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Thanks, Ben! Marcia: I took a couple minutes to conduct some additional research. Henry Reed died while living in Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth County. So, it is the Monmouth County records at the New Jersey State Archives you should consult. Don't overlook the various probate files...

Marcia: You will not find a published cadastral map that early for New Egypt. However, Reed’s obituary suggests he resided in his own home at the time of his death: “At his residence near New Egypt, on May 4, 1821, in the 70th year of his age, Henry Reed. He served his country as a soldier...

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Sorry 46er, but the link you provide in your post is for a Tabernacle Cemetery in Plains, Sumter County, Georgia. If you look at the right-hand column, you will see the location of the listed interments. In addition to the information that Marilyn imparts, you can also read George Flemming’s...

ARE HARVESTING SNAKES. Novel Industry Which is Proving Profitable to New Jersey People. Mount Holly, N.J.—Selling pine snakes is a pastime at which more money can be made than gathering moss or killing foxes. In this industry a large number of persons are engaged in the pines at Chatsworth...

RELICS OF BYGONE DAYS. New Methods Responsible for Deserted Homes and Villages in Parts of New Jersey. In driving through certain portions of the townships of Washington and Bass river, says a Mount Holly (N.J.) dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean, one is struck by the number of deserted homes...

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Scott: The Russell System, first patented in 1907, was one of well over a dozen indexing schemes—patented and unpatented—developed to speed the locating of specific documents. During the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many county clerks would simply and grossly index deeds and mortgages...

Folks: If you are planning to join Gabe and me (see message above) at the courthouse, please let me hear from you via a PM no later than Saturday evening (12 June) so I have a solid idea of who and how many are coming along. Thank you! Best regards, Jerseyman

Folks: Pinelandpaddler and I will be heading to the Burlington County Courthouse on Monday, 14 June 2010, so I can teach him the rudiments of conducting a real property title search. I can accommodate a few other nascent researchers at the same time who would like to learn the basics of how...

The North American (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Friday, 16 June 1893, page 6. A SNAKE’S DEADLY COIL The Life of a Child Crushed Out by a Large Reptile. THE LITTLE ONE’S SLEEP OF DEATH To Secure the Body of the Babe It Was Necessary to Sever the Body of the Monster. Special Dispatch to...

Tom: Thank you! Words fail me after watching that tribute. Tearfully, Jerseyman

Have We Forgotten? Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so...

Say it isn’t so, fellas! Are you sure?!?!?!? Mark, Karl, and Spungman: Are you guys sure about the source of rich blue coloring in these water bodies? I have always firmly held the belief that the color comes from all the abandoned blue cars and trucks that sit at the bottom of these sand...

Green Bank, N.J. Very nice, JerseyGenesis! I remember looking at that card, but I thought I recalled having it, so I did not bid. It turns out I do not hold that card in my collection, but I am glad that you acquired it! Here is a real photo card from Green Bank I purchased from ebay...

Al: Thanks for this information. While my interest run more towards the historic than the natural, I still enjoy learning how species came to be identified and the people involved in that identification process. After all, they are historic figures! Best regards, Jerseyman

Post Cards German: Post cards are a wonderful and visual way to enjoy local history. While I still pursue the commercially printed cards when they will fill a gap in my collection, I am particularly keen to purchase real photo cards, which often show scenes and subjects not given to...

Discovering Tree Frogs Whip: Here is a recounting of the identifying of tree frogs in the Pine Barrens: From The American Naturalist, Vol. 38, November-December 1904, Page 893. HYLA ANDERSONII AND RANA VIRGATIPES AT LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY. WILLIAM T. DAVIS. On the 5th of last...