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Genealogists' letters and papers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Fred T. Newbraugh, Collector, Papers regarding Berkeley Springs

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0916
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of three letters (1952-1953) in regards to family genealogy as well as some genealogical research on the Steiner family.

Dates: 1952-1953

Joseph F. McNeely Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0614
Scope and Contents

Genealogy and history of the McNeely family, compiled by J.F. McNeely, 1953-1954; and "From the Writings of J.F. McNeely," a collection of mimeographed speeches, letters, poems, and statements concerning social and economic problems, written by J.F. McNeely.

Dates: 1953-1955

Margaret B. Ballard, Compiler, Monroe County Historical Papers and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2537
Overview Papers of Dr. Margaret Byrnside Ballard (1900-1991), regarding the history of Monroe County, West Virginia, and the Ballard family. As a genealogist and author of local history, she was an avid collector of the historical materials contained in this collection, most of which relate to her family and Monroe County. The collection includes personal papers, business records, historical and genealogical research material, scrapbooks, bibles, memorabilia, artifacts, photographs, broadsides,...
Dates: 1783-1991, 2021, undated; Majority of material found within ca. 1910-1970

Oliver Popenoe, Compiler, Genealogical Material Regarding Popenoe Family

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3928
Overview Genealogical material regarding the Popenoe (Papineau, Popino, and other spellings) family and related families (including the Burris, Davis, Dent, Evans, Judy, Martin, Morgan, Prickett, Scott, and Snider families), compiled through the research of Oliver Popenoe. The Poponoe family in North America is traced back to Jean Papineau, a French Huguenot who immigrated to Massachusetts ca. 1700. His son Peter settled in what would later become Monongalia county in the 1770s. This collection...
Dates: 1911-2010, undated

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

Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. Genealogy Research Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3230
Overview Genealogy research papers compiled by W. Guy Tetrick and his son Willis G. Tetrick, Jr. The Tetricks were from Harrison County and the material in the collection mainly regards families of Harrison County and north central West Virginia. The collection contains mostly original genealogical compilations and family histories. It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries,...
Dates: 1708-1997