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Years: 1856 -1953

  
Project Details
Index Files
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Introduction to the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper Project

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Mr. Bill in his Office, thinking about the Project

Introduction

The Project is now at a stage that it can be opened for genealogist, historians and whoever wants to browse these pages. Please read the background information on this page and the Project Details page so that you will have an understanding and appreciation for this work-in-progress!

The project is strictly a voluntary effort on my part to get the news of yesterday onto the Internet so you can find something of interest about your ancestors!

My Great-great Uncle apprenticed on the Hunterdon Gazette and went on to work on a newspaper in Mobile, Alabama. Two of my Great Uncles apprenticed on this newspaper - the Hunterdon Republican - and were newspaper men until their deaths in the 1930s. The surname for all was HUGHES! This project is done in their memory.

Once you have checked out the background information, I know you will want to get to work searching for your ancestors. Start with the "Index Files" to see if the persons in whom you are interested appear there. Follow the directions which will lead you to the "Text Files" where the abstracts of newspaper items will be found.

I hope you find as much useful and interesting information on your ancestors as I have found out about mine!

 

 

This project remains under development and will take some time before all the abstracts are completed!

See Project Details for explanation.

Current Activity: Typing and indexing the newspaper, updating and modifying the Project Details and waiting for the remaining 2 reels of microfilm!

 

Percent Completed [Done/98 years]

Years Abstracted: 18%

Years Indexed: 18%

Years abstracted and indexed:
1856 - 1871 and 1928 & 1930

Names Indexed: +17,800

Digital Images (years) Obtained: 97 %

Digital Images Processed: 62,552 for the Years: 1856 thru 1950.
Project started October 2007. This site was updated on: November 26, 2009

 

Background Information

The Hunterdon Republican newspaper started publication on Oct. 15, 1856 and ceased on June 11, 1953. The office and print shop were always located in Flemington, New Jersey, USA. Although the newspaper was intended for all of the county, much of the news was centered on the town of Flemington and surrounding area, especially during the 1900s. The Project Details section gives highlights of the newspaper's history.

After abstracting 2 years (1928 & 1930) in order to debug the process, format the material and test the display, I put up a tentative Webpage in 2007. Now after getting most of the newspaper on digital images from the microfilm and abstracting & indexing 14 more years (1856-1869) a new display format was developed and is now put-up for review. I would appreciate comments to help improve your navigation around the site. I did some extensive investigations for a search capability to aid your research and decided to use the built-in search menu that Adobe Acrobat has incorporated in their PDF file format. Details on the Index and Text pages.

You will need the FREE Adobe Reader to view the Index and Text files which contain the meat of this site. Get it at: http://get.adobe.com/reader/

Although the progress of adding new information will be somewhat slow, please come back periodically to review the new features and new abstracts that will be constantly added until the project is finished in ?? years! As noted above, start with the Index Files and then go to the Text Files. This is where you will hopefully find the missing piece of the puzzle or perhaps the answer to that 'brick wall' you have been trying to knock down.

Many people and organizations have helped to make this project possible. I would like to thank: Amanda Philipp of the Hunterdon County Library who facilitated lending the microfilm of the newspaper to me at my home in Florida. I could not have started without the microfilm!

The inspiration for the project is partly due to the efforts of Dennis Sutton who abstracted early issues of the Hunterdon County Democrat. My initial intent was to start with 1900, where he left off, and continue. But when I scanned both newspapers for items on my ancestors, there were differences. Thus this project will start with the first issue in 1856.

Al Sinclair, Webmaster of the Hunterdon County Genealogy Resource site, worked with me on the Hunterdon Gazette Project and has provided technical support when I needed it.

Roxanne Carkhuff of the Hunterdon County Historical Society was also most helpful during the 6 years it took to complete the Hunterdon Gazette Project, and she has answered several of my queries regarding the Hunterdon Republican newspaper.

Until I get inundated with your questions and unable to type the text, Please click the email link and send your constructive comments. The Subject line should be: huntrepnews.

And, please note!

I DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS

so put all your comments in the body of the email!

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William Hughes Hartman, Sr., Webmaster

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