This is really VERY helpful, Cathy. Many thanks! Kathleen In a message dated 10/5/04 5:10:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Patrice & All, West Jersey land records were filed in Burlington, East Jersey deeds were sent to Perth Amboy/Elizabethtown. Prior to 1753, the area was briefly part of Morris county, prior to that it was considered Hunterdon. Check early Dutch Reformed church records as they were the only organized group at the time, many of these records are in the Somerset County Historical Quarterly series. Early deacons traveled around their areas on horseback, visiting local areas of worship only every month or so. From Nancy Pascal's website http://www.gate.net/~pascalfl there is a link to Pat Berenger's transcription of early NJ marriages - this series and the complete NJ will abstracts series are available from 1630-1817 in a NJ State Archives series available at most major NJ genealogical libraries (Sussex main in Frankford, Morris Free in Morristown, etc.) Hope this helps, Cathy DiPietro