You need to understand that these offices have limited staffing and genealogy interests are snowballing. Even with a high search fee they just do not have the time to search. And even with the exact date, charges are being constantly increased because of the demand which is exceeding the abilities of the staff. In some areas local genealogy clubs provide volunteers to these offices who assist the paid workers. Some of the volunteers have even been deputized so that they may enter the vault where the records are kept. See if the area you are interested in has such a club with volunteers assisting statistic offices. If so you may get assistance by joining that club, some may even provide free assistance. Best wishes, Dennis Reiley reiley@usol.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "margaret brazier" <mb329@msn.com> To: <NJUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:45 PM Subject: [NJUnion] Vital Statistics Office > Oh man!!! What's the deal with the V.S. Office in Union County. Now they want the exact date of birth, marriage, death (M/D/Y) and they WILL NOT do any searching. That's why we pay extra...to have the search done. I have never had such problems with any other V.S. office before. > > First - I got the info from their website regarding ordering certificates and it said nothing about using their own form. So, they sent it back. All 21 requests. > > Fine...so I filled in the forms and sent them back including the fee amounts with searches. > > Now, they are sending them back again with "effective immediately" notices. I must supply exact dates. Can someone explain to me why??? I am feeling really frustrated over this. All of my family is from Elizabeth, NJ. They really know how to tie things up. Many states are now taking the info over the phone. I think they're stuck in the 20th century along with my requested certificates. > > How can I find out the exact date of marriage in order to request a copy of a marriage certificate? I was only requesting a 3-year search. > > Please help. > > Margaret > mb329@msn.comGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >