N. J. It wasn't that death records were not starrted, but they weren't REQUIRED to be filed until about 1900. Until then, it was sort of hit or miss. I have ancestors who died in certain counties who are not listed in the death records of those counties in the health dept. The records were either never made, never filed or just lost. -Cindy ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.