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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy Wildes Bridgwater papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1414
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence and research materials compiled by Dorothy Bridgwater, who investigated the family history of Charles Lindbergh.

Dates: 1955-1969

Burr family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 303
Abstract: Correspondence and other papers relating to members of the Burr family of Fairfield, Conn. Principal figures represented in the papers include Aaron Burr (1756-1836), soldier, politician and third vice-president of the United States; and his father, the Reverend Aaron Burr (1716-1757), scholar, clergyman, and second president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). These papers were formerly part of the Annie Burr Jennings Memorial Collection (MS 687). See also the Bidwell Family...
Dates: 1750-1890

Norman Cousins Collection of Henry Seidel Canby

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1205
Scope and Contents: Correspondence, drafts and printed versions of writings (box 7), manuscript notes, printed ephemera, clippings, photographs (box 2), and contractual agreements by or relating to the professional activities of Henry Seidel Canby. The collection features approximately 983 pieces of correspondence dating from 1940 through 1949 (boxes 1-6). Incoming letters and typescript carbon copies of Canby's outgoing letters concern professional matters chiefly, addressing publications by Canby during this...
Dates: 1935-1949

Dickins family papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 302
Abstract: The Dickins Family Papers contains correspondence, writings, legal documents, and other papers relating to Rachel Dickins, Thomas Eden Dickins, and other members of the Dickins family, as well as diaries, poetry, and a collection of fifteenth through seventeenth century charters with seals. Other materials in the collection relate to James Bean, an assistant paymaster with the East India Company in the Philippines in 1764, Captain William Wilkinson, a financial agent to Sir George Hay, and...
Dates: 1449-2000 and undated, bulk 1449-1899

Donaldson family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1699
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, and photographs documenting the personal and professional lives of the Donaldson family. The papers are arranged in eight series. Each series documents the life of an individual family member and almost all the series contain correspondence, subject files, and photographs.

Dates: 1870-1971

Asa Fitch papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 215
Abstract:

Twenty-one diaries, 1821-1879, of Asa Fitch, scientist and entomologist. The diaries reflect in considerable detail Fitch's life and thoughts from early adolescence through his education at the Rensselaer School in Troy, New York and the Vermont Academy of Medicine in Castleton, his career as a scientist and state entomologist in New York, and his retirement. Also included are papers and genealogical materials relating to other members of the Fitch family.

Dates: 1807-1969, bulk 1807-1922

Genealogical manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 234
Abstract:

An artificial collection of manuscript and printed genealogical material and genealogies on Connecticut area families, ca. 1600-1980.

Dates: 1600-1980

Elias Loomis family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 331
Abstract: The papers consist of personal and professional correspondence, genealogical and professional research material and writings, and financial records of Elias Loomis and his sons Henry Bradford and Francis Engelsby Loomis. The papers record Elias Loomis' scientific studies, particularly in astronomy and meteorology. Genealogical notes and writings document the family history through the descendants of Joseph Loomis. Correspondence concerning Elias Loomis' father, sisters, and brothers, who...
Dates: 1727-1947

John C. Mersick family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1425
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and notes of John C. Mersick and his son Charles S. Mersick, both merchants in nineteenth-century New Haven, Connecticut. John C. Mersick's papers relate to his historical interests and the Washington Union Brotherhood. The papers also document Charles S. Mersick's genealogical interests.

Dates: 1856-1903

Papers relating to Norton Hall, South Yorkshire

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 226
Abstract: Manuscript legal documents, correspondence, and notes relating to Norton Hall, and to other land holdings and genealogy of the Offley and Shore families.The bulk of the collection consists of circa 100 land leases and other legal documents including marriage contracts, wills, and military commissions, most on parchment, most dated 1605-1768, with a few dated 1584-1896.Papers documenting political philosophy and the practice of law during the Restoration period include...
Dates: 1584-1943, bulk 1605-1912

William Woodbridge Rodman collection of Pomeroy family genealogy

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1095
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, data forms, name indexes, and pedigree charts related to William Woodbridge Rodman's work on the genealogy of the Pomeroy family. Also present is the correspondence of Rebekah Pomeroy Bulkley, who continued Rodman's work after his death.

Dates: 1885-1908

Salisbury family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 429
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, genealogical notes, and other papers, principally of Edward Elbridge Salisbury, philologist, orientalist, and genealogist. Included are materials on various branches of Salisbury's family gathered in his genealogical research. Also included are papers and correspondence of Josiah Salisbury (1781-1826), Abigail Breese Salisbury (1780-1866), and business papers of Samuel Salisbury (1739-1818) and Stephen Salisbury (1746-1829). In addition there...
Dates: 1753-1904

George Dudley Seymour papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 442
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, research files, printed material, and miscellanea of George Dudley Seymour, a lawyer, antiquarian, historian, author and city planner in New Haven, Connecticut. Seymour's personal papers and collected manuscripts document the history of the Seymour family, the patriot Nathan Hale, the city planning movement in New Haven, Connecticut, and local history, 1684-1944. General correspondence files contain the bulk of personal...
Dates: 1684-1944