Interested in the NOLAN surname from Hudson County, as I have a whole bunch of them. Patrick NOLAN moved to Jersey City in 1868 with a large family of NOLANs. Do we have a match? Tom Novak -----Original Message----- From: Mermaz@aol.com <Mermaz@aol.com> To: NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, January 14, 2001 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON-L] Death Certificate Request >I am disappointed because I received a NO RECORD CERTIFICATE, but it stated >that if you would like to add the record, you could with proof. It was for >my Grandfather and I sent them a copy of his death certificate, his social >security application and a notarized letter signed by his father stating >where and when he was born (he needed it to get a passport). They said they >would only accept proof from someone who was present at the birth. I wanted >to have it added so that future generations could locate it. I can >understand that they wouldn't want to just add anything, but come on -- he >was born in 1900, he filled out his own SSA in 1936, the notarized letter was >done in 1937 and the death certificate in 1977. Every piece of evidence I >sent them corroborated. Their answer was that they didn't feel it was >necessary to report a birth that old. I guess they don't care about history >-- family or otherwise. > >Meredith > >Researching: Mitchell, Brower, Sage, Hopkins, McIntyre, Williams, Lewis, Nolan >, Bailey, Mascitello, Zigmund > >______________________________