Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me track down the death date and burial place of a relative, Christopher Burgard (born about 1872 in Pike County, PA), who died sometime after 1930. He lived in Irvington, Essex County, and married Grace Byrnes around 1903. I will be passing through NJ, a week from Monday, on a trip from Maine to Indiana and it is my hope that by then I will know his burial location and while be able to visit his gravesite. If I can pinpoint the date of death, I can obtain an obituary, and find the burial location. I've been telephoning a number of Newark/Irvington area cemeteries, but no luck so far. Would anyone have any other suggestions as to how I might identify a date of death? He does not appear in the SSDI and there are no post-1930 records for him that I can find online in any databases. I was thinking of checking city directories or phone books ca. 1930-1960 to see if he disappears after a given year, but I wouldn't know if records exist for Irvington for these years, or where to look. I would be willing to pay for a researcher who would search death records 1930-1960 at the Essex County Clerk's office (920 Broad St, Room 111, Newark) or even at the NJ archives in Trenton, although the archives only has death records up to 1940. (Please contact me off-list for any offers or recommendations of paid services). Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. (I will not have access to the internet again until Monday, so please excuse any delays in responding to messages). Best, Joe Price __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com