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George Henry Knowlton Genealogical Research Papers, 1895-1931

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Date: 1895 to 1931
Location: New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections, Albany, New Yorkmap
Surname/tag: Knowlton
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George Henry Knowlton spent many years working on revisions and corrections to Rev. Charles Stocking's The History and Genealogy of the Knowltons of England and America. He never published his work, but his papers, including a draft of his intended book, are held in the Manuscripts and Special Collections department of the New York State Library in Albany. A finding aid is available online:

https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc13163.htm

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence (most of it pertaining to later American generations of the family) and "Genealogical Records," which are usually foul copies (rough drafts) of the accounts gathered together in the bound volume.

Knowlton's work corrects numerous errors from Stocking, but it is by no means perfect, and many of its assertions are unsourced. It is a welcome supplement to Stocking's History, which is notoriously unreliable, but not a substitute for primary source research.





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