Excellent point Joan, I needed more coffee before I would have caught that on the wording. (pacific time) Joan M Lowry (GSNJ) wrote: >Hi Joan > >Can you list the ED and page where that message appears? I'm curious as to >how it's actually worded. > >I'm looking at the book _The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries_ and >don't see anything to suggest that parts of Shamong Twp would have been a >part of any other county prior to 1902. Atsion is not listed as a separate >entity. The books says that Shamong Twp was formed in 1852 from Medford, >Southampton and Washington Twps. In 1866 part of Shamong Twp was >transferred to Woodland Twp. In 1901 part of the Twp was transferred to >Tabernacle Twp. As far as I can tell - all of these related twps were >always only part of Burlington County. Lastly, in 1902, tiny parts of >Atlantic and Camden Counties were transferred into Shamong Twp. > >So - it may be that the wording is only intended to indicate that this was a >part of Burlington County and might not have been intended to indicate that >there was any other "part" in another county or township... > >And now a plug for the book - NJ Civil Boundaries... It's a very useful >book - as you can see from the detail it lists just for Shamong Twp. It >also has maps that show the additions and changes in the boundaries. I >recommend it to anyone with border questions. It should be available for >purchase on the BooksNJ website - and probably other places as well - but >why not help support the NJ State Archives and NJ Historical Commission and >buy from BooksNJ? The website is: http://www.booksnj.com/ > >Regards, >Joan > >Joan M. Lowry >mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > >
Thank you Joan, especially for the reference to the Capital Book Store. As my interests are primarily in Sussex and Warren Counties I printed pages 54-57 and now have an excellent listing of the goodies being offered. BoB of San Diego ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda J. Livingstone" <lliving@escapees.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:44 AM Subject: Re: [GSNJ] County lines for Atsion > Excellent point Joan, I needed more coffee before I would have caught > that on the wording. (pacific time) > > Joan M Lowry (GSNJ) wrote: > > >Hi Joan > > > >Can you list the ED and page where that message appears? I'm curious as to > >how it's actually worded. > > > >I'm looking at the book _The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries_ and > >don't see anything to suggest that parts of Shamong Twp would have been a > >part of any other county prior to 1902. Atsion is not listed as a separate > >entity. The books says that Shamong Twp was formed in 1852 from Medford, > >Southampton and Washington Twps. In 1866 part of Shamong Twp was > >transferred to Woodland Twp. In 1901 part of the Twp was transferred to > >Tabernacle Twp. As far as I can tell - all of these related twps were > >always only part of Burlington County. Lastly, in 1902, tiny parts of > >Atlantic and Camden Counties were transferred into Shamong Twp. > > > >So - it may be that the wording is only intended to indicate that this was a > >part of Burlington County and might not have been intended to indicate that > >there was any other "part" in another county or township... > > > >And now a plug for the book - NJ Civil Boundaries... It's a very useful > >book - as you can see from the detail it lists just for Shamong Twp. It > >also has maps that show the additions and changes in the boundaries. I > >recommend it to anyone with border questions. It should be available for > >purchase on the BooksNJ website - and probably other places as well - but > >why not help support the NJ State Archives and NJ Historical Commission and > >buy from BooksNJ? The website is: http://www.booksnj.com/ > > > >Regards, > >Joan > > > >Joan M. Lowry > >mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > GSNJ Home Page: > http://www.gsnj.org > > ============================== > 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 > >