Jodee, Possibly you could help me. I do not have that much of the info, but last year I sent to New Jersey for my wife's mother's birth certificate and the responce was " Not on record-Unable to find" I have her name and date of birth and that's about all for sure. Her parents were suppose to be Harry Vusler and Susan Brown, both of which I have not been able to find a thread of info on. If you think you might be able to help, you can e-mail me personally at [email protected] I would appreciate any/all help you could give me. Paul in Columbia County,Pa. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Inscho" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] OBTAINING NJ DOCUMENTS > Hello Susan - and others, > While it is disappointing that your request was returned - I would like to > address the unfortunate circumstances that have brought about the change in > access. As a Municipal Clerk and a die-hard geneaologist, I have always been > torn about the apparent ease in which records are (were) available. > > Consider the following very real scenario that happens more often than > people probably realize: A 30-year old individual looks back in the > newspapers from 25 years ago, and finds an article or obituary for a 5-year > old child that died. They find out the child's name, birthdate, parents and > place of birth. They now go to the state Dept. of Vital Statistics, or the > local town, and get a copy of that child's birth certificate. Knowing that > this child never grew up to get a driver's license of SS number, they can > very easily assume this child's identity. A birth cert, DL, and SS card in > their name, credit cards, etc. It's that simple. > > While the renewed adherence to these strict regulations are surely to be an > obstacle to the family historian, it is unfortunately necessary. It should > be noted, that the State rchives DOES have birth certs. up to 1923, and > marriage and deaths up to 1940. Presumably, the individuals being born or > married after these dates are still alive, and I have to agree that there > should be some amount of privacy over these more recent records. > > The state did send all Municipal Clerks copies of the regulations and urged > us to follow them as well. I have found that it is easier (and certainly > faster!) to get records from the town rather than the state. Hopefully you > will get a friendly, helpful town clerk (like me :-) !!!) who is more than > happy to help. I can usually tell the people who are asking for records for > legitimate purposes from those with less than ideal motives. > Susan, is there a record you are looking for that I can try to help with? > > Jodee Inscho > Belvidere, NJ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan J Fevola" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:27 PM > Subject: [NJWARREN] OBTAINING NJ DOCUMENTS > > > > Hi, > > > > Just thought I would let everyone know about how difficult it is and will > > be in the future to receive birth/marriage/death certificates from the > > state of New Jersey. > > > > I sent for a couple of birth certificates and my request was returned > > with an attached statement. > > > > "Effective immediately, there will no longer be searches for multiple > > years-only ONE year. Bureau of Vital Statistics will no longer accept a > > request for birth/marriage or death records unless the following is > > supplied: > > > > EXACT name that is recorded on the record > > EXACT place of birth/marriage or death (city) > > EXACT date of birth/marriage/death (month,day,year) > > Mother's MAIDEN NAME > > Father's name (when recorded) > > "THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE" > > > > Well, I guess if I HAD all that info, I wouldn't need the document would > > I, except to verify my info. I sent for one with everything except the > > city. I had the county. Another one I was missing the mother's maiden > > name. They were both returned. Any idea how I can learn the mother's > > maiden name without a birth/marriage/death certificate or in what city an > > individual born/married/died? > > > > One more example of how New Jersey makes it so difficult for us to obtain > > info on our ancestors. I was born, raised and currently live in New > > Jersey, so I feel I have the right to complain and be annoyed at their > > attitude. > > > > This is the policy of the Bureau of Vital Statistics which have documents > > from 1878 to the present. Hopefully the State Archives will not adopt > > this policy and make it difficult to obtain documents from 1848-1878. > > > > Susan > > [email protected] > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! 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