The Monmouth County Genealogy Society [PO Box 5, Lincroft, NJ 07738-0005] announces: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WHAT: "The Use of Catholic Sacramental Records in Genealogy Research" WHERE: Eatontown Community Center, 68 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ [Parking in rear of building] WHEN: Sunday, January 9th -- 1:30 p.m. SUBJECT: The January 9th meeting will be a presentation by Kathleen S. Dodds, D.A., Archival Assistant at the Msgr. William Noé Field Special Collections Center and Archives of the Walsh Library at Seton Hall University. Her presentation will review how to begin and how to pursue compiling a family history by means of Catholic sacramental records such as baptisms and marriages. Working back through generations may mean searching out parishes and using clues in the sacramental records one has already found and employing hints from civil records or family lore! We will look at examples of different registers and examine how the form of the register book influenced the types of information recorded. Our study will also include deciphering Latin entries and dealing with archaic handwriting, faded ink, lack of indices and changing names. Family History Month Essay Contest ~~ 1 p.m. -- Presentation of Awards Preceding the MCGS general meeting on January 9th at 1 p.m., the winners of the Family History Month essay contest will be presented with their awards. Please join us for this event! -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko

Imminently Threatened by Development: The LaGrange (Barczewski) farm in Glasgow, DE Several private firms are aggressively attempting to purchase and then immediately develop the entire Barczewski farm (also known as the La Grange or Dr. Samuel Henry Black farm). The Barczewski farm's 236 acres contain two documented Native American Indian camps, earthen works from the British and Hessian occupation of Aikentown (Glasgow), remnants of the Benjamin Latrobe feeder canal from 1804, and several structures on the National Register of Historic Places (Dr. Samuel Henry Black). Dorcas Armitage Middleton Black was the wife of Samuel H. Black. General Lafayette named the farm "La Grange" while a visitor there in October 1824. The Federal US Censuses of 1810 and 1820 for DE/NCCo/Pencader Hundred, show that there were three FREE African-Americans (unnamed - husband, wife, and daughter) who were part of Dr. Samuel H. Black's household. The farm is located near the northwest corner of Routes U.S. 40 and Del. 896 in Glasgow (New Castle County, Pencader Hundred), and is comprised of a single tract of 236 acres. Approximately 100 acres are pastures, and approximately 136 acres are wooded. The Muddy Run creek and some of its tributaries run through and form the northern boundary of the property. This property contains the historic home and farm of Glasgow's early physician, University of DE trustee, and state politician, Dr. Samuel Henry Black. The land, however, had been farmed for over 100 years before Dr. Black acquired it. The property has a carefully restored historic home and preserved granary, each dating to 1815, and more recent barns and outbuildings dating to the property's days in the 1940s through 1960s as the West End Dairy farm. Other family names associated over time with this farm include Middleton, Frazier, Leasure, Congo, Cooch, and Veach. Dr. Samuel H. Black built the property's granary. The building incorporates consolidated storage and processing functions and wheeled vehicle access. This building is the earliest documented example of a drive-through granary of the type that was to become popular throughout the Northeastern U.S. in the mid-19th century. In July 1974, the large manor Federal period home and the granary were incorporated into the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places (NRHP #74000601). Areas of NRHP significance of this property include Health/Medicine, Architecture, Social History, and Agriculture. In 1985, the La Grange granary was incorporated into the highly selective Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) / Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) conducted by the US Department of the Interior and maintained by the US Library of Congress (Survey # HABS DE-216). There are two archeologist documented Native American encampment sites on the La Grange farm (the Butterworth and the Barczewski sites). These sites date from 10,000 BC to 6,500 BC. Many authentic Paleo-Indian and Early Archaic periods' arrow points, axe heads, and other stone implements have been found on the farm. In the farm's woods there are authenticated, intact remains of British and Hessian earthen trenches from the September 3, 1777, Revolutionary War battle of Cooch's bridge. The trenches run parallel to the remnants of a historic and ancient, but now abandoned road, of which the last remaining vestiges exist on the LaGrange Farm. The earthworks are also parallel Rt. 40 West from Glasgow, DE, to Elkton, MD, and face Iron Hill. There is also documented evidence on the farm of Benjamin Latrobe's venture to build a feeder canal in 1804 (New Castle County Historical Marker NC-59). The feeder canal remnants are intact. The canal was to be built from the Elk Creek to the Christiana River, with the ultimate goal of the canal connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake waterways. The project failed, however, because the state of Delaware ran out of money before the canal was completed. The remnants of the feeder canal run from Rt. 40 West through the La Grange farm. In 1996, Anne Barczewski was honored with a prestigious historic preservation award from the New Castle County Historic Preservation Review Board. The Board placed a protective Historic Zoning overlay upon the entire 236 acres of the La Grange farm. On June 27, 1997, Anne Barczewski told preservation advocates, "If it was my last word, my last breath, I'd say 'no' to a developer." If you would like to help protect this property from development and permanently preserve its historic, cultural, and natural resources for future generations, please contact The Friends of Historic Glasgow, ATTN: Nancy V. Willing, 5 Francis Circle, Newark, DE 19711. Telephone: (302) 366-1855. E-mail: historicglasgow@earthlink.net A petition focused on saving the Glasgow Historic Area, including the Barczewski farm, is located at http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/historicglasgowpark

As internet genealogy and family history have grown, the number of "first timers" joining our lists has diminished and we don't see the huge numbers of new users that we used to see after the holidays. However, starting tonight, Santa, among others, will still be delivering new computers, internet service, and genealogy gifts (software). Thus, we may be seeing some new "rooters" on our lists. This is GOOD! But while you may see new cousins, friends, and contacts coming on-line, joining email lists, posting surnames to databases, they will be asking all those questions you have seen posted over and over again. Unfortunate as it may be, new users mean we have to reinvent the wheel. *Grin* Please welcome any "newbies" to our lists, have PATIENCE with them, help them and hopefully send them in the right direction. For a month or so it will be helpful if we can refrain from using a lot of initials and abbreviations in our responses. When discussing the FHC, let's all take a couple of seconds to type "Family History Center," and give an explanation of who, what, where, when. Please don't assume that EVERYONE knows what it is, or has one near them. I can't stress enough how important your patience and help is for the next month or two. Mistakes will be made, (like posting a message that is blank, or no subject line, or leaving entire digests in replies or my personal favorite, "Researching John Johnson. Send all information"!*LOL*) Questions will be asked like "What is the FHC, what is the SSDI, what is, can you explain, where do I find, etc...Remember that these were once OUR errors and OUR questions. We were all new once, and many current subscribers are still learning, so let's continue the spirit of cooperation throughout the year. This list is about helping each other. Let's be specific and clear in our responses to folks, and give a little extra in explanations. Also keep in mind that new subscribers may know little about computers, the internet, and genealogy, resulting in many extremely inexperienced researchers. If you see questions on the list regarding computers, software, etc. please respond to these questions off list if at all possible. REMEMBER these new researchers may have file cabinets full of information regarding YOUR own family tree, so let's be as cordial, helpful and informative as we can be! Stay warm, drive safely and don't forget to unsubscribe if you're going to be gone for vacation without your computer or internet access. Happy Holidays! Pat Mount List Admin

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Joseph R Klett wrote: We have recently posted a large number of finding aids to the State Archives' website. In addition to guides linked from our catalog pages (see below), we have also posted our guide "Using the Records of the East and West Jersey Proprietors." The direct link to this pdf is: http://www.njarchives.org/links/pdf/proprietors.pdf Selected collection guides are now available online for seven catalog query pages listed below. Finding aids range from simple box or reels lists to detailed guides containing content notes, institutional histories and item-level inventories. Direct links to several guides of particular genealogical value (i.e., containing name lists and/or item-level descriptions) are included at the end. Please feel free to forward or post this information to any relevant historical or genealogical lists or sites. Special thanks to Veronica Calder and Lois Bredlow of the State Archives staff for their continued work on html mark-up. With best wishes for a joyous holiday season, Joseph R. Klett Chief of Archives Non-Governmental Records - Railroad Company Records: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/prailroa.html Department of Agriculture and related agencies: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/seagricu.html Department of Defense - Adjutant General's Office and related agencies: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen1.html Department of Defense - Colonial Wars and Revolutionary War: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen2.html Department of Defense - Twentieth-Century Conflicts: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen6.html Department of Defense - New Jersey Militia and New Jersey Rifle Corps: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen7.html Department of Defense - New Jersey National Guard: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/queries/sedefen8.html Guides containing name lists and/or item-level descriptions include: Manuscripts and Correspondence Relating to Colonial Wars, 1639-1903: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea0001.html Commission and Appointment Certificates, 1745-1901: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea0002.html New Jersey Home for Disabled Soldiers / Case Files [Incomplete], ca. 1866-1920s: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sinsh001.html Revolutionary War / Records of Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, 1777-1795: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea1006.html Revolutionary War / Loyalist Manuscripts, 1776-1783: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea1009.html Revolutionary War / Loyalist Muster Rolls, ca. 1777-1783: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea1011.html Spanish-American War / Pension Claim Files, 1916-1930: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea5010.html World War I / Information Cards and Photographs of New Jersey Men Who Died in Service, 1917-1918: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea7002.html Soldiers' Bonus Correspondence [incomplete], ca. 1921-1938: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdea7003.html New Jersey National Guard / Officers' Descriptive Cards, 1909-1917: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdeng006.html New Jersey National Guard / Records Relating to Distinguished Service Medal and Medal of Honor Recipients, 1925-1939: http://www.njarchives.org/links/guides/sdeng015.html -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko

I am seeking any and all information regarding Wilson Parker, born 24 February 1776 in Monmouth Co., NJ , died 12 March 1839 in Lapeer, Cortland Co., NY, and his wife, Rhoda Thorpe, daughter of Isaac Thorpe, born 28 Feb 1784 in New Jersey , died 21 Jan 1864 in Lapeer, Cortland Co., NY I am looking for information on parents and siblings of both, and more detailed information on places of birth, marriage, etc.

The Education Committee of the Monmouth County Genealogy Society [PO Box 5, Lincroft, NJ 07738-0005] announces: WHAT: "Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestors" WHERE: Eatontown Community Center, 68 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ WHEN: Saturday, January 15, 2005 -- 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. SUBJECT: Immigration Records (including Ellis Island and Ship Passenger Lists) & Naturalization Records REGISTRATION FORM: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmcgs/events.htm#events FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Chubenko (famhist@comcast.net) or MCGS, PO Box 5, Lincroft, NJ 07738-0005 -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko MCGS Education Chairperson

I think the course of actions is the American Civil Liberties Union. This violates our constitutional rights. We are having problems in the railfan community in that the Gestapo do no want us to shoot pictures of their trains. New Jersey Transit is our main problem. They are afraid of their own ghost. They claim they don't want us to take pictures of their modern technology. Hello, their engines in this area are more than 40 years old and they are so far behind the times that it's not funny. Our Club's Regional Director is a retired attorney from Metro North and he has filed action with the help of the ACLU to protect our civil rights. Time for changes in Washington, state levels and local levels. Marie Wright

I received this notice this a.m. > ---Begin Message--- > > Senate Bill 2845 has passed the Senate without our suggested wording. One of > the provisions that did pass reads as follows: "ISSUANCE TO FAMILY MEMBERS- Not > later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the > Secretary,> in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the > States,> shall establish minimum standards for issuance of a birth certificate to > specific family members, their authorized representatives, and others who > demonstrate that the certificate is needed for the protection of the > requestor's > personal or property rights." > > Assuming we were not successful at getting our language in the bill, it looks > like our next shot is to get our language in the minimum standards, making it > clear that the States are free to issue non-certified copies to the public. > > You are free to forward this to other interested parties as you see fit. > > David E. Rencher > Chair, Record Preservation and Access Committee > Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genelaogical Society >

This certainly seems important enough to me. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I have emailed my senators regarding my concerns. I have also forwarded your complete message to several other prolific lists. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Pat Mount [mailto:pmount@nre.umass.edu] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:37 PM To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJMON] New FEDERAL Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists Breaking my own rules, I felt this important enough to forward to the list! >From Rootsweb Review today - New Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists ==============================================================================

Breaking my own rules, I felt this important enough to forward to the list! From Rootsweb Review today - New Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists HR10, which was mentioned in the 13 October issue of RootsWeb Review, has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now part of S.2845. The amendments suggested by David Rencher in his letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, were NOT incorporated into this legislation. Thus, the terms of HR10 will now be considered by the Senate, as part of S.2845. If S.2845 becomes law, as now written, family historians will face some real challenges in attempts to obtain birth records, even on long- deceased individuals. Specifically, what genealogists need to do is suggest to their lawmakers the addition of Sec. 3061(b)(1)(A)(iii) that would read: "who is alive on the date that access to their birth certificate is requested." This addition would clarify that the legislation (soon to be law) applies ONLY to birth certificates of CURRENTLY LIVING PERSONS. If you do not know your U.S. Senator's e-mail address, you can find it at http://www.senate.gov/ This bill can be found online at http://thomas.loc.gov/ Put in S.2845 (in the bill number window) and then select item No. 3; and go to Subtitle B--Identity Management Security; Chapter 2--Improved Security for Birth Certificates.

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Yes, you can just walk in and start searching the microfilm records. The staff is great and very helpful. I'm not sure if they are open on Mondays. Don Lutz Virginia Beach ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanzaro, Lawrence R MONMOUTH ITS" <Lawrence.Lanzaro@us.army.mil> To: <NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:13 AM Subject: [NJMON] Trenton Research In Person > I've been thinking about visiting the State Archives in Trenton to do some hands-on research, primarily for birth and death records. Does anyone on the list know if you can just walk in and personally examine birth and death indexes at the archives? Are these indexes in book form or on micro-film? Are the certificates themselves on micro-film and accessible? My research will be for births and deaths in several NJ counties besides Monmouth. > > Larry > > > ==== NJMONMOU Mailing List ==== > To contact the listowner: > pmount@nre.umass.edu > > ============================== > 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 > >

I've been thinking about visiting the State Archives in Trenton to do some hands-on research, primarily for birth and death records. Does anyone on the list know if you can just walk in and personally examine birth and death indexes at the archives? Are these indexes in book form or on micro-film? Are the certificates themselves on micro-film and accessible? My research will be for births and deaths in several NJ counties besides Monmouth. Larry

Hello Everyone We are happy to announce that copies of the syllabus from "Exploring Your Jersey Roots II" are now ready and the prices have been set. [second joint lecture series offered this fall by the New Jersey State Archives and the Genealogical Society of New Jersey. ] The final syllabus is about 100 pages and contains all handout materials from all eight lectures. It is being made available either as a CD-Rom or in a printed version. The prices are $20 for the print version and $15 for the CD-Rom version. The price includes postage. We are not able to accept orders via Email or telephone at this time. Therefore, all orders must be sent to the following address: GSNJ - Jersey Roots II PO Box 1476 Trenton NJ 08607-1476 Please include your mailing address and a check or money order for the purchase price. Please specify which format you would like, hard copy or CD-Rom. We can accept credit cards through the mail only. If you wish to use a credit card, please provide both the mailing address and the billing address (if they differ.) Please include the security code on the back of your credit card, if there is one. This is generally a 3-4 digit code at the end of your credit card number on the signature line of your credit card. You will also need to include a telephone number, in case of problems. The syllabus is being produced in a limited number. Therefore, we ask that all orders be postmarked by December 31, 2004. Please allow several weeks for the orders to be processed and your syllabus to be mailed to you. Thank you very much for your interest in the lecture series. I am sure that you will find the syllabus to be very informative and the next-best thing to actually being at the lectures. Regards Joan M. Lowry Joan M. Lowry, President Genealogical Society of New Jersey mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net website: www.gsnj.org

hi, Valerie try looking for wills -- Mary Ann at Monmouth Archives can give you will references, book & page, but you have to request the actual copy from NJ Archives. also look for deeds [available @ Monmouth Archives -- best to request an index first, of your surname, for there may be more than you imagine]. [monmouth archives is online & you can email your request. they'll email back & let you know what, if anything, was found. they send it, you reimburse. *very* out-of-state friendly!] it is through wills and deeds that I went from 'my only known ancestor who died intestate in 1839' [shown in the 1830 census & the 1840 mortality census schedule -- i.e., no *real* info] to fleshing out his siblings, parents, aunts & uncles & grandparents. of course I've been stuck *there* for over a decade... but the initial thrill is awesome! good luck. kirby in NC kirbz@northstate.net

I got about 5 replies within a couple of hours to my lookup request for Joseph GIRTON. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! Each of you shed a little different perspective on what you found giving me really good perspective from all sides. I now need to find out childrens names for those 2 Josephs...one who was 80 years old and one who was 40-50 year old---probably father and son in 2 households. Anyway, if anyone has any good ideas how I (in Kansas) can start looking for names of children for these two Josephs who were in Monmouth Co in 1840, I would appreciate it. It is possible that the younger one could have been father to my Joseph who was 27 in that year. I have a National Archives location near me, but don't really see how that can help. Ideas? Thanks again! This seems to be a helpful and active list. Valerie

1 Jun 1840 Joseph GIRTON, Jr. Upper Freehold Twsp, Monmouth, NJ Roll 255, pg 212 Males 1 40-50 Employed in agriculture Females 1 40-50 1 70-80 1 Jun 1840 Joseph GIRTON Upper Freehold Twsp, Monmouth, NJ Roll 255, pg 213 Males 1 80-90 Employed in agriculture, cannot read or write Females 1 70-80 Here is the one closest to your stated year of birth, however he was b NY. 2 Jul 1860 Freeport PO, Florence, Stephenson Co, IL h/h 3118/2113, pg 413 Joseph GIRTON 46 Shoemaker Pers Estate 150 b NY Mary I. 25 b NY Julia E. 2 b IL Amanda 1/12 b IL Does anyone out there have access to an 1840 Monmouth Co., NJ Census that could do a lookup for me. I am looking for a Joseph GIRTON who should be about 27 years old. I am pretty sure he was in that county at that time. He may or may not be married, I am unsure. I have no info on who his parents or siblings were either, just know he was born in 1813 in PA or NJ and believe he was in Monmouth Co, NJ before coming to IL sometime around 1850. Thanks for any help anyone could give me. Valerie in Kansas

Does anyone out there have access to an 1840 Monmouth Co., NJ Census that could do a lookup for me. I am looking for a Joseph GIRTON who should be about 27 years old. I am pretty sure he was in that county at that time. He may or may not be married, I am unsure. I have no info on who his parents or siblings were either, just know he was born in 1813 in PA or NJ and believe he was in Monmouth Co, NJ before coming to IL sometime around 1850. Thanks for any help anyone could give me. Valerie in Kansas

Hi Susan, I, too, am interested in this. I have a second great aunt, whose deposition was published in the Saints' Herald (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) in 1905. This aunt, Sarah Baker Robbins WRIGHT BURTIS HOPKINS, became a member of RLDS after the deaths of Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith. (This group went with Sidney Rigdon, instead of Brigham Young, after the death of Joseph and Hyrum. Their headquarters are in Missourri.) Here is just a portion of her deposition, which shows how early the LDS Church was in the area. I was married in May, 1833, to Abraham BURTIS, also of New Egypt, where we lived until the death of my husband, in 1871. We heard the gospel first through the preaching of Elder Benjamin Winchester, who came to New Egypt about 1836 or 1837, as I now recollect it. He was followed by Elders Samuel JAMES, Erastus SNOW, Orson HYDE, and others. I was baptized with fifteen others, among whom was my husband, in September, 1837, at Hornerstown, New Jersey, by Elder Erastus Snow, and confirmed the same day by Orson HYDE. My husband was confirmed by Elder SNOW and ordained an elder shortly afterwards. He was chosen president of the branch at New Egypt, and continued until after the death of the Martyrs. Elders Benjamin WINCHESTER and Erastus SNOW were at our house in July when we heard of the death of Joseph and Hyrum SMITH. Donna Ristenbatt On 6 Dec 2004 at 2:51, Susan Palmer wrote: Date forwarded: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 03:51:38 -0700 Date sent: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 02:51:39 -0800 (PST) From: Susan Palmer <sop46@yahoo.com> To: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJMON] Mormons in early NJ > I am intrested in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter > Day Saints (Mormons) in NJ. My people from Tom's River > joined this church and went to Utah. This was about > 1850. ANYTHING about the church and its doings would > be of interest to me. I have a picture of an ancestor > I beleive was born in NJ. > Sincerely, Susan Ottley Palmer > > > ==== NJMONMOU Mailing List ==== > FAM_TREE.LST not found. Create new genealogist? (Y/N) > > ============================== > 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&t > argetid=5429 >