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From: Jane Brown <>
Subject: RE: [FR] Tuesday 18 March 2003.
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 21:09:50 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <3A73911A630AD311B8A70004AC4CB95808842CAF@ACCT-01.TOMJAMESCO.COM>


In addition to the Kennedy Library, I also found good
information on the FitzRandolphs in the local
history/genealogy collection at the Edison Public
Library. It is located right next to the Stelton
Baptist Church (whose churchyard contains a lot of FR
graves), in Edison NJ which is right down the road
from Piscataway. In fact, you will probably pass by
the church and the library on your way to St James
Churchyard to look at FR graves.

The site of Edward & Elizabeth's property in
Piscatawaytown (which is what it used to be called
when it spanned a lot more territory than it does now)
is supposed to be close to the mouth of the Raritan
River. I didn't get there, but you might be able to
find something close.

jane randolph brown

--- Kinney Cook / TJM <> wrote:
> One of the primary places you should visit is
> Kennedy Library, Piscataway,
> NJ, which is the main library of Piscataway
> Township. It has a great
> collection on family history, genealogy, and NJ
> history. In fact they have
> a special room dedicated to it.
>
> They have a lot of info on the FitzRandolphs. For
> example, they have a copy
> of "EDWARD FITZ RANDOLPH BRANCH LINES, ALLIED
> FAMILIES, and ENGLISH and
> NORMAN ANCESTRY, A Family Genealogy 860-1976,
> Assembled by Oris H. F.
> Randolph 1976 (694 pp)," which I'm sure you know is
> a classic and much
> referenced source in FitzRandolph family history.
> Although I currently live
> in Tennessee, I lived in New Jersey for 17 years,
> and went to the Kennedy
> Library a number of times. It's a worthwhile visit.
>
> John F. Kennedy Library
> 500 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854
> 732-463-1633
>
> Kennedy library website -
> http://www.lmxac.org/piscataway/kennedy.html
>
>
> Also, if you have the time, you should visit:
>
> Archibald S. Alexander Library
> Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
> 169 College Avenue
> New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1163
> Phone: 732/932-7851
>
> website -
>
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/alex_lib/alex_lib.shtml
>
> The Archibald S. Alexander Library has a fantastic
> genealogy section, which
> houses the Genealogical Society of NJ's collection,
> and also the NJ DAR
> collection, among much more. It is a part of Rutgers
> University at New
> Brunswick, and is only about 5 miles from the
> Piscataway Kennedy Library.
>
> And, of course, if you have the time, you should go
> to Trenton to the State
> Library, and to the State Archives, which both
> include some of the best
> genealogical collections in the country.
>
> NJ State Library website -
> http://www.njstatelib.org/
> NJ State Archives website -
>
http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/links/archives.html
>
> The above websites will give you the information you
> need, such as their
> collections, addresses, directions, hours of
> operation, etc., from which you
> can better decide if you'd like to pay a visit.
>
> I hope the above is helpful information.
>
> Take care, Kinney Cook
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas B Fitz-Randolph
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:57 PM
> To:
> Subject: [FR] Tuesday 18 March 2003.
>
>
> This message is a call to anyone on the
> website
> who can lay out an itinerary for us poor souls who
> are traveling to
> Piscataway,N.J. for the first time to see and
> research the stomping
> grounds of our earlier cousins.
> The valiant members are Marian &
> Daughter,Dori and
> Husband,Doug and wife and ,hopefully Fd & wife.
> We are booking rooms at the Motel 6
> Piscataway for the dates
> from the 12th of June,this year.It will be up to the
> persons to limit or
> extend their stay.We planned for a week or less.
> None of us in the group has met the
> others,in person and
> contact,so far, has been by Email.
> We are part of the group of seven who
> showed an interest in
> bringing the branches of the Fitz-Randolph's closer
> together.
> Besides the Piscataway sojourn,Dori and I
> plan to check out
> Plymouth ,Massachusetts site this yearfor another
> get-together somrtime
> in the future.
> I am certain that the Motel in Piscataway
> is large enough for
> any others that want to join us there and it's
> certainly not too late.
> Thank y'all beforehand for any itinerary
> that you can provide.
> Doug;
>
>
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