Gwen if you will give me your ancestors' surnames, I will look up the NYG&B reference to Hempstead earmarks. The NJ earmarks can be found in Stillwell's NJ History volumes. On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Gwen Becker wrote: > Does anyone have any background on cattle earmarks. I am doing genealogy > for my family and they appear to be handed down from father to son or > grandfather to son quite frequently. I would see if you think this is a > good way to show some for of kinship. I am speaking of the time period of > the 1640's to the 1750's in NY and NJ. Any ideas? or references to read on > the sugject? > > Gwen Becker [log in to unmask] >