Genealogies
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Goff Family Papers, 1871-1930
Collection
Identifier: University Historical Collection 307
Summary
Papers of the family of Edgar Goff, who left Massachusetts and purchased land in the Township of Pleasant Valley in Eau Claire County in 1857. Edgar was a farmer until his death in 1894. Upon his death, Edgar’s son, Arthur W. Goff, inherited his property. Included are financial and land records, financial journals, grocery lists, genealogy, a brief history of the Goff family, a hand-drawn map of the farm, and correspondence.
Dates:
Goff Family Papers, 1871-1930
Barland Family Papers, 1825-2008
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss AG; Eau Claire Micro 35;-Eau Claire Micro 19; Micro 34; Micro 956;-PH 4963; M2004-230; M2005-055;-M2010-112; M2013-153
Summary
Personal and business papers of three generations of the Barlands, a family with strong ties to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, together with papers of several related families, the Newlands, the Reads, the Schlegelmilchs, and the Wilsons. Included are personal letters, diaries, photographs, financial records, and genealogical materials. The papers document the life of Thomas Barland, a minister and inventor who emigrated from Scotland to Illinois and then to Eau Claire (1853). Barland's...
Dates:
1825-2008
Wood Family Papers, 1865-1928, 1979, 1992
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss BQ
Summary
Financial records, correspondence, family photographs, and diaries kept by David Wood, and by his sons, James Lincoln Wood and Ralph Winthrop Wood, residents of Trempealeau County, Wis., near Whitehall. The diaries, which span 62 years, are a daily record of farm chores, family events, accounts, weather, and community life in western Wisconsin during the settlement period. Ralph and James began keeping their diaries during childhood, with Ralph continuing his into adulthood. Also included...
Dates:
1865-1928; 1979; 1992