Thanks for the info. The book in question that costs so much is an original. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hartman" <mrbill1033@comcast.net> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 2:56 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Re: Snell's book on Hunterdon, etc. > Please be informed concerning the "History of Hunterdon and Somerset > Counties, etc." by James P. Snell. > > The 2 Volumes, one for Hunterdon and one for Somerset Counties are in > print and available at the Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main > Street, Flemington, NJ, 08822. > > The newsletter for the HCHS dated, Fall 2004, lists these books at $80.00 > plus $10.00 postage. > > I have copies of them and I have referred to the Hunterdon Volume > frequently when I had questions dealing with items in the Hunterdon > Gazette. Please note that the work by Snell should not be construed as > totally comprehensive,definitive nor entirely accurate. I believe, but I > could be wrong, that the book was written with financial backing from > whomever wanted to be recognized in the book. If you ancestors do not > appear in the 550 pages for Hunterdon and slightly over 300 pages for > Somerset, does not mean that they were not prominent families. There is no > index in which you can look-up names! > > The Hunterdon Gazette, starting in 1825 which was followed by the > Hunterdon Democrat in 1839 and a few other county newspapers contain a > great deal of the history of the area, its people and their activities. > These newspapers are on microfilm at the HCHS, the Hunterdon County > Library, at the Trenton Archives, and I believe also at Rutgers and the > New Jersey Historical Society Libraries. > > And I would be remiss not to mention that 32 years of the Hunterdon > Gazette are on 3 CDs and available for purchase from the HCHS. The last 10 > years the paper was published are in process of being computerized and may > be completed by the end of 2005! For Information See: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter/ > > Regards, Bill Hartman > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >