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From: "Rita Chesterton" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 04:42:11 -0500
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I see your point Gary....but hopefully it will help someone.
'hagiographic'....I like that one! ;o)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Smith" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of
NJ


> 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.
>>
>>
>>
> http://bigtreebooks.com/info.asp?BTB=BTB129843CC&Type=&Cat=&SubCat=&SubCat2=
>>
>>
>> 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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