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'''Gilbert Cope's ''Collection of Family Data''.''' This collection, compiled by a prominent Quaker genealogist, is important for Quakers and others who lived in southeastern Pennsylvania and Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties in New Jersey. (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=517003 517003-78]). | '''Gilbert Cope's ''Collection of Family Data''.''' This collection, compiled by a prominent Quaker genealogist, is important for Quakers and others who lived in southeastern Pennsylvania and Burlington, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties in New Jersey. (Family History Library films [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=filmhitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&filmno=517003 517003-78]). | ||
'''''Genealogical Society of New Jersey's Genealogical Collection'''.'' This is an alphabetical collection of newspaper clippings and family histories in [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. {{FHL|330882|item|disp=FHL films 854126-30 items 1-3}}. | '''''Genealogical Society of New Jersey's Genealogical Collection'''.'' This is an alphabetical collection of newspaper clippings and family histories in [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/scua.shtml Special Collections and University Archives at Rutgers University]. {{FHL|330882|item|disp=FHL films 854126-30 items 1-3}}. | ||
'''General Society of Colonial Wars. Lineage Records . . . Supplemental Records'''. In searching for Colonial period ancestors from the 1600s to 1783 you may wish to search the lineage papers of the General Society of Colonial Wars. These are available on Family History Library films. They are a valuable resource.<br>The lineage papers are well-researched, and well-documented with information on births, marriages, and deaths in family lines from a Colonial period ancestor to someone who applied for membership in the society in the last 100 years.<br>First order Family History Library film 1,425,262 item 27. This has the book ''Master Index of Indexes of Ancestors of The Society of Colonial Wars'', by Ronald L. Olsen, published in 1992. This is an index to many men of the Colonial period who were in the military or in government leadership positions. Hopefully in the future this book will be available in digital form on familysearch.org.<br>When you receive the film at a family history center, look for the names of your Colonial-period male ancestor, their father, brothers, uncles, etc. When you find a name, then the next step is to determine the lineage papers' number. For this you will need to order a film for that surname from these films:<br>528,690 surnames Abbey to Baylor<br>528,691 surnames Beach to Cruttenden<br>528,692 surnames Cudworth to Hampton<br>533,971 surnames Hance to Loper<br>533,972 surnames Lord to Reynor<br>533,973 surnames Rhett to Travis<br>533,974 surnames Treat to Zimmerman<br>In these alphabetical cards, look up the card for your relative. You will then see the number of the lineage papers or supplemental lineage papers of that ancestor. There will be a lineage papers' number between 1 and 14,199, or a volume number between 1 and 61, with supplemental papers’ number.<br>Your next step is to order the microfilm of the lineage papers. The films are listed in the Family History Library Catalog in familysearch.org. In the Catalog film number box you can type in the film number for the first film in this collection, film number 528,677. You will then see the list of films with the lineage papers’ numbers, and, supplemental papers’ volumes and papers, with their film numbers.<br>Order the film for the correct number of the lineage papers or supplemental papers’ volume, and you will receive the film at the center in a few weeks. The lineage records will hopefully give you important information to complete a particular family tree. If you wish to contact the society, see the''Encyclopedia of Associations'', available at major libraries. | |||
=== Additional Manuscript Collections === | === Additional Manuscript Collections === | ||