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Free New Jersey Online Church Records

4/10/2020

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Another under utilized genealogy resource is Church Records. We tend to focus our research on civil records, but need to be aware that often church records pre-dated civil records and are a great resource as well. In the BMD Records section of this website there are about 15,000 collections of civil records that are available online. Yes, that's a lot, but we need to also search church records as well. 

What can we find in church or synagogue records? Here's just a shortlist of what nuggets we can find:​
  • Baptisms and Christenings
  • Marriages
  • Deaths
  • Burials
  • Confirmations​​
  • ​Membership lists
  • Church Minutes
  • Church Directories
  • Transfer Letters
  • Bar or Bat Mitzvahs
  • Sunday School lists
  • Church newsletters​

​In addition, many folks also documented important events in family bibles, so they need to be searched as well if the event information has been digitized.

​Here are a couple of articles that you might find useful:
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  • U.S. Church Records Research Guide
  • United States Church Records
  • A Genealogist’s Guide to Using Catholic Records in Genealogy Research

There is a large number of Free Online Church Record collections; the links accessible by state below:.

Note: Some of the links listed below 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.

(Updated April, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD):

  • Atlantic County, Methodist Meeting House Absecon, Records
  • Bayonne, First Reformed Church Church Records, 1828-1951
  • Bedminster, Somerset, Reformed Dutch Church, Births or Christenings 1840-1875
  • Bedminster, Somerset, Reformed Dutch Church, Marriages, 1841-1880
  • Belleville, Essex, Second River Dutch Reformed Church, Births or christenings, 1727-1794
  • Bergen County New Jersey Church Records
  • Bergen County, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • Bergen, Bergen, Reformed Dutch Church, Births or Christenings, 1666-1788
  • Bergen, Bergen, Reformed Dutch Church, Marriages, 1666-1788
  • Bergen, First Presbyterian Church Manual no. III
  • Bergen, Reformed Dutch Church Records
  • Bergen, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Records, 1666-1788
  • Bound Brook, Somerset, Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1810-1815
  • Brookdale, Essex County, Stone House Plains Dutch Reformed Church Church Records, 1801-1902
  • Burlington County New Jersey Church Records
  • Burlington County, Society of Friends. Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting Church Records, 1693-1871
  • Burlington, Burlington, Saint Marys Church (formerly Saint Anns Church), Marriages, 1703-1836
  • Burlington, St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church Register
  • Colestown, Gloucester, Saint Marks Church, Births or Christenings, 1787-1815
  • Colestown, St. Mary's Church Records
  • Cranbury, Middlesex, First Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1745-1876
  • Cranbury, Middlesex, First Presbyterian Church, Marriages, 1840-1880
  • Cumberland County New Jersey Church Records
  • Delaware, Warren, Saint James Episcopal Church, Births or Christenings, 1769-1848
  • Elizabeth, Union, Saint John Episcopal Church, Births or Christenings, 1750-1826
  • Essex County New Jersey Church Records
  • Fairfield, Essex, Births or Christenings, Gansegat Dutch Reformed Church, 1741-1747
  • Frenchtown, Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1849-1928
  • Gloucester County New Jersey Church Records
  • ​Great Meadows, Danville Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1831-1867
  • Greenwich, Warren, Saint James formerly Straw Lutheran Church, Births or Christenings, 1770-1836
  • Hackensack, Bergen, Dutch Reformed Church, Births or Christenings, 1686-1802
  • Hackensack, Bergen, Dutch Reformed Church, Marriages, 1695-1802
  • Hackensack, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1686-1802
  • Hoboken, First Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1850-1899
  • Hunterdon County, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • Jersey City Heights, First Presbyterian Church Record of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Church
  • Jersey City, First Presbyterian Church Church Baptism and Marriage Records, 1852-1891
  • Keyport, Calvary United Methodist Church Church Records, 1821-2003
  • Kingston, Somerset, Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1792-1849
  • Lakewood, First Presbyterian Church The Church book : the First Presbyterian Church, Lakewood, New Jersey
  • Lawrenceville, Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1807-1960
  • Livingston, Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Church Records (baptisms, marriages, membership), 1840-1858
  • Mendham, Morris, Methodist Episcopal Church, Births or Christenings, 1862-1883
  • Mendham, Morris, Methodist Episcopal Church, Marriages, 1861-1879
  • Mendham, Morris, First Presbyterian Congregation, Births or christenings, 1805-1875
  • Mendham, Morris, Hilltop or First Presbyterian Congregation, Marriages, 1852-1880
  • Mendham, First Presbyterian Church History and Records, 1738-1938
  • Mercer County New Jersey Church Records
  • Middlesex County New Jersey Church Records
  • Middlesex County, Edison, Church Records, 1872-1972
  • Monmouth County, Marriages: Christ Church of Shrewsbury, 1734-1824
  • Monmouth County, Quaker Records : Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting
  • Montgomery Twp., Somerset, Harlingen Dutch Reformed Church, Births or Christenings 1727-1802
  • Morris County New Jersey Church Records
  • Morristown, History of the First Presbyterian Church
  • Morristown, Morris, First Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1743-1839
  • Morristown, Morris, First Presbyterian Church, Marriages, 1743-1840
  • Morristown, First Presbyterian Church in Morristown The Record v. 1-5 Jan. 1880-Dec. 1885
  • New Jersey, Calvary United Methodist Church Records, 1821-2003
  • New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970
  • New Jersey, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • New Jersey, Miscellaneous Church Records, by County
  • New Jersey, Society of Friends. Woodbury Monthly Meeting Church Records, 1702-1927
  • New Jersey, Transcriptions of early Church Records of New Jersey, 1841-1846
  • New Providence, Union, New Providence formerly Turkey Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1764-1797
  • Newark, Belleville Avenue Congregational Church Church Records 1868-1930
  • Newark, First Presbyterian Church Manual
  • Newark, First Universalist Church Bylaws and Membership Records, 1855-1875
  • Newark, Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal Church Church registers, 1821-1921, 1921-1934
  • Newark, St. Stephan's Grace Community Lutheran Church Church Records, 1873-1978
  • Newark, Union Street Methodist Episcopal Church Church Records, 1915-1920, 1916-1927
  • Newark, United Methodist Church Church Records, 1863-1921
  • Oldmans Creek, Gloucester, Moravian Church, Births or Christenings, 1742-1810
  • Oldsman's Creek, Gloucester, Moravian Church, Marriages, 1772-1808
  • Orange, Central Presbyterian Church Manual, and a list of the communicants and families
  • Orange, First Presbyterian Church Manual  No. II
  • Orange, Grace Episcopal Church Church Records, 1854-1930
  • Paramus, Bergan County, New Jersey Reformed Dutch Church, Baptisms, 1740-1850
  • Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, Reformed Dutch Church, Baptisms and a list of Church members, 1740-1850
  • Paramus, Bergen, Dutch Reformed Church, Births or Christenings, 1740-1854
  • Passaic County New Jersey Church Records
  • Passaic County, Preakness and the Preakness Reformed Church, History, 1695-1902
  • Paterson, The First Presbyterian Church of Paterson, New Jersey
  • Paterson, Totowa Dutch Reformed Church Church Records, 1756-1869
  • Peapack, Somerset, Reformed Dutch Church, Births or Christenings, 1849-1875
  • Peapack, Somerset, Reformed Dutch Church, Marriages, 1849-1880
  • Plainfield, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • Preakness, Preakness Reformed Church Records of the Church and tombstone inscriptions
  • Princeton, First Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1792-1970
  • Princeton, Second Presbyterian Church Church Records, 1847-1956
  • Princeton, Trinity Church, Records, 1833-19 08
  • Princeton, Trinity Episcopal Church Church Records, 1834-1992
  • Rahway, Christ Reformed Episcopal Church Church Records, 1875-1885
  • Saddle River and Ramapo,  Zion Lutheran Churches, Records 1818-1943
  • Salem County New Jersey Church Records
  • Schraalenburg, Bergen, Dutch Reformed Church, Births or Christenings, 1724-1801
  • Schraalenburg, Bergen, Dutch Reformed Church, Marriages, 1724-1802
  • Scotch Plains, First Day Baptist Church Church Records, 1747-1837
  • Somerset County New Jersey Church Records
  • Spotswood, Middlesex, Saint Peters Episcopal Church, Births or christenings, 1788-1850
  • Sussex County Historical Society, Church Records
  • Swedesboro, Gloucester County, Trinity Episcopal Church (Old Swedes), Records, 1785-1975
  • Tennent, Monmouth, Old Tennent (Scotch Presbyterian) Church, Births or Christenings, 1730-1823
  • Tennent, First Presbyterian Church Marriage Registers, 1795-1824
  • The early Germans of New Jersey : their history, churches, and genealogies
  • The Records of the Swedish Lutheran churches at Raccoon and Penns Neck, 1713-1786
  • Totowa, Bergen, Old Dutch Church, Births or Christenings, 1745-1822
  • Trenton, Mercer, Saint Michaels Church, Births or Christenings, 1769-1855
  • Trenton, Mercer, Saint Michael's Church, Marriages, 1769-1855
  • Trenton, St. Michael's Episcopal Church A History  1703 to 1926
  • Union County New Jersey Church Records
  • Union County, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • Walpack, Sussex, Dutch Reformed Church, Births or Christenings, 1741-1830
  • Walpack, Sussex, Dutch Reformed Church, Marriages, 1741-1769
  • Wantage, Clove Dutch Reformed Church Births or christenings, 1785-1818
  • Wantage, Clove Dutch Reformed Church Marriages, 1798-1812
  • Warren County, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • Washington, Warren, Mansfield or Washington Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1817-1827
  • Westfield Presbyterian Church, Miscellaneous Church Records
  • Westfield, Union, Presbyterian Church, Births or Christenings, 1759-1850
  • Westfield, Union, Presbyterian Church, Marriages, 1759-1849
​
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

For other Free New Jersey Links, click on the category of interest:​
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