Salem County, NJ - Salem County Clerk's Office

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Phone: 856-935-7510 x 8217 Hours: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Our Archives Room is a repository for archival volumes and documents dating from the late 1600s and newspapers dating back to the early 1800s. The Archives houses indexes for marriages, naturalization records, Civil War soldiers and more. Historians find the Archives of great interest in their studies of Salem County. Holdings () indicates those records which are currently on a computerized index. Mortgages and Deeds are indexed separately. Other records are not yet indexed Land and Property Records* Deeds (1715 – 1721) Deeds (1796 – present) separate index Unrecorded Deeds Mortgages (1796 – present) Chattel Mortgages (1830 – 1970) Conditional Sales (Sheriff Sales) Searches (1894 – 1922) Tax Maps (last few years only) Early Roads (1698 – 1792) Citizen Records* Marriage Records (1699 – 1912) Naturalization Records (1808 – 1958) Slaves and Indentures (1793 – 1845) Oaths of Office (1750 – 1986) Voting lists Blind and Crippled Ear Marks (1707 – 1838) Physicians Licenses (1854 – 1997) Firemen Exemptions (1897 – 1999) Firearm Permits Bastards (Early 1700’s) Unpaid Taxes (1879 – 1919) Coroners Inquests (1790 – 1850) Alms House Records (1813 – 1930) Veterinary Register (1895 – 1942) Constables (1802 – 1835) Pharmacists (1877) Dentists (1886 – 1889) Notary Public (1829 – 1963) Military Records (1715 – 1948)* Discharges Civil War Records Revolutionary War Records Grave Registrations Criminal Court Records Oyer – Terminer (1821 – 1869) Quarter Sessions (1706 – 1956) Criminal Court (1898 – 1956) Circuit Court (1821 – 1947) Indictments Allegations Accusations Warrants Civil Court Records (1706 – 1950) Superior Court Court of Common Pleas Court of Chancery (1851 – 1959) Dockets Executions (1778 – 1939) Captions Judgments (1810 – 1951) Newspapers Original Papers (1848 – March 1991) Microfilm Copies (1819 – Sept 2002) Miscellaneous Documents Tavern Licenses (1740 – 1913) Freeholder’s Minutes (1724 – 1995) Business Names/ Owners (1807 –present) Insolvent Debtors (1700’s - ?) Please note that while many of these records are in existence, we are still in the process of taking steps for preservation of these records. Access may not be available to all documents at all times. Many are not yet indexed.

In order to help researchers who are not able to visit our office, we offer a limited records search.

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Please note these records are not held by County Clerk

Birth records are kept in the Vital Statistics office of the municipality where born.
Marriage Certificates are in the municipality where the marriage was held.