A wonderful thing happened for genealogy in New Jersey.
Reclaim the Records has secured indexes for deaths 1904 through 2017, with quite a few (temporary?) gaps.
You can view the images at Archive.org.
The actual death records are housed at the Archives in Trenton through 1955. Deaths after 1955 can be obtained from the Department of Health, but only by certain people, and the cause of death is often obscured.
Before publication of this index, to find a record of death you needed to search the microfilm at the Archives year by year. Certificates are filed alphabetically on the microfilm. This is a waste of time and a barrier to promoting accurate research in New Jersey.
Deaths 1848 through 1900 are indexed at Family Search. An overlapping index by the Archives covers the years 1878 through 1897.
The indexes for deaths 1901 through 1903 were previously obtained by Reclaim the Records. They can be searched at Ancestry.com.
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Reclaim the Records has secured indexes for deaths 1904 through 2017, with quite a few (temporary?) gaps.
You can view the images at Archive.org.
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| Index of deaths in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Surname H. Year 1928. |
The actual death records are housed at the Archives in Trenton through 1955. Deaths after 1955 can be obtained from the Department of Health, but only by certain people, and the cause of death is often obscured.
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| New Jersey Death Certificate Mary Agnes Walpole (1831-1915), wife of Jacob Duryea Note that the Department of Health blocks the cause of death. |
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| Mary died of chronic nephritis. The full certificate of death is viewable at the Archives. |
Before publication of this index, to find a record of death you needed to search the microfilm at the Archives year by year. Certificates are filed alphabetically on the microfilm. This is a waste of time and a barrier to promoting accurate research in New Jersey.
Deaths 1848 through 1900 are indexed at Family Search. An overlapping index by the Archives covers the years 1878 through 1897.
The indexes for deaths 1901 through 1903 were previously obtained by Reclaim the Records. They can be searched at Ancestry.com.
David Lutter Verona piano gun
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