This is good also. However, posting is not research. If you really want your information, you have to dig for it. Waiting for someone to respond favorably to a post is very hit and miss. But it certainly is one more option. Henry S. Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: <guyrossjr@aol.com> To: <PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:35 PM Subject: [PAGRE] research new jersey > Another research option: Go to www.usgenweb.com? and click on New Jersey. > There you can post in any of the counties.? Amwell, New Jersey might be a > discontinued name of a town or it might be a township. All of my maps do > not show an Amwell county in New Jersey. > Roberta > > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry S Dillon <hsdlsd@earthlink.net> > To: J.A. Florian <cageycat@gmail.com> > Cc: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:49 pm > Subject: Re: [PAGRE] TUSTIN > > > > I haven't really searched in NJ much for info, but here is plan: > > Have you researched the censuses for the NJ counties you are interested > in? > Sometimes not all of the family members move. Start with a surname > search. If > your family is in Greene Co. in 1800, maybe the same family name is still > in > Somerset Co. in 1800 as well. > > There may have been tax records before the introduction of the federal > census > system. Libraries, geneal. gocieties, ancestry, etc. have these. > > If any were connected to the American Revolution thru the State Militia > system, > there should be information in the NJ State Archives. For example, they > have > lists of militia soldiers. Also, the National Archives has information on > Revolutionary soldiers. > > I also exchanged emails with the a member of the public library staff in > Somerset Co. who provided information (which unfortunately I already had) > regarding my Peter Dillon. But although they won't normally do the > research, > they are willing to throw out suggestions regarding your research. In my > case > the staff member was very helpful. > > Have you considered a query to the county genealogical society of the > county you > are interested in? > > Do you have a local LDS FHC available to you? Sometimes they can be very > helpful in making suggestions. > > Finally, do a search of your surnames of interest on WorldConnect data > bases at > Rootsweb. This is an introduction to a huge data source already > established by > others. > > If you know the ethnic background on your families, do some general > research in > references that describe these groups. I have purchased virtually every > prominent reference I can find on the so-called Scots-Irish because I > believe > they provide information pertinent to my search for my Dillon family. > > I know none of this is magic. But good luck just the same. > > Henry S. Dillon > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J.A. Florian > To: Henry S Dillon > Cc: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 7:08 PM > Subject: Re: [PAGRE] TUSTIN > > > > Maybe some people here can brainstorm with me? > > If I have those 6 to 10 families whom I think came from NJ, and knowing > that > at least one or two said they came from NJ, and that Morris and Somerset > are > just as likely to be the right counties as anywhere else in NJ, then HOW > would > you start to research for any of those families if you had NO first names > for > anyone in the generation you are seeking? > > The ONLY other clue was a family came from near Amwell, NJ. > > ALL these families came to Washington County PA near or before 1800... > but > since I don't know "when" then a time frame is a shot in the dark too. > > So, how would YOU begin if ALL your brick walls on ALL families going > backward > are in Washington Co PA around 1790 to 1810, and your only clue before > that is > "New Jersey"?? > > I do know John ANTHONY b. about 1810 says on Census he was born in > Maryland. > I do know John LANE Sr b. about 1780 lived in (abt 1794) and was married > 1795 > Frederick Co MD. > > Judy > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Henry S Dillon <hsdlsd@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > Morris County is the next county north of Somerset Co. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: J.A. Florian > To: Henry S Dillon > Cc: PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:15 PM > Subject: Re: [PAGRE] TUSTIN > > > Is Somerset Co NJ near Morris Co NJ ? Some info points to Morris Co > NJ > for my lines. > > Judy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1966 - Release Date: 02/22/09 > 17:21:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAGREENE-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 > PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.3/1966 - Release Date: 02/22/09 17:21:00