Some of my ancestry lived in New Jersey. New Jersey is a rather difficult state due to privacy laws and such. I remember years ago sending money orders to New Jersey for the death and other records that would "prove" what I had come up with and they were returned. Basically, if I didn't already know the information, then I could not have that information. Other researchers have told me about dealing with New Jersey (as well as New Mexico) and basically this is why I check certain paid databases every few months to see what, if anything, has shown up.
New Jersey - 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915.
History of New Jersey : Lenape Native Americans first, then Dutch and Swedish settlements.
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Excerpt: State Censuses (1855 – 1915)
• Taken every 10 years on years that ended with a 5 (1855, 1865, and 1875 are incomplete).
• Certain individual counties have been indexed: Hunterdon County in 1875; Monmouth County in 1875 (available on-line at the Monmouth County Archives web site); and 1885 Camden (excluding city)
• Searchable database for Atlantic and Passaic Counties in 1885 available on our web site. These counties are the only ones we search through the mail.
• Complete 1895 State Census is available on www.ancestry.com.
• The indexes to 1885, 1905 and 1915 State Censuses are available on www.familysearch.com.
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