In a message dated 11/13/2000 2:01:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, NJSUSSEX-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << "LSP" <lpatt@worldnet.att.net> To: NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <005901c04ca5$060e7720$0f99490c@default> Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Marriage Records and Where is Oxford? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have the listing of a marriage in Sussex County from Howard Case's "Sussex County NJ Marriages". How would I go about finding the actual marriage register listing, or marriage license for this marriage? Will it help me with parents' names? Is Oxford a town or a township? I can't find it. Thanks for any advice you can give me. Linda Portland, Oregon >> Linda: The early returns found in Case's book won't help you with making a family connection most of the time. The early returns for marriages were done on scraps of paper and turned into the Courthouse. I have seen them for myself when I researched several years ago at the Courthouse. A few mention witnesses, but mostly they just state that so and so got married, who married them and the date of the marriage. Not much else. So basically, what Case wrote is all that there is. There is no "register" for these marriages like they would be after the end of the dates for his book. As for Oxford being a town and a township, it is both. I would suggest you get a map of early New Jersey. Oxford Township is clearly marked and so is Oxford. You might think of looking for Oxford Furnace because that was one of the early names. Christie Trapp

I too ordered the microfilmed marriage "records", they are noting more than scraps of paper. Very hard to read & no further details. I've yet to find a hard copy of the marriages performed by the Rev. Senn in the Stillwater Presb. church c1797, they are online at several different sites. If anyone knows where I can find one I'd be much obliged. Cindy