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CALDWELL: Descendants of John CALDWELL, U.E.L.
By Norma Caldwell Byrnes of Lorrian, Ohio, circa 1992. 140 page typewritten manuscript in three-ring binder.
NHS Archive number FAMILIES C 25

CAMERON: The CAMERON Family Tree
By Marie Smith Hamilton. Donald Cameron, born 1790, Jane Stuart, born 1803, and their children. 118 typewritten, copied pages. Includes a few source documents. Soft cover. Small format.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 20

CAMFIELD: History / Genealogy of Family CAMFIELD
By Thomas Warner Camfield. Ah Tom Publications, Port Townsend, Washington 1996. 448 Page hardcover book that includes allied lines of CUSTER, BARNUM, ALLEN, BRADFORD, WARNER. There is also additional information that supplies some supplementary information that was included in an addition book "The WESTALLS and Their Kin".
NHS Archive Number: FAMILIES C 43

CAMP, JONES and Related Families
By Nell Jones Carter of Tallahassee, Florida, 1977. Hard cover. 430 indexed pages. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 77-79629.
NHS Archive Number: FAMILIES C 1

CARPENTER: Genealogy of John Brock CARPENTER 1819-1889.
No author credited. Undated. 22 loose leaf pages in a three ring binder. Includes original photographs of 1800s family members, an original letter dated at Simcoe, Ontario 16 Nov 2022 and typewritten notes and related newspaper clippings. John BROCK CARPENTER married Pricilla STERLING. Also CAIN, PETTIT families. Combination of two rare books (formerly C11 and C36)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 11

CARLYLE:The Forgotten Brother: John CARLYLE
By Joseph A Scott. 1999. Includes maps, photos and prints in a three-ring binder. Also copies of sources. Donated by Irene Hunt.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 32

CARSON. Descendants of William John and Mary Catherine (JENEREAUX) CARSON of Norfolk County, Ontario and Tuscola County, Michigan
By Allen R. Streeter. First edition 1983; second edition 1988. 32 page, small format booklet manuscript.(There are 2 small booklets)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 24

CASEY Family Tree: James and Annie CASEY.
By Evie McCaffery. Printed in Ridgetown, Ontario: Dominion Press Ltd., 1980 (Primarily an Elgin County, Ontario reference.) 179 pages. Hard Cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 4

CHARLTON Speeches and Addresses of John CHARLTON.
Toronto, Ontario: Marang and Co. Ltd., 1905. Retail vendor's stamp: "Bazaar, Geo. Williamson, Simcoe, Ontario. Jul 27 1905." Hard Cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 3

CHRYSLER Family.
By Mary Murray. Descendancy Chart.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 37Note: Also check CRYSLER

CHRYSLER: Family Genealogy.
Includes COLLVER, CULVER, BEEMER and SOVEREEN families.
Includes Pedigree charts and Family Records. Most of information is from Family Search. No author or date included in the duo-tang.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 34

CHRYSLER: The Michigan CHRYSLER Family;
By Don Chrysler. 2000. Three-ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 40

CHIPS: Andrew CHIPS and Agnes WILSON Family
By Bernice Soave of Bloomfield, Michigan with additional information provided by M. Irene Hopper of Delhi, Ontario. 192 pages in a three ring binder. Photocopies of handwritten originals. Undated, so earlier than 1984.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 15

CLINE: The John CLINE Family (1799-1972)
By Miriam Cline of Mississauga, Ontario, 1972. 46 loose leaf typewritten pages in Duo tang cover. Includes: OLMSTEAD, DERICKSON, LUTES, BARBER, VAN EVERY families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 8 part 1

My Great Grandparents' Families:
By Ross Hotchkiss, 2007 Includes: HOTCHKISS/SMITH, TODD/CARR, CHUTE/ROBINSON, BLUNDELL/FAIRBAIRN. Three-ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 39 a/b

CLINE: Minnesota CULVERS' Canadian Roots: CLINE Genealogy
By Polly Culver Reed of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, 1995. 60 pages in a duo tang style cover. Includes many photocopies of photographs and source documents. This includes CULVER, SHERMAN, MUNFORD, BARBER families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 8 part 2

CLINK: Lambton and Kent. The Story of the CLINK and connected families in Lambton and Kent Counties in Western Ontario
By William L. Clink, 1987. Approximately 100 unnumbered pages of Clink genealogy. Many Charts and a few maps, soft cover. Family Names include: ARNOLD, BARBER, BEACOM, BEATTY, BEACHAMP, BRETHOUR, BUCKLEY, CORNELL, COSSITT, CRYSLER, DAVIDSON, DECKER, DIBBLE, FENNER, FLETCHER, FORSYTH, GREEN, HOOD, HUME, KENNEDY, KENWARD, LEAN, LIVINGSTON, (LIVINGSTONE), LOBSTEIN, MCCORKELL, MCHARDY, MCQUEEN, MENERY, MITCHELL, MOIR, O'NEIL, PILKIE, ROGATZ, ROMPHF, SCHUDELAT, SETTLE, SHAW, SHEFFIELD, TOOLE, UTTER and WILMOTT.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 19

COHOE: Andrew COHOE and Descendants:
By K W Totten. Hardcover book of 368 pages. Indexed and includes some related families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES: C 2

COLLINS
Compiled by M. A. (Mervyn Avery) Collins A three ring binder contains a variety of small related genealogies.
(1) A brief outline of the history of the family of John BLACKWELL (1800-1865) and his wife Elizabeth BIGGS MURPHY (1805-1888)
By John D. Blackwell of Hensall, Ontario, 1978. 14 loose leaf typewritten pages.
(2) The Francis COLWELL - Jane COLLINS Family
By Mervyn Avery Collins, 4 typewritten pages.
(3) The STANLEY Family Tree
By M. A. Collins, 12 loose leaf typewritten pages.
(4) CULYER (sic) History of Bruce County and John H. and Lulu COLLINS Genealogy
By M.A. Collins, 1987.
NHS Archive number FAMILIES C 10a

COLLINS: From the Shamrock to the Maple Leaf: A COLLINS Family Story 1775-1982
By Mervyn Avery Collins, 1982. 186 page, soft cover self-published book.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 10

COLLVER, COLVER: Also see CULVER

COLLVER: Jabez COLVER's Religious Copybook
By Jabez Collver. Photocopy of original. Written 1811-1817. Approximately 40 pages, photocopied, loose leaf, bound in folder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C-7a-Volume 7

COLVER - CULVER: Family Genealogy
Descendants of Edward COLVER of Groton, Connecticut to the 13th generations in America
By Valerie Dyer Giorgi of Santa Maria, California, 1984. Chelsea, Michigan: Bookcrafters, Inc, 1984. Privately published hard cover book. ISBN: 0-9614222-0-3. Library of Congress Catalogue Number 84-72989. Copy 365 of 1,000 copies. 13 generations. 692 indexed pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIESC 7 Volume 6

COLVER - CULVER: Genealogy
By Frederic Lathrop Colver. Undated typewritten manuscript. Approximately 50 loose leaf pages in a three ring binder. Includes several handwritten and typed post publication additions
NHS Archive number: FAMILIESC-7

COLLVER's - CULVER's Past and Present (draft)
Compiled by William L. McLaughlin of London, Ontario, 1996. Approximately 145 loose leaf pages in a three-three binder, printouts from Personal Roots for Windows.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 7a

COLLVER - CULVER: Sources in COLLVER / CULVER Genealogy
Edited by William R. Yeager. Published by the Norfolk Historical Society, 1976. Approximately 114 loose-leaf pages, mimeographed. Several copies. All in separate three-ring binders. Many include additional handwritten and/or typed entries added post publication by family members and other researchers, which, in some cases, doubles the page count.
(Other copies of reference volume are still available for sale from the Norfolk Historical Society.)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 7

COLLVER
Assessing Sources for Analyzing Wealth, Income and Identity: Ontario land Records: (1792-1851)
By Colin Read, History Dept University of Western Ontario, 1994. A paper presented at teh Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association Atlanta Georgia. Mr Read uses the Collver, Culver family to illustrate his thesis.
NHS Archive Number: FAMILIES C 44

CONE: The CONE Family in Canada: Russell Freeman CONE and Descendants
By Charles Deane Kent of Ottawa, Ontario. Ottawa, Ontario: Westboro Printers Ltd., 1985. ISBN 0-9691880-0-5. Soft cover book. 448 pages.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 18

COOK: The Andrew COOK Genealogy: A Genealogical Sketch of the Descendants of Andrew and Anna Christina (PALMER) COOK, 1769-1970
By John and Eileen (Shepherd) Houser. Printed in Canada. Donated to the NHS by Mrs. Peter Dunton (nee Ruth Cook) of Burlington, Ontario. 580 page self-published indexed, typewritten pages. Soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 6

COOK: Echoes from Andrew and Ann: The Gentle COOK Embrace, Vol. 1
Andrew COOK and Anna Christina PALMER Family History, 1769-1990
By Frederick Douglas Hamilton Cook and Kathryn Ellen May (Somerville) Cook. Tillsonburg, Ontario: The Andrew Cook Genealogical Society Inc., 1992. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 92-73007. . Hard cover, over 761 pages. Volume 1 includes PALMER, MARKLE, and TEETER. Volume 2 is the index.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 26

COOMBS: "Shining Shoes to The ROCKEFELLERS": A "True Story" (Almost)
By Doug COOMBS, in 1998. Autobiography. Stories, pictures, newspaper items.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 35

COPE: William COPE, U.E.L., Phoebe ELLSWORTH, their family and descendants, Copetown, Ontario
By Alvin L. Monroe of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Orark, Missouri: Dogwood Printing (undated, but approximately 1989). 98 typewritten pages plus index. It includes a few maps and a genealogy of a Michigan MONROE family. Soft cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 22

COPE: My Gramma was a COPE
Compiled by Alvin L. Munroe of Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1995.
(A revised, updated and re-titled version of William COPE, U.E.L., Phoebe Ellsworth, their family and descendants, Copetown, Ontario by the same author.) 320 pages, plus copies of source documents. Soft cover. Indexed.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 22a

COPE: My Gramma was a COPE: Addendum
By Alvin L. Munroe of Carlsbad, New Mexico, 1997. Approximately 75 loose leaf pages, Duo-Tang cover. Addendum to FAMILIES: C 22a
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 22b

COPE: The COPE Family
By Patricia Welsh of St. Williams, Ontario, 1989. 27 loose leaf typewritten pages. Includes copies of maps, source documents. Also includes STUART, TYRELL, LOWRIE, IRVING families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 21

A Family Study: Descendants of Jesse and Polly (CHASE)CORLESS and David and Ann (CLARK) BROOKS, with related families: BAILEY, CHARLTON, CHASE, DEXTER, HARRIS, HILDRETH, LUETHE, NEWELL, SHAIN, WELCH, WHALEY, WOOLLEY
By Lee and Mae Corless of Grosse Point Woods, Michigan, 1980. Hard cover. 463 indexed pages including a few photos.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 5

CORLIS Family: Ancestors and Descendants of James Corlis 1754- 1817 of Monmouth Co, NJ to Norfolk Co., ON.
By James L. McCallum. Donated in 1997. Indexed history that includes BEAL, HAGERMAN, MOUNT and LYNCH families.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 31

CORSON 1783-1849: Six Generations of the Canadian CORSON family from Daniel CORSON and Rebecca LAWIRSON who came to Clinton Township, Niagara Territory from Sussex, New Jersey
By Corson Ellis of Atlantic Highland, New Jersey, 1994. A 20 page, laser printed pedigree chart in a Duo-Tang cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 28
See also C 30 and 44

The Canadian CORSON Family and their cousins
No author credited. The first three generations. Not dated. 14 unnumbered typeset, photocopied pages. Includes sources. In a Duo-Tang cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 30
(See also C 28 and 44

Esther CORSON: Daughter of Daniel Corson,
By Corson Ellis 1996. Duo-tang cover. 8 pages
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 44
(See also C 28 and 30)

The CORWIN Genealogy: An Account of the Ancestors of Sheriff George CORWIN of the Salem Witch Trials.
Researched and written by Carolyn Smith-Pelletier. With notes on the WINTHROP and GEDNEY families, with references, pictures etc. 143 page Indexed. Copy written in 2003.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 41

COVERNTON History
By Charles and Rita Covernton, Manitoba 2008. The history of James and Charles William Covernton who arrived in Canada in 1836. Cerlox bound copy.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 42

COWAN Clan United Volumes 1-5
A collection of COWAN family newsletters dated Apr 1969 to Jul 1974. Donated to NHS by Helen L. Smith. Approximately 300 loose leaf pages in a Duo Tang style cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 13A

COWAN Clan United Volumes 6 to 8.
A collection of COWAN family newsletters dates 1974 to 1977.
Compiled by Winifred Beatty of Detroit, Michigan. Approximately 150 loose leaf pages in a three ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 13

CRANE The Family History of George CRANE 1794-1872 and his wife Elizabeth WRIGHT 1793-1865
Compiled by June (Henry) Hassen of London, Ontario, 1985. 83 typewritten pages in a Duo-tang cover.
NHS Archive number FAMILIES C 12

The CRAWFORD Family History
The Family of James Crawford and his wife Rachel BENEDICT by Ruth Ellis of Woodstock, Ontario, 1995. Printed in Canada. 206 pages including pictures and copies of source documents.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 29

CRIDLAND Descendants of Thomas CRIDLAND.>br />By Zachary McCormick, 2000. Genealogy of the Cridland family with sources. Robert CRIDLAND migrated to Norfolk County with some of his children in 1853. One of his daughters married Johnathon Titus WILLIAMS.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 33
(See also W 12

CROOKER Chronicles:
By Louise Reynolds, UE. Large hard cover book published by the author in 1993 in Mississauga ON. This starts with the CROKERS from England to America to Canada. Includes some period photographs in Part 3.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 27

CROOKER Chronicles: Descendants of James CROOKER after the War of 1812
By Louise Reynolds, U.E., of Mississauga, Ontario, 1993. 724 pages including index, bibliography and references. ISBN 0-9697579-0-5. Hard Cover. Bound by Felton Bookbinding Ltd., Georgetown, Ontario.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C-27

CRYSLER and CHRYSLER Family Trees
By H. Crysler Hilliker, 1974. Indexed, 155 page type written manuscript in three-ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 23A
See also FAMILIES C 34b

CRYSLER and CHRYSLER Family Trees Supplement
By H. Crysler Hilliker, 1981. Indexed, typewritten manuscript, in a three ring binder. 1981 supplement includes COLLVER, CULVER, BEEMER and SOVEREEN.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 23 B

CULVER. Also see COLLVER, COLVER.
Minnesota CULVERS' Canadian Roots:
Minnesota CULVER's Canadian Connections. Culver genealogy by Polly Culver Reed of Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Undated manuscript. Dot-matrix computer print out. Includes photocopies of historical documents and family photographs (black & white and colour). Approximately 100 unnumbered pages.
NHS Archive number: C 7 Volume 5
See also C 7 Volume 9

CULVER- SOVEREIGN
Correction of earlier work by Richard E Green 1997. Duo-tang binder with photocopies.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 7

CULVER:
Typewritten history of the CULVER Family written in 1908 by John CULLVER to his nieces Tett and Carrie ADAMS. (It is with the rest of the Culver family information but it is not actually numbered - very fragile.)
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 7

CULVER - A Rebel Redeemed: From George W. to George III.
By Philip B Turner Soft cover, 196 pages. Includes Jonas CULVER, Charlotte FINNEMORE CULVER, and John TURNER
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 38

The Descendants of Gabriel CUNNINGHAM
By Joan Pate of Troy Michigan, 1987. Includes Mary Stitt's genealogy. 127 indexed pages. Includes photo. Soft cover book.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 17

CURTIS, BIRDSILL, MACDONALD
By Beverly Magee Daugavietis of Woodstock, Ontario, 1985. Approximately 60 unnumbered loose leaf typewritten pages. Includes photocopies of many photos. Duo-Tang cover.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 16
(See also C 9)

The CURTIS Family (Five Generations)
By Beverly A. Magee, 1981. Descendants of Rev. George CURTIS 1804-1882 and Ann (HARRIS) CURTIS 1807-1875 and their descendants. Approximately 100 loose leaf pages in a three ring binder.
NHS Archive number: FAMILIES C 9

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