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From: "Donna Strength" <>
Subject: Re: [RAGSDALE-L] Mrs. van Leer
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:58:12 -0400
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From: "Bill" <>
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Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:01 AM
Subject: RE: [RAGSDALE-L] Mrs. van Leer


> The Van Leer papers are at the Georgia State Archives.
> www.georgiaarchives.org
>
> To view them you must make a request in advance and when they are ready
> you
> are taken into a secure room. You are not permitted to make copies
> yourself;
> an attendant makes them for you. I can't remember the cost but it is
> expensive. A possibility might be to negotiate an agreement with the
> Library
> for them to put the Van Leer Collection on CD. I have an index of the
> material in the collection and a copy of several pages that pertain to my
> line, Benjamin (3) and Jesse (4),
>
> Below is a copy of page one.
>
> Bill Berry
>
> "
> GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES ll/l6/81:mllm
>
> AND HISTORY - Manuscripts Section
>
> AC 81-023 INVENTORY
>
> ELLA WALL VAN LEER Genealogical Collection, ca. 1933-1977 and undated. 15
> archives boxes and 4 oversize folders.
>
> This collection of correspondence, reseach notes, and family compilations
> was accumulated by Ella Wall (Mrs. Blake Ragsdale) Van Leer during her
> over
> forty years of genealogical research on the Ragsdale and allied families.
> Mrs. Van Leer maintained files carefully documenting her research which
> she
> shared with the many correspondents who contacted her concerning their
> research on various family lines.
>
> The majority of the research concerns the RAGSDALE family. In 1975, Mrs.
> Van
> Leer's book The Ragsdale Family in England and America was published.
> During
> the compilation of the book, she correspondended with Mrs. June Hart
> Wester,
> author of Elijah Ragsdale ... and Known Descendants, 1975.
>
> Other allied families referenced in the collection include the CAMPBELL
> family and the allied CULBERTSON, HOLLOWAY/ HOLLOWELL, MEDLEY, MILLS, and
> PRICE families; and the VAN LEER family and the allied BRANSON, TARLETON,
> PECK, and POLK families.
>
> This collection was donated to the Georgia Archives by Mrs. Van Leer
> through
> June Hart Wester who prepared detailed descriptions of the material. It is
> arranged in the following series.
>
> Series 1. Ragsdale General Information.
> Series 2. Geographical File.
> Series 3. Record Types.
> Series 4. Ragsdale Family in England.
> Series 5. Ragsdale Family in America.
> Series 6. Campbell and Allied Families.
> Series 7. Van Leer and Allied Families.
> Series 8. Ella Wall Van Leer Family Personal Papers.
> Series 9. Oversize Material.
>
> The following two pages were prepared by Mrs. Wester concerning the
> background and use of the collection. They are followed by a folder
> inventory."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donna Strength [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:25 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [RAGSDALE-L] Mrs. van Leer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [RAGSDALE-L] Mrs. van Leer
>
>
>> No, no one has come forward yet. If you can help, that would be great.
>>
>> What would I need to do. Where are Mrs.Van Leer's
> papers? Please give me an idea just what this project would entail.
>
> Donna Strength
>
>
>
> I am interested in helping to get Van Leer papers. I don't live far from
> the Archives.. I will try to go some time next week and see what I can
> find out.
Will let you know what I find out.

Donna Strength


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