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Twitchell Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGC-1059

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the family history and genealogy compiled by Elizabeth Lee “Betty” Twitchel Chastain. The information contained within the collection pertains to the Twitchell and other related families. Included are pension files, land records, photographs, and research.

Dates: 1983 - 2008

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

U.S. Confederate Officers Card Index

Collection

Identifier: MGC-1216

Scope and Contents

This collection contains an index of officers in the Confederate States of America’s military during the United States Civil War, 1861-1865. The collection has also been digitized and is available on FamilySearch.

Dates: Event: 1861 - 1865

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Vaile Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGC-1117

Scope and Contents This collection consists of genealogical information relating to the life of Harvey Merrick Vaile. Included within this collection are written family as well as oral history. Both the family and oral history were created by Harvey M. Vaile’s great Grandnephew Ernest Virgil Vaile, Jr. The oral history was originally created in 1997 and was saved on a VHS tape. Midwest Genealogy Center staff converted this VHS tape to a DVD. Both VHS and DVD can be accessed in this collection. In addition,...

Dates: 1997 - 2016

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Vera Grandfield Fawbush Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGC-1116

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal papers, genealogy, and photographs of Vera Grandfield Fawbush. Some of the other surnames found within this collection include Adamson, Fowler, Fritze, Hull, Lalonde, Muma, Ott, Rush, and Watson. Also found within this collection are a Grandfield family history, scrapbooks, obituaries, and newspaper clippings. Vera’s daughter, Edythe Fawbush Haywood, also contributed to this collection. There are two oversize items, a photograph and newspaper edition.

Dates: 1860s-2000s

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

V.G. Johnson Collection

Collection

Identifier: MGC-1078

Dates: c. 1850s-2008

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Vickers Family Bible

Collection — Box: A11

Identifier: MGC-1070

Scope and Contents

The Bible was presented to Harry Vickers by Patricia Vickers in 1956 upon becoming a Master Mason in the Freemasons. The Bible has a section for family history, military service, and pertinent masonic information.

Dates: 1956

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Walker Family Bibles

Collection — Box: A19

Identifier: MGC-1217

Scope and Contents This collection consists of three Bibles belonging to Andrew Jackson Walker’s family. One bible contains an inscription stating Andrew Jackson Walker as the original owner, gifted to him by his sister Lucy Ann Franklin. Another bible belonged to Andrew Jackson Walker’s son Andrew J. Walker, gifted to him by his sister Emma E. Walker, the donor’s great-grandmother. Birth dates for a few family members are written in the Bible as well. Also included within the collection is a family unit...

Dates: 1867 - 1881

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Walker/McCann Family Diaries

Collection — Box: A124

Identifier: MGC-1064

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of diaries written by members of the Joel M. Walker and Charles R. McCann families. These diaries describe the lives of farmers and their families. In addition to recording family life, these diaries also recorded historical events happening around Iowa and the United States. All diaries were written in Cedar and Muscatine counties in Iowa.

Dates: 1871 - 1925

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Walter S. Jennings Collection

Collection — Box: A64

Identifier: MGC-1150

Scope and Contents This collection contains photos and genealogical documents relating to the Jennings, Gartman, and Nauman families. Photos date back to the nineteenth century and some have been identified and dated. Genealogical documents include such items as marriage and death certificates, obituaries, funeral programs, wedding announcements, and naturalization papers. Some brief biographical sketches and personal histories from family members written in the 1950s and one from 1980 make up part of this...

Dates: 1850 - 1980

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

Washington Township Civil Docket

Collection

Identifier: MGC-1171

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one civil docket book from the time that Si Farmer served as Justice of the Peace in Washington Township in Jackson County, Missouri. The beginning of the book contains an alphabetical index of names with corresponding page numbers. The main portion of the book details the cases brought before the Justice of the Peace. They list the plaintiff and defendant along with the fees involved and who was responsible for paying those fees.

Dates: 1930 - 1944

Found in: Midwest Genealogy Center

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Twitchell Family Collection

U.S. Confederate Officers Card Index

Vaile Family Collection

Vera Grandfield Fawbush Collection

V.G. Johnson Collection

Vickers Family Bible

Walker Family Bibles

Walker/McCann Family Diaries

Walter S. Jennings Collection

Washington Township Civil Docket

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