Saturday, 20 September 2014

Free Marriage Records Online Retrieval

By Claire Dowell


If you need to access records of marriage in New Jersey, the State Office of Vital Statistics and Registry is the right agency to approach. The office holds copies of New Jersey Marriage Records that date back to 1901 up to the present. If the records you are looking for are older ones, though, you will have to look for them with the help of the State Archives. The marriage dossiers you will find in the said office are those recorded from 1848 to the year 1900. There are also microfilms of marriages that took place from 1901 to 1940 at the State Archives, although these are strictly for in-person use only.

There are many reasons why you would need to obtain marriage records. You may want to verify the personal history of a person, especially if you do not know him or her that much yet. You may also want to get a copy of your records for personal file keeping, and for keeping your personal file updated. A family tree or genealogy project is also a good reason for obtaining marriage records. Some government and business agencies also require copies of marriage records for certain transactions.

The process for filing a request in New Jersey is not really complicated. You just need to have your requirements ready so that you won't waste a lot of time. A valid ID (or photo ID) is required. Since certified copies of marriage records are given only to the couple on the record, their parents or legal guardian/representatives, spouse, child, sibling, and grandchild; you will need to prepare some proof of your relationship to the individuals who own the record. Additionally, you should be of legal age upon filing the request. If you are an authorized representative of a Federal or State agency; or if you need the Marriage Record to comply with a court order, you will also be handed a certified copy.

Individuals who do not fit into any of the qualification categories are given a certification that states the record cannot be used for legal or identification purposes. Payment for the initial record copy is $25, while additional copies requested at the same time are worth $2 each. If you want to find out how you can order copies of vital records, head on over to the New Jersey Vital Statistics website, where you will find more details.

As most state offices receive hundreds (or maybe even thousands!) of requests every day, you will be asked to wait for a few days or weeks before your get what you need. If you hate waiting, you can always choose to go for a better alternative: online record providers. Using the Internet as their work space, online record searchers are faster and more efficient than state agencies because they can access their comprehensive database whenever they want to. There's no request traffic to be worried about, so you are bound to get the New Jersey Marriage Records as soon as possible. The request process is simple, too, as all you need to do is complete a form and provide all the essential details of the record you want to obtain. After the request is submitted, the processing starts, and pretty soon, you'll get the file you need.

What a lot of people like about online record providers is that everything can be done at home. No need for you to disrupt your schedule. With just a few clicks of the mouse and entering of data, you will get what you need. Best of all, you don't need to pay for an additional fee for every extra copy that you request. With online record providers, you pay once only - and a very minimal fee at that - you get the Marriage Record, plus unlimited access to all other public records that you may need in the future. Now, isn't that what being practical is all about?




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