Mike- Essex County Deed Book A was destroyed in a fire some time ago. Book A's deeds are however indexed in the first series of indexes to Essex County Deeds. Judging by the 84 year timespan of Book A, it is apparent that most deeds from that time period either went unrecorded or were recorded elsewhere. Colonial period conveyances of property located within Elizabethtown (most of modern day Union County) were sometimes recorded among what are now known as the NJ Colonial Deeds (now at the NJ Archives) or in the records of the Elizabethtown Associates. (The first book of Elizabethtown Associates records went missing in the 1700s.) Aside from that, Michelle has pointed you in the right direction. Gary On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:01:56 -0600 NJUNION-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >I have a question on where to find pre-Union County land deed from old Essex >County in the FHL microfilms. I live in Iowa so these microfilms are my main >access to information. > >I ordered the Essex County "A" book 1729-1813 recopied in the late 1800's >but it seems to only have the current Essex County land area deeds. In the >margins it mentions other ?earlier? Essex County Deed books as sources for >the new "A" book Essex County listing. > >When I go to Union County listings, there is nothing from before 1858 or what >ever the date was. > >Where do you go to find the orphaned early Essex County deed that were in the >now Union County? Is there a FHL microfilm that covers this somewhere? > >Mike Miller ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!