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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

David Merle Shingleton, Jr., Author, Shingleton Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4329
Scope and Contents

Five binders of genealogy material related to the William Shingleton family compiled by David Merle Shingleton, Jr. Each volume of the genealogy focuses on one child of William Shingleton, a Revolutionary War veteran, and traces that line from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century. These descendants inhabited parts of Hampshire, Wayne, and Taylor counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Maryland.

Dates: 2010-2011
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Davis Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1946
Scope and Contents One box of material including original and typescript copies of letters exchanged between Anna Kennedy and J.J. Davis for the period 1860-1862. Also included is material on the Chapin family, Davis and Steen family genealogy and Reed family Bible. Correspondents are J.J. Davis, Anna Kennedy, J.W. Davis, Phineas Chapin, Rev. Asa Brooks, and J. W. Wayland. John W. Davis' certificate of Admission to practice before the Supreme Court of West Virginia dated 1896. His sponsor was Melville...
Dates: 1800-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Davis-Meranda Family of Clark County, Ohio, Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4390
Content Description

Collection of genealogical information regarding the Davis family of Clark County, Ohio in the late 1700s to the mid 1800s. Beginning with Robert Davis, the collection follows the bloodline through his daughter, Mercy (Davis) Meranda, to where the family eventually moved to in Missouri and later, Indiana.

Dates: 1770-1850
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Donald E. Watts, Compiler, Paper Regarding the Watt and Sexton Families

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3983
Overview

Paper regarding Martha Watt Sexton (b. 1770), her husband Noah Sexton (b. 1764), and their families written by historical researcher Donald E. Watts. The couple moved from New England to (West) Virginia around 1816, living in Lewis and Upshur (then Randolph) Counties.

Dates: 2014
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Donovan Bond, Journalism Professor, Personal and Professional Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3889
Overview Correspondence, publications, printed material, research material, photographs, and clippings of former West Virginia University professor of journalism and Director of Development Donovan Bond (9 February 1921 - 12 June 1995) of Morgantown, West Virginia. Main topics include West Virginia University-related material, including Bond's involvement in Phi Sigma Kappa; genealogy on several early West Virginia families, including Bond, Dent, Core, McWhorter, Romine, Hiner, Scott, Maxson, and...
Dates: 1861-1998; Majority of material found within ca. 1914-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Eileen Peters, Compiler, Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3281
Scope and Contents

Genealogy research papers of Eileen Peters. Includes genealogies, research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, maps, photographs, books, and other publications documenting primarily Preston County, West Virginia families, as well as families of the tri-state region of West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia. Also includes histories of Preston County, West Virginia (18th through 20th centuries), and general information on how to conduct genealogical research.

Dates: 1887-1995
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Elvin Lycurgus Judy Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0634
Scope and Contents The papers of Elvin Lycurgus [E.L.] Judy (1870-1954), a Petersburg attorney and author of History of Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia (Charleston, 1951). These papers, mainly research files used in the writing of the county history, consist of copies and originals of correspondence, land records, census and military records, and genealogical information for the eastern Panhandle counties, Monongalia County, and the border counties of Virginia and Maryland....
Dates: ca. 1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Fleming Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0644
Scope and Contents Additional papers of Benjamin Fleming and several members of the Fleming family. Manuscript items include land grants and deed Monongalia County, letters, account and tax statements. Printed items include Sabbath School program, Fairmont, 1861; concert and commencement programs of Fairmont State Normal, 1892, 1897, 1906; Alfred Fleming Cemetery Association, proposed organization pamphlet. A clipping scrapbook contains some poetry by Thurston Worth Fleming, biographical sketch of Col. William...
Dates: 1827-1915
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Fowler Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4361
Content Description

Photocopies of documents and manuscripts compiled by the Fowler family regarding their ancestry. Includes correspondence; court documents; certificates of birth, death, and marriage; genealogy; and miscellaneous notes and poetry. Much of the material regards the Fowlers’ ancestors in England, including those who lived in the county of Kent in the south-east of the country.

Dates: ca. 1700-1943; Majority of material found within ca. 1830-1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center