New Jersey Genealogy & Family Trees

Learn when births, deaths, and marriages were recorded in New Jersey, and how to obtain New Jersey birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records. Includes links to New Jersey birth certificate, marriage certificate, and death certificate applications.

Alphabetic listing of towns and cities in the state of New Jersey in 1895, with both state and county maps.

Part of the worldwide Books We Own project, this New Jersey genealogy page contains a listing of New Jersey genealogy and history books with volunteers willing to provide free lookups.

Find a Family History Center near you in this listing of the LDS Church family history centers located in New Jersey.

Get details on membership, find a professional New Jersey genealogy researcher, submit a surname query, or learn about upcoming genealogical events.

A free message board devoted to New Jersey genealogy queries.

Find links to free online census records for New Jersey from Mark E. Reed.

Society Hill offers a good listing of genealogical and historical societies in New Jersey with phone numbers, addresses, and Web sites where available.

Learn how to research your New Jersey ancestors with this free compilation of New Jersey genealogy research strategies and resources. From FamilySearch.org.

This large volunteer-run site links to a wealth of New Jersey genealogy resources. Quick jump to the county-level for genealogical records, or check out state-wide genealogical events, records, lookup volunteers, and special projects.

Email-based discussion groups on a variety of topics relating to New Jersey genealogy and family history.

Lists over 3,000 current local New Jersey place names, along with their municipality and county.

Find hours and research policies for the New Jersey State Archives, home to all New Jersey colonial and state government records of enduring historical value. Researchers can even obtain copies of documents through the mail from certain indexed collections.

Learn about the genealogical holdings of the New Jersey State Library's Genealogy & Local History collection.

Access hundreds of online transcriptions of WWII memories from Rutgers College alumni and New Jersey College for Women alumnae.

Find transcribed New Jersey cemeteries online, listed by county.

Search for New Jersey ancestors in this online census data transcribed by hard-working contributors of this volunteer genealogy project.

A guide to obtaining copies of New Jersey vital records, such as birth & death certificates, marriage licenses & divorce decrees.