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From: "Marilyn Boutwell" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc.
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 23:24:47 -0400
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The library at the Trenton Court House made me a copy and mailed it to me.
It has been a long time ago, but perhaps they still will do that for you.
Marilyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Williams" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:23 PM
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc.


>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
> To:
> 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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