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. > >