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From: "msouders" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey censuses?
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:18:23 -0500


Bill-
Thanks for providing what seems to be an authoritative explanation. This is
exactly what I'd been told years ago by one of the big NJ genealogists but
it's always sounded unlikely -especially in the case of the 1820.
In any case, as I understand it, there were two copies of each census - one,
at the Library of Congress and the other at the state level (Secretary of
State, NJ?). In the case of NJ, both copies have disappeared. My fervent
hope is that the more people who are aware of this, the more who will be
looking for them at yard sales and in attics.
Thanks, Marilyn

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hartman" <>
To: "msouders" <>
Cc: "nj Hunterdon" <>
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey censuses?


> Hi Mary,
>
> Well I have just spent an hour surfing the Internet trying to get a valid
> explanation of 'what became of the NJ census records prior to 1830' and
the
> best one that I found (since it confirmed my initial response!) is at this
> Web address:
>
> http://www.camden.lib.nj.us/genealogy/census.htm
>
> Regards, Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "msouders" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:42 AM
> Subject: Fw: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey censuses?
>
>
> > This discussion brings up a question I've been meaning to research.
> > I'd always thought the explanation for the loss of early censuses (NJ,
VA
> > and ??? is it DE? what other states, does anyone know for sure?) was the
> > burning of Washington by the British in 1812. OK, that explains why no
> > 1790, 1800 and 1810.
> > But then how did the 1820 census get destroyed? In a separate fire?
Or,
> is
> > the British burning Washington just a more florid explanation for a
later,
> > post-1820, fire. Does any historian out there know the explanation for
> > this?
> > Thanks, M
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William Hartman" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 7:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey censuses?
> >
> >
> > > Hi Mary,
> > >
> > > If my memory is correct, during the War of 1812 the British burned
parts
> > of
> > > Washington, DC and census records for many states were the victims of
> this
> > > burning. Perhaps someone else has more facts than this.
> > >
> > > Regards, Bill
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Mary Stewart Kyritsis" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 5:42 AM
> > > Subject: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey censuses?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > I have just realized that in 1800, 1810 and 1820 there was
apparently
> no
> > > > census taken -- or no census still exists -- for New Jersey. At
least
> > > > according to what is available online. Is this right??? Are there
> any
> > > > finding aids for Hunterdon County that fill in some blanks for this
> > > > period of time?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any enlightenment!
> > > >
> > > > Mary
> > > >
> > > > Mary Kyritsis
> > > > Kifissia, Greece
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > ==============================
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> > records,
> > > go to:
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> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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> records,
> > go to:
> > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
> > >
> >
> >
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> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter
> >
> > ==============================
> > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy
records,
> go to:
> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
> >
>
>

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