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From: "Susan Pena" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:43:01 -0600
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I would like to know if the following names are in those books??

Carroll (Carrell)
Opdyke (Updike) (Opdycke)
Burd - Warren County
Arnwine
Green
Synder (Snider) - Warren County
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From: "Les Moore" <>
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Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of
NJ


> The Hunterdon County Library has a copy of the four volumes of this book
> in
> its New Jersey Reference collection.
>
> At 01:09 AM 3/9/05 -0500, you wrote:
>>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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