Thanks to everyone who tried to answer my question. The anwer is, that all the census records for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, for the State of New Jersey, were destroyed by Fire, so they don't exist. There are some tax lists, I am told, but I haven't located them yet. Sorry, very sad news to me, and I am sure to you as well. Now that we understand this fact, what can we use to document our families in NJ in this time frame? What resources are available? Has anyone found online tax lists? Or do we have to go to the State? Library? County archives? Of course there should still, and are plenty of church records and cemetery records, which can be used to document our family there, then we have history books which may mention our family, as well as land records, Wills, Deeds, law suits, etc. I have gotten so used to CENSUS records, that I am very dissapointed to have to work WITHOUT them. Let's all have a discussion of what you all have found, either online, or at libraries, for the time frame of 1790 thru 1820, to document your families in NJ. I know that www.olivetreegenealogy.com does have some great stuff, I look there almost daily, and I will have to go back to see what specific they have for early NJ. I personally am researching : Brouwer/Brower and Manning in NJ. Best regards, Lilly Martin

Hi, Lilly! When I found out that the earlier Hunterdon County census records had been destroyed by fire, I, too, was crushed!! ( I am trying to find out from which country my Jobs family lived , before coming to America.) For the past several years, I have been trying to break through my brick wall in Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey! When my husband and I visited the area, we were able to find a few leads at the Hunterdon County Historical Society in Flemington. In a book, entitled, "Marriage Records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey 1795-1875," we were able to find the marriage date and place of my husband's gggg grandparents. In a book entitled, "Early Germans of New Jersey," found on Ancestry.com, we were able to discover the town in which a few ancestors lived at the time of their deaths, as well as when their wills were written. There is also a Tax List book for the 1795-1875 time frame. Hope this helps a bit! Genealogically Yours, Debbie Jobes Eighty-Four, PA Researching the Jobs, Yawger and Kuhl names in New Jersey ---Original Message----- From: Lilly [mailto:malik@scs-net.org] Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:54 PM To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey Census 1790-1820 does not exist Thanks to everyone who tried to answer my question. The anwer is, that all the census records for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, for the State of New Jersey, were destroyed by Fire, so they don't exist. There are some tax lists, I am told, but I haven't located them yet. Sorry, very sad news to me, and I am sure to you as well. Now that we understand this fact, what can we use to document our families in NJ in this time frame? What resources are available? Has anyone found online tax lists? Or do we have to go to the State? Library? County archives? Of course there should still, and are plenty of church records and cemetery records, which can be used to document our family there, then we have history books which may mention our family, as well as land records, Wills, Deeds, law suits, etc. I have gotten so used to CENSUS records, that I am very dissapointed to have to work WITHOUT them. Let's all have a discussion of what you all have found, either online, or at libraries, for the time frame of 1790 thru 1820, to document your families in NJ. I know that www.olivetreegenealogy.com does have some great stuff, I look there almost daily, and I will have to go back to see what specific they have for early NJ. I personally am researching : Brouwer/Brower and Manning in NJ. Best regards, Lilly Martin ==== 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

Lilly: There is a book "New Jersey in 1793" by James S. Norton. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-78916 Copyright 1973, with color prints C ourtesy of Rutgers University Library, Special Collections, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Printed New Jersey in 1793, 1213 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah. This is a book on the Militia of the State of New New Jersey. I'm sure you can find this in some libraries, especially in New Jersey. Hope this helps. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:53 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey Census 1790-1820 does not exist > Thanks to everyone who tried to answer my question. The anwer is, that > all > the census records for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, for the State of New > Jersey, were destroyed by Fire, so they don't exist. There are some tax > lists, I am told, but I haven't located them yet. > Sorry, very sad news to me, and I am sure to you as well. > > Now that we understand this fact, what can we use to document our families > in NJ in this time frame? > What resources are available? Has anyone found online tax lists? Or do we > have to go to the State? Library? County archives? > > Of course there should still, and are plenty of church records and > cemetery > records, which can be used to document our family there, then we have > history books which may mention our family, as well as land records, > Wills, > Deeds, law suits, etc. > > I have gotten so used to CENSUS records, that I am very dissapointed to > have > to work WITHOUT them. > > Let's all have a discussion of what you all have found, either online, or > at > libraries, for the time frame of 1790 thru 1820, to document your families > in NJ. I know that www.olivetreegenealogy.com does have some great stuff, > I > look there almost daily, and I will have to go back to see what specific > they have for early NJ. > > I personally am researching : Brouwer/Brower and Manning in NJ. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > > > > > ==== 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 > >

There is one for 1820... Roxbury Twp, Morris County, NJ.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:53 PM Subject: New Jersey Census 1790-1820 does not exist > Thanks to everyone who tried to answer my question. The anwer is, that all > the census records for 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, for the State of New > Jersey, were destroyed by Fire, so they don't exist. There are some tax > lists, I am told, but I haven't located them yet. > Sorry, very sad news to me, and I am sure to you as well. > > Now that we understand this fact, what can we use to document our families > in NJ in this time frame? > What resources are available? Has anyone found online tax lists? Or do we > have to go to the State? Library? County archives? > > Of course there should still, and are plenty of church records and cemetery > records, which can be used to document our family there, then we have > history books which may mention our family, as well as land records, Wills, > Deeds, law suits, etc. > > I have gotten so used to CENSUS records, that I am very dissapointed to have > to work WITHOUT them. > > Let's all have a discussion of what you all have found, either online, or at > libraries, for the time frame of 1790 thru 1820, to document your families > in NJ. I know that www.olivetreegenealogy.com does have some great stuff, I > look there almost daily, and I will have to go back to see what specific > they have for early NJ. > > I personally am researching : Brouwer/Brower and Manning in NJ. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > > ______________________________