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One Maryland Massey Family by George
Langford, Jr. 1901-1996 ©Cullen G. Langford and George Langford, III, 2010 |
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Over
the
years,
as
I have researched more than two hundred surnames in
my family tree, I have been aided and encouraged by many generous and
helpful people. Chronologically listed, I am particularly indebted to
these: |
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| George
Langford, Sr. Commencing way back in 1930, and sharing and equaling my enthusiasm, Father was my dedicated partner and chief source of encouragement in our project to research the historic genealogy of our family. |
Autobiography |
Biography |
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| Joseph
C.
Wolf From our earliest association, starting in 1932, Joe Wolf, as Librarian in the Genealogical Department of the Newberry Library in Chicago was for over thirty years an interested and helpful adviser to Father and me during our uncounted visits to Newberry. |
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| Newberry
Library |
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| Emma Lee
Walton Professional Genealogist, of Chicago. A very early, very knowing and very interested adviser to Father and me. Her particular contribution was to suggest that we never rely on secondary records if original records were available. |
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Archive |
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| J.G. Massey
In 1936, Mr. Massey, a total stranger to me, gave me a copy of an unpublished genealogical study of James Massey, d. 1759, and his descendants. In 1908, J.G. Massey and Eben Thomas Massey had collaborated in this report, which positively identified 156 Massey descendants of James Massey. J.G. Massey's line did not latch onto the line of James Massey, as far as he and Eben Thomas Massey could determine. J.G. Massey died in 1937 without my ever having an opportunity to meet him. I still marvel at his generosity. |
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| Early
Massey historians. Largely as an outgrowth of my very brief association with J.G. Massey, I benefited from data accumulated by several early historians of the Massey name; practically all of their research unpublished. Their original records may still exist somewhere to be rediscovered. |
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| Judge Frank
A. Massey In 1975, I learned that Judge Massey had published his "Massey Genealogy." Upon securing a copy and learning that his book included some information of my own Massey line, I entered into correspondence with him. Judge Massey has been enormously generous in sending me a series of his Massey "Charts," which added a very great deal to the rather modest amount of information I had on my Massey line. From his large accumulation of Massey data, Judge Massey has been a major consulting agent in tracking down genealogical mysteries and solving sticky identification problems. As I mentioned earlier, one of the major reasons that I am writing this book is to partially repay Judge Massey for his generosity. "A Judge Frank A.Massey of Fort Worth Texas has compiled the history of the Massey Family in Three volumes published 1974 and 1979." Book I.: My Massey Family in England, by Judge Frank A. Massey (1974) Book II: Massey Families in America, by Judge Frank A. Massey (1974) Massey Genealogy Addendum, by Judge Frank A. Massey (1979) Massey on Censuses by Judge Frank A. Massey (1969) |
Archive England Censuses |
OnRead America |
Bowkera Addendum |
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| Theodore L.
Brownyard For almost ten years, Mr. Brownyard has done interested and highly qualified research for me in the vast array of records available from governmental and library sources available in the Washington, D.C. and Annapolis, Maryland areas. His promptness and skill has gone a long way toward maintaining my enthusiasm in genealogical research. The ancestors and descendants of Charles Elmer Peabody, compiled by Goldie Peabody Brownyard and Theodore Lucius Brownyard. (1980) |
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| Jo White Linn Certified Genealogist, Salisbury, North Carolina. More than a collaborator in research in North Carolina; a friend. She always advised on the technical aspects of genealogical research and the recording of genealogical research.
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AllBookstores |
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| Orville Louis
Hough A most pleasant outgrowth of my correspondence with Judge Massey, was the discovery that Lou Hough, starting in 1964, had become interested in family history and had done a lot of research in our jointly shared Massey line; we are grandsons of two of Benjamin Franklin Massey's daughters. He is the major source for most of my material concerning this Missouri branch of the Massey family. And, not least by any means, he has been my chief adviser, well-wisher and cheerleader spurring me on to publish this book. Hough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1683-1850. (c. 1975) Hough in Loudoun County, Virginia, 1744-1850; an unfinished history. (1974) |
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