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Hunterdon County Historical Society: Goodspeed Histories: October 2021
See the latest announcement from the Hunterdon County Historical Society.
phyllis hartzell
October 4, 2021
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I have just published part one of a study that has long been ‘in the works,’ and that is:
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It has been a treat investigating what Flemington was like in its earliest days, how surveys were drawn and properties were created. I learned about people involved in the town’s early settlement that I had never heard of before, as well as some familiar names like Lowrey.
As part of my research I came upon a wonderful resource, which I mentioned in my previous newsletter, the Tavern License Petitions that are on file at the State Archives and are made available online by FamilySearch. For those of you who are curious, you can see them here: Tavern Licenses.
More History Online
Recently FamilySearch announced that after 83 years, it had finished digitizing its microfilm collection. This resource is invaluable! Here’s the Story.
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