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This database is an index extracted from more than 1 million death and burial records from New Jersey. What’s in the Index Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of New Jersey deaths and burials.
- What Is in This Collection?
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This collection contains the Department of Health. Bureau of Vital Statistics. New Jersey Death Certificates, 1901-1903 acquired by Reclaim the Records and donated to FamilySearch for publishing of images and index. Digital images of the originals are held by Reclaim the Records in Mill Valley, California. Additional records and/or images may be ad...
The following information may be found in these records: 1. Name of the deceased 2. Death certificate number
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: 1. The name of the deceased 2. The approximate year of death
I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
1. Add any new information to your records 2. Obtain the death certificate from New Jersey 3. Search for an obituary in local newspapers 4. Search for cemetery records
I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?
1. Collect entries for every person who has the same surname This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records 2. If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality 3. Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images 4. Remember that sometimes in...
Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of New Jersey. 1. New Jersey Guided Research 2. New Jersey Research Tips and Strategies 3. Step-by-Step Research
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.
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Your one-stop shop for everything you ever wanted to know about the New Jersey Death Index, with a searchable database of over 1.2 million records for 2001-2017 and direct links to over 500,000 digital images for the not-yet-transcribed 1901-2000 data. It’s all there and it’s all free, free, free! What we have, and what we’re going to have.
About New Jersey Death Records A few death records were kept in New Jersey as early as 1675, but they were very incomplete. State registration of deaths began in 1848 with complete records by 1920.
Full Title: New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971; Author: Ancestry.com; Publisher: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: Ancestry.com
Apr 22, 2024 · New Jersey Statewide Online Genealogy Records. This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
Mar 13, 2024 · For more information on birth, marriage, and death records in New Jersey, see How to Find New Jersey Birth Records, How to Find New Jersey Marriage Records, and How to Find New Jersey Death Records. Step 4: Try to find additional details about ancestors in obituaries, cemetery records, and Social Security records online.
