Hi, The Annals of the Vreeland Family by Louis Beach Vreeland (note spelling) is not that widely held by libraries - only 14 show up in WorldCat, the principle multi-library catalog. You can see the record at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2650881&tab=holdings. Close to Hudson County it is only held by the NYPL at the research branch (the one with the lions), and at Rutgers in New Brunswick. The Jersey City library does not have a copy of this, though they do have a copy of the 1909 Vreeland book by Nicholas Garretson Vreeland. For general historical reference, the Winfield book is a great resource, especially for the colonial period but also for the early organization of the towns in the 19th century. It is a fairly compact work with great depth of research, engagingly written, and with interesting anecdotes included in the footnotes. For the genealogist, in addition to the historical background, there is 140 pages of detailed genealogies of colonial families, including 9 generations of the Vreelands from 1639 to 1872. The drawback to the book is a lack of a detailed name index, but one was created by Jerri Burket and published by Bergen Historic Books and Higginson Book Company in the mid 1990s. The Jersey City library has a copy of the index (as well as the book). Best, JWB -----Original Message----- From: njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhudson-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of njhudson-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 3:01 AM To: njhudson@rootsweb.com Subject: NJHUDSON Digest, Vol 4, Issue 1 Today's Topics: 1. Annuls of the Vreeland Family (bluerainbow@earthlink.net) 2. History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Charles H Winfield (bluerainbow@earthlink.net) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:29:36 -0500 From: "" <bluerainbow@earthlink.net> Subject: [NJHUDSON] Annuls of the Vreeland Family To: "Genealogy: Hudson County List Serve" <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <380-22009163222936390@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone have any idea where I can find a copy of The Annuls of the Vreeland Family by Louis Beach Vreeland, 1949? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 17:33:06 -0500 From: "" <bluerainbow@earthlink.net> Subject: [NJHUDSON] History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Charles H Winfield To: "Genealogy: Hudson County List Serve" <NJHUDSON-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <380-2200916322336937@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone have a copy of History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time by Charles H Winfield? Is it worth purchasing? ------------------------------