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Henry - Gale Family History Collection
by Unknown (1972 – 1979)
1 box (0.25 linear feet)
This collection consists of correspondence from 1972 to 1979 between Gale J. Belser of Charleston, SC and Dorothy H. Smith of Annapolis, MD as Mrs. Smith provided genealogical research services for Mrs. Belser on the Henry and Gale families in Maryland.
Henry Fillmore Lankford Papers
by Lankford, Henry Fillmore (1659 – 1920)
3 folders (0.3 linear feet)
The Henry Fillmore Lankford papers consist of wills and genealogical information kept by Lankford, an attorney in Somerset County, Maryland, between 1909 and 1920. The wills primarily document Somerset and Northampton County families in the 17th and 18th centuries. Also included are two oversize items: a 1911 issue of "The Canned Good Trade" and a circa 1911 advertisement for Chevrolet automobiles.
Historical Society of Kent County Genealogical Collection
by Bell, Albert D. (1639 – 1948)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains genealogical material on the Layton, Bell and Hollis families. This includes a manuscript by Albert D. Bell entitled Hollis Notes, 1639-1948: From Public and Private Records in the States of Maryland and Delaware and a genealogical chart of some of the descendants of Captain Nathaniel and Sarah Bell. There is an oversized folder with the charts of the Washington and Bell families.
Hobbs Family Collection
by Unknown (1720 – 1913)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Hobbs Family Collection contains genealogical information on the Hobbs family. There is a detailed description of birth, death, and marriage dates along with children. Some records detail specific Hobbs family members lifetime. The genealogy covers multiple states including Maryland, Virginia, and Indiana. This collection also discusses if whether or not the city of Hobbs, Indiana has any relation to this Hobbs family.
Hobbs Family Collection
by Unknown (Undated)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Hobbs Family Collection contains genealogical information on the Hobbes family. The collection contains personal letters from early Hobbs family members. The collection also includes pension documents that give personal information of Hobbs members. There is also a chapter included on Hobbs in "Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties." The bulk of the collection focuses on detailed genealogical descriptions of births, deaths, marriages, and children.
Holloway Funeral Home records
by Holloway Funeral Home (1900 – 1952)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
The Holloway Funeral Home records document the deceased who were prepared for burial at the Salisbury, Maryland location, 1900-1952. Digitized materials include procedures performed, financial statements and death certificates. The alphabetical records are indexed in the inventory and digital images available in the link.
Howard Adkins Collection
by Adkins, Howard (1778 – 1990)
8 boxes (6 linear feet)
This collection consists of (8) boxes containing miscellaneous documents collected (and in some cases written by) local historian, J. Howard Adkins. The collection spans primarily the 19th and 20th centuries with material drawn from a variety of commercial, cultural and religious enterprises primarily related to Delmarva, but also including references to Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia. A smaller portion of the collection includes documents sourced from the National Society DAR Library in Washington, D.C. outlining members of the local militia (Somerset, Worcester and Dorchester Counties) who took “Oaths of Fidelity”during the American Revolutionary period and the War of 1812, locally written histories of Riverton, Salisbury, Vienna, Sharptown, Mardela, Barren Creek, the Bradley family among others.
Isaac and Frances Ann Molock Bible and Photographs
by Molock, Isaac (circa 1865)
1 oversize box (0.75 linear feet)
Family Bible of Isaac and Frances Ann Molock, African American farmers from Dorchester County, Maryland. Published in 1865, the Bible contains handwritten pages that notate the birth, marriage, and death records of their children and ancestors from 1858-1885. Eventually, the Bible passed through the hands of their descendants, to a grandson, Clarence Molock, who was a scholar, educator and preacher, who eventually handed it to his grandson, donor Keiford Jackson. In addition to the Bible, four digital photographic images of original charcoal portraits of Frances Molock, Emma Jane Holland Farrare, Nancy Mitchell Young, and William Henry Clay Young, depict African Americans in a post-Civil War era.
J. Douglas Deal papers
by Unknown (1663 – 1982)
1 carton, 1 oversize folder (2.25 linear feet)
The J. Douglas Deal papers document the extensive research done by Deal while writing his dissertation Race and Class in Colonial Virginia: Indians, Englishmen, and Africans on the Eastern Shore during the Seventeenth Century from 1970-1982 at the University of Rochester. Materials within the collection are comprised of photocopies of documents dating from 1663-1866. Photocopied materials include seventeenth-century Accomack County tithables, articles from the William and Mary Quarterly, and genealogical information regarding families from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Handwritten notes and tithable charts created by Deal are also within the collection.
James Norton Eastern Shore Collection
by Harman, Gretchen L. (1976 – 2007)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains photocopies and photographs of structures and family histories on the Eastern Shore. Items include documentation and pictures of J.D. Long residence and Hearn-Stevenson residence in Pocomoke City, MD, photocopy of Robert L. Krieger's "Wallops and the War of Independence" and genealogical information about the West family of Worcester County, MD by Gretchen L. Harman.
James R. Trader papers
by Trader, James R. (1847 – 2012)
21 cartons, 3 boxes (24 linear feet)
The papers of James R. Trader (1931-2012) cover his efforts to document family history on the Delmarva Peninsula and burial sites in Maryland through both independent research and as a member of the Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites (CPMBS) between 1988 and 2012. The family history research is most substantial series in the collection with particular focus on the Trader surname. The burial site research features records for sites in Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties. The bulk of the CPMBS records document the Coalition’s activities, correspondence, and legislative efforts while Trader served as president and on the board of directors. A small portion of the collection contains the early records of the social club, Eastern Shore Singles.
John Jacob Collection
by Jacob, John E. (1671 – 2013)
30 boxes, 1 drawer (34.25 linear feet)
The John Jacob Collection consists of two parts that document the life and career of attorney and historian, John E. Jacob, Jr.: collected material and personal research. Jacob collected a variety of original documents that comprise series one of the collection, including personal papers of families, ledgers, scrapbooks, land and legal documents, photographs, ephemera, and other paper-based items. Jacob also kept detailed handwritten notes and indices when researching various topics related to the history of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, as well as his handwritten drafts for books and lectures, which comprise series two of the collection. The collection has folder-level descriptions in the inventory.