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From: "Susan Pena" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc.
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:48:23 -0500
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Thanks for the info. The book in question that costs so much is an
original.

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hartman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:56 PM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc.


> 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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