath, http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/
• The Archives Search Room also has publicly available microfilm copies of vital records for the following: birth records, 1848-1923; marriage records, 1848-1948; and death records 1848-1963.
• County Marriage Records
• County Birth and Burial Records
• Municipal Birth, Marriage and Death Records
• Records relating to Slaves and Children of Slaves
• Adoption Records
• Divorces - our holdings generally span the period 1743-1947. Please email nj.archives@sos.nj.gov for further information. For post-1947 divorces, contact the Superior Court Records Management Center, 171 Jersey St., P.O. Box 967, Trenton, NJ 08625-0967, tel. 609-777-0092 or Superior Court Clerk's Office 609-421-6100.

Censuses and Similar Records

• Federal Censuses
• State Censuses see Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records
• Tax Ratables New Jersey General Assembly

Land Records

• Early Land Records DatabaseColonial Deeds, see Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records
• Proprietary Land Records, see East and West Jersey Proprietors; also consult the guide to Using the Records of the East and West Jersey Proprietors
• County Deeds and Mortgages (Clerk's Offices), see County Government Records
• Map and Atlas Collections Other Research Topics

Estate (Probate) Records

• Wills and Inventories (1670-1952), see Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial records
• Prerogative Court of New Jersey
• County Surrogates' Offices, see County Government Records

Military Records

• see Department of Defense
• see Civil War - Related Records (other than Department of Defense)
• see Department of the Treasury - Civil War Pay Records

Naturalization Records

• Citizenship Records

Court Records

• State-Level Courts, see Judiciary
• County-LevelCourts, see County Government Records
• Lunacy/Insanity Proceedings and Non-Criminal Commitments

Local Records

• County Government Records
• Municipal Government Records

Non-Governmental Records

• Personal and Family Papers, A-G
• Personal and Family Papers, H-P
• Personal and Family Papers, R-Z

Miscellaneous Manuscript Collections

• Secretary of State - Genealogical and Colonial Records
• State Archives/Bureau of Archives & History Collective Manuscript Series
• Legislature - Colonial and Revolutionary War Periods