Hi, Ms. Weinberg has been looking into the problem. I have been contacted and was requested to send some of the letters I received to this person for her evaluation. I did so last week. Sandy smdc@earthlink.net researching in NJ: ADAMS, TAYLOR, STEELMAN, SHERRY,PEACHEY _______________________ Inn118@aol.com wrote: > Glenn, > This is a FIRST!!! Many of the NJ County list subscribers launched an E > mail, letter writing/phone call blitz in Feb. to NJ Dept. of Health > Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg due to Trenton returning checks and written > requests, stating they couldn't look up a certificate without the parents' > names. Of course this was ludicrous since one of the main purposes of > requesting an old death cert. is to learn the parents' names of the deceased > ancestor. I hope your message means a change in heart in Trenton as no one > ever had the courtesy to return a phone call or reply to our E mails except > in 1 case of a "hold them off" type form letter response. Let's hope that > others receive such wonderful responses as your following message implies. > Thanks for sharing this as I intend to share w/ some of these lists. Best > Regards, Joan Lacy Fitzsimmons > > In a message dated 4/4/02 12:15:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, > bingham@conectiv.net writes: > > > Dear scholars, > > > > With permission, I am forwarding a message I have received > > from a person who derives from 2 of the MRTwp-to-Millville > > Corson lines. Aside from the interest to the Ewings Neck > > line of Corsons, the message also illustrates good > > cooperation from the New Jersey Archive folks, something > > that seems to have been missing for some time. > > > > Glenn > > > > Glenn, > > > > On March 4th I wrote to the NJ State Archives in Trenton, NJ > > requesting a death certificate for Joshua Corson. On March > > 27th I received a letter stating they could not find a death > > record for Joshua Corson. However they did send me a large > > sheet of paper called Return of Deaths. The name Joseph > > Corson was highlighted in yellow with the following > > information. Died March 11, 1869, married, age 71, farmer, > > place of birth and death Ewings Neck, parents William and > > Mary Corson, cause of death pleurisy. > > > > The following is an e-mail I received today (4-1-02) from > > Catherine Medich, Archivist at NJ State Archives, Trenton, > > NJ. > > > > >There are no birth records on any governmental level (i.e. > > local, county or state) >before the state started collecting > > them on May 1, 1848. The only sources for birth > > >information are private records, such as church records, > > family Bibles, etc. The >New Jersey State Archives does not > > collect such records. > > > > >On 21 March we sent you a copy of a death record for a > > Joseph Corson who died >11 March 1869 aged 71y 9m 18d. The > > age and date of death were approximately >correct for the > > Joshua Corson you were requesting. If it is not the same > > person, it >is possible that he is a sibling. The death > > record does name parents of William and >Mary Corson. > > > > >Marriages were recorded by the County Clerk beginning in > > 1795, but rarely name >parents. > > > > >A Joshua Corson died in Maurice River Township 23 January > > 1862 and in his will he >mentions a wife Rebecca. His death > > record names parents of Joshua and Ann. > > > > Myrna Deasy > > > > > > ==== CORSON Mailing List ==== > > The list is not a chat room. Posted messages should be of general > > interest. > > Please send personal messages and comments directly to the individual > > concerned. > > > >