1 Reply Latest reply on Feb 24, 2016 9:19 AM by aabney2016

Where can I find birth records for New Jersey in 1796? I find them up to 1750, then after 1800.

ghudnall Feb 22, 2016 12:55 PM

This is my first time here.

I am searching for an ancestor, Bunyan Parker, who was born in 1796 in New Jersey. I have been unable to actually find a birth record. I am searching for his parents. There was another Bunjan Parker who married Hannah Conner in 1795 in Burlington, New Jersey, so I think it might be them, or at least he may have been named after him. But I have as yet been unable to find a birth record or anything to link my Bunyan to any parents.

Where should I look next?

Thanks for any help you could provide.

Sincerely,

GHudnall

Re: Where can I find birth records for New Jersey in 1796? I find them up to 1750, then after 1800.

aabney2016 Feb 24, 2016 9:19 AM (in response to ghudnall)

Thanks for coming to History Hub!

According to the New Jersey State Archives, births prior to 1848 were not filed at any governmental level (town, county, state). The only exception is the Records of Births of Slave Children that were filed with the county clerks beginning in 1804. See Genealogical Records at the New Jersey State Archives for more information.

It looks like church records are your best bet. If you have an idea of when and where they got married, you could check out the church records and hope that the marriage information includes parents in it as well.
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