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From: "Gary Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:23:45 -0800
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Well, Rita,
For one thing, such a set of books shouldn't leave out, among others, the
Stouts, Hixons and Tituses. Some researchers may have encountered the
leavings of the Goodspeed Press that sent hagiographic writers from town to
town in the Midwest of the 1800s, producing hyperbola about local persons of
note, omitting lesser folk.
Let's wait to see if someone will volunteer to 'bell the cat', and see how
they fare.
Gary in Berkeley


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rita Chesterton" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:09 PM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ


> Has anyone ever heard of the following book, or know where it can be seen?
At $165, it's too expensive to purchase.
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http://bigtreebooks.com/info.asp?BTB=BTB129843CC&Type=&Cat=&SubCat=&SubCat2=
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> GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, A Record of
the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the
Founding of a Nation - BTB129843CC
>
> Many of the essays begin with an explanation of the geographical origin or
derivation of the familys surname, with a number of them going back to the
16th or 17th century. The sketches then trace the line forward from the
oldest known ancestor to the principal subject of the essay. This is
followed by a detailed biography of that person, often with his photo, as
well as an enumeration of collateral lines related to the principal subject.
The index at the back of the final volume identifies some 4,800 descendants
of the main families listed below, which, in the aggregate, constitute,
arguably, the greatest collection of New Jersey genealogies in a single
place. Aaronson, Abbott, Abeel, Abrams, Ackerson, Ackley, Adams, Agar,
Albright, Alden, Alexander, Allen, Allinson, Anderson, Andrews, Angell,
Antrim, Apgar, Applegate, Armstong, Arrowsmith, Atkinson, Austin, Bacheller,
Bacon, Badgley, Baer, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Ballantine, Bannard,
Barker, Barnert, Barnes, Barrett,!
> Barringer, Barron, Barrows, Bartlett, Bartram, Bassett, Bateman, Bayard,
Beach, Beam, Beekman, Beldon, Benjamin, Bennett, Bentley, Bergen, Berry,
Betts, Beugless, Beyer, Biddle, Bigelow, Binder, Bisbing, Bishop, Bissell,
Black, Blair, Blaisdell, Blanchard, Bleecker, Bleything, Blodgett, Blunt,
Bodine, Bogert, Boggs, Bogle, Bonnell, Booraem, Booth, Borton, Bothwell,
Bouker, Bowen, Bowne, Boylan, Boyle, Brady, Branin, Bray, Brick, Briggs
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