This weeks' theme is "At the Library".
This one was a more difficult topic to tackle because I could not recall a good relative for the subject. My initial train of thought went towards ancestors who may have been librarians or architects that may have built a library. Perhaps a person who attended a dedication ceremony or a prolific library volunteer.
After a day of waffling back and forth on the topic, I settled with Marcius Denison Raymond, the author of “Gray Genealogy,” the 1887 genealogical record of the Gray family in early America. This book, which I’ve written about way back when, was one of the first jumping off points I had in genealogy. It was really like opening the door to Narnia for my research potential.
In contrast to many other anthologies that you find in the genealogical world, Raymond’s book does not carry a numbering system that you frequently find in other works. While this may seem complicated, Raymond is incredibly articulate on who these individuals are and from whom they are descended. He has included copies of historic family letters as well as contemporary letters from his correspondence compiling the book.
Beyond this work, Raymond was the author of several other genealogical books, papers, and lectures both on the Gray family as well as his Raymond line.
Despite this seemingly full-time work load, Raymond was employed as the editor and publisher of two newspapers in upstate New York.
More information about Marcius D Raymond can be found on his Wikipedia or over on his WikiTree.
- Patricia
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