It is your opinion, but do you have any proof that the record is with the State Dept of Health & Senior Services? I also have received many "No Record" responses. Don Lutz Virginia Beach ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Forbes" <excel@nwrain.com> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Death Certificate Request > Hello Theresa and Everyone Else, > > I have a request for a death certificate that is now over a year old > (December 26, 1999). No response yet from the State Records Center. I also > have copies of two death certificates that a private citizen sent me from > the Archives a couple of months after I requested them from the state. The > State Records Center then sent me a "NO RECORD CERTIFICATION" for those two > death certificates. I sent the proof of the apparent incompetence, > laziness, or apathy, now exhibited by the State Records Center, to both the > governor and the attorney-general. It's my opinion that the NO RECORD > CERTIFICATIONs issued by the State Records Center are not reliable, and not > evidence of a careful search. > > The response time for certificates used to be approximately 30 days, but the > State Records Center has moved to a new "state-of-the-art" facility and the > response time and product are now dismal. > > You may want to send your complaints to the following addresses: > > Christine Todd-Whitman > Office of the Governor > P.O. Box 001 > Trenton, NJ 08625 > Telephone (609) 292-6000 > > > John Farmer > Office of the Attorney General > Hughes Justice Complex > 25 Market Street - PO Box 080 > Trenton, NJ 08625-0080 > Telephone (609) 292-8740 > Fax (609) 292-3508 > > Ken Forbes > Puyallup, WA > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <TWD151@aol.com> > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:54 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 ==== > New people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. > You are encouraged to resubmit your queries two or three times > per year to reach new listmembers. > >

They died, Don. And I have a copy of the Archives record. It's the Archives which has a limited amount of records. The State Records Center has them all. Ken Forbes Puyallup, WA ----- Original Message ----- From: Donald Lutz <pegadon@earthlink.net> To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Death Certificate Request > It is your opinion, but do you have any proof that the record is with the > State Dept of Health & Senior Services? I also have received many "No > Record" responses. > Don Lutz > Virginia Beach > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Forbes" <excel@nwrain.com> > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:38 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Death Certificate Request > > > > Hello Theresa and Everyone Else, > > > > I have a request for a death certificate that is now over a year old > > (December 26, 1999). No response yet from the State Records Center. I > also > > have copies of two death certificates that a private citizen sent me from > > the Archives a couple of months after I requested them from the state. > The > > State Records Center then sent me a "NO RECORD CERTIFICATION" for those > two > > death certificates. I sent the proof of the apparent incompetence, > > laziness, or apathy, now exhibited by the State Records Center, to both > the > > governor and the attorney-general. It's my opinion that the NO RECORD > > CERTIFICATIONs issued by the State Records Center are not reliable, and > not > > evidence of a careful search. > > > > The response time for certificates used to be approximately 30 days, but > the > > State Records Center has moved to a new "state-of-the-art" facility and > the > > response time and product are now dismal. > > > > You may want to send your complaints to the following addresses: > > > > Christine Todd-Whitman > > Office of the Governor > > P.O. Box 001 > > Trenton, NJ 08625 > > Telephone (609) 292-6000 > > > > > > John Farmer > > Office of the Attorney General > > Hughes Justice Complex > > 25 Market Street - PO Box 080 > > Trenton, NJ 08625-0080 > > Telephone (609) 292-8740 > > Fax (609) 292-3508 > > > > Ken Forbes > > Puyallup, WA > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <TWD151@aol.com> > > To: <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:54 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 ==== > > New people subscribe to and unsubscribe from the list each week. > > You are encouraged to resubmit your queries two or three times > > per year to reach new listmembers. > > > > > > > ==== NJHUDSON Mailing List ==== > If you are unsubscribed from the NJHUDSON list unintentionally, simply > resubscribe. A full mailbox, computer error, or spam may cause you to be > unsubscribed.