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

At the end of the month, I will be getting a new e-mail address. It will be Pooka@amatechtel. Up till then the Hunterdon Co site can still use my old e-mail address At the end of the month this site needs to change my e-mail Karen Crisman ----- Original Message ----- From: <Breakness@aol.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:28 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