Genealogy

This collection contains manuscripts and notes used to write family histories on both the Stevens family and Gray family. Casimir P Stevens used the information from his genealogical research to write several books on both families from about 1918 to 1940. Typed original copies of his books were included in the donation and have been added to the Midwest Genealogy Center book collection. Photographs of family members in the collection date around the early twentieth century.

Most of the collection consists of the family records of various interrelated families, including the Allen, Britt, Carroll, Chastain, Morgan, Moseley, Poore, and Parker families, with the Chastain family being a particular focus. Photographs of some families are included as are portraits. Also included are various miscellaneous documents and Civil War-era military records.

This collection consists of the genealogy research of Helen Clements. The completed work from this research is titled Clements Family Records and was finished in 1972. Within this work are genealogy charts, family history, and transcribed records. Also found within this collection are photographs, correspondence, Bible records, genealogy charts, and miscellaneous family histories.

This collection contains genealogical research for the Craig Family. This research consists of family history charts, photocopied documents, original research, and more. Ancestors of this family originally resided in the eastern United States, specifically Virginia, before migrating west into Kentucky and Missouri.

This collection consists of genealogy information for the Cruzen and Thomas families; including family history, oral histories, and photocopied photographs.

This collection contains the genealogy research and personal papers for Margery Lee Cunningham and her aunt, Margery Adeline Ford. Other surnames found within this collection include English, Morehead, Morlock, and Wharton. The genealogy research contains photographs, obituaries, family charts, a family history, and vital records among other items. The personal papers include correspondence and legal documents.

This collection is digital images only. The owner of the original diary and family Bible loaned the items to the library to be digitized. The collection consists of a diary written by D. F. Bone during the year 1900. Both images of the diary and a transcription are included. Several pages from D.F. Bone’s family Bible including all the family record sheets with birth, marriage and death information about the Bone and Cox family have been digitized and included in the collection.

This collection consists of the family Bible for the William Henry Doty Family. This Bible contains the family records for births, marriages, and deaths for William Henry, his wife Virginia McClung Doty, and their children. Also included in this collection is a family unit chart.