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Title
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Finding Aid for the Harding Family Bible
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Type
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Text
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Description
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This collection consists of the family Bible for the John R. Harding family. This Bible contains the family records for births, marriages, and deaths for John, his wife Mary and their descendants. Also included in this collection is a pedigree chart, and family records that list names and dates of ancestors from as early as the 1600s. Dates were recorded in the family bible as late as the 1950s. The names and dates were written at different times and in various handwriting.
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 482 KB; 2 pages.
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC 1155
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Temporal Coverage
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1654-1951
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Collection Summary
Title
Harding Family Bible
Date
1654 - 1951
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1155-HFB
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Harding, John Roundy
Biographical History
John Roundy Harding was born October 18, 1832 at Charlestown, Maine and died at Grover, South
Dakota on June 21, 1919. His wife Mary Maycumber/Macomber (Sturtevant) Cordell was born August
27, 1830 and died December 17, 1916. The family bible lists their marriage as May 1856, but the
marriage index lists the date as June 26, 1856. The couple had three children and lived in Illinois before
moving to South Dakota where John had a jewelry business.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the family Bible for the John R. Harding family. This Bible contains the family
records for births, marriages, and deaths for John, his wife Mary and their descendants. Also included in
this collection is a pedigree chart, and family records that list names and dates of ancestors from as
early as the 1600s. Dates were recorded in the family bible as late as the 1950s. The names and dates
were written at different times and in various handwriting.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Bible
Item 1, Family Record Sheets [scanned]
Item 2, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders. The Bible is secured with cotton tying tape
and wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Nate Moore.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
“Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com. Transcription of obituary from Shelbyville Democrat, 3 July
1919.
Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922. Original data: Maine Marriage
Records, 1713-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
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