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-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Carman [mailto:DanielCarman@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:15 AM
To: CARMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CARMAN-L] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760 Online
Ancestry/MyFamily.com has placed the
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760
online for about 8 more days for free.
However, this material should only be used
as a pointer. I have found that the online
formatting has distorted some of the references
made in the original work. Many links do
not work and there are many transcription
errors.
The following is provided as an explanation
of this database although the first two paragraphs
appear to be from the original work and the
third paragraph below is the only explanation
of the online database. It should be noted that
no explanation could be found to how the database
was constructed. A link to the database can
be found at the end of this post.
"Description:
Wills and inventories show the increase or decrease in
wealth of the family. This database covers the time
period when English law governed the American colonies.
>From about 1680 it was the general practice to deposit
wills with the Provincial Secretaries, together with
inventories of estates, accounts of executors and
administrators, and other papers pertaining to such
matters. These records were brought together in 1790
or shortly thereafter, in the office of the Secretary
of State at Trenton, where they are now carefully
arranged and preserved. As the earlier wills were
recorded in many different volumes, it was thought
best to arrange the wills in the alphabetical order
of testators' or intestates' names. This database has
records for the years 1670-1760. Researchers may find
information about the deceased, including occupation,
residence, relatives, and property owned. The data
will be helpful for anyone with ancestors living in
colonial New Jersey.
Extended Description:
In preparing this work the abstracts of wills were
made from the originals, and where they are recorded a
reference to the book of record is given. The manuscript
for a second volume of these abstracts of wills (1731-1750)
was destroyed by fire in February 1902. A copy for the third
volume (1751-1760) was saved from the fire. An out-dated
dating system was used in recording these wills. In the
old calendar, the first month is March, not January. The
following key may be used to determine the month a will was
recorded: 1st March 2nd April 3rd May 4th June 5th July 6th
August 7th September 8th October 9th November 10th December
11th January 12th February
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Calendar of New Jersey Wills, 1670-1760.
[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original
data: New Jersey Historical Society. Calendar of New Jersey
Wills, Administrations, etc. Newark, NJ: New Jersey Historical
Society, 1901.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4723.htm
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