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Subject: [NJBergen] Re: [NJESSEX] - Seeking Descendants of Those Buried in New Jersey Cemetery
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:17:25 EST

In a message dated 11/3/2002 8:54:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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This message was sent to the NJEssex & NJMon boards. Hopefully it will help
someone on these boards.>
>
> There may be some one that looking for someone on the list below listed at
> the site listed below
> Richard Brandstetter
>
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> "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter"The following article is from
> Eastman's Online Genealogy
> Newsletter and is copyright 2002 by Richard W. Eastman. It is
> re-published here with the permission of the author.
>
>
> - Seeking Descendants of Those Buried in New Jersey Cemetery
>
> 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.
>
> A complete list of those buried is available on the turnpike's Web
> site at http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/burial%20list.pdf. If you
> have ancestry in or around Hudson County, you should check this
>
> list for any possible relatives.
>
> You will need Adobe's free Acrobat viewer installed in order to
> read this list. If you do not have the viewer installed, first go
> to http://www.adobe.com and download the free viewer there.
>
> My thanks to Homer Thiel for notifying me of this story.
>
> To discuss this story further, please visit the newsletter message
> board at http://www.RootsForum.com and click on "Message Board."
>
>
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