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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

B - Vedder, 1890

 File — Drawer C-5-3: [Barcode: SC1000]
Scope and Contents

Copy of the sermon given on the death of Sarah Robinson Vedder

Dates: 1890

Binders and scrapbooks, 1866-2005

 Box — Box 46: [Barcode: SC0641]
Scope and Contents "3 binders and 2 scrapbooks of Mary Metcalf Langs and about John Pierce Langs (her husband).2 scrapbooks:1. ""The Musical Life of John Pierce Langs""2. ""Happy Memories of the Trip to Greece, '19"" (Mary), 1919.3 binders:1 binder: Mary Metcalf Langs, includes biography (1887-1978), correspondence with The Castellani Art Museum, maps, photographs of home on Whirlpool St., photograph of works, classes, teacher, and other portraits,...
Dates: 1866-2005

Box 189 - Porter Documents, 1841-1897

 Box — Box 189: [Barcode: SC2066]
Identifier: Box 6
Scope and Contents

Contains several Porter items: Diagram of the Assembly Chamber, 1841 (Hon. Peter B. Porter,Jr. Niagara Co. Speaker). Stamped NFHS. Proceedings: surviving officers, Peter A. Porter's Reg't., Peter Buell Porter bio. information (n.d.), handwritten family history (n.d.), Vincent Porter documents re: electric lights.

Dates: 1841-1897

Box N-30 - Porter Documents, 1812-1899

 Box — Box N-30: [Barcode: SC2000]
Identifier: Box 1
Scope and Contents

Porter Genealogical Chart, tax documents, deeds, bank receipts, cancelled checks, General Parkhurst Whitney Papers, Deed from State of New York to Judge Augustus Porter and Benjamin Barton for Prospect Park (later sold back to the State of NY).

Dates: 1812-1899

D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution), 1918, undated

 File
Identifier: gphc.dar.132
Scope and Contents

Photographs and notes of members of the DAR. 2 photographs and some notes about the Daughters of the American Revolution. Dedication of tablet to Abraham F. Hull. Memorial tablets. 2 different photos, 1 earlier, 1 later.

Dates: 1918, undated

Davy Family, undated

 File
Identifier: gphc.da.133
Scope and Contents

Matted photographic prints of members of the Davy family including some identified and some unidentified. Image captions include Abe Davy, Issac Davy (Born June 1, 1836 and Died March 9. 1899), James Davy, and Abraham (or James) Davy (?).

5 photos: 1 James Davy (last surviving of Niagara Falls "hackmen"), James Davy (Williams Collection, NFHS), Issac Davy (b. 1836-1899) and Abraham Davy.

Dates: undated

"Dear Wife, as Julia Matthews..."

 File
Identifier: File 17
Scope and Contents

n.d. Handwritten letter, 6 pages.

Dates: 1812-1924

Eugene A. Dickson Photographic Collection

 Collection — Box W-5: [Barcode: SC2334]
Identifier: EAD-000-000-106
Scope and Contents 32 boxes of color slides (about 40 slides per box) and a box of 8 x 10" black and white resin-coated photographs of scenes from 1959-1960 which are labeled, but many are blurry. Some of the slide boxes (and the b/w photographs) are stamped "Elizabeth A. Casey" There is also a folder of family history and a family photograph. The documentation provided in the slides is a valuable visual history of the Niagara Falls area including: streets, businesses, railroads, power house collapse...
Dates: 1959 - 1999

Dunlap Family - Genealogy

 File
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents

The Name and Family of Dunlap compiled by the Media Research Bureau related to the genealogy of the Dunlap family

Dates: 1870-1996, others undated