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From: "William Hartman" <>
Subject: Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc.
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:56:34 -0400
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Please be informed concerning the "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, etc." by James P. Snell.

The 2 Volumes, one for Hunterdon and one for Somerset Counties are in print and available at the Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main Street, Flemington, NJ, 08822.

The newsletter for the HCHS dated, Fall 2004, lists these books at $80.00 plus $10.00 postage.

I have copies of them and I have referred to the Hunterdon Volume frequently when I had questions dealing with items in the Hunterdon Gazette. Please note that the work by Snell should not be construed as totally comprehensive,definitive nor entirely accurate. I believe, but I could be wrong, that the book was written with financial backing from whomever wanted to be recognized in the book. If you ancestors do not appear in the 550 pages for Hunterdon and slightly over 300 pages for Somerset, does not mean that they were not prominent families. There is no index in which you can look-up names!

The Hunterdon Gazette, starting in 1825 which was followed by the Hunterdon Democrat in 1839 and a few other county newspapers contain a great deal of the history of the area, its people and their activities. These newspapers are on microfilm at the HCHS, the Hunterdon County Library, at the Trenton Archives, and I believe also at Rutgers and the New Jersey Historical Society Libraries.

And I would be remiss not to mention that 32 years of the Hunterdon Gazette are on 3 CDs and available for purchase from the HCHS. The last 10 years the paper was published are in process of being computerized and may be completed by the end of 2005! For Information See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter/

Regards, Bill Hartman

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