Got this from another list but it has Lots & Lots of Names. Jay > > > The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and > is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with > the permission of the author. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - Seeking Descendants of Those Buried in New Jersey Cemetery > > The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is seeking the descendants of those > buried in a potters' field cemetery in Hudson County. The turnpike needs > the land to build an interchange that will serve the Secaucus Transfer > train station near Laurel Hill. The cemetery on those grounds was used > by Hudson County's former poorhouse, mental hospital, and penitentiary. > More than 3,500 bodies may be in the ground, located behind a prison > annex and under an elevated section of highway. > > The authority will spend $3.89 million to locate and remove the remains, > transport them to a new location, and reinter them. A memorial will also > be placed at the new site. State Superior Court Judge Thomas Oliveri in > Hudson County is overseeing the move. > > Several weeks ago, Oliveri ordered the turnpike to run legal ads > searching for relatives of the deceased. Oliveri said in September that > he wants to hear from relatives of the deceased. So far, only six have > come forward, and only one has been confirmed as having a relative in > the cemetery. > > A complete list of those buried is available on the turnpike's Web site > at http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/burial%20list.pdf. If you have > ancestry in or around Hudson County, you should check this list for any > possible relatives. > > You will need Adobe's free Acrobat viewer installed in order to read > this list. If you do not have the viewer installed, first go to > http://www.adobe.com and download the free viewer there. > > > >