Cathy and all, I was at the state archives once and overhead a conversation between a researcher and an archives employee about early land deeds. The researcher was asking about still other types of land records. I remember hearing that there were some other land records. It has been a long time since I heard all this, but the phrase "colonial conveyances" comes to mind and may be the right term for certain other land records. If anybody else finds out more about types of land records for New Jersey, I would be interested in hearing about them, too. Kirsten On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:00:55 -0500, Catherine DiPietro wrote > Hi Folks, > > There was still a lot of contention, border fighting, map > redrawing and general mayhem in this time period. East > and West Jersey lines were still being debated. Claims > to lands in the new Sussex county were filed in East Jersey at > Perth Amboy AND in West Jersey in Burlington. Later deeds > in the Sussex County Clerk's office most often outline > all the previous deeds, quit claims, etc. when the property > changes hands again in the post 1785 period. Often you > will find counter filings in both Perth Amboy and Burlington > for the same land in Sussex. These usually resulted in court > cases and evictions. Check for some of your ancestors > involved in such disputes at > http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/supremedb.html > > Happy Hunting, > Cathy DiPietro, list admi > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)