--- The Goszka's <rkgoszka04@rivnet.net> wrote: > Hi Don & Everyone, > > It has been my experience with the county > certificates that they are - as > you said - typed out, and sometimes lacking some of > the information found > on the "original" that you get from the state. When > I first started > genealogical research in NJ I used to send to the > county for the vital > records I needed. Then one day I had to send to > Trenton, and realized that > Trenton sent you a copy of the actual certificate. > I sent to Trenton for > copies of the certificates I had gotten from he > counties, and actually > found some leads on the ones from Trenton that were > not on the ones from > the county. I also found that one of the typed ones > actually had some > major errors compared to the copy of the original. > > To date I have always gotten my certificates from > the Dept. of Health & > Senior Services - haven't used the archives yet. I > always let them know > that I am a direct descendant and that the copy is > for family medical > records. That usually takes care of them blacking > out the cause of death > on the more recent death certificates. It used to > only take about a month > for a response from Trenton, but the last few > certificates I have requested > have taken 4-6 months. I have also noticed that > once they cash your check > it takes about 4-6 weeks to get your certificate. > > Kris Goszka > Warsaw, VA > > At 09:14 AM 01/07/2001 -0500, you wrote: > >Is the death certificate that one gets from the > county an exact copy of the > >document received from the state. I know that a > county issued birth > >certificate is a simple typed instrument lacking > much of the information > >that is contained on the original document > available from the state. > >Don Lutz > >Virginia Beach > > > > > >==== 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. > Hi Could you please give me the address for the office in Trenton where you requested the death certificates and I would appreciate it if you would let me know what their fees are. Also do you have to send a self stamped return envelope? thanks so much Mrs. Dee from South Jersey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/