5/30/08 - The webmaster has been getting his eyes operated on. So there won't be much new here for a bit. He'll be back as soon as he can.

In Keeping with our recent emphasis om Cumberland County, we are promoting a book about one of its favorite sons. The book is The Road to Improvement Leads Home - Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightment in Early America by John Fea. It appears that this will be one look at Fithian that actually spends some time in New Jersey, A review will be along eventually.

More Cumberland County Stuff hass been posted. D.L Steward's 1876 Atlas of Cumberland County and L.Q.C. Elmer's History of the Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland County have put out for your entertainment and use.

Check out the Notes on Cumberland County Place Names in our books section. While it really is a work in progress you might find something usefuul there already. This is the first of some Cumberland County material on the way to you.

Have a look at the Maps from J.D. Scott's Combination Atlas Map of Burlington County. It's like a window into 1876.

We have a new digital version of Place Names of Salem County N.J. by Josephine Jaquett and Elmer VanName. Check it out to learn all sorts of things you never