Sorry to take so long to get back to you all - thanks very much for taking the time to answer my plea for help. Chris - I've been in contact with Rutgers in the past - but hadn't even thought to contact them about this. Great idea - I will do it. Judy - believe me, I have drained the New Jersey State Archives! They have been a wonderful treasure trove for other documents - but they do not have any marriage record for Andrew and Hannah. I realize that finding a record be impossible - that none may exist - however, I don't give up on records until I think I've really covered every possible base (thus my desperate plea for suggestions). I'm still trying FHL Films - but I was unfamiliar with the sources you mentioned. I'll see what I can find - and thanks for suggesting them. Pam, your comment about Gasero surprised me - I must have misunderstood the rca website information. It would have been nice if he had just answered my email - just to tell me to get lost. I'm filling out a research request and rather than asking a casual question, will make it Official. Glad you said something - I really needed to take a closer look at that website. Again, thank you all for your ideas and suggestions - I will pursue them all - and will report back. Cross your fingers for me, please!! Lynne PS - and if you think of anything else, please pass it on... -----Original Message----- From: dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dutch-colonies-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pamela J. Sears Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 8:03 AM To: dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Help? Hi Lynne, You wrote: I've tried to contact the repository of the Dutch church records in New Jersey, but they won't talk to me. And, By the way, I just got my NYGBS magazine and I see that Russell L. Gasero is going to speak at the NYPL on April 25th. He is the archivist for the Reformed Church in America archives, located in the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Is anyone going? I would be happy to pay someone to speak to him in my behalf - I really think his archives are my only hope for finding record of the marriage of Andrew Norwood and Annatje Van Norden. If anyone is willing to help me who is planning on hearing his talk, I'd love to communicate with you!!!! ***************************************** I think it is fair to say that Russel L. Gasero has very little to do with the actual church records (such as baptisms and/or marriages). His primary focus is to maintain the records mentioned below. https://www.rca.org/page.aspx?pid=1855 - *The Historical Directory of the Reformed Church in America, 1628-2000*, edited by Russell L. Gasero, lists all ministers who have served the RCA and the churches and years they served. It also lists all organized congregations by location with a list of the ministers who served each congregation. - A list of congregations<http://images.rca.org/docs/archives/chronocong regations.pdf>(425k), organized by year from 1628 to 1800, is available for download. - *The Dutch Reformed Church in the American Colonies*, by Dr. Gerald De Jong, is a valuable guide to the colonial period of the Reformed Church. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1978) - The Guide to Local Church Records in the Archives of the Reformed Church in America <http://images.rca.org/docs/archives/churchrecords.pdf>(80k) lists all the congregational records in the RCA Archives. - Contact the RCA archivist, Russell L. Gasero, via email rgasero@rca.orgor by phone at (732) 246-1779. Best regards, Pam Sears ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message