Sub-series 2 - Secondary research

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P/P155/39/3/2

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Secondary research

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  • 1838-1991 (Creation)

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386pp

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-Photocopies of published historical works used as secondary references by Kerby A. Miller while researching the McGiffert/McGifford family, including histories of 19th century Alabama (particularly Greene County, the home of David McGiffert, and Tuscaloosa, the home of William McGiffert)
-Alabama agricultural census records from 1850; photocopies of McGiffert obituaries published in Alabama newspapers
-Miller and Beth Ruffin McIntyre's handwritten research notes compiling secondary research sources
-Orphans Court records from 1837-1838 regarding the distriction of the estate of James McGifford
-Miller's correspondence with archival and historical institutions in Alabama; exceprts from Jerrett, H.D. (1915), California's El Dorado Yesterday & Today (Sacramento: Jo Anderson), which Miller referenced when studying William McGifford's time in California during the gold rush;
-alternate transcripts of some of the letters;
-further genealogical information.

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