(And make backup copies.)
The death certificate for my recently departed paternal aunt was issued by the local town. The document was printed on 8 1/2 by 14 inch legal-size paper, which is awkward to store and scan.
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| New Jersey certificate of death Issued May 2026 |
I have an older, no-frills scanner that is too short for fourteen inch documents. I tried a newer, more sophisticated scanner that could accommodate legal size paper. The scanner refused!
Modern New Jersey death certificates contained security features that some scanners detect and block from copying. Sometimes these security features cause the word "VOID" to appear faintly in scanned images. I would have been satisfied with such a result, but this scanner refused to scan the document at all.
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| Example of "VOID" appearing if document is copied |
An iPhone 17 ultimately captured the image.
New Jersey offers a "certification" of a death record for genealogy, which can be copied; however, the Social Security number and causes of death are redacted. I prefer unredacted records when possible.
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