Hello Fellow Listers, I need help. I have obtained a photostatic copy of a sworn deposition by a soldier who served in the 11th New Jersey regiment. I am fairly certain that the deposition was taken in Monmouth County,probably in Freehold or Matawan,in April of 1871. The exact location does not show up on the copy,nor does the name of the notary . There is,however,a number on the document which probably denotes the file location. I am trying to locate the original. Does anyone know where it could be found? Howard Cole __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Howard, It sounds like it might be an effort to obtain a pension for service in The War Between The States (Civil War). There are records of all pension applications at the National Archives in Washington, DC. Joan in VA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Cole" <arthur_cole2000@yahoo.com> To: <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:01 PM Subject: [NJMON] sworn deposition by a soldier > Hello Fellow Listers, > > I need help. I have obtained a photostatic copy of a > sworn deposition by a soldier who served in the 11th > New Jersey regiment. I am fairly certain that the > deposition was taken in Monmouth County,probably in > Freehold or Matawan,in April of 1871. The exact > location does not show up on the copy,nor does the > name of the notary . There is,however,a number on the > document which probably denotes the file location. I > am trying to locate the original. Does anyone know > where it could be found? > > Howard Cole >

Hi Listers, I have a question on how to find birth records for N.J. and I am going to assume Monmouth county. I am looking for the birth records of an Ann Elizabeth Testin, born September 1854, John Testin, born October 1856 and Jacob Testin born November 1857. I am assuming Monmouth county because this is where I found the grandparents in 1870 census records and the grandmother's death record after that. I am particularly looking for birth places of parents and the mother's maiden name. Any ideas? Patti