Genealogy
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Newlon-Camden Families, History and Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1802
Overview
Typescript genealogical notes and narrative family histories of the Newlon and Camden families from the 1600s to the 1930s. Chiefly contains information about the James H. Camden family of Maryland (and later, West Virginia) from the 1720s to the 1930s, including records about properties owned and the sale of land; birth, marriage, and death dates; transcripts of obituaries; and transcripts of letters sent between family members researching and gathering family history between 1909 and 1932....
Dates:
1909-1934
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960