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Jersey — Back to Basics
Colonial New Jersey Source Records, 1600s–1800s
(CD 518)
Reviewed
by Marthe Arends
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Source records — we all love them, need them, crave
them! This new CD from the combined brains at Genealogy.com and
the Genealogical Publishing Company offers a way to scratch those
New Jersey source record itches, and then some!
Nine great references are included on this CD, detailing more
than 300,000 individuals. That's nine volumes of colonial documents,
marriage records, deeds, church records, court documents, wills
and inventories, and military records — the stuff of every
New Jersey genealogist's dreams!
The images from the following books are found here:
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December
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- Bergen Records: Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
of Bergen in New Jersey, 1666 to 1788 by Dingman Versteeg and
Thomas Vermilye, Jr. This volume contains the printed records of the
Dutch Church of Bergen, now Jersey City. The book has three main sections
of baptisms, marriages, and burials."
- The Burlington Court Book: A Record of Quaker Jurisprudence in
West New Jersey,1680-1709 edited by H. Clay Reed and George J.
Miller. This is a great book that provides a transcript of West Jersey's
Quaker court records.
- General Index to the Documents Relating to the Colonial History
of the State of New Jersey by Frederick W. Ricord. This book provides
an index to the first ten volumes of New Jersey Archives...[and is]
the key to the earliest records of colonial New Jersey."
- Index to Stryker's Register of New Jersey in the Revolution
by the New Jersey Historical Records Survey. This volume provides
an index to the Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey
in the Revolutionary War (also found on the CD).
- New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc. by the New Jersey
Department of State. This volume indexes New Jersey wills and probate
records from 1663 through 1900."
- New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800 by William Nelson.
The CD's introduction states that this, "Perhaps the most frequently
consulted book in New Jersey genealogy...the bulk of the work derives
from marriage bonds and licenses formerly located in the Secretary
of State's office but now on file in the New Jersey State Library."
- Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the
Revolutionary War by William S. Stryker. This book is comprised
of the roster of the officers and soldiers of New Jersey who served
in the Revolutionary War.
- Patents and Deeds and Other Early Records of New Jersey, 1664-1703
by William Nelson. This book contains abstracts of all known surveys,
patents, and deeds of Proprietary New Jersey (1664-1703).
- Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815
by the New Jersey Adjutant-General's Office. This book lists 10,000
officers and soldiers of New Jersey, both regulars and militia, for
the period from 1791 to 1815.
| The nine volumes contained on the CD are complete
with foreword matter, illustrations, and indexes, although
the CD is easily searched via the electronic index. This title
contains primarily source material, with very little "extraneous"
material like biographies and local histories; if you are
looking for a resource to give you an idea of what life was
like for your New Jersey ancestors, this is probably not the
best choice for you. If you are looking for a useful and helpful
compendium of excellent NJ source information, however, give
the CD a spin. I think you'll find it's well worth your time! |
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Marthe Arends has
been involved in genealogy for 18 years. She has lectured on computers and genealogy
to many groups, has been the SysOp of a Fidonet genealogy BBS, has written articles
for a variety of genealogy publications, and currently writes fiction. Marthe has also written Genealogy
Software Guide and Genealogy
on CD-ROM, both published by the Genealogical
Publishing Company.
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