Cary Young Adams Papers, 1988-2006
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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The Library of Virginia800 East Broad StreetRichmond, VA 23219
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Archives Reference ServicesEmail: archdesk@lva.virginia.govPhone: (804) 692-3888Web: www.lva.virginia.gov
- Restrictions:
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There are no restrictions.
- Terms of access:
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There are no restrictions.
- Preferred citation:
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Cary Young Adams Papers, 1988-2006. Accession 43040. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Collection context
Summary
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Cary Young Adams Papers, 1988-2006. Accession 43040. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers, 1988-2006, of Cary Young Adams (b. 1927) of Norfolk, Virginia, containing genealogical research files on the Cary, Chisman, Curtis, Harwood, Hill, Hubbard, Hughes, Jones, Lee, Mallicote, Moss, Perkins, Whitaker, Wills, Wynne, and Young families. Adams' research interests were on these families who settled in Charles City, Dinwiddie, Elizabeth City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Nansemond, Norfolk, Southampton, Warwick, and York Counties, Virginia, and North Carolina and England. The collection contains Bible records, book catalogs, brochures, guides, and indexes to records in various institutions, census records, citations, queries, and surname exchange information from various genealogical websites, clippings, correspondence, genealogical charts, genealogical and hereditary society applications and other materials, maps, military and pension records, newsletters, obituaries, passenger lists, photographs, published sources, tax records, tombstone inscriptions, and vital statistics.
- Biographical / historical:
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Cary Perkins Wynne Young was born in Norfolk, Virginia on 12 February 1927. She is the daughter of John Hughes Young (1881-1949) and Mary Curtis Wynne (1888-1974). She married Donald C. Adams (1926-2010) on 29 January 1983.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Cary Young Adams, Norfolk.
- Physical description:
- 23.7 cubic feet (53 boxes)