Margaret M. MacGill Genealogy Collection Finding Aid MS254Rita Holtz Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library

July 5, 2005; updated Jan 23, 2006

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-12-15 14:26:14 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Margaret M. MacGill Genealogy Collection (MS254) MacGill, Margaert M. O'Meara, 1919-2008 MS254 2 Linear Feet 6 boxes 2018-01-01-2018-04-01 English . Content Description

The collection consists of information on the O'Meara, Lynch, Beach, Gossom, and Voorhees families including many collateral lines. Included is correspondence, notes, copies of documents (birth, death, marriage, deeds, wills, military, etc), articles, obituaries, and other miscellaneous items. All pertaining to the history and genealogy of the aforementioned names.

 Biographical / Historical

Margaret M. O'Meara was born March 5, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia. She was the daughter of Ernest C. And Bertha M. Beach O'Meara. She married Leon Herbert MacGill of Arlington, Virginia on March 4, 1950. Mrs. MacGill resides in the Arlington/Alexandria area and has researched and compiled information for her family genealogy for many years.

 Arrangement

Information is by family surname: Beach, Buckley (Shackelford),Downs (Sloper, Wilson), Hume, Gossom (Hampton, Jenkins, Lomax, E. Thomas, Tuttle), Lynch (Allison, Lightfoot, Spates, Thompson, Ball), Maddox, Matthew (Peters, Walker), O'Meara, Voorhees (Bradford, Smith). Military information is that of Revolutionary War and Civil War ancestors. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Obituaries are arranged by surname. Census records, deeds, wills, and other information is arranged by chronological and alphabetical order in place where applicable.

 Virginia -- Genealogy. Series I: City DirectoriesCity Directories - District of Columbia, Fairfax County, Baltimore - 1895-1925 (Families - Beach, Baker, Farr, Franks, O'Meara, Hilleary)11Series II: Beach FamilyBeach family - Maps showing areas where family and collateral families lived12Beach family - Miscellaneous information13Beach family - Newspaper articles14Beach family - Wills15Beach family - Deeds/Land Records16Beach family - Deeds/Land Records17Series IV: Downs, Sloper, Hume FamiliesDowns, Sloper, Hume families - Miscellaneous information111Series V: Gossom FamilyGossom family - Deaths/burials112Gossom family - Deeds/Land records113Gossom family - Family group sheets, correspondence, miscellaneous information114Gossom family - Place name history115Gossom family - Wills, Administrations, Inventories116Gossom family - Correspondence to Margaret MacGill from Virginia Zeboski, 1982-199821Gossom family - Correspondence to Gossom cousins from Margaret MacGill1984-199622Gossom family - Correspondence from Dick Collamer1993-199923Gossom family - Correspondence from Edith Eaton198724Gossom family - Correspondence from Dick Gossom1991-199925Gossom family - Correspondence from Jim Gossom1992-199626Gossom family - Correspondence from Steve Gossom, Mary Gossom, M. Bryant, Ralph Gossom27Gossom family - Correspondence from Pat HasnerHasner, Pat1984-199928Gossom family - Correspondence from and to Drucella Jones, Natalie N. Massengale, Ronald Simpson1972-199629Series VI: Lynch FamilyLynch family - Family group sheets and Genealogy Report210Lynch family - Miscellaneous information regarding the Allison, Lightfoot, Spate, Thompson, and Ball families211Lynch family - Information from various publications212Lynch family - Revolutionary War records for Hugh Lynch213Lynch family - Spate family genealogy214Series VII: Maddox FamilyMaddox family - Information from various sources215Maddox family - Thomas Maddox Revolutionary War records. Civil War information on various family members44Series VIII: Matthew FamilyMatthew family - Family Register for Matthew family. Information from various sources for the Peters and Walker families216Series IX: O'Meara FamilyO'Meara family - Family research 1633-181031O'Meara family - Family research 1811-182032O'Meara family - Family research 1821-190033O'Meara family - Family research 1901-197934O'Meara family - John Thomas O'Meara general information35O'Meara family - Civil War information for family members who served the Confederacy36O'Meara family - Francis O'Meara, Ship Captain (Includes history, manifests, ships records, court records)37O'Meara family - Family research - General38Series XI: Voorhees FamilyVoorhees family - Information on Bradford and Smith families41Voorhees family - Nelson Voorhees Union CivilWar records42Voorhees family - Garnett Voorhees Revolutionary War records43Series XII: Birth, Marriage, Death, MiscellaneousBirth Certificates - Beach, Buckley, O'Meara, Walker, Wilson families45Births - notes and miscellaneous information for Beach, Buckley, Downs, Gossom, Lynch, Maddox, O'Meara, Voorhees, Walker and other related families46Marriage Certificates - Beach, Beaumont, Bickles, Bladen, Buckley, Downs, Farr, Gantt, Gossom, Kearns, Lightfoot, Lynch, MacGill, Matthews, O'Meara, Sloper, Voorhees47Marriage Notes - A-B48Marriage Notes - C -L49Marriage Notes - M-Z410Marriage Notes - Miscellaneous411Correspondence of Mrs. Leon (Margaret M. O'Meara) MacGill1980-1997412Ancestor Charts - Lynch, O'Meara, Voorhees families51Death Certificates - Beach, Bladen, Buckley, Cockmill, Downs, Fox, Lynch, Matthew, Mullic, O'Meara, Shackelford, Smith, Straub, Wilson52Deaths - Cemetery Records53Deaths - Cemetery Records54Deaths - Miscellaneous information from various sources55Deaths - Requests for death certificates not found in collections56Obituaries - A-C57Obituaries - D-H58Obituaries - I-N59Obituaries - O510Obituaries - P-S511Obituaries - T-Z512Obituaries - Miscellaneous notes513Census Records - A-D61Census Records - E-L62Census Records - M-O63Census Records - P-Z64Census Records - Miscellaneous handwritten notes65Deeds - O'Meara family66Deeds - Voorhees family67Wills - A-D68Wills - E-N69Wills - O'Meara610Wills - O-S611Wills - T-Z612Contacts of Mrs. Leon (Margaret M. O'Meara) MacGill613Miscellaneous Notes614