Hi Carolyn: Is it possible he died later than the years you had searched? Your mother's memory might be a little off. Once when I requested a death record from Trenton and got negative results, someone wrote on my request which was returned to me "this death occurred in pennsylvania". I don't know how they knew that but it certainly was helpful. Did he go to a certain church? Maybe they would have records of a funeral and burial. Have you traced each of his descendents to his/her burial location to make sure he isn't with one of them? Good Luck-this is a puzzle! chris smith Carolyn_Greene@hgsi.com wrote: > I need help finding the death record and/or burial place for my > grandfather, John Joseph Rooney. According to my mother he died in 1948 in > Jersey City. For the past 7 years I have tried to locate this event in > several ways: > > - Writing the Dept of Health and Senior Services in Trenton using the > years 1946-1949 looking both in Hudson and Union Co. > - Searching the Social Security Death Index. > - Writing the Hudson Co. Surrogate Court for probate records. > - Writing and calling the cemeteries where his family are buried. > - Obtaining military records. > > He was born in 1894 in Jersey City and as far as I can tell he lived all of > his life there. He served in the Navy during WWI and was perhaps > discharged dishonorably after a string of offenses such as smoking and > being AWOL (much of his records were blacked out because I am not "next of > kin"). He was married in 1919 in Jersey City, but later separated from his > wife. I know he was living in Jersey City in 1946 according to his > father's probate records. He was about 54 when he died supposedly of an > accidental fall so he may not have received any Social Security benefits. > > If he died in another county or state from where he lived would his death > record and probate records be kept there (he may not have had a will)? Is > there another source I have over looked? Any suggestions appreciated!!! > > Carolyn > > ==== 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.