Snyder's "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries". Recommend it highly. Has been worth every penny. Joan in Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan M Lowry (GSNJ)" <jml-gsnj@earthlink.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: RE: [GSNJ] County lines for Atsion > 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 > >

Hmmm - there seem to be a lot of Joans on this list today... <g> Thanks for adding the author's name to the NJ Civil Boundaries book reference! I never knew any one else named Joan 'til I started doing genealogy. Now I seem to find them (us?) everywhere - and usually in multiples! I think my record count so far is three Joans at one small genealogy meeting (about 18 people.) I might have to start taking notes... Regards, Joan Joan M. Lowry mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: joan brown [mailto:joan.c.brown@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:34 PM > To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GSNJ] County lines for Atsion > > > Snyder's "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries". > Recommend it highly. Has been worth every penny. > Joan in Virginia >