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From: "Joy Durell Fincher Weaver" <>
Subject: [OUTLAWS] Seeking Descendants of Those Buried in a Hudson County, New Jersey Cemetery
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:10:09 -0800


This was sent to me on another list but I thought it should be sent
to as many people as possible.

Do you have kin people buried in a potters' field cemetery in
Hudson County, New Jersey? If so, you might want to read the
article that follows.

Regards,
Joy

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.

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- 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.




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