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From: john newman <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Rev. War Fraktur Database
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 07:42:21 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: 6667


I believe that the Old Barracks in Trenton has begun a fraktur collection, but I am not sure of its size or if it is defined by region. It is not online, but I actually heard the curator talk a bit about it yesterday. One might also call to inquire about it, too.

I breezed through the 114 fraktur descriptions on the NARA website. New Jersey seemed under-represented; there were many from NY, PA, some from Mass, Ct and NH, and a smattering from elsewhere (NC, Md and I cannot remember any other places). Any New Jerseyan interested in frakturs might want to take a look at the following that specifically listed NJ. (Of course, the New Jerseyan might have moved and is listed in the archives under another state for pension purposes)

William Degroot, New Jersey
John Devoe, New Jersey
John Hoagland, New Jersey
John Smithe, New Jersey
Jasper Viet, New Jersey
Joseph Wood, New Jersey
David Rogers, New Jersey
John Goldy, New Jersey
Thomas Ford, New Jersey

And then there is:
Conrad Fry., (no state listed)
John Stouseberger, (no state listed)
Ebenezer Sumner, (no state listed)
Jacob Esser, (no state listed)
Isaac Dickisson, (no state listed)

Good luck,

- John

Rita Chesterton <> wrote:
Here's a wonderful site where you just might find an ancestor's Fraktur. Print out the following directions FIRST, so you have them at hand. Then proceed according to items a through g. Note that Items c, d and e are all entered on the initial basic search screen, one after the other. Ignore the "Old Military and Civil Records" link until later.

Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, ca. 1800 - ca. 1900
114 documents have been digitized from this series. These items include frakturs submitted with Revolutionary War Pension applications. Frakturs are highly colorful personal records that are intrinsically valuable examples of folk art and documentation in the early national period of the Pennsylvania German culture. The fraktur usually are equivalent to modern concepts of birth, marriage, and death certificates. These materials are held by the Old Military and Civil Records (Washington, DC).

Search Hint: To retrieve the 114 digitized documents:

1.. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/.
2.. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Basic search screen.
3.. Enter Revolutionary War and (fraktur or draft) in the Keywords box.
4.. Select the limit results radio button for 1000.
5.. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
6.. Press the Go button.
7.. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

Good luck!...... Rita in Hunterdon Co.


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