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From: "Howard Swain" <>
Subject: New Jersey Records (was: 1780 census-1830 census...)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:00:01 -0700
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Hi Lilly,

From: "Lilly" <>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [D-Col] 1780 census-1830 census, Brower/Brouwer names

See below for some ideas. My people were in only Bergen and Essex
counties, so I know mainly about those counties, esp. for church records.

> Thanks Marleen. I am really sad to hear this.
> Have you found anything online which could help someone in the 1790-1820
> time frame?
> If you were looking for a list of the Brouwer/Brower households in NJ for
> the years 1765 thru 1830, where would you look?
>
> To answer some of my own question, and to encourage other researchers to
> participate in shareing of resources:

> 1. Church records

The Aquackanonk Dutch Ref. ch. records have been transcribed and
printed by Arthur C. M. Kelly. They go from 1727 to 1816.

The Second River (now Belleville) DRC bap. records are in
Vols III and IV of Genealogical Magazine of NJ.
These cover 1727 to 1794.

As part of the NJ Archives series (aka Documents Relating to the
Colonial History of the State of New Jersery) vol XXII, William
Nelson printed Marriage Records covering 1665 to 1800.
This has also been reprinted with the title of New Jersey Marriage Records.

Hackensack and Schraalenburg ch. records have been published
by the Holland Society.

The 1912 issue of the Yearbook of the Holland Society
lists other ch. records that had been published as of that date.

> 2. cemetery records
> 3. History books

William Nelson's History of Paterson.

> 4. Wills

Abstracts of wills were printed in the NJ Archives:
vol 23: 1670 - 1730
vol 30: 1730 - 1750
vol 32: 1751 - 1760
(These three are available on a CDROM from Heritage Books)

vols 33 to 42 cover 1761 to 1817

You can get the complete will either on film from the LDS or
from the NJ Archives.

> 5. County archives
> 6. State archives
> 7. Newspaper archives

Also part of the NJ Archives series are several books of
"Newspaper Extracts". I don't have what years they cover, except
the one I have says 1772 - 1773. As I recall it was a relatively
narrow range of years -- say less than 50 in all.

> 8. LDS films and records www.familysearch.org
> 9. www.olivetreegenealogy.com
> 10. www.rootsweb.com the county website archives , and the state archives

11. Patents and Deeds
NJ Archives vol 21 has abstracts (1664 - 1703)

12. County Gen. Soc. newsletters
Some have published transriptions of primary source data.

13. Genealogical Magazine of NJ
Has articles on various family genealogies.

For a many more ideas, see:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/guide/New_Jersey.asp


> Talking specifically about NJ: what online resources are the most helpful
> for this very EARLY period?
> Perhaps there are some 'tricks of the trade' someone has to share?

I have made zero use of online data-bases for my NJ research
-- but, as I said, my research was in only the 2 counties and
covered about 1680 to 1800. Instead, I used the sources I've
listed above.

I was lucky that an aunt had done a lot. And had found two books
(secondary information) that were very helpful: History of Paterson
and History of the Kip Family in America.

Those gave me a good start and a basic outline.

What I have gotten from the internet is contact with people who
helped me. In particular Lorine Schulze and Donna Ristenbatt.
Which reminds me, Donna's site may interest you. See:
http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/

Early on, my way of finding resources was to go to the library and
look at what they had on the shelves.

Lastly, you might want to read an article by Kenn Stryker-Rodda,
"That Genealogical Quagmire: New Jersey" in National Genealogical
Society Quarterly vol 48 (June 1960) pp 59 - 71.

And I almost forgot -- Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial
Americas by Christina K. Schaefer has a digest of what records
are available in print and on film from the LDS at the state,
county, and town level.

Regards,
Howard






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