Hi John, The Coombs who cosigned the guardianship thing was just a friend of the family as my gggg grandparents both came from Germany. J. C. was also put in charge of money for my gg grandma (his orphaned grandchildren) and her family in my gggg grandpa's will. -a On 7/4/07, John T Nichols <jtnichols@earthlink.net> wrote: > Andrea, > > I have some Salem County Coombs, namely, William and Sarah Coombs with > children George, Sarah, Rachel, Isabella and William A. Rachel married > Azael Nichols, my ggggrandfather, in 1808. Are these Coombs related to > your Joseph Coombs? > > John T. Nichols > Manassas, VA > > > andrea batcho wrote: > > >I wanted to add to what Val said. I wrote to the Salem County > >Courthouse asking a question about their holdings for the Orphans > >Court and if they'd have more information than the transcribed minutes > >that I had regarding my gg grandma's guardianship. (I sent them a copy > >of the page) They took the liberty to search through their records and > >say that no, they didn't.. and then they sent me a bill for $10! > >Later when I was able to get to the archives, I found that they were > >wrong, there was a page with my 4th great grandpa and Joseph Coombs > >regarding the guardianship of my gg grandmother and her brothers and > >sister after the sudden death of her parents. My 3gg died in 1857/8. > >I'd recommend looking for yourself in the archives or the other > >methods Val suggested. > > > >-andrea > > > > > >On 7/4/07, Nancy M. Lyons <nancyml@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi > >>Can I get copies of Orphan's court records for 1867 at the Salem County > >>Courthouse? > >>Thanks > >>Nancy > >> > >> > >>------------------------------- > >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSALEM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Cumberland County Genealogists can order a 2 CD set of high resolution photographs of the original records of the Old Cohansey Baptist Church at Roadstown! Original Sexton's book, Pastor's book, and more! All proceeds go to the church's historical committee. $15 (includes shipping) - email me at final.offer@gmail.com to order today! **$731 donated to the church to date**