Cleaning out papers today and ran across this copy of a page of index to the death registers for Monmouth Co. Thought it may help someone. This is just the index, there is more at the NJ Archives on the certificate. This is true only for deaths from this year of the register forward in NJ. You will need the line # to find the cert. Deaths Monmouth 1878-1879 (Mid year - mid year) Howell twp line 20 -Patterson, Henry, Sept, male 12 y, malig. diptheria line 21 - Patterson, John C. Feb. male, married, 89y, chronic bronchitits line 22 - Patterson, William, Feb, 3 y, unknown cause line 24 - Patterson, Eugene, May, 1 yr, inf. Chol, line 25 Patterson, Harry, June, 4 days, asphysica neanotorum all born US also their parents Anita