This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wQB.2ACE/1056 Message Board Post: I see a lot of questions on the boards about vital records for NJ, so I thought I would pass on what I have learned. If you are looking for a NJ birth or death certificate after 1848, here's what to do: for 1848-1878: these were not required, so it may not exist. But if it does it is at NJ Archives. Here is how to request one: http://www.njarchives.org/links/reference.html for 1878 to present are at the VItal Records. Here are instructions: http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/writein.shtml Here is the form: http://www.state.nj.us/health/forms/reg-3.dot Note: You must include a photocopy of 2 forms of ID, one with a picture. Karen