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Frank B. Russell, Compiler, Genealogy Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3103
Overview
The papers and notes of a genealogist compiling information and copies of documents about families of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. There are major holdings on the Forby/Furbee family, Nutter family, and Pepper family as well as holdings on collateral families. Collateral families include Selby, Craig, Heatherad, Sturman, Lowber, Youlle, Earle, Johnson, Piper, Manlove, Watts, Parker, Purnell, Curtis, Fooks, Osborn, Wharton, Aydelott/Aydelotte, Sturgis, Robinson, Richardson...
Dates:
1990-1991
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1528
Overview
Includes genealogy and Civil War records collected by Roy Bird Cook of Lewis County, West Virginia. Series 1 through 5 were compiled by Marcellus W. Zimmerman. They include correspondence, church records, academic records, genealogical records, research manuscripts, and clippings regarding primarily the genealogy and history of Lewisburg and Greenbrier County, and the life and career of Confederate Brigadier General Alexander W. Reynolds. Series 6 through 8 were collected by Roy Bird Cook....
Dates:
1774, 1822-1943
West Virginia University, Family Heritage Project, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3151
Scope and Contents
West Virginia University (WVU) undertook the Family Heritage Project as part of its 125th-anniversary observance. The project goal was to encourage members of families whose roots in West Virginia extended at least to 1867 to submit family history information. This collection consists of those submissions. Many of the submissions emphasize family ties to WVU. There is a published guide to this collection entitled "West Virginia University family heritage project : a guide to the collection"....
Dates:
undated; Event: 1989