I had been told that to bury in NYC, you must have a death certificate. I do not, however, know when this law went into effect. I have been looking for a stillborn infant c. 1920 but have not had any luck. Barbara in Cincinnati On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Barbara Kiersh <barkie@bellsouth.net>wrote: > Hi Kathleen, > > This is very interesting. I'm sure that no one in the Kern family (the one > fellow who contacted me through Ancestry seems to have disappeared) knew > about the infant buried with Jeanetta Lazarus. How was it determined who > this infant body was? Or was a notation in a ledger found? > > Barbara > > From: "ocalawoods@cfl.rr.com" <ocalawoods@cfl.rr.com> > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com > Cc: Irishcolleen45@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: [NYC-ROOTS] death certificate > > When my mother had a still birth in 1939 in NJ, it was written in a ledger > book > of the paupers cemetery. That was it.( they just took my mom's child and > she never ever saw her > son again. She had no idea where they had taken the baby. > > I would have never found it if a man > on line had info cause the NJ turnpike was tearing/digging up an area for > construction. > Since it was not a live birth, it is not recorded > and since it was not a live birth it was not alive so it could not have a > death certificate > Confusing. > Kathleen > ---- Irishcolleen45@aol.com wrote: > > Does anyone know what the policy was back in the late 1940s regarding a > > still birth? Would a certificate be issued? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Nora > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Kathleen Estes > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYC-ROOTS-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 > NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >