Forwarded message about NJSA Lecture: > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph R Klett [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:23 PM > To: New Jersey History ListServe; GSNJ Listserve > Subject: [gsnj] Lecture on Proprietors' Records > > Dear Colleagues: > > There are still a few spaces available for this week's "Exploring Your > Jersey Roots" lecture scheduled for Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the State > Archives' Manuscript Reading Room. The topic: Using the Records of the > East and West Jersey Proprietors. The presenter: yours truly. I will > review the records available at the Archives (spanning 320+ years) as > well as current database projects and the resultant indexes which now > provide increased access to these land records. I will also discuss > several cases in which proprietary records were used to document > otherwise unproven lineages. > > Space is limited, so please let us know if you plan to attend. > Registration of $8 can be paid at the door. > > The fall lecture series is cosponsored by the State Archives and the > Genealogical Society of New Jersey. This week's session is the last of > the topical presentations; the final evening next Wednesday will feature > two "Ask the Experts" sessions at 5:00 and 6:45. This Wednesday, the > State Archives Microfilm Reading Room will again have extended public > hours from 4:30 to 6:00 (but we will not have extended hours next > Wednesday). Parking is available on the street or, after 3:00 p.m., in > the parking lot behind the State Archives, 225 West State Street, > Trenton. > > To register or for more information please contact Veronica Calder at > 609-984-3297, e-mail: [email protected] > > Hope to see you here... > > With best regards, > > Joseph R. Klett > Chief of Archives >