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Jane W. T. Brey Collection of Family Findings

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-018

Scope and Contents

This collection chiefly contains photoprints of deeds, wills, marriage certificates and genealogical charts and pictures, relating to the Taylor, Wildman, and Watson families, Quakers of Bucks County, Pa.

Dates

  • Creation: 1682-1894

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Jane W. T. Brey (Jane Watson Taylor Brey, 1895-1982) was a genealogist.

Extent

0.21 linear ft. (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Jane W. T. Brey (Jane Watson Taylor Brey, 1895-1982) was a genealogist. This collection chiefly contains photoprints of deeds, wills, marriage certificates and genealogical charts and pictures, relating to the Taylor, Wildman, and Watson families, Quakers of Bucks County, Pa.

Arrangement

The collection is divided into five series:

  1. Deeds, indentures, land surveys, and mortgages
  2. Maps
  3. Marriage certificates and licenses (Quaker)
  4. Miscellaneous
  5. Wills

Physical Location

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Jane W. T. Brey, 1969; 1972; 1980

Processing Information

Sorted into categories and arranged chronologically, placed in separate oversize.

Subject

Title
An Inventory of the Jane W. T. Brey Collection of Family Findings, 1682-1894
Author
FHL staff
Date
1969
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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