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Q:Was your ancestor born before 1 Jan 1924?
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Q:Was your ancestor born after 1 May 1848?
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Q:Was your ancestor born in NJ?
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Q:Was your ancestor living in NJ in 1930?
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Q:Was your ancestor married in NJ before 1 Jan 1941?
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Q:Was your ancestor married in NJ after 1 May 1848?
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A: Your ancestor was born recently enough that you might get your best information with the least amount of effort by questioning living relatives. If this option does not solve your problem, you can search for your relative in the 1930 census to try to locate him with his parents. If this fails, contact NJ Health and Senior Services and request a birth certificate.
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A: Your ancestor was born recently enough that you might get your best information with the least amount of effort by questioning living relatives. If this does not solve your problem, you can search for your relative in the 1930 census to try to locate him with his parents. If this fails, visit Vitalrec.com and request a birth certificate from the appropriate state.
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Q:have you tried the 1930 census?
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A: You don't have alot of information to work with. Searching the 1930 census in NJ is a good place to start.
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A: Time to rethink and reconsider your sources. You might want to consider the possibility of a spelling variation of your ancestor's surname in the census listing. Question your relatives as to the location of your ancestor in 1930.
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A: You will want to pursue records in the state where your relative was born. If born in NJ, contact NJ Health and Senior Services.
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Q:Was your ancestor married in NJ before 1901?
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Q:Was your ancestor born in NJ before 1901?
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Q:Was your ancestor married in NJ before 1 Jan 1941?
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Q:Did your ancestor die in NJ after 1 May 1848?
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Q:Did your ancestor die in Nj after 1 May 1848?
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Q:Was your ancestor married in NJ before 1901?
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Q:Was your ancestor born in NJ?
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Q:Do you know the year of your ancestor's marriage (within one year)?
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Q:Was your ancestor born in NJ?
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Q:Have you searched for your ancestor's birth certificate?
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Q:Do you know your ancestor's year of birth (within one year)?
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A: You may want to start by doing a search for a birth certificate in the period 1848-1900. Another option would be census searches which may pin down your ancestor's age and place of birth, but these may require some knowledge of the location of your ancestor at the time of census enumeration, especially if your ancestor has a common name.
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Q:Have you searched for your ancestor's marriage certificate?
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Q:Did your ancestor die in NJ after 1 May 1848?
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Q:Did your ancestor die in NJ before 1 Jan 1901?
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I don't know

Q:Was your ancestor married in NJ?
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Q:Did your ancestor die before 1 Jan 1901?
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I don't know

A: If you have not done so, you should search for the marriage record. If this fails to produce results, I recommend you contact me and detail the information you have regarding this ancestor so that we may see what is best for you.
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A: You've got very little information to go on! Best to try to find either a marriage or death record for this ancestor. Which search stands a better chance of succeeding is a subtel consideration, since so much about this person is uncertain.
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A: We should start by searching for a marriage record. If this search fails, a birth record search should be attempted next.
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Q:Do you know your ancestor'a year of marriage (within one year)?
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A: We can search for the marriage certificate through 1900 if it is likely your ancestor was married by then. Or we can search the 1930 census first to establish year of marriage, which will allow us to search for a marrriage cert through 1923.
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A: Both marriage record and birth record look like promising searches here. A marriage record is the more likely of the two to exist for your ancestor.
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Q:Have you searched for your ancestor's marriage cert?
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A: The marriage record should be the first thing we look for. Searching for a birth record may also be helpful.
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A: Your best bet is to get a copy of the marriage certificate.
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A: The birth record would be the most straightforward thing to try first. We may be able to use the 1930 census to determine year of marriage in digging for the marriage certificate.
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A: The birth record would be the most straightforward thing to try first. Searching for the marriage certificate is another option.
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A: The marriage certificate is the thing you will want first. We may need to use the 1930 census to determine year of marriage, if the marriage took place after 1900.
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A: Both marriage record and birth record look like promising searches here. A marriage record is the more likely of the two to exist for your ancestor.
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A: You best bet may be to get your ancestor's marriage certificate. If this took place in another state, you may want to find a researcher or website for that state that can advise you of your options. If the marriage took place in NJ after 1940, you will want to contact NJ Health and Senior Services and request a marriage certificate.
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Q:Have you searched the 1930 census?
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I don't know

A: Your best bet is to get a copy of the birth record.
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A: Your best bet is to get a copy of the birth record.
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A: You will want to establish the birth year of your ancestor. Searching the census may be a good place to start.
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A: It would seem that your search for this marriage certificate failed, for no apparent reason. If you had the state of NJ or another researcher look for this record, I recommend that you contact me with the details you know about this marriage; I might be able to come up with a solution or some explanation for the record not being found. You will want to search for this person's death certificate next if you have not yet done so.

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A: Your best bet is to get a copy of the marriage record.
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A: Both marriage record and death record look like promising searches here. The marriage record could be much easier to find, unless you know the year of death.
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A: The marriage certificate is the thing you will want first. We may need to use the 1930 census to determine year of marriage, if the marriage took place after 1900.
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A: The marriage certificate is the thing you will want first. We may need to use the 1930 census to determine year of marriage, if the marriage took place after 1900.
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A: The death certificate is the thing you will want first. If this search fails to produce the results needed, the marriage record can also be searched for. (in nj?)
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A: If the marriage was in NJ, we can search for this ancestor's marriage bond in Nelson. If the bond is listed there, we can acquire a copy. If not, we can search for the death record, if we know the year of death.
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A: We can search for either the death record or a marriage bond (if married in NJ) in order to track down this ancestor's parents.
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A: The best thing to try first is to search for this ancestor's marriage bond in Nelson. If the bond is listed there, we can acquire a copy.
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A: Well, you've stumped the Advisor! I would recommend that you contact me and detail this ancestor's New Jersey connection so that we may determine what NJ options are available to you.
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Q:Did your ancestor die in NJ before 1941?
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A: You definitely want to proceed by acquiring a copy of the marriage certificate next.
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A: We can look for a marraige bond in Nelson, if it is a NJ marriage, or we can try to find a death record.
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A: You do not have alot of NJ options to work with at this time. We can search for a death record after 1848 in the hopes of finding some useful details. These early death records don't always offer parents' names.
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A: Your best bet is to get a copy of the death record for this ancestor. These do not ALWAYS provide parents' names but often do. It depends on the knowledge of the family member filling out the form at the time.
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A: If you know the year of death (within one year), a search for the death certificate can and should be conducted. If the year is not known, several years can be searched, or other materials can be used, possibly city directories. Feel free to contact me and perhaps I can give you some direction.
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A: You don't know?? My goodness, you ARE in trouble! If you contact me and fill me in on the details you do have regarding this ancestor, I may be able to come up with an ingenious angle we can pursue to eliminate some of these question marks.
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A: You definitely want to continue your research by getting a copy of the marriage certificate.
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A: You will want go get a copy of the marriage certificate. In order to reduce the cost of such a search, we will want to know the year of marriage. We can search the 1930 census in hopes of determining year of marriage.
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A: If you know the year of death (or have a rough approximation), you can start by searching for the death certificate. Otherwise, we can try to use other materials to determine year of death. You may wish to discuss the failed marriage record search with me, if it was conducted by someone else.
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A: If the death took place in NJ after 1940, you can contact NJ Health and Senior Services and request a death certificate. You may wish to discuss the failed marriage record search with me, if it was conducted by someone else.
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A: If the death took place in NJ after 1940, you can contact NJ Health and Senior Services and request a death certificate. You may wish to discuss the failed marriage record search with me, if it was conducted by someone else.
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