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(This page's most recent update is November 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding marriage information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of New Jersey.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
New Jersey Marriage Records
- Atlantic County and Cape May County, Marriage Records 1795-1884; Old Gloucester County and Gloucester County Marriage Records 1795-1878.
- Atlantic County Marriages 1837-1880
- Atlantic County Marriages Index
- Atlantic County Marriages, 1837-1886
- Atlantic County, Marriage Indexes
- Atlantic County, Marriage Records
- Atlantic County, Marriages
- Authentic List of Marriages in Warren County, 1834-1868
- Bergen County Marriage Records 1796-1878]
- Bergen County Marriages, 1795-1800
- Bergen County Record of Marriages, Vol. 1-2, 1795-1877
- Bergen County, Marriage Index, 1933
- Bergen County, Marriage Indexes
- Bergen Dutch Reformed Church Marriages – 1666-1788
- Bergen Marriages 1665-1788
- Bernardsville Marriage/Engagement Database
- Burlington County BMD Newspaper Notices Index
- Burlington County Death Index, 1814-2010
- Burlington County Marriages
- Burlington County Marriages 1840-1878
- Burlington County Marriages, 1782-1794
- Burlington County Marriages, 1795-1865
- Burlington County, Marriage Indexes
- Burlington County, Marriages
- Burlington County, Marriages
- Burlington County, Marriages
- Camden County Marriages
- Camden County, Marriage Indexes
- Camden County, Marriage Records
- Cape May County Marriage Records
- Cape May County Marriage Records 1693-1826
- Cape May County Marriage Certificates, 1795-1878
- Cape May County Marriage, 1795-1878
- Cape May County, Marriage Indexes
- Cape May County, Marriage Records
- Cape May County, Marriages
- Chesterfield New Jersey Marriages 1685-1730
- Cumberland County Marriages
- Cumberland County Marriage Records, 1777-1878
- Cumberland County Marriages, 1795-1949
- Cumberland County, Marriage Indexes
- Cumberland County, Marriages
- Essex County Marriage Records, 1795 – 1801
- Essex County Marriage Records, 1795-1910
- Essex County Marriages, 1795-1875
- Essex County, Marriage Indexes
- Essex County, Marriages
- Essex County, Justice of the Peace Dockets, 1782-1911
- Gloucester County Marriage Indexes
- Gloucester County Marriages, 1795-1907
- Gloucester County, Marriage Records
- Gloucester County, Marriages
- Gloucester County, Record Abstracts
- Gloucester, Burlington and Salem County, Court Records including Marriage Records
- Hudson County Marriages
- Hunterdon County Democrat Marriages and Deaths
- Hunterdon County Miscellaneous Vital Statistics
- Hunterdon County Marriage Records, 1772-1900
- Hunterdon County Original Marriage Certificates and Lists 1795-1900
- Hunterdon County Recorded Marriage Records, 1795-1884
- Hunterdon County, Marriage Records, 1875-1905
- Hunterdon County, Marriages
- Jefferson Township Returns of Births, Deaths, and Marriages June 1857 to June 1858
- Logan Marriages
- Marriage Records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1795-1875, Vol 1-
- Marriages of Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1795-1843
- Mercer County Mercer County Marriage Certificates, 1860-1909
- Mercer County, Marriages
- Middlesex County Marriage Indexes
- Middlesex County Marriages to 1800
- Middlesex County, Marriage Indexes
- Millington, Morris County, Marriages, 1872-1911
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Monmouth County Marriage Returns, 1684-1892
- Monmouth County Marriage Papers, 1872-1878
- Monmouth County Marriage Records Vol. A-C, 1795-1843
- Monmouth County, Marriage Indexes
- Monmouth County, Marriages
- Monmouth County, Marriages 1794-1849
- Morris County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Morris County Marriage Records, 1795-1919
- Morris County, Marriage Indexes
- New Brunswick Christ Church, Marriage Records, 1758-1778
- New Jersey Church Marriage Records by County
- New Jersey GenWeb Marriage Indexes
- New Jersey Marriage Index for 1901-2016
- New Jersey Marriages 1665-1800
- New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985
- New Jersey State Archives Colonial Marriages Index, 1665-1799
- New Jersey State Archives Marriage Records, May 1848-December 1900
- New Jersey, Bride Index, 1930-1938
- New Jersey, Calvary United Methodist Church Records, 1821-2003
- New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970
- New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956
- New Jersey, Marriage Indexes, 1901-1938
- New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1665-1800
- New Jersey, Marriages Noted in the Biographical Encyclopedia of New Jersey
- New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980
- Ocean County Marriage Record and Certificates, 1850-1878; Unrecorded Marriages, 1857 -1908
- Ocean County, Marriage Indexes
- Passaic County, Marriage Records, 1837-1902
- Passaic County, Marriage Records, 1837-1893
- Piscataway, Middlesex, Marriages, 1668-1805
- Plumstead Township, Return of Marriages, 1848-1922
- Polish American Marriage Database
- Salem County Marriages and Deaths
- Salem County Marriage Papers, 1793-1955
- Salem County Marriages, 1795-1956
- Salem County, Marriage Indexes
- Salem County, Marriages
- Salem County, New Jersey, Marriage Records
- Somerset County Marriages, 1822-1880; Index to Marriages, 1795-1878
- Somerset County, Marriages
- South Jersey Marriages, Supplementing the Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem County Marriage Records
- Sussex County Marriages 1665-1800
- Sussex County Newspapers Marriages and Deaths
- Sussex County Sussex County Marriages, 1795-1878, Vol. A-B; Index, 1795-1924
- Sussex County Marriage Papers, 1795-1879; Marriage License Applications, 1898-1910
- Tennent, Marriage Registers, 1795-1824
- Trenton Marriages
- Union County Quaker Record of Marriages 1712-1889
- Union County Miscellaneous Records, 1857-1914; Miscellaneous Index, 1857-1940
- Union County Vital Records, V. 1, 1857-1881
- Union County, Marriage Indexes
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Warren County Marriage Records
- Warren County Marriages
- Warren County Warren County Marriages, 1825-1895; Index, 1825-1895
- Warren County Marriage Records, 1824-1878
- Warren County, Marriage Indexes
- Woodbridge, Middlesex County Vital Records
- Woodbridge, Middlesex, Marriages, 1668-1781
- Woolwich Township, Return of Marriages, 1848-1872
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!