Genealogical Businesses
name: label: Series Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Genealogy
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Genealogy / Research Files, Associations, Business Records, and Other
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1875-1946
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Genealogy, Subseries 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Items in this subseries are arranged alphabetically by the name of the business or individual.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: includes the advertisements, correspondence, and product samples of individuals and businesses engaged in genealogical trade. Their services and products included genealogical resources, books, research guides, and prepared family histories. The majority of these businesses are located in New York, Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, and London, England. The Lawrence-Townley Estate materials include the records of individuals and businesses working to document their right or the rights of others to the Lawrence-Townley Estate (also known as Chase-Townley). The individuals and companies include F. Alden Hill and Dr. Alfred Shephard located in Glendale, Ohio; Jasiel Lawrence of Rome, New York; James Usher of New York, New York (Chase-Townley); and the Townley Estates Realization Company located in Cincinnati, Ohio.