Scope and arrangement
The Lloyd Espenschied genealogical research papers are arranged in nine series:
Lloyd Espenschied genealogical research papers, ca, Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library
Genealogist, historian, inventor, and radio broadcasting pioneer, Lloyd Espenschied (1889-1986) lived in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York and was co-inventor of the coaxial cable. Genealogical notes, charts, maps, and transcripts of land, financial and church records, and of ship lists from Espenschied's research into the history of the Espenschied family and the related Crecelius, Dorscheimer, Fraenger, Von Gerichten, Overstolz, Spies, Wagner, Walhizer, and Young families. Also, photographs and papers resulting from Espenschied's studies in the early wagon making and hat industries, and notes from his research on German immigration, particularly to Pennsylvania, Wayne County, New York, St. Clair, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri; and personal correspondence and journals containing narratives about Espenschied's travels, and his attendance at international communications conferences.
The Lloyd Espenschied genealogical research papers are arranged in nine series:
Presented to the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society by Lloyd Espenschied in 1973.