Terri - I paid $67.00 for 187 copies of papers which included 3 wills (one dated 1759 - my 6th g-grandfather). Some papers were copies of receipts for minor purchases and other were for land sales. I haven't quite gotten thru all the papers as I list and file them in the proper place in my document file. If you need the name of the person in charge of the Special Collections and University Archives, please let me know. Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri" <taire@webtv.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:40 AM Subject: RE: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > > Can someone write on the costs involved with obtaining papers from > Rutgers?? > > Thank you - Terri > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Visit our Collections Guide: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Ann Marie, I had an ancestors name (my 6th g-grandfather) - went to a Mormon church near me and in looking up information found that he had a will. (He died 1759). So, afterh going thru several persons in the State of NJ and Somerset County, NJ, I finally landed at Rutgers University. David Kuzma is the person that helped me. His e-mail is kuzmadav@rci.rutgers.edu. I believe he is in charge of the Special Collections and Archives at the University. He can tell you if he had any collections for ancestors you are interested in plus will tell you the cost to copy these papers and mailing. If you cannot locate him thru the e-mail, his snail mail is: David Kuzma Special Collections and University Archives 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 I hoope he can help you. Good luck. Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bracca@aol.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > Hi Pauli > > What do you mean you sent to Rutgers? How did you do that? Help. I am new > at > this. > > Ann Marie > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Matt - here is the e-mail of David Kuzma. He is the person who sent me the documents from Rutgers University. His e-mail is kuzmadav@rci.rutgers.edu. He will tell you if he has documents or papers in the Special Collections and Archives plus the cost to copy and mail them to you. His mailing address is: David Kuzma Special Collections and University Archives 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 I hope he can help you. I am still going thru the 187 pages of documents and papers that I received. Good Luck. Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Essex" <mthe@sbcglobal.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: RE: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > Hi Pauline- > > Could you go into greater detail on getting papers directly from > Rutgers? I have ancestors with wills in Rutgers, and they would be > invaluable to me if I could obtain copies of them. > > Thanks! > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pauline Sears [mailto:dpsears@artelco.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:58 PM > To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > > > This is great information. I sent to Rutgers University for papers and > received 187 copies of my ancestors from Somerset County, NJ. --- all > the > way back to a presumed copy of a will dated 1759, plus many more copies > of > wills and other papers. Great idea......Pauli > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michelle Chubenko" <michelle@chubenko.us> > To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:04 PM > Subject: Re: [GSNJ] Old Newspaper & Church Resources > > >> Ken, >> >> To add to Helen's wonderful list of links... >> >> New Jersey Newspapers on Microfilm - Monmouth Co. >> http://www.njarchives.org/links/newspaper-2.html#monmouth >> >> Also, you might want to take a look at the book "A Guide to Original >> and >> Copied Records of Religious Organizations Largely New Jersey Churches > in >> the Special Collections and University Archives of Rutgers University" > >> compiled by Donald A. Sinclair. >> Rutgers University catalog: http://www.iris.rutgers.edu >> >> Monmouth County -- 23 entries >> Ocean County -- 6 entries >> >> Don Sinclair's book can be found in these libraries... >> >> Location Library >> CA CARLSBAD CITY LIBR >> CA LOS ANGELES PUB LIBR >> CA STANISLAUS CNTY FREE LIBR >> FL LARGO LIBR >> FL ORANGE CNTY LIBR SYST >> IN ALLEN CNTY PUB LIBR >> MA NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOC >> MO SAINT LOUIS CNTY LIBR >> NJ FREE PUB LIBR OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY >> NJ JOINT FREE PUB LIBR, MORRISTOWN/TOWNSHIP >> NJ NEW JERSEY STATE LIBR >> NJ RUTGERS UNIV >> NJ SOMERSET CNTY LIBR >> NM ALBUQUERQUE PUB LIBR >> NY NEW YORK PUB LIBR RES LIBR >> OH SEO AUTOMATION CONSORTIUM >> OH TOLEDO-LUCAS CNTY PUB LIBR >> PA EASTON AREA PUB LIBR >> TX HOUSTON PUB LIBR >> TX MIDLAND CNTY PUB LIBR >> VA NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOC >> WA SPOKANE PUB LIBR >> WI WISCONSIN HIST SOC >> >> >> Ken Everard wrote: >> >>> HELLEN: THANK YOU FOR THIS DYNAMIC LIST OF PLACES. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>>> There are several places you might check: >>>> >>>> The Genealogical Society of NJ at: >>>> http://www.gsnj.org/ >>>> >>>> The New Jersey State Archives at: >>>> http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html >>>> >>>> The New Jersey State Library at: >>>> http://www.njstatelib.org/ >>>> >>>> The Monmouth County Library at: http://www.monmouth.lib.nj.us/ >>>> >>>> Monmouth County Historical Association at: >>>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/ (click on History Resources) >>>> >>>> The Monmouth County Archives at: >>>> http://www.visitmonmouth.com/archives/index.asp >>>> >>>> In addition, there are Historical Societies for individual >>>> communities >>>> in >>>> Monmouth County. You can find a list, and links, here: >>>> http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha3/hsdir.html (scroll down to Local > Hist. >>>> Soc) >>>> >>>> >>>> If you don't find what you need on their web sites, try calling or >>>> e-mailing them to ask specific questions. >>>> >>>> Good Luck, >>>> Helen >>>> >>>> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >>>> Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! >>>> GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd >>>> >>>> ============================== >> >> >> -- >> Michelle Tucker Chubenko >> >> >> >> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== >> Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! > GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Visit our Collections Guide: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

You never know where that one piece of information you need will surface. On May 16, 2004, I was walking through the cemetery at Gold Hill, Nevada, and came across two headstones with New Jersey ties. Chauncey Griswold born in Madison, Morris County, NJ April 1, 1839 Died Sept 29, 1868 In Memory of A. C. Hollingshead Native of Mt. Holly, NJ died 4 March 1864 Aged 33 years (stone also had a Masonic symbol) Gold Hill Cemetery is located in Gold Hill, Nevada, just south of Virginia City. If more information is desired about the cemetery, contact the Comstock Cemetery Foundation at 775-847-0281 Neither of these men were related to me, but I took notes anyway. Gail Verderamo Benson Richland, NJ Reasearching my NJ families back to 1687 --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses!

Hi Mary Ann Hope you have heard by now that Dubai is selling that part of their contract relating to our ports to a USA company. The American Public was heard, and will always be heard. Unfortunately, there might not be an American Company capable to do the job - and we do not want Halliburton, do we? During time of war, there are many things the public does not and might never know. Our parents accepted that during WW II and during the Korean War. Some things made public brought aid to the enemy. That used to be considered treason. We must consider that some of our freedoms are being eroded not by the government as it exists, but by thieves and terrorists and other enemies of our country. Economic war is something that is creeping up on the frontline, i.e., the price of oil. The medical implant is vital to the survival of people like me. I am highly allergic to aspirin, and to penicillen. I hope I can get one. I do not see that as a loss of privacy, or something that would hurt me in any way. For searchers, the loss of information is a great loss. It is also a great loss to me that I cannot use my credit card info on the internet no matter how safe they say it is; that my granddaughter cannot wait alone at the bus stop; that I cannot carry too much personal information in my purse; that it took four pieces of identification to get a new driver's license just to get on a plane. There are some things that we have to learn to live with, and loss is one of the hardest. Thanks for your comments. Ann Marie

Hi Ken I agree with you! This is a great team. Who else would understand that feeling of finding who you are looking for? I had some old family information about a book written by a family historian, located at the Goodspeed Book Shop in Boston. Twenty years ago, while in Boston and at Faneuil Hall, I saw the old sign kept for posterity, but no book store. Something made me look for that book store on the internet, and there was a site. Then I googled in the name of the book - AND FOUND IT IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE! For $23.00, I got a photocopy. That was my first search. Only the "team" would understand. Good luck. AnnMarie

Terri, Unfortunately, Terri, you are absolutely right. The more I examine the tree that I received the weaker the connection appears. Ken > > Ken - > > Obviously -- you'll want to verify sources! > Sadly, a great deal of what's out there on any of our families is > "heresay" -- family legends or, even sadder, repeats of erraneous > material. > > Try hard to get sources -- Terri > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! > GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hello to all, I agree whole heartedly with Jeanine and all she had to say. Maryann jmatt413@comcast.net wrote: Casey, This was posted by someone else quite recently. I sent the articles to a bunch of legislators in NJ...now if they only read it. I was watching a news program on TV about 2 weeks ago...just happened upon it...& what Bush is doing on the Nat'l level with Korean War records that have been available & are no longer available & they have classified them & many other papers. I wish I could remember the program as I would send for a transcript. It's not only the state level, but many of the records which were available under the Freedom of Information Act are no longer going to be available or are not available already. It has nothing to do with terrorists. This country is getting more communistic every day. It is a very scary thing. Little by little our rights are being taken away...under the radar & if the watch dogs don't catch it, it's too late. Just my thoughts, Jeanine NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasey Richard" To: Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:27 AM Subject: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > Here are the direct links to the Information is Power article by Terry Allen previously referred to by George Eastman's Online Genealogy. http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2488/ > > There is also a discussion following the article here: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/discuss/2488/ > > Read through the posts. It's very enlightening and certainly of interest to genealogists but some posts reflect people's attitudes and how blase we can be about letting the "government" do what it wants. > > Do our family records belong to the government or to us? > > I just recently received my grandfather's 1898 birth certificate from the state of New Jersey. I requested it by mail. I sent them a copy of my driver's license. It took five months for it to arrive. I live in Louisiana. They didn't require any other proof that I was his granddaughter. What if they had? Would I have had to send them copies of my birth certificate? My mother's birth certificate? Perhaps a few marriage certificates that reflect name changes or my certificate of legal name change? This could certainly get out of hand. > > I'm just now beginning a more thorough search of my New Jersey roots. Will I be restricted from getting records of my grandfather's siblings and the rest of his family? Will they think I'm a terrorist because I want to know where his brothers lived and who they married? > > What if I were getting the records to falsify my identity? Would I really be able to pass myself off as a 107-year-old? Male or female? This is beyond absurd. Just when we are finally getting access to more and more of our old records at the touch of a keypad, the government decides we shouldn't have them. After the decades of hard work of genealogists who spent years combing old book stacks, dirty files and illegible records, they are closing the doors to us because of terrorists! > > Should I write letters to the New Jersey reprensentatives even though I don't live there? What about letters to the people in Washington? > > Kasey > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > New Jersey Legislative Alerts: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

Being inspired by the "Power Article,: has anyone out there heard about the computor chip implant for identity purposes that has been mentioned in the past? Perhaps this is the beginning to this era. It has been said that this will lead to total dependence on the chip. It is already in use in Mexico to confirm identity and health history. I once saw a newspaper article showing a doctor scanning a mans arm for his medical history. The scanner gets the man's code number. This was being done in Miami, Florida. Also predicted is a whole world monetary system with the World Bank being in Germany. There already is the Euro doller in a large part of Europe. When Bush was asked concerning whether or not the US might eventually join this monetary system, Bush said that " the US would consider the issue at the Appropriate time." Eventually leading to a "cashless" society with total dependence on the micro chip. It is said that we are headed for a socialistic state, where all aspects of society are controlled by the government. Then we will not have access to anything. It certainly looks like we are heading in that direction now. The decision on our Ports without anyones approval or even knowing about it, the decision to seal the archive records to everyone. We now have the possibility of having our phones and computors tapped. What do you think this is all leading to? And Bush has 3 more years. Very scary to me ! ! What next ??? Maryann Kasey Richard <kaseysworld2@yahoo.com> wrote: Here are the direct links to the Information is Power article by Terry Allen previously referred to by George Eastman's Online Genealogy. http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2488/ There is also a discussion following the article here: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/discuss/2488/ Read through the posts. It's very enlightening and certainly of interest to genealogists but some posts reflect people's attitudes and how blase we can be about letting the "government" do what it wants. Do our family records belong to the government or to us? I just recently received my grandfather's 1898 birth certificate from the state of New Jersey. I requested it by mail. I sent them a copy of my driver's license. It took five months for it to arrive. I live in Louisiana. They didn't require any other proof that I was his granddaughter. What if they had? Would I have had to send them copies of my birth certificate? My mother's birth certificate? Perhaps a few marriage certificates that reflect name changes or my certificate of legal name change? This could certainly get out of hand. I'm just now beginning a more thorough search of my New Jersey roots. Will I be restricted from getting records of my grandfather's siblings and the rest of his family? Will they think I'm a terrorist because I want to know where his brothers lived and who they married? What if I were getting the records to falsify my identity? Would I really be able to pass myself off as a 107-year-old? Male or female? This is beyond absurd. Just when we are finally getting access to more and more of our old records at the touch of a keypad, the government decides we shouldn't have them. After the decades of hard work of genealogists who spent years combing old book stacks, dirty files and illegible records, they are closing the doors to us because of terrorists! Should I write letters to the New Jersey reprensentatives even though I don't live there? What about letters to the people in Washington? Kasey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== New Jersey Legislative Alerts: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

Casey, This was posted by someone else quite recently. I sent the articles to a bunch of legislators in NJ...now if they only read it. I was watching a news program on TV about 2 weeks ago...just happened upon it...& what Bush is doing on the Nat'l level with Korean War records that have been available & are no longer available & they have classified them & many other papers. I wish I could remember the program as I would send for a transcript. It's not only the state level, but many of the records which were available under the Freedom of Information Act are no longer going to be available or are not available already. It has nothing to do with terrorists. This country is getting more communistic every day. It is a very scary thing. Little by little our rights are being taken away...under the radar & if the watch dogs don't catch it, it's too late. Just my thoughts, Jeanine NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasey Richard" <kaseysworld2@yahoo.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:27 AM Subject: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > Here are the direct links to the Information is Power article by Terry Allen previously referred to by George Eastman's Online Genealogy. http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2488/ > > There is also a discussion following the article here: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/discuss/2488/ > > Read through the posts. It's very enlightening and certainly of interest to genealogists but some posts reflect people's attitudes and how blase we can be about letting the "government" do what it wants. > > Do our family records belong to the government or to us? > > I just recently received my grandfather's 1898 birth certificate from the state of New Jersey. I requested it by mail. I sent them a copy of my driver's license. It took five months for it to arrive. I live in Louisiana. They didn't require any other proof that I was his granddaughter. What if they had? Would I have had to send them copies of my birth certificate? My mother's birth certificate? Perhaps a few marriage certificates that reflect name changes or my certificate of legal name change? This could certainly get out of hand. > > I'm just now beginning a more thorough search of my New Jersey roots. Will I be restricted from getting records of my grandfather's siblings and the rest of his family? Will they think I'm a terrorist because I want to know where his brothers lived and who they married? > > What if I were getting the records to falsify my identity? Would I really be able to pass myself off as a 107-year-old? Male or female? This is beyond absurd. Just when we are finally getting access to more and more of our old records at the touch of a keypad, the government decides we shouldn't have them. After the decades of hard work of genealogists who spent years combing old book stacks, dirty files and illegible records, they are closing the doors to us because of terrorists! > > Should I write letters to the New Jersey reprensentatives even though I don't live there? What about letters to the people in Washington? > > Kasey > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > New Jersey Legislative Alerts: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Yesterday with all the help I got on line I became exhilarated for several reasons. First, so many people responded to several of my questions that I was stunned by the generosity and helpfulness of so many people working to help all of us. What a great team we are all playing with. Second, when I keyed my newly found great great grandparents into my Family Tree Maker, it connected immediately to another Sherman genealogy program, which I believe was World Ancestry. It connects with my GG grandparents perfectly thus far. In fact that connection has more information than I have at this point. Believe it or not this Sherman ancestry goes back to the year 1352 in Suffolk County, England. That took my breath away. Obviously I am cautious about the authenticity of the data so I have a question for the group. I have not yet said yes to connecting that family to mine. CAUTION imposed. What advice might you offer before I connect this unknown program to my family tree? How would I contact the genealogist in charge of that program on FTM? Ken

Yes! Send this letter to the Assembly people who are trying to pass this law in NJ - and to the head of the Assembly and Senate and to NJ's Governor -- they need to hear this!! Their e-mail addresses are all on-line -- just Google New Jersey government! Thanks for your passion!!! Pat Peoples Ormond Beach, FL (and a NJ native) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasey Richard" <kaseysworld2@yahoo.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:27 AM Subject: [GSNJ] Direct links Information Is Power > Here are the direct links to the Information is Power article by Terry > Allen previously referred to by George Eastman's Online Genealogy. > http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2488/ > > There is also a discussion following the article here: > http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/discuss/2488/ > > Read through the posts. It's very enlightening and certainly of interest > to genealogists but some posts reflect people's attitudes and how blase we > can be about letting the "government" do what it wants. > > Do our family records belong to the government or to us? > > I just recently received my grandfather's 1898 birth certificate from the > state of New Jersey. I requested it by mail. I sent them a copy of my > driver's license. It took five months for it to arrive. I live in > Louisiana. They didn't require any other proof that I was his > granddaughter. What if they had? Would I have had to send them copies of > my birth certificate? My mother's birth certificate? Perhaps a few > marriage certificates that reflect name changes or my certificate of legal > name change? This could certainly get out of hand. > > I'm just now beginning a more thorough search of my New Jersey roots. > Will I be restricted from getting records of my grandfather's siblings and > the rest of his family? Will they think I'm a terrorist because I want to > know where his brothers lived and who they married? > > What if I were getting the records to falsify my identity? Would I > really be able to pass myself off as a 107-year-old? Male or female? > This is beyond absurd. Just when we are finally getting access to more > and more of our old records at the touch of a keypad, the government > decides we shouldn't have them. After the decades of hard work of > genealogists who spent years combing old book stacks, dirty files and > illegible records, they are closing the doors to us because of terrorists! > > Should I write letters to the New Jersey reprensentatives even though I > don't live there? What about letters to the people in Washington? > > Kasey > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > New Jersey Legislative Alerts: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

I am the secretary for the Pemberton Twp. Historic Trust/North Pemberton RR Station Museum and I was wondering if they are selling space for vendors? We reprinted the Scott's 1876 Atlas of Burlington County and that would be one of the things we would be selling. I can't wait to go! We have been to that area many times. My GG Grandfather is buried at Titusville. Lee Tamn -----Original Message----- From: Joan M Lowry (GSNJ) [mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:23 PM To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GSNJ] Upcoming Events I forgot an event! GSNJ will have a table at the upcoming Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair this year. We'd love to have you all stop by and say hello! DATE: Saturday, 6 May 2006 TIME: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. LOCATION: Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville NJ. Website for more information: http://www.njparksandforests.org/historic/centennial/fairindex.htm GSNJ had a table at the fair last year and I have to say it was a great day and great fun. There are costumed re-enactors, an antique baseball game, equestrian demonstrations, vendors, and tons more... Regards, Joan Joan M. Lowry mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Ken - Obviously -- you'll want to verify sources! Sadly, a great deal of what's out there on any of our families is "heresay" -- family legends or, even sadder, repeats of erraneous material. Try hard to get sources -- Terri

Can someone write on the costs involved with obtaining papers from Rutgers?? Thank you - Terri

Yes, Ken, I have received the "bundle" and am happy to have them. Researching NJ for 5 or 6 years now, but for some reason, had not gathered the resources all together as presented here on the list. Very nice to have! Upon arising this AM, at 5, I tentatively peeked out my door to check for snow. YUP, we got some, but thankfully, not much! It must've stayed in the higher elevations. Whew! OPPS -- update -- just let the cat back in and it's snowing again!!! Wonder what this will do to my back roads commute to work?? :)) Keep well all - Terri

Flyer that I have indicates that for more information: 609-737-9303 www.njparksandforests.org Gail Benson Richland, NJ Lee Taylor <sing4him3@comcast.net> wrote: I am the secretary for the Pemberton Twp. Historic Trust/North Pemberton RR Station Museum and I was wondering if they are selling space for vendors? We reprinted the Scott's 1876 Atlas of Burlington County and that would be one of the things we would be selling. I can't wait to go! We have been to that area many times. My GG Grandfather is buried at Titusville. Lee Tamn -----Original Message----- From: Joan M Lowry (GSNJ) [mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:23 PM To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GSNJ] Upcoming Events I forgot an event! GSNJ will have a table at the upcoming Spirit of the Jerseys Annual History Fair this year. We'd love to have you all stop by and say hello! DATE: Saturday, 6 May 2006 TIME: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. LOCATION: Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville NJ. Website for more information: http://www.njparksandforests.org/historic/centennial/fairindex.htm GSNJ had a table at the fair last year and I have to say it was a great day and great fun. There are costumed re-enactors, an antique baseball game, equestrian demonstrations, vendors, and tons more... Regards, Joan Joan M. Lowry mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! Save the Date!!! GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Visit our Collections Guide: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

Here are the direct links to the Information is Power article by Terry Allen previously referred to by George Eastman's Online Genealogy. http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2488/ There is also a discussion following the article here: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/discuss/2488/ Read through the posts. It's very enlightening and certainly of interest to genealogists but some posts reflect people's attitudes and how blase we can be about letting the "government" do what it wants. Do our family records belong to the government or to us? I just recently received my grandfather's 1898 birth certificate from the state of New Jersey. I requested it by mail. I sent them a copy of my driver's license. It took five months for it to arrive. I live in Louisiana. They didn't require any other proof that I was his granddaughter. What if they had? Would I have had to send them copies of my birth certificate? My mother's birth certificate? Perhaps a few marriage certificates that reflect name changes or my certificate of legal name change? This could certainly get out of hand. I'm just now beginning a more thorough search of my New Jersey roots. Will I be restricted from getting records of my grandfather's siblings and the rest of his family? Will they think I'm a terrorist because I want to know where his brothers lived and who they married? What if I were getting the records to falsify my identity? Would I really be able to pass myself off as a 107-year-old? Male or female? This is beyond absurd. Just when we are finally getting access to more and more of our old records at the touch of a keypad, the government decides we shouldn't have them. After the decades of hard work of genealogists who spent years combing old book stacks, dirty files and illegible records, they are closing the doors to us because of terrorists! Should I write letters to the New Jersey reprensentatives even though I don't live there? What about letters to the people in Washington? Kasey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

good questions, Ken. Ann Marie

Hi Pauli What do you mean you sent to Rutgers? How did you do that? Help. I am new at this. Ann Marie