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From: "Pamelyn P. Bush" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 07:46:37 -0400
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Hi Leslie,
Your Dalley work has been cataloged and is on the shelf in alphabetical
order by surname. I saw it about 8:55pm last Thursday (10/14) which was too
late to look through. I want to search it carefully to match up the Dalley
info I have to what is missing. Specifically the information on John E.
Dalley, b. 26 Oct 1811 who married Rebecca Dilley (1818-1870). It is
wonderful that you compiled the information you did for others to use. I
have found the Philhower notebooks, the Apgar books, Seals notebook, and
other family compilations to be of great help, especially since they were
compiled by a member of the family. Deats' notebooks are a good start for
information but only that!
The HCHS is in great need of northern Hunterdon Co material. Most of
Hiram E Deats' collection concentrated on southern Hunterdon up to Franklin
Twp where the Deats family settled. I, too, have found a dearth of material
on Readington and Tewksbury Townships. By working my way through the
Whitehouse Weekly Review and High Bridge Gazette, I have found much on the
families of northern Hunterdon. For example, many families had annual
picnics, usually in August. A notice would appear in a newspaper, and
accompanying it would be a long history of the first settler by that
surname. I have run across much information on the Dalley family in the
Clinton Democrat and Whitehouse Review because of the proximity of
Readington Dalleys. And it seems like every third tombstone at Readington
Cemetery belongs to a Dalley.
Please don't give up your membership. The rest of us poor researchers
are relying on the collective good natures of people like yourself who have
made wonderful contributions to Hunterdon family history. Believe me when I
say you are appreciated!
Pam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Bouvier" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society


> I was at the HCHS in August. I went specifically to present my research
on
> my line of the DALLEY family for which there is only a little information,
> only 1 piece of which the Society had when I last researched there. My
> contribution was, to say the least, ungraciously accepted, although it
> included the sources used and was neatly presented in a binder.
>
> The email from Teresa confirms that my experience was not an isolated one;
> there is a very unfriendly air about the place lately-a huge contrast to
my
> previous visits. No one seemed to be happy. I felt unwelcome, almost
> resented. I'm considering not renewing my membership because of the way I
> was treated.
>
> Leslie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rita Chesterton" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society
>
>
> >I know the HCHS has a lot of newspapers on microfiche. If you know the
> > timeframe for the Penwell's and Shrope's, you can cruise the newspapers
> > for
> > those years. It's a tedious process, but sometimes it pays off.
> > Also....you can't expect people at the Historical Society to simply hand
> > you
> > stuff.....sometimes you have to take the initiative and simply pick
things
> > off the shelf. For instance, by looking at the indexes located in the
> > back
> > of most books, fate can often lead you to unexpected findings.
> >
> > -R
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:56 PM
> > Subject: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society
> >
> >
> >> i went to the historical society today and i was a little confused, i
> > thought
> >> they had cemetery records, i was told when i got there that you look up
> > the
> >> person's name in the card file and that tells you where they are
buried,
> > but
> >> only if they had a headstone,,,did i miss something? I didn't exactly
> > feel
> >> welcome so i ended up leaving after 20 minutes or so, is there anyone
who
> > is used
> >> to going there that might tell me what i should ask for , maybe that
> >> might
> >> help me the next time, I am trying to locate information on the
Penwell
> > family
> >> and the shrope family, i was hoping to find more data besides cemetery
> > card
> >> files, i fiqure there must be something more.. any advice would be
most
> >> helpful. sincerely, teresa.
> >>
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