On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:31:22 -0400, Ray K <[email protected]> >[...] manager of vital records. He says they are NOT public records >and I can not inspect them. I pointed out that marriages are publicized >in newspapers, which sort of makes them public. Didn't matter to him. >[...] Where I live, marriages are only publicized in newspapers if people pay - which indicates consent for the wider public to see what is in the newspaper.

cecilia wrote: > On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:31:22 -0400, Ray K <[email protected]> >> [...] manager of vital records. He says they are NOT public records >> and I can not inspect them. I pointed out that marriages are publicized >> in newspapers, which sort of makes them public. Didn't matter to him. >> [...] > > Where I live, marriages are only publicized in newspapers if people > pay - which indicates consent for the wider public to see what is in > the newspaper. I don't know if that is the case here in N.J. Marriages may be considered "news," and as such the announcements are free. In N.J., obituaries are free, because they are "news." But to place a Death Notice, with their tiny type, one must pay.