Friday I posted a message stating that NJ vital records start in 1878. This was incorrect! NJ vital records start in 1848. Birth, marriage, and death certificates as we know them started in 1878, but there are valuable vital records dating back to 1848, as well as even earlier marriage records. This means that if all NJ vital records were closed, genealogists might be severely restricted in their ability to research even these very early records dating back to 1848. Hopefully not earlier than that! Joan Lowry very gently corrected my misinformation in an update on the status of the bill 1390, but I wanted a correction to appear in a message subject line for those of you who might have read the first message, but may not have had the time to read Joan's update.