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From: "Karen Crisman" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:16:48 -0600
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At the end of the month, I will be getting a new e-mail address. It will be
.
Up till then the Hunterdon Co site can still use my old e-mail address At
the end of the month this site needs to change my e-mail
Karen Crisman
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Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of
NJ


>
> In a message dated 3/10/2005 2:50:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> 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
>
>
> Wonderful that there is a listing of the above names. Is there any link
to
> the remaining names as I'm especially interested in LANTZ - LANCE?.
>
> Thanks
> Cheers from Seattle
> Laurence Lance
>
>
>
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