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Abbott family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS359 · Fonds

The fonds contains secondary source information about the Abbott family, including a letter from Louise Abbott to the BCHS regarding lecture tapes and containing a photograph of Bill Abbott as a farmer from 1952. The fonds also contains two newspaper clippings; one concerning the death of Bill's wife, Margaret (Marnie) Langley Griggs dated January 30, 2004 and one article written by Nancy Nourse from The Record about Louise Abbott dated October 24-30, 2003.

Abel family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS360 · Fonds · 2002

The fonds contains secondary source information on the Abel family, including a letter (BCHS) dated February 1, 2002.

Abram Goddard fonds
CA BCHS BCHS052 · Fonds · 1780-1825

The fonds consists of an Inventory of the property of the late Abram Goddard, prepared by Samuel Willard in June 1825, and a memo of the date of birth, marriage and death of Mary Caroline Goddard (1858-1911).

Goddard, Abram
Account Books collection
CA BCHS BCHS196 · Collection · ca. 1754-1793

The fonds contains four account books of general merchants at Newfane, Vt., for the years 1754 to 1793 inclusive, twenty-five books kept by general merchants at Brome, Knowlton, Stukely, Stanbridge, Bolton and Shipton, for which in most cases the name of the merchant is not recorded but the years are from 1815 to 1890, with 1820-1825 and 1883-1884 missing, and one account book of Dr. Stephen Sewell Foster for the years 1846-1850, who settled at Frost village in 1821, one of the earliest physicians in the Eastern Townships.

Achilles family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS361 · Fonds · 1957-1959

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information concerning the Achilles family, including correspondence from Walter B. Smith to Mr. Shuffelt and from Michel Sarrazin to Mr. Smith. The fonds also contains an extrait from the Early Settlers of Brome County, P.Q., detailing the life of Charles Baum Achilles (1790-1835[?]) dated July 28, 1958, as well as brief genealogies of the Achilles family.

A.H. Armour & Co. fonds
CA BCHS BCHS008 · Fonds · 1832 - 1837

The fonds contains primary source information regarding A.H. Armour & Co., including correspondence and a receipt.

A.H. Armour & Co.
Aiken family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS363 · Fonds · [ca. 1966]-1996

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source information regarding the Aiken family, living in the Mansonville region.

Albert Bethune Carley
CA BCHS BCHS1098 · Fonds · 1915-1924

The fonds consists of two bulky souvenir albums containing primary and secondary documents relating to the period when Albert Bethune Carley was in Europe as a military volunteer during WWI and his return to Canada. It includes many military documents, invitations, events programs and an important collection of personal photographs and commercial postcards depicting places that A.B. Carley visited or scenes of the war.

Alexander McKinne fonds
CA BCHS BCHS091 · Fonds · 1820-06-16

The fonds consists of a certificate as Sergeant in the 4th Battalion of the Townships Militia dated June 16, 1820 at St. Armand.

McKinne, Alexander
Alice Maude Smith
CA BCHS BCHS1090 · Fonds · 1866-1938

The fonds contains primary and secondary source documents relating to Alice Maude Smith, born in Abercorn. The primary source documents are mostly family and professional photographs inserted in three photo albums.

Smith, Alice Maude
Allard family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS364 · Fonds

The fonds contains secondary source information regarding the Allard family, including a document regarding marriages in Brome County, specifically the Allard family marriages.

Almas Alli Knowlton fonds
CA BCHS BCHS143 · Fonds · 1845-1868

The fonds contains primary source information regarding Almas A. Knowlton.

Knowlton, Almas A.
Amos Lay fonds
CA BCHS BCHS078 · Fonds · [copy] 1801-08-16

The fonds consists of a copy of a letter from Samuel Willard, with reference to settlement in the Township of Ely, dated August 16, 1801 at Stukely.

Lay, Amos
Amos R. Sweet fonds
CA BCHS BCHS124 · Fonds · 1852-02-07, 1856-01-18

The fonds consists of a Deed from James Cochrane to Amos R. Sweet, for thirty-one acres and buildings theron, from the Township of Brome, dated February 7, 1852, at Brome, a Deed from William Patten to Amos R. Sweet and Gardner Henry Sweet, from the Township of Brome, dated February 7, 1852, at Brome and a Sheriff's Sale to Amos R. Sweet and Gardner H. Sweet, from the Township of Brome, dated January 18, 1856.

Sweet, Amos R.
Arms family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS370 · Fonds

The fonds contains primary and secondary source infromation regarding the Arms family, including various biographical and historical information regarding the family as well as correspondence with the BCHS.

Armstrong family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS371 · Fonds

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Armstrong family, including correspondence and family genealogy as well as a photograph of Mrs. William Armstrong.

Arthur family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS372 · Fonds

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Arthur family, including correspondence from members of the Arthur family.

Artimas Newton fonds
CA BCHS BCHS093 · Fonds · 1833/03/30, 1838/10/22

The fonds consists of an order to Abijah Willard for $5.75 dated March 30, 1833 at Shefford, as well as an order to pay Dr. Sewell Foster fifty dollars in neat stock dated October 22, 1838 at Stukely.

Newton, Artimas
Artimas Stevens fonds
CA BCHS BCHS119 · Fonds · 1808/12/03

The fonds consists of an agreement by Joseph Morse to build a barn dated December 3, 1808 at Stukely.

Stevens, Artimas
Asa Belknap Foster fonds
CA BCHS BCHS045 · Fonds · 1873-1945

The fonds consists of a primary and secondary source documents relating to Asa Belknap Foster. They include complimentary pass on the South Eastern Railway dated July 9, 1873 as well as a magazine article relating to the presentation of a painting of the Hon. A.B. Foster, and incidents in his early railroad career, dated December 1945. The photographs consists of a portrait of Asa B. Foster and two small pictures of his house in Waterloo, named Maplewood.

Foster, Asa Belknap
Atwell Family Fonds
CA BCHS BCHS373 · Fonds

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Atwell family, including information on the death of Volney Gilmore Atwell as well as a photograph of Volney G. Atwell's Saw Mill in Mansonville.

Austin family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS374 · Fonds

The fonds contains mostly secondary source information regarding the Austin family as well as several photographs. The fonds consists of correspondence between the BCHS and Darcy Austin Nord, records of the Austin family from Census Canada as well as multiple references to the Austin family in various sources and a remembrance of Edgar Austin (d.1888).

Avery family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS375 · Fonds

The fonds contains secondary source information on the Avery family, including correspondence with the BCHS concerning the Avery family as well as a copy of the Recensement de 1881 Census.

Bancroft family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS381 · Fonds · [1860-1950]

The fonds contains primary and secondary source textual records regarding the Bancroft family. There are also several photographs relating to the Bancroft family, some incorporated in two different photograph albums.

Bates family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS388 · Fonds · [186?]-1969

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to the Bates family of Sutton. The photographs are included in four photo albums. They include Bates, Robinson, Page and Mandigo family members. The albums were donated by Hazel Bates, daughter of Hiram Bates and Helen Robinson.

Bert Edwin Phelps
CA BCHS BCHS1114 · Fonds · [ca. 1914]-1978

The fonds consists of primary and secondary source documents relating to Bert Edwin Phelps, married to Gertrude Annie Wright. The textual records and photographs concerns his personal, professional and military life, including commercial information about the products that he sold on his farm in Foster, under the names "Sunset Farm" and "Rushbrook". The diaries cover most of his active life, from 1921 to 1978.

Blunt family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS205 · Fonds · 1833-1914

The fonds consists of primary source information regarding the Blunt family, including Deeds of Sale, notes on family members deaths, insurance policies and recommendations.
The fonds contains secondary source information regarding the Blunt family, including David Blunt, David Blunt, Jr., and John B. Blunt. The fonds consists of Correspondence (BCHS), a Pedigree Chart of the family, a Blunt Family Record and three printed photos of Allen Blunt, Allen and Joyce Blunt and the Herbert Blunt Farm.

Blunt Family
Bolton township fonds
CA BCHS BCHS154 · Fonds · 1839-1856

The fonds contains primary source information regarding the Township of Bolton.

Bolton Township
Boright family fonds
CA BCHS BCHS416 · Fonds · [185?]-1985

The fonds contains primary and secondary source information regarding the Boright family. The fonds consists of Boright family papers and an interesting collection of photographs, some of them dating back to the 1850's.

Brewer Dodge fonds
CA BCHS BCHS032 · Fonds · 1799

The fonds consists of a deed from Brewer Dodge to Henry Collins.

Dodge, Brewer