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By Peg Niedholdt
Collection Overview
Title: Alice Granbery Walter Genealogy Collection, 1600-1975
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-049
Primary Creator: Walter, Alice Granbery
Extent: 58.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Arranged in original order: papers were initially housed by Alice Granbery Walter in three-ring binders. Arranged by surname or subject.
Date Acquired: 04/11/1991
Subjects: Genealogy--Research, Hampton Roads (Va. : Region), Norfolk (Va.), Norfolk (Va.)--Genealogy, Princess Anne County (Va.), Tidewater (Va. : Region)--Maps, Warwick County (Va.)
Forms of Material: Clippings (information artifacts), Genealogies (histories), Geological maps, Indexes (reference sources), Manuscripts, Maps (documents), Negatives (photographs), Pedigrees, Photocopies, Photographs, Silhouettes
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This collection contains genealogical research gathered by Alice Granbery Walter. The material includes photocopied documents, newspaper clippings, pedigree charts, notes, manuscripts, photographs, negatives, and maps spanning from the 1600s to the 1970s. Prominent surnames include Boush, Nimmo, Cornick, Herbert, Hoggard, Hogwood, Haggard, Ivy, Argent, Langley, Thelaball, Nash, Powell, Robins, Shepherd, Tatem, Thurmer, Mackentosh, Mallicote, Ransha, Woodhouse, Moseley, Thorowgood, and Willoughby.
Biographical Note
Alice Granbery Walter was born on August 2, 1908 in Norfolk, Virginia. She was a long-time resident of the Norfolk area. Walter was a descendant of the Hoggard family of Poplar Hall in Norfolk, Virginia. She was an artist, historic preservationist, and genealogist. She was a recipient of the Garden Club of America Historic Preservation award. Walter led the fight to save the Old Coast Guard Station. She published eight books of historical and genealogical records, 50 genealogical pedigree charts, and several maps. Walter died on May 30, 2003 at Westminster Canterbury in Virginia Beach, Virginia and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Purchase; Alice Granbery Walter and Christina Brown by donation
Preferred Citation:
Alice Granbery Walter Genealogy Collection, MSS 0000-049, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Boush and Nimmo Families Genealogies],
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Box 2: Cornick Family Genealogy],
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Box 3: Herbert Family in America (Volume 1), English Roots],
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Box 4: Herbert Family in America (Volume 2)],
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Box 5: Hoggard and Hogwood Families Genealogies],
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Box 6: The Hoggards of Poplar Hall],
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Box 7: Haggard Family; Ivy and Argent Families Genealogies; Langley and Thelaball Families Genealogies],
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Box 8: Nash Family; Powell Family Genealogy; Robins/Robyns Family Genealogy; Shepherd Family],
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Box 9: Tatem Family Genealogy; Thurmer, Mackentosh, Mallicote, and Ransha Families Genealogies; Woodhouse Family Genealogies],
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Box 10: Moseley Family; Adam Thorowgood and His Descendants and John and Sarah Offley],
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Box 11: Willoughby 1483-1800s in England, Barbados, and Lower Tidewater Virginia],
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Box 12: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (A through G)],
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Box 13: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (H through L)],
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Box 14: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (M through S)],
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Box 15: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (T through Z)],
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Box 16: Lower Norfolk County Books A - E; Warwick County Extant Records],
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Box 17: Lynnhaven Parish History and Register, 1639-1968; Lynnhaven Parish Register 1838-1913; Genealogical Collections Concerning Families in Scotland; Princess Anne County Cemetery; Puggett's Neck],
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Box 18: Research for Map of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia],
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Box 19: Published Charts - Lower Tidewater Colonial Families; Genealogical Charts Tidewater Virginia, 1600-1900],
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Box 20: Alice Granbery Walter's copies of the books: "The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry" by Edgar F. Waterman, 1945 and "John Granbery, Virginia" by Julian Hastings Granbery, published by Alice Granbery Walter, 1964.],
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Box 21: Alice Granbery Walter's Miscellaneous Files],
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Box 22: Hoggard Research (Box 1 of 3)],
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Box 23: Hoggard Research (Box 2 of 3)],
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Box 24: Hoggard Research (Box 3 of 3)],
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Box 25: Oversized Materials: Maps],
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Box 26: INDEX CARDS: LOCATIONS, A-G],
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Box 27: INDEX CARDS: LOCATIONS, H-N],
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Box 28: INDEX CARDS: LOCATIONS, O-Z],
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Box 29: INDEX CARDS: SUBJECT, A - MARRIAGES],
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Box 30: INDEX CARDS: SUBJECT, MAS-Z],
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Box 31: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, A-BARRINGTON],
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Box 32: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, BARTEE-BROE],
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Box 33: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, BROOKS-CHER],
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Box 34: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, CHESHIRE-CRO],
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Box 35: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, CHROMPTON-ELLIS],
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Box 36: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, ELWES-GOLD],
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Box 37: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, GOM-HARRIS],
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Box 38: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, HARRISON-HERBERT, Tabitha],
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Box 39: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, HERBERT, Thomas-HOGGARD, Ruth],
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Box 40: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, HOGGARD, Samuel-IVORY],
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Box 41: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, IVY-KEELING, Susan],
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Box 42: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, KEELING, Thomas-LAWSON],
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Box 43: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, LAYDON-MAR],
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Box 44: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, MARKHAM-MOORE],
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Box 45: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, MORGAN-MY],
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Box 46: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, N-PEMBROKE],
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Box 47: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, PEN-ROBINS],
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Box 48: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, ROBINSON-SK],
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Box 49: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, SM-THOROGOOD, Adam],
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Box 50: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, THOROGOOD, Adam I-WALKE],
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Box 51: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, WALKER-WILLOUGHBY],
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Box 52: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, WILLOUGHBY-Z],
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Box 53: ENGLAND & BRITISH WEST INDIES],
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Box 54: ENGLISH SURNAMES],
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Box 55: MISCELLANEOUS #1],
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Box 56: MISCELLANEOUS #2],
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Box 57: ARTICLES BY GEORGE H. TUCKER & MARY REID BARROW],
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Box 58: Negatives],
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- Box 1: Boush and Nimmo Families Genealogies
- Folder 1: Front section of binder
- Transcript of Boush Family Bible 1775-1903 from Virginia State Library, transcript of Boush Family Bible by J. H. Granberry, September 14, 1944. Boush family letters: Mary E. Stokes, Prudence Nimmo Granbery. Transcript from Carlton (Calton) Hill Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland: Nimmo and Robertson. Boush - Nimmo Chart (allied families: Snayle, Ashall, Saunders, Hunter, Granbery) with notations, Nimmo Chart 1#. Virginia State Library copies (April 16, 1962). Genealogical Notes, written by Prudence Nimmo Granbery.
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1966-1973
- Old Houses in Princess Anne Virginia by Sadie Scott Kellam and V. Hope Kellam, 1958. Obituary of William T. Nimmo. Correspondence from 1966-1973.
- Folder 3: Maximillian Boush
- Transcriptions of materials from Virginia State Library, genealogical notes, Boush family papers. Maximillian Boush Coat of Arms.
- Folder 4: Samuel Boush
- Boush family papers, Virginia State Library, newspaper clippings, notes, and articles.
- Folder 5: Maximillian Boush II
- Three pictures of initials on "Pembroke" brick home, negatives removed. Virginia State Library, Boush family 1775-1903, Bible record. Nimmo United Methodist Church, Deed from Princess Anne County, Nimmo pedigree charts, (#1, 3, 4), copies of Nimmo Coat of Arms, and pedigree chart starting with William Nimmo of Williamsburg.
- Folder 6: Thelaball Boush - Nimmo
- S. S. K. research on Shenstone Green, Mason-Langley-Thelaball pedigree charts.
- Folder 7: Nimmo: Births, Deaths, Marriages
- Information written by Prudence Nimmo Granbery, information compiled by Sadie Elizabeth Mitchell, and correspondence between Alice Granbery Walter and Harry Wright Newman (1970).
- Folder 8: Scotland
- Contains pamphlet: Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings H. M. Office of Works: Palace of Linlithgow, Official Guide by J. S. Richardson and James Beveridge (1933). Correspondence with the Latter-Day Saints and various Scottish genealogical sources.
- Folder 9: James Nimmo
- Correspondence regarding the cane owned by James Nimmo. Boush family papers, Virginia State Library, notes from Maryland Historical Society, picture of crest, picture of coat of arms (negatives removed), information on Nimmo-Ellis line, and other information on James Nimmo. Correspondence from archivists thanking J. H. Granbery for various donations.
- Folder 10: Gershom Nimmo
- Various papers regarding Gershom Nimmo, photograph of the Boush Plan dated June 29, 1762, a copy of the Map of Lynnhaven town by Gershom Nimmo.
- Folder 11: Dismal Swamp Survey
- Copies of Gershom Nimmo's Dismal Swamp survey dated 1763 and correspondence to Alice Granbery Walter from the Library of Congress regarding the survey dated March 1974.
- Folder 12: William Nimmo
- Virginia State Library genealogical notes: article by Colonel Thomas H. Ellis and Boush family papers. Hand-drawn pedigree chart, transcription of William Nimmo will dated April 20, 1815, transcription of Ann Nimmo will dated April 28, 1815, some correspondence and notes regarding William Nimmo.
- Folder 13: Miscellaneous Nimmo; Unmarked Papers
- Transcription of graves at old St. Paul's Churchyard, letters of Prudence Nimmo Granbery, and other Nimmo-Boush notes.
- Folder 14: Nimmo Pedigree Chart
- Printed Genealogical Table of the Nimmo Family In America, from A.D. 1700 to Present Time dated February 1900, allied families: Granbery, Marsden, Stokes, Taylor, Thoroughgood, and Tucker.
- Folder 15: Boush Coat of Arms
- Boush Coat of Arms (5" x 5") colored in.
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Boush and Nimmo Families Genealogies],
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Box 2: Cornick Family Genealogy],
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Box 3: Herbert Family in America (Volume 1), English Roots],
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Box 4: Herbert Family in America (Volume 2)],
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Box 5: Hoggard and Hogwood Families Genealogies],
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Box 6: The Hoggards of Poplar Hall],
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Box 7: Haggard Family; Ivy and Argent Families Genealogies; Langley and Thelaball Families Genealogies],
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Box 8: Nash Family; Powell Family Genealogy; Robins/Robyns Family Genealogy; Shepherd Family],
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Box 9: Tatem Family Genealogy; Thurmer, Mackentosh, Mallicote, and Ransha Families Genealogies; Woodhouse Family Genealogies],
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Box 10: Moseley Family; Adam Thorowgood and His Descendants and John and Sarah Offley],
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Box 11: Willoughby 1483-1800s in England, Barbados, and Lower Tidewater Virginia],
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Box 12: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (A through G)],
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Box 13: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (H through L)],
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Box 14: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (M through S)],
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Box 15: Genealogies for Tidewater Families (T through Z)],
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Box 16: Lower Norfolk County Books A - E; Warwick County Extant Records],
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Box 17: Lynnhaven Parish History and Register, 1639-1968; Lynnhaven Parish Register 1838-1913; Genealogical Collections Concerning Families in Scotland; Princess Anne County Cemetery; Puggett's Neck],
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Box 18: Research for Map of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia],
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Box 19: Published Charts - Lower Tidewater Colonial Families; Genealogical Charts Tidewater Virginia, 1600-1900],
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Box 20: Alice Granbery Walter's copies of the books: "The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry" by Edgar F. Waterman, 1945 and "John Granbery, Virginia" by Julian Hastings Granbery, published by Alice Granbery Walter, 1964.],
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Box 21: Alice Granbery Walter's Miscellaneous Files],
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Box 22: Hoggard Research (Box 1 of 3)],
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Box 23: Hoggard Research (Box 2 of 3)],
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Box 24: Hoggard Research (Box 3 of 3)],
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Box 25: Oversized Materials: Maps],
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Box 26: INDEX CARDS: LOCATIONS, A-G],
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Box 27: INDEX CARDS: LOCATIONS, H-N],
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Box 28: INDEX CARDS: LOCATIONS, O-Z],
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Box 29: INDEX CARDS: SUBJECT, A - MARRIAGES],
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Box 30: INDEX CARDS: SUBJECT, MAS-Z],
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Box 31: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, A-BARRINGTON],
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Box 32: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, BARTEE-BROE],
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Box 33: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, BROOKS-CHER],
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Box 34: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, CHESHIRE-CRO],
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Box 35: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, CHROMPTON-ELLIS],
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Box 36: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, ELWES-GOLD],
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Box 37: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, GOM-HARRIS],
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Box 38: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, HARRISON-HERBERT, Tabitha],
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Box 39: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, HERBERT, Thomas-HOGGARD, Ruth],
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Box 40: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, HOGGARD, Samuel-IVORY],
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Box 41: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, IVY-KEELING, Susan],
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Box 42: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, KEELING, Thomas-LAWSON],
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Box 43: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, LAYDON-MAR],
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Box 44: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, MARKHAM-MOORE],
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Box 45: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, MORGAN-MY],
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Box 46: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, N-PEMBROKE],
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Box 47: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, PEN-ROBINS],
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Box 48: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, ROBINSON-SK],
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Box 49: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, SM-THOROGOOD, Adam],
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Box 50: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, THOROGOOD, Adam I-WALKE],
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Box 51: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, WALKER-WILLOUGHBY],
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Box 52: INDEX CARDS: SURNAMES, WILLOUGHBY-Z],
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Box 53: ENGLAND & BRITISH WEST INDIES],
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Box 54: ENGLISH SURNAMES],
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Box 55: MISCELLANEOUS #1],
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Box 56: MISCELLANEOUS #2],
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Box 57: ARTICLES BY GEORGE H. TUCKER & MARY REID BARROW],
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Box 58: Negatives],
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All]
