Well, Rita, For one thing, such a set of books shouldn't leave out, among others, the Stouts, Hixons and Tituses. Some researchers may have encountered the leavings of the Goodspeed Press that sent hagiographic writers from town to town in the Midwest of the 1800s, producing hyperbola about local persons of note, omitting lesser folk. Let's wait to see if someone will volunteer to 'bell the cat', and see how they fare. Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Chesterton" <rchesterton@erols.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:09 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Book - Genealogical & Memorial History of state of NJ > 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 > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >