Laurence, No, I don't see those names on the list provided on the website, the url of which you might like to cut and paste. ---Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: <Breakness@aol.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ > > In a message dated 3/10/2005 2:50:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > lmoore@wh-hcl.eclipse.net writes: > > The Hunterdon County Library has a copy of the four volumes of this book in > its New Jersey Reference collection. > > At 01:09 AM 3/9/05 -0500, you wrote: > >Has anyone ever heard of the following book, or know where it can be seen? > At $165, it's too expensive to purchase. > > > > > >http://bigtreebooks.com/info.asp?BTB=BTB129843CC&Type=&Cat=&SubCat=&SubCat2 = > > > > > >GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, A Record of > the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the > Founding of a Nation - BTB129843CC > > > >Many of the essays begin with an explanation of the geographical origin or > derivation of the familys surname, with a number of them going back to the > 16th or 17th century. The sketches then trace the line forward from the > oldest known ancestor to the principal subject of the essay. This is > followed by a detailed biography of that person, often with his photo, as > well as an enumeration of collateral lines related to the principal > subject. The index at the back of the final volume identifies some 4,800 > descendants of the main families listed below, which, in the aggregate, > constitute, arguably, the greatest collection of New Jersey genealogies in > a single place. Aaronson, Abbott, Abeel, Abrams, Ackerson, Ackley, Adams, > Agar, Albright, Alden, Alexander, Allen, Allinson, Anderson, Andrews, > Angell, Antrim, Apgar, Applegate, Armstong, Arrowsmith, Atkinson, Austin, > Bacheller, Bacon, Badgley, Baer, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Ballantine, > Bannard, Barker, Barnert, Barnes, Barrett,! > > Barringer, Barron, Barrows, Bartlett, Bartram, Bassett, Bateman, Bayard, > Beach, Beam, Beekman, Beldon, Benjamin, Bennett, Bentley, Bergen, Berry, > Betts, Beugless, Beyer, Biddle, Bigelow, Binder, Bisbing, Bishop, Bissell, > Black, Blair, Blaisdell, Blanchard, Bleecker, Bleything, Blodgett, Blunt, > Bodine, Bogert, Boggs, Bogle, Bonnell, Booraem, Booth, Borton, Bothwell, > Bouker, Bowen, Bowne, Boylan, Boyle, Brady, Branin, Bray, Brick, Briggs > > > Wonderful that there is a listing of the above names. Is there any link to > the remaining names as I'm especially interested in LANTZ - LANCE?. > > Thanks > Cheers from Seattle > Laurence Lance > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > 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 > >