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Photo taken at the New Jersey State Archives on a research trip during the summer of 2007. The big book contains the judgements from the Court of Common Pleas from 1810 for Burlington County, NJ. The staff were very helpful and the trip was a success.

A little bio: Born in Trenton, Ontario, now retired, and interested in family roots and history for many years. Now I have the time to indulge my interest.

My direct Quinte ancestral surnames are: Saylor, Meyers, Vandewater, Hubbs, Clapp, Yager, White, Marsh, Dings, Vanalstine, Millar, VanKleek, Haviland, Jones.

Happy to hear from you.

Randy Saylor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Speaking dates:
I have had the pleasure of being invited to speak a few times. My talks usually focus on these "Hard to find" old documents that tell their engaging stories.

16 Sep 2006 - The Cronk Fonds - Canadian Friends Historical Association annual gathering, Picton, ON
23 Sep 2006 - Who is William White? - White & Allied Families Celebration, Cobourg, ON
18 Nov 2006 - The Quakers of West Lake - Quinte Branch, OGS Annual General Meeting, Trenton, ON
24 Feb 2007 - Quaker Records of Early Upper Canada - OGS Genealogy in Toronto Workshop
17 Oct 2007 - Quakers and the Loyalists - Toronto Branch, UEL Assoc., Toronto
15 Mar 2008 - The Quakers of Prince Edward County - 7th Town Historical Society, Ameliasburgh, ON
28-29 Mar 2008 - Gene-O-Rama 2008 - Ottawa Branch, OGS

Quakers of Upper Canada
Joys of Creating Your Own Web Site - Banquet speech

16 Jan 2010 - The Migrations of our Pioneer Ancestors - Quinte Branch OGS, Trenton, ON
28 Mar 2011 - Why not make your own web site? - Toronto Branch, OGS
11 May 2011 - Finding your Quaker Ancestors in York Region - York Region Branch, OGS

For those interested, these are excellent free programs that I use.

KompoZer is my web page creation program.
FileZilla Client for uploading web pages.

John Smiths of Murray, Sidney, Thurlow and Fredericksburgh (a work in progress)