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“Family Tree Maker 2019 Refresher: Fixing Errors And Beginning A Book” (Heritage Library)

“DNA Methodology for Unknown Parentage Research” (Louisville Genealogical Society)

“Relatives in Print! Researching Newspaper Databases” (New York Public Library)

“Online Resources of the Tennessee State Library & Archives” (Allen County Public Library)

“Genealogy Research of Mysterious Relatives” (Dallas Public Library)

“Where Were You? History Captured in Quilts” (Rogue Valley OR Genealogical Society)

“Exploring Ireland’s History Through Maps” (St. Louis Genealogical Society)

“Quaker Records and Migration” with Craig R. Scott (Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia)

October 30

“Medical Genealogy: Defining Obscure Medical Terms Used by Our Ancestors” (Houston Public Library)

“Researching Black History in the UK” (National Archives UK)

October 31

“Researching Our English Ancestors” with Paul Milner (Allen County IN Genealogical Society)

November 1

“Trace Your Patrilineal Ancestry and Knock Down Brick walls Using Y-DNA” (Genealogical Society of Broward County FL)

John was the son of Peter Morrell Hale and Katherine McRae. He married Ethel McRae Bemis. The collection includes these surnames along with thirty-nine additional surnames. The collection was donated to CGS in 2012 and was first indexed by Georgia Lupinsky. Georgia created a finding aid to the materials included in the ten archival boxes. Stewart has scanned the collection and expanded the index, which can be accessed from our website. To see the digitized images, click on the hyperlink found in the online finding aid.

John’s wife Ethel Bemis

Until now the only way that researchers could view these records was by visiting the library. Now, the digitized documents are accessible to all members on our website. Note: The collection includes additional material for persons still living that may only be viewed in person at the library. There is a total of 741 items in this collection, of which 432 can be viewed online. Many items are multi-page so there is a total of 1,973 viewable images.

The collection is organized by surname and includes family trees, fan charts, pedigree charts, biographies, newspaper articles, DAR documents, diplomas, certificates, and lots of photographs of individuals and of family homes. There is a 20-page personal account of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire San Francisco written by Marion Baldwin Hale in 1975. The collection includes a few personal letters and documents for Thomas McRae, who served as Governor of Arkansas in the 1920s.

Images in the collection are well labeled

This project is one of several efforts undertaken by the CGS Website Content Committee in an effort to expand the society’s offerings of unique resources as a benefit to our members.