>It would seem that the Hunterdon Court House records would be the > place to look for old road surveys....unless someone has a better > idea. I was looking at a film at the local Family History Center last night that was an index to very miscellaneous records. The section of the index there started in the middle of "road" and gave references to different roads, identified by where they ran, I can't remember exactly, but it would say something like "the road from ___ to ___" and the reference in the deed books it could be found in. The film I was looking at was #946860 and is part of "an index of names listed in commissions in the military, powers of attorney, court appointments, Justice of Peace appointments, pardons, ear mark registrations, land agreements, mortgages, warrents, surveys, patents, wills, and marriages" (Road to Thorp) This is part of a six film index and the section of the film before it ends with road also, so not all the roads are listed on this film and it is a miscellaneous index, not all inclusive. This is the only one there at the FHC. The other five films of the index are not there. I don't know if Hunterdon references where included, I think they were. I just flipped through it quickly to see what was in it. It is an interesting index, with all sorts of unexpected things in it. It is a microfilm of a typescript and doesn't say where the original came from. Most catalog entries in the Family History Library Catalog say the place or person that a source came from and this one doesn't for some reason. Also, most county deed offices have books of road (__) I can't remember the title they give them, but the agreements when new roads are formed, whose land and so forth. Anita

Dear Anita Clayton, Many thanks for the information you put on the Hunterdon site. May I ask whether you still have access to that film? If you do, and if it's not asking too much, could you please look for OSBORN, if there is an index of surnames? Sorry to say, I no longer can get to a Mormon FHC, and I'd be very, very grateful to have help on this. I also want to mention the fact that I am researching CLAYTON in the East (PA and MD and other states) and in Ohio. One of my ancestors was Mary Clayton. She married a Wintro, who was from Adams or York counties in PA. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Clayton (or Claton), living in Warren County, Ohio. I'm not sure where her family came from. I have a coverlet made by her. Again, my most sincere thanks, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anita G Clayton" <rclaytonsr@juno.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] 1721 Survey of "the palatin's land" (road surveys) > >It would seem that the Hunterdon Court House records would be the >> place to look for old road surveys....unless someone has a better >> idea. > > > I was looking at a film at the local Family History Center last night > that was an index to very miscellaneous records. The section of the > index there started in the middle of "road" and gave references to > different roads, identified by where they ran, I can't remember exactly, > but it would say something like "the road from ___ to ___" and the > reference in the deed books it could be found in. > > The film I was looking at was #946860 and is part of "an index of names > listed in commissions in the military, powers of attorney, court > appointments, Justice of Peace appointments, pardons, ear mark > registrations, land agreements, mortgages, warrents, surveys, patents, > wills, and marriages" (Road to Thorp) > > This is part of a six film index and the section of the film before it > ends with road also, so not all the roads are listed on this film and it > is a miscellaneous index, not all inclusive. This is the only one there > at the FHC. The other five films of the index are not there. I don't > know if Hunterdon references where included, I think they were. I just > flipped through it quickly to see what was in it. > > It is an interesting index, with all sorts of unexpected things in it. > It is a microfilm of a typescript and doesn't say where the original came > from. Most catalog entries in the Family History Library Catalog say the > place or person that a source came from and this one doesn't for some > reason. > > Also, most county deed offices have books of road (__) I can't remember > the title they give them, but the agreements when new roads are formed, > whose land and so forth. > > Anita > > > ==== 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 > >