Vital Records of Somerset County

New Jersey Department of State - State Archives has searchable databases for:

Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Colonial Marriage Bons, ca. 1666-1799
Marriage Records, May 1848-May 1878
Death Records, June 1878-June 1896

Land, Probate & Court Records
Military & Wartime Records

See the complete listing at: Division of Archives & Records Management Division of Archives & Records Management
225 West State Street-Level 2
Department of State Building
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307
(609) 292-6260 (general information)

New Jersey Department of Health - Vital Records The Office of Vital Statistics and Registry registers vital events and maintains the following vital records:

Birth, marriage and death records starting at 1917
Domestic partnership records starting at 2004
Civil union records starting at 2007
Adoptions – foreign and domestic
Certificate of Birth Resulting in Stillbirth data starting at 1969

Vital records are also available from Local Vital Records Offices in the municipality where the event occurred. For information about vital records from May 1848 – 1916 visit the State, Archives web page. The Archives also holds microfilm copies of births from 1901-1923, marriages from 1901-1940 and deaths from 1901-1940. These materials are available for in-person use only.

Marriages from 1796--1848 are held by the individual counties (although many of the county records are also available at the Archives).
SOMERSET COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSES--1795-1879
For Somerset County, these are directed to the County Clerk in writing at:
Somerset County Clerk
P.O. Box 3000
Somerville, NJ 08876-1262
(908) 231-7006 (general information)

Last Updated: April 26, 2022