Dear Norma, The New Jersey Index of Wills & Inventories lists the following: John Bush, Somerset Co. Will filed 1897, document #6571R John C. Bush, Bergen Co. W. 1885, #7370B John S. Bush, Hunterdon Co. Inventory (I.)1876, #7599J Now go to www.familysearch.org, the LDS genealogy website, where you may search under New Jersey in the Library or Order section until you find the Wills documents for said county. (If you don't find it, go on to the next paragraph, & they will help you find the tape numbers.) Then go to the nearest LDS Family History Center, where they most graciously will order for you the tapes of the original documents for viewing with their viewers at the center for a nominal cost to cover mailing. (No, I'm not a member.) For Morris County, you will find a list of similar tapes at www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/vitalrecords/ldsfilms.htm The other counties' tapes won't be on that site, but it will show you an excellent example of what I'm talking about. I'm betting on John Bush of Somerset County, just south of Chester. Bush, Day and Apgar families have lived in northern New Jersey for centuries. I'm sure you have checked them out on Ancestry.com. The Ancestry World Tree section is free. Caroline Lowman (I'm a Chapter Registrar for DAR.) (Readers - have you all checked out www.awindowsouth.com ?) ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:38:34 -0400 >From: franor <franor@atmc.net> >Subject: [NJMORRIS] John Bush >To: NJMORRIS-L@rootsweb.com > >Time for genealogy again so am posting again my stonewall in the hopes someone new is on with some info for me. >Norma > > JOHN BUSH brn ca. 1819 and died around >> 1875-1900. I cannot find this man and I have looked forever. He is my >> Greatgrandfather, I have my GGM CLARRISSA WIESE BUSH, and the 3 children in census >> records after 1870. I only have one with him on it in1870 in Chester, N.J. >> with one child, Alvenneta. Two more were born my grandmother Mary Bush Stillwell in 1872 and Martha Bush Apgar Day >> 1874. They all continued to live in Washington Twp. but where did he die, am >> pulling out my hair. >> Norma >