To the left you will find the index to the marriages in your County. Please use this indexes only as a guide to your research. NO CORRECTIONS will be made to the marriage records indexes. When a person looks at the original source and the online source, they should match. Corrections will be listed under "Marriage Submissions" with the submitter's email address.
As of right now no records have been donated to the site for births in Monmouth County. Please consider sharing your records with the County Coordinator:
Prior to 1795, the recording of all marriages within the Province of New Jersey was the responsibility of the Governor's office. These filings are mainly marriage bonds and licenses.
On March 4, 1795, through an Act of the General Assembly, the record keeping of marriages shifted from the state level to the county level. The Act directed all Justices of the Peace and ministers to file a "return of marriages" they performed with the County Clerk. Returns were to be made within six months or three months for the marriages of minors. The return was to include the bride and groom's names and the date the marriage took place. It was to be signed by the Justice of the Peace or minister and his affiliation. Parents' names were rarely indicated. The County Clerk recorded these "return of marriages" in what are known as the "County Marriage Books". These books are held in the Clerk's office in Freehold.
The State of New Jersey required filing of marriage records at the state level beginning 1 May 1848. This database indexes marriage returns filed with the Secretary of State for the period May 1848 through 31 May 1878. These records were later maintained by the Department of Health's Bureau of Vital Statistics, and were transferred to the State Archives in 1965.
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