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From: Sharon / Harry Colquhoun <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] "Images of America" Books
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 09:19:01 -0400


Hi Judy. Where are you located and where are you looking? There is a REALLY
big Bird family population in the Pennington/Harbourton/Hopewell section of
Mercer County. Are you connected with them? Lots of them still around.
There's even a Bird Road. Some of them might be BYRDs.
Also, for those interested in Union County or Elizabeth, you might try
locating a copy of "Elizabethtown & Union County, a pictorial history" by
Charles L. Aquilina, Richard T. Koles and Jean-Rae Turner. It has some great
old photos of Elizabeth and area.There's also "The Ship's Log" which was put
out by National State Bank but includes lots of old photos of Union County.
If you're interested in your ancestoral home, try "The New Jersey House" by
Helen Schwartz. It's particularly beautiful if you like architecture. You
can sometimes find this stuff on eBay. NO, I do not work for a bookstore or
eBay. I am not a librarian, either - just love the books.
Sharon Moore Colquhoun
Belle Mead

Judy Pisano wrote:

> Hi Everyone!
> Yesterday I was the Borders bookstore at the mall and
> came across a series of paperback books that might
> interest some of you. They are called "Images of
> America" and each contains old photos etc of one town.
> Some of the ones at the Borders in Paramus NJ were
> Hopatcong, Parsippany, Newton, Freehold, Elizabeth,
> Blairstown. There were more but I can't remember all
> the titles. They are published by Arcadia Press of
> Dover, NH. The ones I looked at had a lot of good
> photos of old houses and landmarks, most of which came
> from the local historical societies. It also included
> a brief town history as well as stories and pictures
> if available of some of the important families in the
> town.
> I am going to try to get a complete listing of the
> books for NJ towns, if anyone is interested.
> Judy
> ===
> Judy Jamieson Pisano
>
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