Sands family papers and genealogical research files

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol NYGB 18234", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"18234", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Sands family papers and genealogical research files"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1693-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1693/1956"}

physdesc

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abstract

{"value"=>"The Sands family of Block Island, Rhode Island, trace their lineage to James Sands, born in 1622 in Staffordshire, England. The collection consists of a genealogical research and personal papers relating to the Sands family. Personal papers include wills, deeds, indentures, and other documents dating from the 17th to 19th centuries. Genealogical research materials comprise one volume of photographs and other images depicting descendants of James Sands of Block Island, as well as notes on the Walker, Hutchinson, Ray, Guthrie, Palgrave, Cornell, Ayscough, Middagh, Holt, and Hershaw families; one volume of genealogies compiled by Malcolm Sands Wilson; and a small quantity of research notes and correspondence"}

date_inclusive_start

1693

date_inclusive_end

1956

origination

{"value"=>"Wilson, Malcolm Sands, b. 1884", "type"=>"persname"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Presented to the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society by Malcolm Sands Wilson in 1979.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"internal"=>true, "source"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society", "date"=>"2008", "value"=>"Gift of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2008"}

keydate

1693

prefercite

{"value"=>"Sands family papers and genealogical research files, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

.63 linear feet (2 boxes)

date_start

1693

date_end

1956

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