I am forwarding this message because there are a number of people from NJ who settled in OH. I have no other info on this project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 8:26 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Re: New Jersey Paupers Cemetery Burial List > Hello everyone. I received this from one of my genealogy lists. I thought I > would pass it along. > > The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is seeking the descendants of those buried > in a potters' field cemetery in Hudson County. The turnpike needs the land to > build an interchange that will serve the Secaucus Transfer train station near > Laurel Hill. The cemetery on those grounds was used by Hudson County's former > poorhouse, mental hospital, and penitentiary. More than 3,500 bodies may be > in the ground, located behind a prison annex and under an elevated section of > highway. The authority will spend $3.89 million to locate and remove the > remains, transport them to a new location, and reinter them. A memorial will > also be placed at the new site. State Superior Court Judge Thomas Oliveri in > Hudson County is overseeing the move. > Several weeks ago, Oliveri ordered the turnpike to run legal ads searching > for relatives of the deceased. Oliveri said in September that he wants to > hear from relatives of the deceased. So far, only six have come forward, and > only one has been confirmed as having a relative in the cemetery. > > For anyone who may have family buried in this cemetery, here is the burial > listed posted by the New Jersey Transit Authority. Please send this link on > to other lists where interested people may have access to it. > > New Jersey Paupers Cemetery Burial List > http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/burial%20list.pdf > > I have no further information, > Deborah > > ______________________________ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]