VERTICAL FILES INDEX March 31, 2019 Introduction This searchable Vertical File Collection index includes a synopsis of each file, providing information to help you determine if coming to the Library to examine the file would be beneficial to your research. Access to the files is self-service. They are located in the filing cabinets to the left of the entrance, across from the lockers. Patrons may photograph (no flash), scan or photocopy documents. File Time File Name Contents Description Geography Number Frame Morris 001 The Media Research Bureau compiler, The 1300-1920 Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Name and Family of Morris, (Washington, D.C.), England 13 p. Pottenger 002 Pottenger Pioneers in Ohio, (Fairfield, Ohio): c1680-1900 Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio Aug. 1979, 6 p. Dec. 1984, 4 p. July 1985, 10 p. Schencks 003 The Indianapolis News, (Indianapolis, Ind.), Sep. 1900s Indiana 9, 1974, 1 p. Schencks Recall Old Family Tales. Article features stories related to the upcoming 74th family reunion. Schuster 004 O. J. Schuster, In the Stream of Time: A c1800-1930 New York, Wisconsin, Germany Historical Family Sketch, (Lyon Park, Va.: Nov. 1934), 25 p. Story focuses on Anna Maria Hartwig born in Norheim, Germany in 1799 who married John Schuster. Simonson 005 Elmer Garfield Van Name, The Simonson c1660-1800 New York Families of Staten Island, New York, (1959), (Haddonfield, N.J.: 1963), 19 p. Bott 006 A. B. Van Zandt, The Elect Lady A Memoir of c1640-1760 Virginia, England Mrs. Susan Catharine Bott of Petersburg, Virginia, (New York, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Education) 8 p. History of Mrs. Bott, nee Spottswood. Hight 007 Nellie Eva (Woods) Whedon, Asa Hight family c1800-1945 Illinois, Iowa, Kansas Ohio, Pennsylvania by Whedon, (Wellington, Kans.: 1959), 6 p. Includes a pedigree chart. Kronish 008 Soldier in WWII uniform. On back is written: 1941-1945 Maine “Sgt. Elliot B. Kronish Mrs. William B. Kronish 40 Wall St. N.J. or N.1 J. Promoted to Sgt. In O.M. Corps, Aviat’n Div. Dow Field, Bangor, Me.”, 1 photo. Stanley 009 Laurence A. Hawkins, Sc.D. William Stanley c 1634-1910 California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New (1858-1916) His life and Work, (Newcomen York, England Society in North America, 1951), 52 p. Life of William Stanley, prolific inventor, owner of numerous patents, including the Stanley transformer. Stanley Family of Connecticut: Colonial Dame Line of George William Pardy born 1896 & John Stanley, 4 p. Other surnames: Pardy, Clark, Cowles, Kitchell, Leonard, Miller, Newell, Norfon, Peck, Scott, Smith. Sumner 010 Samuel Sumner, page from a book, no 1688-1982 Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, publication information, biographies of Samuel Pennsylvania Sumner & poem “Decoration Day”. The Sumner Family Association. (Jul. 1987), 5 p. Swaine 011 Lawrence Brainerd, Swaine Family: c1585-1700 Connecticut, Massachusetts, England Accompanying the Castle Genealogical Chart , (Boston, Mass.), 1 p. (See VF 1099) Descendants of Hon. William Swaine Gentleman born about 1585 and came to Massachusetts in 1635. The connection between Deborah Swaine and the family of Samuel Northrup Castle of Honolulu may be traced in the Castle Genealogical Chart. Talbot 012 Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, Solomon c1670-1910 Massachusetts Talbot, Peter Talbot of Dorchester, Mass. and Some of his Descendants, (Columbus, Ohio), 1909, 9 p. Teasdale 013 National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Milton 1200s-1910 Missouri, New Jersey, England, Northern Rubincam, Historical Outline of the Teasdale- Ireland Teesdale Families, (Washington, D.C.), reprint, Sep. 1939, 5 p. Tegge-Allen 014 Clara Stearns Scarborough, The Tegge-Allen c1400-1930 Texas, Prussia Family, (Sun Publishers, Georgetown, Tex.: 1967), 25 p. Thayer 015 Louis Thayer Ojeda, Genealogy of the c1560-1910 New Jersey, New York, England Descendants of William Turpin Thayer of Bellingham, 43 p. Tong 016 Capt. H. F. Stout, The Autobiography of William 1750-1850 Maryland Tong: Revolutionary Soldier, (Dover, Ohio: 1946), 18 p. Yount 017 W. C. Yount, A Brief Sketch of the Origin of the c1660-1850 Indiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Yount Family in America, (Alliance, Ohio: 1936), Alsace, France, Switzerland 17 p. Yount, formerly Jundt or Junt. Yates 018 History and Genealogy of William and Martha 1600s-1890 Massachusetts, Virginia, England (Morgan) Yates, 8 p. Yale 019 The Yales of America, p. 561-576. c1860-1900 Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, England Wright 020 Ruth Wright McDivitt, The John and James c1800-1960 Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee Wright Family, (1965), 29 p. Related families include Shaw and Durr. Wright Bible records, 2 p. Bible published 1824 in possession of Jane Wright Garner of Warren County, Tennessee. Does not include places. Wood 021 Bertha Brown Terrell, Wood Family c1630-1970 California,Massachusetts, Minnesota, Genealogy California Branch, Dedicated to Canada the Memory of Thomas Savery Wood and Huron Benson Brown California Pioneers, (self-published, 1971), 37 p. Family history begins with Thomas Savery Wood’s parents and continues through the generations to 1970. Inez M. Johnson, Wood Family from 1630s- 1845, 5 p. History of the Thomas Wood (a carpenter) family of Rowley, Massachusetts in the mid 1600s. Focuses on the 17th and 18th centuries. Nelson 022 Transferred to Manuscript Collection, Katharine Bruce Jones, File Folder No. 172 Wirsing 023 Sara Leosa Wiley, History and Genealogy of the c1750-1900 Pennsylvania, Michigan, Germany Wirsing Family of Pennsylvania, (1967) 19 p. A history of the descendants of John Wirsing and, his wife Sarah Rush and some of the Wirsing antecedents. Willis 024 Transferred to Manuscript Collection, Katharine Bruce Jones, File Folder No. 229 Sager 025 A Brief History of the Sager Story, (Whitman 1838-1847 Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Washington Mission National Historic Site, Walla Walla, Wash.), 3 p. See the Whitman Mission National Historic Site website. Williams 026 Williams: A Brief Family Sketch, 4 p., 2 1700s-1950 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, England charts. Descendants of Elizabeth Johnson Williams and Henry Harrison Williams of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Williams Newsletter, (Granada Hills, Calif.), Mar. 16, 1987, 12 p. Bruce Cartwright, compiler. Williams, Lieut. Peleg, 16 p. Willard 027 R. W. Brown, Daniel Willard (1861-1942). From 1861-1942 Massachusetts, Vermont Woodburners to Diesels! (Newcomen Society of England, American Branch, New York, 1948), 32 p. Willard 028 Estelle Avery Lampe, compiler. 1634-1962 Nationwide Descendants of Silas Willard, Sr. of Rochester, Vermont, (Decatur, Ill.: Harcourt, Brace, and World Inc., Pub. ,1964.), 53 p. Daniel J. Steele, The Clocks of Simon Willard, reprint of article in “Antiques” by Homer Eaton Keyes. Read at the 15th annual reunion of the Willard Family Association, Sep. 9, 1922, 15 p. Wilkinson 029 Descendants of Joseph Wilkinson of Calvert 1720s-1963 Alabama, California, Kentucky, Louisiana, County, Maryland, 9 p. Other surnames Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, include Penrose and Biddle. England East Bay Genealogical Society, compiler, Lydia C. Wilkinson (1884-1968), Contra Costa County, Calif., 1968 death certificate, 1 p. Charles Wilkinson (1841-1918), Alameda County, Calif., 1918 death certificate, 1 p. Lockhead 030 Letter: illegible author, no place, to Mrs. William None Listed Maryland Musladin, San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 17, 1956, 2 p. Letter is about the Ida Charles Wilkins Foundation and their research in Maryland in response to a query about the Lockheed Family. Wilcox, Willcocks 031 Journal of the Peter Willcocks Society, 1691-1970 Various States (Kansas City, Mo.), Jul. 1973, No. 1, 7 p. Peter Willcocks (1691-1768) of Union County, New Jersey. Wilcox Genealogical Project Newsletter, (Kansas City, Mo.): No. 3, Mar. 1972, 4 p. No. 4, Mar. 1972 , 4 p. No. 5, Aug. 1972 , 4 p. No. 6, Dec. 1972, 4 p. The Wilcox Genealogical Project’s purpose is to locate and document genealogical information about the descendants of Peter Willcocks who settled in New Jersey in 1736/37. Wright 032 W. R. & R. L. McCann, Ancestors-Descendants 1400s-1950 Kentucky, Virginia, England James Wilson Wright Sr. who married Cynthia Rebecca Jones, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, (Hopewell, Va.: Doutt’s Print Shop, 1954), 21 p. Related families include Clark, McCann, Estillo. Cox, Cox-Phillips 033 William Montgomery Sweeney, Wills of 1660s- Various States Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692, 1900s (Lexington, N.C.: Phillips Printing), 3 p. Transcribed will of John Cox (1679) and Richard Cawthorne (1679) both of Rappahannock County, Virginia. Cox pedigree chart, 1 p. Cox-Phillips family Newsletter, (Lexington, N.C.: Phillips Printing), Dec. 1982, Vol. III, No. III, p. 35-51. Whiting 034 Joseph N. Davis, compiler, A Brief Genealogy of 1617-1966 Indiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Whiting Family of Virginia 1617-1922 with Oregon, Virginia 1966 Supplement (Wahoo, Nebr.), Jun. 1922, 24 p. Supplement covers direct descendants of Nancy Endicott Whiting Davis, through her daughter Cora Jane Davis O’Dell. Riddle 035 Letter from the Ida Charles Wilkins Foundation 1700s-1850 Maryland (Baltimore, Md.) to Mrs. W. G. McAtee, Maywood, New Jersey, Aug. 10, 1954, 2 p. Subject: the Riddle family of Maryland. Moore 036 Transferred to Manuscript Collection, Miscellaneous H-M Wheeler 037 Transferred to Manuscript Collection, Katharine Bruce Jones, File Folder No. 230 Patch, Patch-Bond 038 Pedigree charts, miscellaneous research