Contact the NJ State Archives
Mailing Address:
NJ State Archives
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307

Office Address:
225 West State Street - 2nd Floor
Trenton, NJ

Contact Information

Email: Feedback@sos.nj.gov

The State Archives is New Jersey's official research center for public records of enduring historical value. Considering that many vital records, land documents, probate records and military service papers were filed centrally by the Colony and State of New Jersey, the State Archives is a treasure trove for genealogists and historians. The State Archives is also the official repository for microfilm of county clerks’ and surrogates’ records produced by the LDS Church and of film of local newspapers produced by the New Jersey Newspaper Project. Current holdings amount to over 37,000 cubic feet of paper records and over 32,000 reels of microfilm. Our records date from the founding of New Jersey as a British colony in 1664 up to the present.

Located at 225 West State Street in downtown Trenton (please see hours and directions), the State Archives provides assistance to thousands of researchers annually. The collections are open to the general public free of charge, although there are fees for photocopies and reprographic services. Certain collections can also be researched via mail reference services and/or through our online databases, catalog of holdings, and imaged collections sites. Please see navigation on the left to explore further.



Featured Content

This recently completed database indexes 7,160 Department of Agriculture photographs. For over 2,000 of them, scanned images are available online. read more

Department of Agriculture Photographs Database
   

This database indexes 1,039 photographs collected by the New Jersey National Guard. The photographs range in date from the mid-19th century through the 1980s, with the majority taken before 1945. read more

World War I Casualties Database
   

The State Archives adds entries to this database, indexing post-1878 death certificates, on a daily basis. We are currently working on records from the year 1888.  read more

Death Record Database
   

By law, the State retains ownership of all records of its agencies and subdivisions regardless of the circumstances of custody, alienation or provenance. NJDARM seeks mutually beneficial arrangements to ensure public ownership of public documents. read more

Public Records Amnesty and Recovery

Questions or Concerns?
Please contact njarchives@sos.state.nj.us