Durham (N.C.) -- Genealogy

Scope and Contents The Shirley Jones Mallard genealogical papers consist of family documents and research that Shirley Jones Mallard used in writing her book Our Mangum Cousins, which follows the descendants of Jesse Mangum and related families: Chappell, Crabtree, Duke, Ellis, Jacobs, Roberts, Teasley, Veasey, and Wilkins. Also included are materials relating to the Tilley, Carrington, Ball, Parrish, Person, Umstead, Lunsford, and Parker families. Most of the materials are original...

Scope and Contents The Pleasant Pickett Family Papers (1819-1933) consists largely of Pickett family financial records, including state tax receipts, receipts of purchased goods, and doctors’ receipts. Also included are photographs, records documenting significant family events, and miscellaneous published texts that either belonged to Pickett family members or were published by a North Carolina organization. Records pertain to Pleasant Pickett, as well as to his wife Mary Pickett (née Marcom or Markham), his...

Content Description The collection consists of family papers digitized by the donor between 2007 to 2011, approximately half of which are jpeg files of family photographs from the late 1800's to approximately 1960, as well as Adobe Acrobat pdf files of genealogical summaries for the ancestors of Harriet Hickok Holman and the ancestors and descendants of Quinton Edward Rawls. Also included are death certificates, newspaper articles, obituaries, Maplewood Cemetery gravestone photographs, street details from 1913...