Birth certificates of children of slaves, 1806-1821.

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Birth certificates of children of slaves, 1806-1821.

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Certificates, filed in order by name of slave owner, generally including name of child and mother.

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New Jersey State Archives

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Sussex County (N.J.). Clerk's Office

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As required by 1795 legislation, the clerk of each New Jersey county was responsible for copying the marriage returns into a book kept solely for that purpose. Legislation of 1848 required clerks to submit annual returns of vital records to the Secretary of State; further legislation in 1878 authorized marriage officiants to submit certificates to municipal clerks or assessors, who in turn, filed these records with the Secretary of State, thus eleminating this function at the county level. ...