Thanks to everyone who responded to my query regarding the cause of death on my father's 1974 NJ DC. BTW, I tried calling Trenton and could never get thru to a real live person. How ironic that I'm able to get causes of death for most all of my family, but not my parents. Regards, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough" <bmcdon@ptd.net> To: "CJ Lisa" <cjlisa@att.net>; <njhudson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:27 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] NJ Death Certificates > > FYI - In terms of NJ vital records, there is the "short form" and the > "long > form". The short form is usually used for official purposes, like proof > of > identity at the DMV. The long form is more useful for the purpose of > family > record-keeping and genealogy. When writing to Trenton, you should always > ask for the "long form". > > Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CJ Lisa" <cjlisa@worldnet.att.net> > To: <njhudson@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 5:17 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] NJ Death Certificates > > >> This is interesting........... and here are my experiences and insight. >> >> My mother died in 1999 and the funeral director got the death certificate >> for me in as many copies as I would need for transfering financial >> documents >> and accounts. About 3 years ago, I needed an additional copy (which the >> funeral director also acquired from the town of her death, but this copy >> eliminated most of the information that was on the first doc. and was >> more >> like an official birth or death cert. I don't know why that is. With >> regard to an official marriage cert that I got direct from the town >> (maybe >> 10 years ago) they had the original books and a lot more information was >> on >> the books then what they print out for you -- I'm assuming that this is >> the >> case with all official documents. As far as the marriage information >> that >> I acquired which was on the books: town/country of emigration, parents >> names and official who performed the wedding. Although I have to admit >> that the information was not perfect -- spelling, etc. -- but I guess >> with >> language barriers it was difficult to understand and done phonetically >> just >> like a lot of the ship's records. >> I've also gone to the cemeteries and they sometimes have the cause of >> death. >> Claire >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUDSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message