By Chris Pattilo
The
newest addition to the CGS website is a set of documents from the Griffin Manuscripts
Collection. Member Stewart Traiman scanned the material and created a detailed
list of the contents, which include marriage, death and other vital records,
wills, deeds, personal notes, genealogical worksheets and a few photos for
multiple generations of the Charles Griffin family as well as allied lines
including Ashfield, Benson, Blatchford, Deboy, Dudley, Haverhill, Maxwell,
Taylor and more.
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| Captain Francis Marion Griffin of Boston, 1909: from the Griffin Collection |
In addition to being an active member of CGS, Dr. Griffin was a contributing member
of the California Historical Society. In that capacity he compiled an Index
to the Annals of San Francisco which was published in 1935. He was also an
officer in the Society of Mayflower Descendants for many years.
Dr.
Griffin was killed in a bus accident in Guerneville, California, on 23
December 1950. Upon his death his estate donated his vast collection of genealogical books to CGS.[1]
To browse the Griffin Collection via our website, log in and go to the Research Tab, select "Online Resources" from the pull down
menu, and scroll down to Resources Developed by CGS Members, where you
will find a link to the Charles Francis Griffin M.D. Collection. Note: These online collections do not
include everything held by our library because some items are under copyright.
To view the entire collection you’ll need to visit the library when it reopens.
[1]
Information gleaned from an article written by A.T. Leonard, Jr. for California
Historical Society Quarterly, 1 March 1951, and from previous CGS blog
articles.
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