I just had a thought about those records. Something from my past is telling me often they are more legible if they are reverse colored. Black page with white print???? Anyone able to do this? ----- Original Message ----- From: <njwarren-request@rootsweb.com> To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:39 AM Subject: NJWARREN Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 (JonQPublix@aol.com) > 2. Re: Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 (JUDYSPHIL@aol.com) > 3. Re: Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 (Richard Coleman) > 4. Raritan and Readington Reformed Churches (jan@raub-and-more.com) > 5. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville (jan@raub-and-more.com) > 6. Re: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville (Marilyn Souders) > 7. Re: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville (Richard Coleman) > 8. Re: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville (Marilyn Souders) > 9. Re: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > (jan@raub-and-more.com) > 10. Re: Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville (Gerald A. Rush) > 11. Stewartsville Scans/Marilyn and all (jan@raub-and-more.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 17:41:13 EDT > From: JonQPublix@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 > To: mmessinger@macalester.edu, NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <384.a0e61b7.32309a79@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In a message dated 8/31/2006 10:07:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > mmessinger@macalester.edu writes: > > Hi everyone, > I recently found out that an ancestor of mine, John Armbruster, died in > the > Warren County Almshouse on 16 October 1908. His family lived in > Phillipsburg. I was wondering if anyone was familiar with the Almshouse > records that > exist from 1908 and could suggest where and how I might access them. > Thanks so > much! > ~Michael Messinger~ > > > > I too found an ancestor in the Almshouse. What exactly was this Warren > County Almshouse since the census lists all the people living there as > "inmates"? > > > > Rafe > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:15:51 EDT > From: JUDYSPHIL@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <322.b50aaee.3230beb7@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I think "inmates" was the standard term used . Kind of Politically > incorrect > nowdays. My grandmother is listed as an "inmate" of an orphanage when she > was 10 in the 1910 census. How sad is that? JUDY > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:50:52 -0400 > From: "Richard Coleman" <drjekyll@hazleton.net> > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <200609070050.k870ow3o031993@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > My mother's family was too at Gracedale, the Northampton County poor > house, > near Nazareth. I'm told that the poorhouse idea in this part of the > country > was inherited from the Irish workhouse on the 18th and 19th centuries. > > -----Original Message----- > From: njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of JUDYSPHIL@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:16 PM > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Warren County Almhouse Records 1908 > > I think "inmates" was the standard term used . Kind of Politically > incorrect > nowdays. My grandmother is listed as an "inmate" of an orphanage when she > was 10 in the 1910 census. How sad is that? JUDY > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:35:20 -0700 > From: jan@raub-and-more.com > Subject: [NJWARREN] Raritan and Readington Reformed Churches > To: NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com, NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <20060910233520.f07bc1843a140e496c90f22c2f4a771b.377aa83409.wbe@email.secureserver.net> > > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Hi, folks, > > I've added Baptismal records for these two churches to my web site. > > The Raritan Reformed Church records begin at > http://raub-and-more.com/raritanbap/01.html; the Readington Church > records begin at http://raub-and-more.com/readingtonbap/01.html. > > In the interest of clearing the stacks of papers that surround me, I > didn't type these, but rather I scanned Beulah Gangaware's pages and > put them up as jpg's. What that means to you is that you won't be able > to do a search to find your surnames...you'll have to pore through each > page. > > Good luck with your search! > > Jan Reuther > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:18:18 -0700 > From: jan@raub-and-more.com > Subject: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > To: NJHUNTER-D@rootsweb.com, NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <20060911201818.f07bc1843a140e496c90f22c2f4a771b.4344932647.wbe@email.secureserver.net> > > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Hi, folks.... > > I've added records of the above church...baptisms, confirmations, deaths > and communicants, for the period 1855 to 1880. You can see these > records starting at http://raub-and-more.com/stewartsville/bap.html > > These records are also presented in the form of scans of the copy I got > from Al Hosbach, which he got from Beulah Gangaware. The copy I have > is very, very poor quality. My photo software darkened the lettering; > I hope you can read at least some of it. > > Jan Reuther > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:18:33 -0400 > From: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001001c6d665$914ea850$0402a8c0@acerd3c08b49af> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Jan- > I'll be curious if people come up with a screen setting where these can be > legible. My (brand-new) laptop doesn't pick it up. I'll admit my eyesight > isn't what it was, but I just can't make it out. > Mariyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jan@raub-and-more.com> > To: <NJHUNTER-D@rootsweb.com>; <NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:18 PM > Subject: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > > >> Hi, folks.... >> >> I've added records of the above church...baptisms, confirmations, deaths >> and communicants, for the period 1855 to 1880. You can see these >> records starting at http://raub-and-more.com/stewartsville/bap.html >> >> These records are also presented in the form of scans of the copy I got >> from Al Hosbach, which he got from Beulah Gangaware. The copy I have >> is very, very poor quality. My photo software darkened the lettering; >> I hope you can read at least some of it. >> >> Jan Reuther >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:21:12 -0400 > From: "Richard Coleman" <drjekyll@hazleton.net> > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <200609121321.k8CDLJRw006484@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Set the screen resolution to a lower figure if possible. You will l have > to > scroll a bit more but everything will be larger. > > -----Original Message----- > From: njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Marilyn Souders > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:19 AM > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > > Jan- > I'll be curious if people come up with a screen setting where these can be > legible. My (brand-new) laptop doesn't pick it up. I'll admit my eyesight > isn't what it was, but I just can't make it out. > Mariyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jan@raub-and-more.com> > To: <NJHUNTER-D@rootsweb.com>; <NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:18 PM > Subject: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > > >> Hi, folks.... >> >> I've added records of the above church...baptisms, confirmations, deaths >> and communicants, for the period 1855 to 1880. You can see these >> records starting at http://raub-and-more.com/stewartsville/bap.html >> >> These records are also presented in the form of scans of the copy I got >> from Al Hosbach, which he got from Beulah Gangaware. The copy I have >> is very, very poor quality. My photo software darkened the lettering; >> I hope you can read at least some of it. >> >> Jan Reuther >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:23:53 -0400 > From: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000e01c6d677$132f5840$0402a8c0@acerd3c08b49af> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Thanks, but it still didn't do it for me. > Jan, are these also available in the Alleman indexes at the Warren Co Hist > Soc, do you know? > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Coleman" <drjekyll@hazleton.net> > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:21 AM > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > > >> Set the screen resolution to a lower figure if possible. You will l have >> to >> scroll a bit more but everything will be larger. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Marilyn Souders >> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:19 AM >> To: njwarren@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville >> >> Jan- >> I'll be curious if people come up with a screen setting where these can >> be >> legible. My (brand-new) laptop doesn't pick it up. I'll admit my >> eyesight >> isn't what it was, but I just can't make it out. >> Mariyn >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <jan@raub-and-more.com> >> To: <NJHUNTER-D@rootsweb.com>; <NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:18 PM >> Subject: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville >> >> >>> Hi, folks.... >>> >>> I've added records of the above church...baptisms, confirmations, deaths >>> and communicants, for the period 1855 to 1880. You can see these >>> records starting at http://raub-and-more.com/stewartsville/bap.html >>> >>> These records are also presented in the form of scans of the copy I got >>> from Al Hosbach, which he got from Beulah Gangaware. The copy I have >>> is very, very poor quality. My photo software darkened the lettering; >>> I hope you can read at least some of it. >>> >>> Jan Reuther >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:12:39 -0700 > From: jan@raub-and-more.com > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <20060912101238.f07bc1843a140e496c90f22c2f4a771b.51a1ac161f.wbe@email.secureserver.net> > > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > I'm sorry, Marilyn, I don't know. > > These are truly poor quality...that's why I've hung onto them for so > long without putting them up before. Honestly, I had them in my hand > yesterday, poised over the waste basket, and that's when I decided to > scan them and let people decide for themselves if they were readable or > not. > > Jan > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville >> From: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> >> Date: Tue, September 12, 2006 10:23 am >> To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> >> >> Thanks, but it still didn't do it for me. >> Jan, are these also available in the Alleman indexes at the Warren Co >> Hist >> Soc, do you know? >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:31:01 -0500 > From: "Gerald A. Rush" <garush4@cox.net> > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001c6d6b2$bef7ee40$6701a8c0@Rushwrite> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jan > Thank you for posting the pages. Yes the quality is poor. But I saved > each one to my desktop. Now I can view them with Windows Fax and Picture > Viewer and zoom in. I also took them into a photo editing program and > they > are "a little" better. I wish I could do the magic I see on TV with image > recovery but I guess that is just show biz. I attended Stewartsville > Lutheran, many years later, and will see what I can decipher from these 5 > pages. Keep up the excellent work. > > Jerry Rush > > > -----Original Message----- > From: njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njwarren-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of jan@raub-and-more.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:13 PM > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville > > I'm sorry, Marilyn, I don't know. > > These are truly poor quality...that's why I've hung onto them for so > long without putting them up before. Honestly, I had them in my hand > yesterday, poised over the waste basket, and that's when I decided to > scan them and let people decide for themselves if they were readable or > not. > > Jan > > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stewartsville >> From: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> >> Date: Tue, September 12, 2006 10:23 am >> To: <njwarren@rootsweb.com> >> >> Thanks, but it still didn't do it for me. >> Jan, are these also available in the Alleman indexes at the Warren Co >> Hist > >> Soc, do you know? >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:41:39 -0700 > From: jan@raub-and-more.com > Subject: [NJWARREN] Stewartsville Scans/Marilyn and all > To: njwarren@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <20060913084139.f07bc1843a140e496c90f22c2f4a771b.92ab339908.wbe@email.secureserver.net> > > Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > Marilyn, > > I darkened all the scans of the Stewartsville pages. Hope this helps. > > I sent a few up to the server, then I connected my own notebook to the > net (not easy this days...my router bit the dust, so I had to > disconnect this one, connect the notebook...yadda yadda), hoping I'd > see a contrast. But all the pages were visible on my notebook, even > the ones I hadn't darkened yet. > > My screen resolution is 1280 x 768 pixels, 32 bit color. > > Jan > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NJWARREN list administrator, send an email to > NJWARREN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NJWARREN mailing list, send an email to > NJWARREN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJWARREN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NJWARREN Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > **************************************