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Genealogies (histories).

 Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Dunham family genealogy

 Collection — Manuscript box 39 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065247839]
Identifier: 1596m
Scope and content

11 leaves containing notes from the family Bible of Alfred and Ruth Dunham Heffron, and other notes compiled by Ruth Dunham Heffron, recording names, births, marriages, and deaths of members of the Dunham family of Etna, New York, and their descendants. Families include the Cash, Dunham, Heffron, Wood, and other families of Tompkins County, New York and Bradford County, Pennsylvania; and also the Carr, Moore, Tracy, Woodcock, and Bush families.

Dates: 1763-1918.

Fitch family genealogy

 Collection — Manuscript box 39 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065247953]
Identifier: 1626m
Scope and content

Notes from a family Bible, listing births, marriages, and deaths in the Fitch family, mainly the parents, siblings, wife, and children of Talmon Fitch (1785-1860). Includes the title page of the Bible used (fourth American quarto edition, edited by William W. Woodward, Philadelphia, 1816).

Dates: 1785-1860.

Margaret Killip genealogical notes on the Nelson family

 Collection — Manuscript box 13 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065242061]
Identifier: 2536m
Scope and content

Manuscript notes on Caleb Nelson, his forebears and descendants, written between circa 1920 and 1960. Also, a manuscript map of the homes of Absalom Nelson and others near Peekskill, New York, circa 1775-1782, with additional manuscript notes by Killip on the back.

Dates: circa 1775-1960.

Scofield family genealogy

 Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065248670]
Identifier: 1725m
Scope and content

Typewritten genealogy of the descendants of Daniel Scofield, who came to America in 1628. Also includes members of the Townley and Van Ostrand (Van Nostrand) families. Note at foot of page 1: From the Stamford Registration by E.B. Huntington and Notes by Miss Harriet Scofield, genealogist ... Cleveland ... Ohio.

Dates: 1954.

Shackelton family genealogies

 Collection — Manuscript box 43 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065249546]
Identifier: 1971m
Scope and content

Genealogies of the Shackelton family, one in narrative format and two in the form of tables. Related families listed include the Poole, Thurston, Rockwell, Whitney, Ogden, Wintermute (previously Wintermuth), and Knettles families.

Dates: 1957-1959.