Hi Judy Vital records for NJ 1848-1878 - all the original records for these years are in the possession of the NJ State Archives. You would contact them for copies of these records. See their website for address and price information. http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html Records after 1878 - all originals after 1878 are housed at the NJ Dept of Health and Senior Services. It is their prices that have gone up to $25 for a copy. See their website for information on prices, mailing address, and restrictions. http://www.state.nj.us/health/vital/vital.htm But - don't forget that microfilm COPIES of many vital records are available to the public for searching at the NJ State Archives. In person at the NJ State Archives you can search and copy vital records as follows Births 1848-1923 Deaths 1848-1940 Marriages 1848-1940 These copies are still only 50 cents a copy. If you can't access the archives in person, there are a number of professional researchers who work at the archives on a regular basis. They can search and copy the records for you. See the Professional Researchers section on www.gsnj.org or the Locate a Member section on www.apgen.org. There is also a list on NJ Gen Web at http://www.njgenweb.org/research/genealogist.html. The cost of hiring a local researcher may be about the same as ordering from the Dept of Health - but it's a heck of lot quicker and, I believe, that you get much better results for your money. A local professional will know enough to check variant spellings for you and will be more willing to search multiple years. Regards, Joan Joan M. Lowry mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net