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From: "Lou Williams" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc.
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 22:23:34 -0500
In-Reply-To: <002d01c56163$db0b3ad0$6401a8c0@D3D2Y211>


I believe there is an index available, although I'm not sure I would know
where to buy one. Perhaps one of our listers would know. I can recall
seeing it at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
Louis Williams

-----Original Message-----
From: William Hartman [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 1:57 PM
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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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