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Thanks guys. I'm currently working on Hunterdon and then will be doing Warren and Sussex before I turn south. Oddly, I have a bunch of card images from German Valley(today's Long Valley) and am considering slipping them in some \where or not. We'll see.

A whole bunch of pictures of old time Burlington County. Some of them are actually from down in the Pines. http://www.westjerseyhistory.org/images/Burlington/index.shtml

Jerseyman has gone and gotten himself a blog. You might want to check it out. http://jerseyman-historynowandthen.blogspot.com/ Enjoy now and then.

Guy Yes, it was kind of cryptic and in point 3, almost incoherent. However, it highlighted the significance of Thelma Ave and pointed to some interesting paths for further research. Additionally, it includes a bibliography, something I'd be far too lazy to provide. I'm not sure that...

Kevin You're welcome. If I stumble on any more I'll send them up. best relayer

I agree with Spung-Man. Indeed, I would say that the whole problem with planning in this state is that it focuses primarily on development. Most planning processes seem to seek to shoehorn in as much and as many of everything. Decisions are regularly made that profit a tiny group of...

Picture at Downer I can't claim any great expertise about Downer but I offer this image of the sand mine there for your viewing pleasure. relayer

Ben Looks great! Thanks for doing all that work. relayer

Great work Jerseyman. It is interesting that the newspapers all appear to be from from provincial cities rather than the big seaports. relayer

I'm a big fan of those books. I've been messing around with road surveys since the late 70s when I did a senior project on early settlement patterns in Cherry Hill. The person who taught me how to plot them was the same Bill Leap whose virtues I've extolled elsewhere here recently. Another...

Yes, that person is a Bill Leap also. The Bill Leap I had in mind is a native of South Jersey and a long time local historian. Bill grew up in Runnemede and spent a lot of his summers at a place his father built at Browns Mils. From there, he and his dad explored the pines by car and other...

Guy That's great news. You've been in my prayers man. Best relayer

Interesting...You might want to talk with Bill Leap. relayer

Ben Thanks for going there and for the report and pictures. Great stuff, especially the corduroy road. Really cool. Have you guys(that's you too Guy) ever worked with the old County Road Return Books? Most of the old surveys have meets and bounds and so long as you can figure out a start/end...

Jerseyman You wrote "The Burlington County Insane Asylum is located on Pemberton Brown's Mill Road just east of Burlington County College on the north side of the road. The county established its first institution here in 1799 when it purchased the Josiah Gaskill estate, a farm comprising 472...

hmmm better try that again http://www.westjerseyhistory.org/maps/burlco_scott_1876_atlas/index13.shtml there, thats better r

Here, for whatever its worth, is a link to a map of the area from 1876. Best relayer

Bill Those recordings are just wonderful. Got a lot of interest from one our cats as well. Thanks for taking the time to record and share this material.(thanks to Guy and Ben too) By the way, maybe you could get the LLBean in Marlton to give their background loon noises a rest and play...

Like the rest of you I had a great time. Barry Cathy and I had a great time in the "digital hinterlands" and we got to see a fair number of folks despite being, as Barry put it, on the wrong side of the bar. Of note was a strong representation from the West Jersey History Roundtable. Nothing...

Ben Thanks for doing all that work. Your timing is impeccable. Someone asked me about those maps at Lines and a referred them to your site. Anyway, congratulations. relayer