Hello Kathleen, thanks for the tips, I appreciate them. I agree that John Hough may have been a Palentine. I have handwritten histories of the family written by my grandfather in 1898 but unfortunately none of it prior to 1800 seems to be true. Hopefully some day soon I'll be able to do some serious research. Thanks again, Marilyn In a message dated 2/16/2005 10:05:13 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: An early NJ source that has been helpful to me has been an article in the Genealogical Society of New Jersey's magazine, vol. 33, Jan/April, Numbers 1/2, **1958** article:"The Janeway Account Books 1735-1746" by Kenn Stryer-Rodda. The Janeway Account Books are for a businessman whose last name was Janeway whose book of accounts from the mid-1700's still exist. The account books were for the locals of Somerset County, NJ but if your family was "old New Jersey" (as mine is) you might find that your Sussex County family began in Somerset County, only a couple counties away. Sorry, but I don't do Look-Ups from this magazine first of all, because all I have is a copy of the Janeway Account books article, and then because it is laid out in such a way that there is a primary name and then there are other names that connected with the primary name which are not alphabetized. You can simply write Dorothy Stratford c/o the Genealogical Society of New Jersey-- or simply the Genealogical Society of New Jersey-- and ask for a copy of the article (at least that's what I did. Be sure to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope). I'd try Dorothy first; I noticed that the GSNJ does not list the Janeway article in it's available back-issues. The mailing address for the Genealogical Society of New Jersey is PO Box 1476, Trenton, NJ 08607-1476. Dorothy is the corresponding secretary for the Society. Also, if your ancestor was a Palatine-- which I suspect "John Hough" might be--this book is helpful, "More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies 1717-1776 and their European Origins plus New Discoveries on German Families Who arrives in Colonial New York in 1710" (two books which sometimes can be found as one book) by Henry Z. Jones, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, Universal City, CA 1991. If you have a library card, you can get it through Inter-Library loan. At least my library was able to get it for me for three weeks. Also you can get a free copy of the genealogical catalogue of books from Heritage Books and Willowbend Books. Check them online at _http://www.heritagebooks.com/_ (http://www.heritagebooks.com/) Hope this was helpful. I know how frustrating doing research in the early 1800's and 1700's can be! Kathleen Hamler Purchase [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Looking for New Jersey families: Hamler/Hamler/Homlar/Hambler/Hombler; Kindred; Losey; Paugh; Townsend; Anthony; Harrington; Shauger/Shawger; Orner/Arner; Howard; Morgan and Carpenter