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From: "Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Where to find birth records? census records?
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 23:33:06 -0400
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I agree that it's very difficult to find early birth records. A good
source of birth information is monumental inscriptions on tombstones
in local cemeteries. It's a longshot, but sometimes it may be the
only place where the birthdate of an individual will exist. The
Hunterdon County Historical Society has many cemetery transcriptions,
and some are available on the InterNet. Browsing the files will help
to narrow down your search, as you can probably find the general area
where your surname of interest is prevalent.

You may want to check out my website. It contains a lot of
information, especially for TINSMAN and DUCKWORTH.

http://www.geocities.com/bgmcdonough.geo/

Beverly G. Kirby-McDonough
Holland Township, HC, NJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hartman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Where to find birth records? census records?


> Hi Gary, You wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me where the best places are to start looking for
official
> birth records of father and son who were born in Hunterdon co. in
1751 and
> 1796?
>
> Answer:
> From my limited knowledge of local history, the only place that
births were
> recorded, if they were recorded at all, would be the local church.
Most of
> these early records are lost. Wish you luck since you will have to
know
> where the father and son were located during those years and what
church
> they attended. If you get a definite hit on this, you will have to
determine
> if the church records are extant. Family Bibles are also a source of
these
> early birth dates.
>
> I am not sure, and I hope someone else can help give you a date for
when
> 'Date of Birth' was officially required by the State. I believe it
was well
> after the 1840s.
>
> Can't help you with the Census records!
>
> Regards, Bill
>
>
>
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