Joann - I don't know whether you'll get any better results, but I suggest that you contact the NJ State Archives. I have always found the staff members there to be very helpful (considerably more so than those at the Dept. of Health). Even if they can't check the index for you they might be able to offer further suggestions. Here's their web address (http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/archives.html), from which you can get the telephone no. if you want to call. Good luck. Bob Healy Jagirard@aol.com wrote: > > I wonder if someone will be able to help me. My great great grandfather Rev. > Charles W. Rogers, died in Belleville on Mar. 9, 1880. His obituary states > that friends > and relatives and members of the Halsey and Eight Avenue M & E Churches were > invited to attend the funeral from his late residence on the old road to > Bloomfield. I am wondering if these churches still exist and would they have > any records pertaining to the congregation? > I also wrote to the NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services, Vital Statistics > trying > to obtain a certificate of his death. I had the exact date of death, his age, > the date of burial at Fairmount Cemetery. I received back a “NO RECORD > CERTIFICATION”. I sent the request in again, with more information and got the > same response. Could someone tell me what I can do next? > > Thanks for any help you can give, > > Joann Girard > Jagirard@aol.com > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > Post and view Essex County surnames at: > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Essex>