Since you have the date of death, perhaps you could check the newspapers in that area for a story line, or the police dept might have a report. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Tom & Natalie Coleman <tomnatalie@erols.com> To: NJCAMDEN-L@rootsweb.com <NJCAMDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, June 06, 1998 7:59 PM Subject: Death Certficates >I received in the mail today a death certificate for the NJ Dept of Health, >Bureau of Vital Statistics. I had to send away because Camden said they >did not have a certificate on the person I requested. > >Well. My ancestor died in Camden, Camden County in 1940. The cause of >death is blanked out of the certified copy. However, I know there was a >lot of family secrecy surrounding this death and is therefore important >that I know the cause of death. > >On the death certificate there is a section that states: > >If death were due to external causes fill in the following: >Accident, suicide or homicide (specify) of course this is blanked out! >It gives the location of the death to be a public place on a lot on the >south east corner of 4th & Atlantic Avenue. > >Any suggestions on how to find out what happened that day??? Please my >curiosity is driving me nuts. > >Thanks! I hope to hear many suggestions from you all. >