I couldn't agree more with Wendy on this subject. For people not familiar with Warren County geography, you must also always research in adjacent Pennsylvania counties - and that includes up to the present day. As an example, my father lived in NJ all his 86 years BUT he was born near Allentown, PA, where his parents were living temporarily and died in an Easton,PA, hospital, so anyone looking for documents on him would be at a brick wall looking in NJ archives. Don't know that this is still the case but up till the 1970's, the phone listings for Phillipsburg, Harmony, etc., in Warren County, were in the Easton, PA., directory. More importantly, historically, there were several ferry crossings at the Delaware River and the bridge at Easton-Phillipsburg has a plaque on it that says it's been there since 1800 (I think that's the date or very close to it) Going deeper, though, in the earliest years - when the original immigrants arrived - there seemed to be a pattern, whether intended or not, of brothers settling on either side of the river. That is, one brother in NJ and the other in PA. At that time there was a significant difference in how owning land worked between the two states (again, off the top of my head, I seem to remember NJ was harder - more absentee landlords made it harder to own there). I have a number of sets of brothers who situated themselves thus - but they and their descendants all went to churches in Easton or Phillipsburg, which means you have to look in both states to keep everybody sorted out. (My two cents for the morning) Marilyn On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 09:36:13 EST [email protected] writes: > Maggie and the list, > Most of my father's family passed freely back and forth across the > Delaware > as early as 1770's...Northampton, Bucks and Luzerne Counties in > particular. > There were many ferries, wtih bridges soon to follow. I found a > great > chronology of Northampton history that should be of interest to many > members > of our list since mine wasn't the only family bouncing back and > forth over > the river...been to the graveyards, and seen way too many familiar > names! > > Go to: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northampton/history/local/davis/d avis3 > > 0.txt > > and scroll through the document. The chronology is about halfway > through, but > there's a lot of great info. Before you exit the site, go back to > the top, > and locate the url for the main site of Northampton > History...there's plenty > more there! > > My 3xggrandfather William HEITZMAN was born in Hunterdon Co., > baptised in > Easton in St John's Evangelical Church; married in the same church > to Anna > WINTERS of Forks Twp., Northampton Co., lived and raised his family > in both > Forks Twp. and Warren Co., was buried in Easton...so it's safe to > say that > the generations of the late 1700's and early 1800's thought nothing > of > commuting across the Delaware on a daily basis. > > If you are in the Northampton /Warren area, I highly recommend the > Easton > Library's Marx Room. They have lots of church records, indexes, > census, etc. > for both Northampton and Warren Co.. It a great place to start > research in > the area. And just to the west is one of the largest cemeteries in > the area, > with a great index of burials in the cemetery office at the > entrance...found > 8 relatives...it was a very good day! > > Maggie, in your post, you neglected to name your GGGrandfather, > what's the > surname you're looking for? > > Happy Hunting, > Wendy > > > ==== NJWARREN Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.