============================================== << Subj: Elizabeth, NJ Public Library archives Date: 4/6/00 10:21:10 AM Central Daylight Time From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Has anyone visited the archive collection at the Public Library in Elizabeth, NJ? I am wondering if it is worth the trip. Lucy Russell researching in Essex County: Browne, Crane, Hedden, Huntington, Riggs, Roberts, Sergeant >> ============================================== Hi Lucy. All this all depends on several factors. For one thing, if you're an Elizabeth resident, are you talking about a two block walk from your home, say, near the corner of Broad & Grand-- or will you be flying in from the Australian Outback? There is, or used to be, a large portrait of one of my relatives (a judge) near the library's front entrance, and that, along with his archived papers, might make the trip to the library (and its very helpful staff) worthwhile-- but perhaps only to me and a few others. Included in my data are a great many Cranes-- but almost all are descendants of Elizabethtown's Stephen Crane, ca. 1630-1709 (rather than his Newark contemporary Jasper Crane). Also I have Iots of Browns and Brownes, some 16th century Huntingtons, and several Roberts of late 18th century NYC, Newark, and Paterson. I also have a Harriet A. Hedden, born 1818 (wife of Matthias Potter) and, from the 1850 Newark census, an Aaron R. Hedden, born ca. 1826, and his wife Maria. But no kitchen sinks. Let me know if you think we can talk some genealogical turkey here. .........John (in Chicago).