At 10:02 PM 11/10/00 -0600, Sharon wrote: >Who wrote the History of Morris County quoted at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/randolph.htm >and who do the brackets belong to? > >Is this book considered reliable? > >Thank you, >Sharon Sharon, That particular web page is referring to a History of Randolph Twp. I am guessing it is one of the following two editions of the same title. Since the web page has a copyright notice for Brianne Kelly-Bly, and she is the volunteer coordinator for the Morris Co. website, I am sure she can verify this and perhaps update the page with some additional details to identify the book. A History of Randolph Township : Morris County's first bicentennial community / edited by Richard T. Irwin. 1st ed. Hicksville, N.Y. : Exposition Press, c1976. A history of Randolph Township : Morris County's first bicentennial community / edited by Richard T. Irwin. 1st ed. Ironia, N.J. : American Revolution Becentennial Observance Randolph, 1976. In your question, though, you mention the History of Morris County. That is probably: Original publication: History of Morris County, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers. New York : W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882. Reprint: History of Morris County, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers : 1739. / [by Edmund D. Halsey ... et al.]. Morristown, N.J. : Morris County Historical Society, 1967. I am not familiar with the Randolph Twp. publication. I have a copy of the reprinted History of Morris County and have not heard of any reported errors, but I think Brianne or others would be more aware its reliability. In any case, it is a secondary source and so should be used as such. _______________ Noelle, in Ohio ******************************************************** Noelle Van Pulis (aka Mrs. E. Garrison Walters) Columbus, Ohio 43221 [email protected] SURNAMES: NJ and/or NY; some also in PA: Eckhar(d)t, Garrigus/Garrigues, Garrison, Hoffert, Huyler/Hiler, Keller, Mase/Maize, Masters, Merritt, Pennington, Post, Pulis/Pulisvelt, Renner, Rolle, Rosenberg(er), Storr/Stur(r), VanClief/VanCleef/VanCleave, Vreeland, Walters, Welch/Welsh, Witte INDIANA: Meyer, Schrader, Steele, Vaughan CANADA: Foote, Gordon, Kaiser, Prentiss ENGLAND: Masters, Pennington SCOTLAND: Cameron, Forbes, Gordon, Hood, McDougal(l), Shields WALES: Colley, Williams