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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 63 Collections and/or Records:

Chase family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0969
Scope and Contents Photostatic copies of papers and letters to the Chase family of Maryland, particularly of Annapolis, spanning 1714-1855. Letters are to and from Reverend Richard Chase, Reverend Thomas Chase, Thomas Chase (1774-1826), Matilda Chase (d.1829), Judge Jeremiah Townley Chase (1748-1828), Judge Samuel Chase (1741-1811), and Ann Chase (1711-1852). There is also correspondence between Maryanne Caton, Robert G. Harper, and Miss Ann Chase and genealogical information on the Chase, Townley, and...
Dates: 1714-1855

Clayton-Evans family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3097
Abstract

The collection consists of documents related to the Clayton-Evans families of Eastern Maryland and Northern Delaware.

Dates: 1780 - 1903

Cockey-Gist papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 2682
Abstract

This collection primarily contains the incoming correspondence of Dr. John Paul Cockey (1796-1859) as well as some incoming and outgoing correspondence of Mordecai Gist (1743-1792). Also included is Cockey family genealogical data and a copy of a memoir of Brigadier General Mordecai Gist.

Dates: 1785-1868

Cohen family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0251.4
Abstract

The Cohen family collection contains correspondence between several family members regarding several topics including civil rights, genealogy, and Fort McHenry. The materials in the collection are dated from 1818 to 1945.

Dates: 1818-1945

Cradock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0196
Abstract

Covering a period of nearly 200 years, this collection consists of material relating primarily to the Cradock and Walker families of Baltimore County, Maryland, circa 1750-1939.

Dates: 1750 - 1939

Dickinson family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0184
Abstract

This collection consists of the Dickinson family history dating back to 1334 in Cheshire, England. It includes a handwritten transcript of the history, copies of land records from the Talbot County Courthouse 1684-1709, 2 scrapbooks with death notices of the family and other miscellaneous clippings 1893-1918.

Dates: 1875 - 1918

Digges of Warburton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0246
Abstract

Wills, deeds, letters, from 1680-1810, relating to Digges real estate in Maryland and Virginia; other family affairs. Included is a letter of Bishop John Carroll (1735-1815) to Daniel Carroll of Duddington (1696-1751) dated 1802, and papers of Thomas Attwood Digges. Genealogical materials relating to Digges, Brent, and Attwood families.

Dates: 1680-1810

Douglas Hamilton Thomas manuscript collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3090
Abstract

Contains newspaper clippings related to the life and career of Douglas H. Thomas, Sr. (1847-1919). The clippings document Thomas’ involvement in Baltimore politics, his banking career, and his interest in American history and genealogy, as well as obituaries for his family, friends, and colleagues. Documents related to the sale of enslaved woman Martha Ann “Patty” Atavis and the Whitridge family, such as copies of John Whitridge’s will, are also included in the collection.

Dates: 1798-1919; Majority of material found in 1877-1916

E. A. Williams papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0899
Abstract This collection contains personal and business papers of the Williams family of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Papers are principally those of Captain Edwin Williams (1828-1873), who was an officer in the Confederate Army, treasurer of the Roanoke Valley Railroad, a bank trustee, lawyer, and tobacco grower. Papers of other family members include those of Captain Williams' second wife, Lucy Kennon; his sons, Carter N., Thomas Nelson, and Henry S. Williams; daughters-in-law Rose Haskins and Sue...
Dates: 1749-1969

Eliza Coale Funk papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 3065
Abstract

The Eliza Coale Funk Papers span more than 200 years of Maryland history, from roughly 1758 until 2004 and focus on the Chase, Coale, and Funk families.

Dates: 1758-2004