I know the HCHS has a lot of newspapers on microfiche. If you know the timeframe for the Penwell's and Shrope's, you can cruise the newspapers for those years. It's a tedious process, but sometimes it pays off. Also....you can't expect people at the Historical Society to simply hand you stuff.....sometimes you have to take the initiative and simply pick things off the shelf. For instance, by looking at the indexes located in the back of most books, fate can often lead you to unexpected findings. -R ----- Original Message ----- From: <teresaz06@aol.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society > i went to the historical society today and i was a little confused, i thought > they had cemetery records, i was told when i got there that you look up the > person's name in the card file and that tells you where they are buried, but > only if they had a headstone,,,did i miss something? I didn't exactly feel > welcome so i ended up leaving after 20 minutes or so, is there anyone who is used > to going there that might tell me what i should ask for , maybe that might > help me the next time, I am trying to locate information on the Penwell family > and the shrope family, i was hoping to find more data besides cemetery card > files, i fiqure there must be something more.. any advice would be most > helpful. sincerely, teresa. > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I was at the HCHS in August. I went specifically to present my research on my line of the DALLEY family for which there is only a little information, only 1 piece of which the Society had when I last researched there. My contribution was, to say the least, ungraciously accepted, although it included the sources used and was neatly presented in a binder. The email from Teresa confirms that my experience was not an isolated one; there is a very unfriendly air about the place lately-a huge contrast to my previous visits. No one seemed to be happy. I felt unwelcome, almost resented. I'm considering not renewing my membership because of the way I was treated. Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Chesterton" <rchesterton@erols.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society >I know the HCHS has a lot of newspapers on microfiche. If you know the > timeframe for the Penwell's and Shrope's, you can cruise the newspapers > for > those years. It's a tedious process, but sometimes it pays off. > Also....you can't expect people at the Historical Society to simply hand > you > stuff.....sometimes you have to take the initiative and simply pick things > off the shelf. For instance, by looking at the indexes located in the > back > of most books, fate can often lead you to unexpected findings. > > -R > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <teresaz06@aol.com> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:56 PM > Subject: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society > > >> i went to the historical society today and i was a little confused, i > thought >> they had cemetery records, i was told when i got there that you look up > the >> person's name in the card file and that tells you where they are buried, > but >> only if they had a headstone,,,did i miss something? I didn't exactly > feel >> welcome so i ended up leaving after 20 minutes or so, is there anyone who > is used >> to going there that might tell me what i should ask for , maybe that >> might >> help me the next time, I am trying to locate information on the Penwell > family >> and the shrope family, i was hoping to find more data besides cemetery > card >> files, i fiqure there must be something more.. any advice would be most >> helpful. sincerely, teresa. >> >> >> ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >> >> ============================== >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I am so disappointed to see this last round regarding the Hunterdon County Historical Society. A few years ago there was very much the same conversation on a different mailing list. It really got heated. I was hoping since then that the situation had improved. I live 20 minutes away and have only been there one time, my experience was very much the same as mentioned. It was stressful, uninviting and not a pleasant experience. --- Leslie Bouvier <all4lrb@cox.net> wrote: > I was at the HCHS in August. I went specifically to present my research on > my line of the DALLEY family for which there is only a little information, > only 1 piece of which the Society had when I last researched there. My > contribution was, to say the least, ungraciously accepted, although it > included the sources used and was neatly presented in a binder. > > The email from Teresa confirms that my experience was not an isolated one; > there is a very unfriendly air about the place lately-a huge contrast to my > previous visits. No one seemed to be happy. I felt unwelcome, almost > resented. I'm considering not renewing my membership because of the way I > was treated. > > Leslie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rita Chesterton" <rchesterton@erols.com> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society > > > >I know the HCHS has a lot of newspapers on microfiche. If you know the > > timeframe for the Penwell's and Shrope's, you can cruise the newspapers > > for > > those years. It's a tedious process, but sometimes it pays off. > > Also....you can't expect people at the Historical Society to simply hand > > you > > stuff.....sometimes you have to take the initiative and simply pick things > > off the shelf. For instance, by looking at the indexes located in the > > back > > of most books, fate can often lead you to unexpected findings. > > > > -R > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <teresaz06@aol.com> > > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:56 PM > > Subject: [NJHUNTER] hunterdon historical society > > > > > >> i went to the historical society today and i was a little confused, i > > thought > >> they had cemetery records, i was told when i got there that you look up > > the > >> person's name in the card file and that tells you where they are buried, > > but > >> only if they had a headstone,,,did i miss something? I didn't exactly > > feel > >> welcome so i ended up leaving after 20 minutes or so, is there anyone who > > is used > >> to going there that might tell me what i should ask for , maybe that > >> might > >> help me the next time, I am trying to locate information on the Penwell > > family > >> and the shrope family, i was hoping to find more data besides cemetery > > card > >> files, i fiqure there must be something more.. any advice would be most > >> helpful. sincerely, teresa. > >> > >> > >> ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > >> Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > >> > >> ============================== > >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > > This mail list is archived at: > > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > ===== Nancy Bucks County History and Genealogy http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~buckscounty/ _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com