Can anyone help me with information as to how to get a copy of a death certificate or an obit for someone whose death date and exact place are unknown?    She died at home in either Hoboken or lower Weehawken around 1910-1915.    The grandchildren (who lived on Willow Street in Hoboken but had another set of grandparents a block from St. Lawrence's School) found her dead on the kitchen floor when they came "home" for lunch from St. Lawrence's School.   But I don't know if this grandmother and grandfather lived with the children's family or on their own.  Or in which place (if there were two separate homes) the grandmother was actually fixing the children's lunch that day.   The grandparents lived in NJ only a few years -- maybe only a year or less -- until the grandmother died and the grandfather moved back to NYC where he died in 1917 -- and they were not listed in the city directories available in the New Jersey Room at the Jersey City Public Library when I visited several years ago.    They were all -- the two families -- in Manhattan on the June 1910 Census and the child who remembered the death of her grandmother in Hudson County, NJ, graduated from St. Lawrence's School in June 1915.  So that is a 5-year window.   Are the death records for that era in the custody of the individual towns, the county, or the state of NJ?  Health Department?  Archives?  City or County Clerk?  Will any of them perform multi-year searches?  Will the newspapers?   Are any Hudson County records online now?   Many thanks for your help! Maureen in Chicago    

I think your best bet is NJ archives. MIKE maurmike1@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maureen Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:58 PM To: njhudson@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJHUDSON] 1910-1915 Hudson County Death Can anyone help me with information as to how to get a copy of a death certificate or an obit for someone whose death date and exact place are unknown?    She died at home in either Hoboken or lower Weehawken around 1910-1915.    The grandchildren (who lived on Willow Street in Hoboken but had another set of grandparents a block from St. Lawrence's School) found her dead on the kitchen floor when they came "home" for lunch from St. Lawrence's School.   But I don't know if this grandmother and grandfather lived with the children's family or on their own.  Or in which place (if there were two separate homes) the grandmother was actually fixing the children's lunch that day.   The grandparents lived in NJ only a few years -- maybe only a year or less -- until the grandmother died and the grandfather moved back to NYC where he died in 1917 -- and they were not listed in the city directories available in the New Jersey Room at the Jersey City Public Library when I visited several years ago.    They were all -- the two families -- in Manhattan on the June 1910 Census and the child who remembered the death of her grandmother in Hudson County, NJ, graduated from St. Lawrence's School in June 1915.  So that is a 5-year window.   Are the death records for that era in the custody of the individual towns, the county, or the state of NJ?  Health Department?  Archives?  City or County Clerk?  Will any of them perform multi-year searches?  Will the newspapers?   Are any Hudson County records online now?   Many thanks for your help! Maureen in Chicago     ------------------------------- 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

Maureen, (and for the benefit of the members on this list), >From first-hand experience searching for death certificates, You absolutely will find this death certificate in the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton, NJ. The NJ State Archive will also do this research for you for a small fee. You already have narrowed it down enough for them to find it. Here is the page of their fees http://www.njarchives.org/links/reference.html#collections Here is their email address archives.collections@sos.state.nj.us to ask them to retrieve the death certificate you asked about. Tell them you want the cause of death, or else they will cover that block up. Dave --- On Wed, 11/12/08, MIKE MCHENRY <maurmike1@verizon.net> wrote: > From: MIKE MCHENRY <maurmike1@verizon.net> > Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] 1910-1915 Hudson County Death > To: njhudson@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 10:04 AM > I think your best bet is NJ archives. > > > MIKE > > maurmike1@verizon.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Maureen > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:58 PM > To: njhudson@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NJHUDSON] 1910-1915 Hudson County Death > > Can anyone help me with information as to how to get a copy > of a death > certificate or an obit for someone whose death date and > exact place are > unknown?  >   > She died at home in either Hoboken or lower Weehawken > around 1910-1915.  >   > The grandchildren (who lived on Willow Street in Hoboken > but had another set > of grandparents a block from St. Lawrence's School) > found her dead on the > kitchen floor when they came "home" for lunch > from St. Lawrence's School. >   > But I don't know if this grandmother and grandfather > lived with the > children's family or on their own.  Or in which place > (if there were two > separate homes) the grandmother was actually fixing the > children's lunch > that day. >   > The grandparents lived in NJ only a few years -- maybe only > a year or less > -- until the grandmother died and the grandfather moved > back to NYC where he > died in 1917 -- and they were not listed in the city > directories available > in the New Jersey Room at the Jersey City Public Library > when I visited > several years ago.  >   > They were all -- the two families -- in Manhattan on the > June 1910 Census > and the child who remembered the death of her grandmother > in Hudson County, > NJ, graduated from St. Lawrence's School in June > 1915.  So that is a 5-year > window. >   > Are the death records for that era in the custody of the > individual towns, > the county, or the state of NJ?  Health Department?  > Archives?  City or > County Clerk?  Will any of them perform multi-year > searches?  Will the > newspapers? >   > Are any Hudson County records online now? >   > Many thanks for your help! > Maureen in Chicago >   >   > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Maureen - Please email me directly with info on the dc you need. I'll be going to the Archives within the next few weeks or so. Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <maureen1024@yahoo.com> To: <njhudson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:57 PM Subject: [NJHUDSON] 1910-1915 Hudson County Death Can anyone help me with information as to how to get a copy of a death certificate or an obit for someone whose death date and exact place are unknown? She died at home in either Hoboken or lower Weehawken around 1910-1915. The grandchildren (who lived on Willow Street in Hoboken but had another set of grandparents a block from St. Lawrence's School) found her dead on the kitchen floor when they came "home" for lunch from St. Lawrence's School. But I don't know if this grandmother and grandfather lived with the children's family or on their own. Or in which place (if there were two separate homes) the grandmother was actually fixing the children's lunch that day. The grandparents lived in NJ only a few years -- maybe only a year or less -- until the grandmother died and the grandfather moved back to NYC where he died in 1917 -- and they were not listed in the city directories available in the New Jersey Room at the Jersey City Public Library when I visited several years ago. They were all -- the two families -- in Manhattan on the June 1910 Census and the child who remembered the death of her grandmother in Hudson County, NJ, graduated from St. Lawrence's School in June 1915. So that is a 5-year window. Are the death records for that era in the custody of the individual towns, the county, or the state of NJ? Health Department? Archives? City or County Clerk? Will any of them perform multi-year searches? Will the newspapers? Are any Hudson County records online now? Many thanks for your help! Maureen in Chicago ------------------------------- 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