Miscellaneous information

The New Jersey State Archives has recently moved.  Below is a list of the various cabinets, and what is in them. Cabinet 1-3 Vital statistics...1848-78 Vital statistics records & 1878-1923 Birth Certificates Cabinet 2 Marriage Certificates 1878-1940 Cabinet 3 Death Indices 1878-1900 & DC's 1878-1940 Cabinet 5 NJ Censuses 1820-1915 Cabinet 7 Military Cabinet 8 Early State Records..deeds, tax, road returns Cabinet 9,10 Pre 1901 Wills Cabinet 14,15 Court records:  supreme, prerogative & Chancery Cabinet 16 Modern state records, Federal Records (HABS) Cabinet 17 Municipal records Cabinet 18-34 County records Cabinet 38-45 Newspapers You can get there by NJT train for $15 RT from Penn Sta...takes 1hr15 min & can walk or take a bus from the train station to the archives. (contributed by Jane Foss)