I didn't even know if it was possible to ask for a newspaper notice until I read Mona's request for an obituary. My Grandfather, Cornelius Hamler, had some sort of Court dealing-- between 1880 and 1889-- when the New Jersey State Legislature restored his *rights as a citizen of New Jersey* back to him. My cousin who is in police work says that a person has his citizenship rights removed from him or her when he or she has been convicted of a felony, which means jailtime. Here is the Trenton Newspaper annnouncement which says that the Legislature was restoring his rights as a New Jersey citizen back to him: Trenton Times, Trenton, NJ 02 Sept 1889 LAWS OF NEW JERSEY [By Authority] Chapter C An Act for the relief Cornelius Hamler, of the township of Byram, in the Couty of Sussex. "1.) Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey that Cornelius Hamler of the Township of Byram, in the County of Sussex, be and the said Cornelius Hamler is hereby restored to all his rights, liberties, privileges and franchises as a citizen of the state of New Jersey. 2.) Be it enacted that this act shall takeeffect immediately. Passed April 2, 1889" Does anyone know what "Chapter C" means? I would dearly love a copy of any newspaper announcement that showed exactly what his "trouble with the law" was. He was at home with his wife Annie in the Census of 1880 (Byram twp., Sussex Co., NJ) so he obviously "got in a heap of trouble" between that time and when his rights were restored in 1889. (Newspaper and other documents often mispelled my Grandfather's name - HAMLER- as "HOMLER.") Many thanks! Kathleen