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New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New Jersey. Microfilm copies of these records are available at the Family History Library and FamilySearch Centers.
An index for New Jersey Births and Christenings is available online, click here. Name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state of New Jersey. This set contains 2,334,526 records.
About New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931. This database is an index extracted from more than 2.3 million birth, baptism, and christening records from New Jersey. What’s in the Index. Volunteers extracted the birth, baptism, and christening details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and ...
- What Is in This Collection?
- What Can These Records Tell Me?
- Collection Content
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- What Do I Do Next?
- Citing This Collection
This collection is an index of births and christenings for the years 1660 to 1980. This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index. When using this collection be aware that when volunteers entered data from the 1878-1900 ...
The following information may be found in these records: Births and Christenings 1. Name 2. Gender 3. Birth date and place 4. Christening date and place 5. Names of parents 6. Race 7. Parents' place of birth
Coverage Table
The coverage table shows the places and time periods of the original records in this collection. The table indicates how many records the collection has from each place. Most of the records in the collection are from the time periods listed in the table; however, the collection may have a few records from before or after the time period.
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: 1. The person’s name 2. The approximate date and place of birth
I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
1. Add any new information to your records 2. Look at an image of the original record, if possible. The original may contain information that was not recorded in the index 3. Use the information to find other records such as marriage, death, or census records 4. Collect entries for every person who has the same surname, unless the surname is a common surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives that can be verified by records
I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?
1. Try viewing any original indexes to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. 2. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name 3. Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames, middles name, or an abbreviation of their given name
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
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New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 This database is an index extracted from more than 2.3 million birth, baptism, and christening records from New Jersey. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 This database is an index extracted from more than 2.3 million birth, baptism, and christening records from New Jersey. New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971
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Birth, Baptism & Christening New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 This database is an index extracted from more than 2.3 million birth, baptism, and christening records from New Jersey.
