Ocean County Vital Records

For records prior to 1850 see Monmouth County

For B, M, D records, from 1848-1878, held at the State Archives click here.

Copies of Vital Records can be obtained from the town where the event occurred. Contact the individual town for more information on what's available.

Bible Records

• STRICKLAND Family Bible, possibly Bennett Mills
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Births

• SINGLETON, Martha, b. 1828 - Eightieth Birthday Celebration
  
• WOODWARD, Alice, b. 1820 - CELEBRATES 90th BIRTHDAY
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Marriages

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.

Search NJ Archives Index to Marriage Records, 1848-1878

• Marriage records from the NJ State Archives: Ocean County Clerk's Office Marriage Records, 1850-1908, Control #COCCL003.
• Marriage Abstracts Ocean Emblem July 1858
• Ocean County NJ Archives Marriage Records, Dover Twp., Marriages (1863-1877)
• Greenville Methodist Church, Lakewood 1907
• Rev. Salter Marriages May 1853-Dec 1854
• BISHOP, George - RUTTER, Elizabeth C. 1848
  
• HORNER, Percy - CLIFT, Henrietta - October 1910
  
• Phoebe S. ENGARD marriages - Cassville

Deaths

The Secretary of State’s Office was responsible for the state filing of death records prior to 1878, and beginning in May 1848. This database indexes death records recorded by the New Jersey Department of Health for the period June 1878 through June 1884. Records include death certificates, as well as some burial, reburial, transit, and disinterment permits (denoted by "BP", "RP", "TP", and "DI" respectively).

Search NJ Archives Index to Death Records, June 1878-June 1884

• Deaths: Ocean Emblem News Oct 1858 and Nov 1859
  
• Deaths: New Jersey Courier: Oct 1878-Jul 1879
  
• Deaths: New Jersey Courier January-September 1888
  
• Selected APPLEGATE Death records, 1902-1970
• Misc. Obits: 1906-1919 Ocean County NJ
  
• FISHER, Cherie Monsell 2004: Lakehurst
• HENRY, Eugene F., March 7, 1989: Point Pleasant Borough
• HENRY, Gertrude (Bohac), April 13, 1972: Point Pleasant
• HOFFMAN, Harold J., a/k/a John Straguzzi, March 1996: Berkeley Twp.
  
• RUSSAKOW, Edward 1972: Lakehurst