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• [S50] Seneca County Genealogical Society, Seneca County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions (Bucyrus, Ohio: A-1 Printing Center, 1987); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA.
• [S143] "Probate records, 1802-1968", Tennessee. County Court (Roane County), Wills & Settlements, Vols. A-D, 1802-1846: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, US/CAN Film [ 560100 ].
• [S153] 1850 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Salem County, New Jersey, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, USA, micropublication M-432 roll 462.
• [S262] "Delena Jane Gosser Smallwood Briggs (, e-mail address) to Margaret Wayne Bernard", 28 May 1998. Held by Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).
• [S301] Daughters of the American Revolution National Society, "Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)," database online, 2 June 2000, http://www.Ancestry.com, held by Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA.
• [S302] Thos. Cushing and Charles E Sheppard, History of the Counties of Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of Their Prominent Citizens (Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Co, circa 1999); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA.
• [S402] "Deloris Gosser (, e-mail address) to Richard Tonsing". Held by Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).
• [S452] Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (Waynesboro, Tennessee: The National Historical Publishing Company, 1992); California Genealogical Society, 1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 100, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA.
• [S465] "Lineage Application," Alice E. Ray Coutch, held by National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 902 F St, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
• [S562] Thomas Shourds, History and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1976); Salem County Historical Society, 79-83 Market St, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, USA.
• [S563] "S S S," Samuel Swing, house, 1775, held by Swing house, SH 77, 2.8 miles south of Pole Tavern, Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem County, New Jersey, USA.
• [S566] Daretown and Vicinity (Daretown, New Jersey: Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church, circa 1992); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA.
• [S568] Frank H Stewart, "Salem County Gravestones," The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, VI, No. 4 (April 1931), Salem County Historical Society, 79-83 Market St, Salem, Salem County, New Jersey, USA.
• [S590] 1790 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Prince Georges County, Maryland, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-637, film 3.
• [S591] 1790 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-637, film 8.
• [S629] Family Bible Record of Elizabeth W Challiss. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New testaments Together With the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by the Special Command of King James I. of England. With Marginal Notes and References. To Which Are Added, an Index; an Alphabetical Table of all the Names in the Old and New Testaments, with Their Signification’s; Tables of Scripture Weights, Measures and Coins; John Brown's Concordance, &c. &c. &c. Embellished with a Map of Palestine, and a map of the Travels of the Apostles (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1806); Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).
• [S696] Vaughan of Grayson County, Virginia Descendants of William Vaughan and His Wife Mary (723 Lisa Lane, Mulvane, Kansas 67110-1220: self published, 2002); Richard Tonsing, 4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA.
• [S701] Evangelische Kirche Barkhausen (Kr. Wittlage), Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1806-1874, Geburten 1806-1827 Geburten, Heiraten,Tote 1808-1812 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf. 1822-1832, Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf. 1833-1852 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1854, Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1855-1874, Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, INTL Film [ 1272916 3-6]. Kirchenbuchduplikat, 1806-1874, Evangelische Kirche Barkhausen (Kr. Wittlage), Mikrofilme aufgenommen von Manuskripten im Niedersächsischen Staatsarchiv, Osnabrück. Civil registers and transcripts of church records for births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, confirmations, and some indexes for the parish of Barkhausen and the towns of Hunteburg, Linne, Brockhause, Rabber, and Barkhausen. Germany, Preußen, Hannover, Barkhausen (Kr. Wittlage) - Church records, Manuscript (On Film), Geburten 1806-1827 Geburten, Heiraten,Tote 1808-1812 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf. 1822-1832 - FHL INTL Film 1272916 Items 3-6, Taufen, Heiraten, Tote, Konf. 1833-1852 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1854 - FHL INTL Film 1272917, Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1855-1874 - FHL INTL Film 1272918 Items 1-2.
• [S726] Hart's History and Directory of the Three Towns Brownsville, Bridgeport, West Brownsville Illustrated with Portraits and Views Also Abridged History of Fayette County & Western Pennsylvania (Cadwallader, Pennsylvania: Hart, J. Percy, 1904); Brownsville Free Public Library, 100 Seneca Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA.
• [S912] "Barry Collis (, e-mail address) to Richard Tonsing". Held by Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).
• [S926] "Kirchenbuch: Eschcoege-Altstadt", 26 January 1749, Kopie Microfiche: 1, Kirchenkrohs: Eschcoege: Evangelische Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck, Landeskirchliches Archiv Kassel, Lessingstraße 15 A, Kassel, Kassel District, Hessen state, Germany.
• [S968] "Deeds, mortgages, 1784-1867; index, 1773-1950", Fayette County (Pennsylvania). Recorder of Deeds, Grantor Index G1-H1 1784-1913: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, US/CAN Film [ 857787 ].
• [S969] "Deeds, mortgages, 1784-1867; index, 1773-1950", Fayette County (Pennsylvania). Recorder of Deeds, Grantee index A1-B1 1784-1947: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, US/CAN Film [ 857795 ].
• [S980] "Index of Wills, Inventories, etc. in the Office of the Secretary of State Prior to 1901", New Jersey. Secretary of State: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, US/CAN Film [545437].
• [S981] "Record of wills, 1679-1900", New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Salem County), 3013Q - 3156Q: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, FHL US/CAN Film [560181].
• [S989] "Wills, 1804-1970", New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Salem County), Index 1804-1970: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, US/CAN Film [848266].
• [S990] "Divisions of land, 1785-1898", New Jersey. Orphans' Court (Salem County), Index to divisions of land 1785-1898 Divisions of land v. A-C 1785-1819: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, US/CAN Film [848568].
• [S1005] "Record of wills, 1679-1900", New Jersey. Surrogate's Court (Salem County), 2443Q - 2571Q: Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, FHL US/CAN Film [560177].
• [S1025] Carolyn Louise Wells Beckett, "Bible Records of Salem County, New Jersey," Manuscript (On Film), 1991, held by Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, 1763226 Items 1-8. Collected and written for the Oak Tree Chapter, Daughters of the America n Revolution , Salem, N.J. by Carolyn Louise Wells Beckett.
• [S1028] Donna Valley Russell, Frederick County, Maryland Wills, 1744-1794 (New Market, Maryland: Catoctin Press, circa 2002); Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, 975.287 P28r.
• [S1086] "Sandra Baxter (, e-mail address) to Richard Tonsing". Held by Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).
• [S1358] "New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895," database online, 2001, Provo, Utah, http://www.Ancestry.com, held by Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA. Original data: Salem County, New Jersey Marriages, 1683 - 1850. County court records located at Beaumont, New Jersey. Family History Library # 0848572 & 1763328. From the Ninth Edition of the Handy Book for Genealogists, page 269. According to them, Salem County Clerk even has marriage records from 1675 which is eight years prior to 1683; however, the earliest that I was able to actually find were 1683. The county was set up and even kept records, but did not become an official county until 1694.
• [S1417] 1800 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-32, film 16.
• [S1418] 1810 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-252, film 21.
• [S1419] 1790 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-637, film 4.
• [S1807] Malita Warden Murphy and James L Douthat, Wythe County, Va. tax list, 1793-1800 (Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, c1985); Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, 975.5773 R4m.
• [S1808] Charles T Burton, Botetourt County, Virginia, its men, 1780-1786 (Troutville, Virginia: C.T. Burton, 197-?); Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, 975.583 R2b.
• [S1859] "Susan Jennifer Brown-Davis (, e-mail address) to Richard Tonsing". Held by WorldConnect Project (MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA).
• [S1865] Ancestry.com, "Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages," [database online], 2000, Provo, Utah, http://www.Ancestry.com, held by Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA. Original data: Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA, USA: n.p., 1896.
• [S1871] Patricia Law Hatcher, "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots," [database online], 1999, Provo, Utah, http://www.Ancestry.com, held by Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA.
• [S1988] Inc., comp Lineages, "York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819," [database online], 2000, Provo, Utah, http://www.Ancestry.com, held by Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA.
• [S2113] 1790 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Greenville County, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M637, film 11.
• [S2119] 1800 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Pendleton District, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-32, film 50.
• [S2120] 1810 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Pendleton District, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M252, film 61.
• [S2128] 1800 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Laurens District, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M-32, film 50.
• [S2129] 1790 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Laurens District, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M637, film 11.
• [S2130] 1810 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Laurens District, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M252, film 61.
• [S2131] 1820 U.S. Census (Free Schedule), Laurens District, South Carolina, Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA, micropublication M33, film 121.
• [S2509] "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988," [database online], Salt Lake City, Utah, https://www.familysearch.org, held by Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA.
• [S2558] "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," [database online], Salt Lake City, Utah, held by Family History Library, 35 North West Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," index, "FamilySearch" (https://familysearch.org). Index includes the IGI, digital copies of original records, and compiled records. FHL digital and microfilm copies. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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• Biology grows on you.
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• If it stinks, it's chemistry.
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