Dear List-Serve Members: I am pleased to announce two important additions to the New Jersey State Archives website. First, genealogists will be glad to see the posting of our index to the state's marriage records, 1848-1867, at the following URL: http://www.njarchives.org/links/marriagedb1867.html While the state search engine is slow at present, we are working to acquire the technical resources needed to improve search response time. Meanwhile, we are excited to make the information readily accessible through the site. (You just might want to get up in between searches and stretch a bit during your online genealogy sessions!) I would like to acknowledge the following Archives staff for their major efforts to post this data: Vivian Thiele, for her database development work; Cheri Wortmann, in particular, along with Edna Velez, Sarah Boyer and Laurice Niceler, for countless hours of data entry over a period of several years; Sean Curry for his past contributions to developing the database; and Veronica Calder and Lois Bredlow for their html work. Secondly, historians and educators will be interested to see that we have also posted images and transcriptions of the original (signed) New Jersey state constitutions of 1844 and 1947, linked from the following page: http://www.njarchives.org/links/constitution.html Kudos to website geniuses Veronica Calder and Lois Bredlow, scanning mavens Joanne Nestor, John Chepega and Dan Noonan, and adjunct proofreader Ellen Callahan, for their concerted and most excellent work to create these beatiful pages! With best regards, Joseph R. Klett, Chief of Archives NJ Div. of Archives & Records Management

Wow! Congratulations to the Archives for this ambitious undertaking!! I hope the computer can handle the work out it will probably get this weekend when everyone finds out about this... Regards, Joan Joan M. Lowry mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph R Klett [mailto:joseph.klett@sos.state.nj.us] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 2:20 PM > To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GSNJ] Additions to State Archives Website > > > Dear List-Serve Members: > > I am pleased to announce two important additions to the New > Jersey State > Archives website. First, genealogists will be glad to see > the posting > of our index to the state's marriage records, 1848-1867, at the > following URL: > > http://www.njarchives.org/links/marriagedb1867.html > > While the state search engine is slow at present, we are working to > acquire the technical resources needed to improve search > response time. > Meanwhile, we are excited to make the information readily accessible > through the site. (You just might want to get up in between searches > and stretch a bit during your online genealogy sessions!) > > I would like to acknowledge the following Archives staff for > their major > efforts to post this data: Vivian Thiele, for her database > development > work; Cheri Wortmann, in particular, along with Edna Velez, > Sarah Boyer > and Laurice Niceler, for countless hours of data entry over a > period of > several years; Sean Curry for his past contributions to > developing the > database; and Veronica Calder and Lois Bredlow for their html work. > > Secondly, historians and educators will be interested to see that we > have also posted images and transcriptions of the original > (signed) New > Jersey state constitutions of 1844 and 1947, linked from the > following page: > > http://www.njarchives.org/links/constitution.html > > Kudos to website geniuses Veronica Calder and Lois Bredlow, scanning > mavens Joanne Nestor, John Chepega and Dan Noonan, and adjunct > proofreader Ellen Callahan, for their concerted and most > excellent work > to create these beatiful pages! > > With best regards, > > Joseph R. Klett, Chief of Archives > NJ Div. of Archives & Records Management > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > New Jersey Legislative Alerts: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.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 > >

Great site! I found several marriage dates I did not have. Lorna in Maine > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph R Klett [mailto:joseph.klett@sos.state.nj.us] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 2:20 PM > To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Additions to State Archives Website > > Dear List-Serve Members: > > I am pleased to announce two important additions to the New Jersey State > Archives website. First, genealogists will be glad to see the posting > of our index to the state's marriage records, 1848-1867, at the > following URL: > > http://www.njarchives.org/links/marriagedb1867.html

I have come into possession of a book entitled "Centennial Celebration of the Annin family at The Old Stone House in Somerset County, NJ" dated Aug 15,1866. It was printed for private distribution in Philadelphia for Ferdinand J. Greer. Mr. Greer presented it to the New Jersey Histrical Society on May 23, 1870. For some reason the NJHS didn't want it anymore. Mr. Greer married Abagail Dickenson Annin who is my 1st cousin 5 times removed and her grandfather, William Annin - born in Scotland - is my 5th g-grandfather. In Bernardsville, there is a middle school named after William Annin. Is anyone kin to Abagail Dickenson Annin Greer? I would like to find out how they proved William Annin's father was John Johnstone Annan born in Scotland. Thanks for you help. Pauli from Arkansas

Opps, I made a mistake, The book was donated to the NJ Historical Socity, not the Genealogical Society of NJ. However, I am still interested in contacting persons descended from Abagail Annin Greer and how the descendants of Alexander Annin (Abagail's ancestor) we could find prove that John Johnstone born in Scotland is John Annan. A short essay by a child in the William Annin Middle School in Somerset County, NJ included this same information. I have written by e-mail to the school, but did not receive a reply. In another book, I have- entitled " Among the Blue Hills... Bernardsville.... a History" a reference is made regarding this same information. On page 24, John Annan is referred to as being John Johnstone of Annandale, Scotland. If anyone can shed light on this delima, it would be appreciated. Pauli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pauline Sears" <dpsears@artelco.com> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 11:48 AM Subject: [GSNJ] F. J. Greer's book donated to the GSNJ > > I have come into possession of a book entitled "Centennial Celebration of > the Annin family at The Old Stone House in Somerset County, NJ" dated Aug > 15,1866. It was printed for private distribution in Philadelphia for > Ferdinand J. Greer. Mr. Greer presented it to the New Jersey Historical > Society on May 23, 1870. > > > For some reason the NJHS didn't want it anymore. Mr. Greer married > Abagail Dickenson Annin who is my 1st cousin 5 times removed and her > grandfather, William Annin - born in Scotland - is my 5th g-grandfather. > In Bernardsville, there is a middle school named after William Annin. Is > anyone kin to Abagail Dickenson Annin Greer? I would like to find out how > they proved William Annin's father was John Johnstone Annan born in > Scotland. > > Thanks for you help. Pauli from Arkansas > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > GSNJ 2006 Spring Conference -- Saturday, June 3rd > Program Schedule & Registration Booklet > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/2006Spring.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >