Hang on! It takes 4 - 5 months to get a certificate from the State Dept of Health & Senior Services. The volume of requests is increasing, but the staff is not. Gone are the days when we could get a certificate in 3 weeks. Don Lutz Virginia Beach ----- Original Message ----- From: <TWD151@aol.com> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] Death Certificate Request > I sent a request and a check to the State Registrar NJ Health Dept. of Health > on Sept. 24, 2000. The check was cashed October 27, 2000. It is now Jan. 6, > 2001 and I have not heard one word from that august Department. Is this the > usual amount of time it takes to get an answer? I'm getting just little bit > weary waiting. > > Anyone with similar experience? Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Theresa > TWD151@aol.com > > > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > Use NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com to write to the NJHUDSON list. > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the NJHUDSON list, use > NJHUDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com. > >

Hi Theresa: I would say that something has gone wrong if they cashed your check in October and you still haven't received the certificate. I also sent in a request in September and my check was not cashed until Dec. That's when I knew to expect the record "soon" It came about 2-3 weeks after they cashed my check. So, it took about 4 months. I got an answer from Social Security quicker!!! There was a period of time when NJ was not filling requests for genealogical purposes! (early 1990's if I remember correctly). Chris S. Donald Lutz wrote: > Hang on! It takes 4 - 5 months to get a certificate from the State Dept of > Health & Senior Services. The volume of requests is increasing, but the > staff is not. Gone are the days when we could get a certificate in 3 weeks. > Don Lutz > Virginia Beach > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <TWD151@aol.com> > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 3:54 PM > Subject: [NJHUDSON-L] Death Certificate Request > > > I sent a request and a check to the State Registrar NJ Health Dept. of > Health > > on Sept. 24, 2000. The check was cashed October 27, 2000. It is now Jan. > 6, > > 2001 and I have not heard one word from that august Department. Is this > the > > usual amount of time it takes to get an answer? I'm getting just little > bit > > weary waiting. > > > > Anyone with similar experience? Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > Theresa > > TWD151@aol.com > > > > > > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > > Use NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com to write to the NJHUDSON list. > > If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the NJHUDSON list, use > > NJHUDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com. > > > > > > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > Your donations to RootsWeb makes NJHUDSON possible. > RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html