New Jersey Birth Records

Birth Certificates

The State Bureau of Vital Statistics and Registration maintains New Jersey birth records from 1878 to the present.

Birth certificates are also available from Local Registrars in the municipality where the birth occurred.

For copies of vital records from 1848 to 1877, please contact:

New Jersey Department of State,
Division of Archives and Records Management
P.O. Box 307,
Trenton NJ 08625-0307,
Phone: (609) 292-6260

Web Site:
New Jersey Birth Records

The State Archives holds original birth, marriage and death records for the period May 1848 - May 1878. Consult the reference policy linked above for information on how to request a vital records search for this time period.

The Archives also holds microfilm copies of:

  • births, 1878-1923;
  • marriages, 1878-1940;
  • and deaths, 1878-1940.
These materials are available for in-person use only. Search service is provided by the Bureau of Vital Statistics.

NJ Vital Statistics
Customer Service Unit
P.O. Box 370
Trenton, NJ 08625-0370


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