Dear List Members: New Jersey State Archives is proud to announce the addition of the first imaged manuscript collection to our website at the following URL: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea4015.html The online presentation contains nearly 300 images selected from the Archives' service files of New Jersey's black soldiers enlisted in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War. Included are muster and service certificates, letters from family members, and other records relating to the soldier's service. Not all documents have been scanned, as many are brief notations, etc., by the Adjutant General's Office. However, the image collection is rich, and we believe it will be an important genealogical resource as well as a celebration of an important aspect of Black History in our state. Special acknowledgement and thanks go to the Archives' Publications Unit, namely Joanne Nestor for her extensive scanning work, and Lois Bredlow and Veronica Calder for their work creating the webpages. We hope you enjoy the new material! We have much more in store for the website (we hope) in the months ahead... With best wishes, Joseph R. Klett Chief of Archives NJ Div. of Archives & Records Management