INTRODUCTION TO THE SNODGRASS SOURCE BOOKS The state source books were created by Charlou Dolan. She began this massive project ca. 1986, organizing and typing the accumulation of Snodgrass research when she got "boxes and boxes" of files from Scott F. Hosier (he was Editor of The MACE 1978-1986). Those files formed the nucleus of the "source books". During her tenure as Editor of The MACE, 1987-1993 and since, Charlou has been hard at it: gathering and entering into the source books Snodgrass data, making trips to courthouses and libraries across the country, collecting files & family data from past & present members of The Snodgrass Clan Society, as well as soliciting information from many other Snodgrass researchers. The source books are one of the best tools available to anyone researching Snodgrass. One for nearly every state, each is organized by county and within each county, info is arranged by date. These source books contain a wealth of Snodgrass research. Census readings - wills - deeds - misc. court records - marriages - deaths - obits - histories - Bible records - even queries found in genealogical publications ... all Snodgrass! Charlou's comments on the collected data are shown as < . > throughout. Any comments marked [ . ] or [vss -] were added by me, Violet "Suzie" Snodgrass Schoolcraft beginning in 1997, the result of my reading the source books and tracing families since I first joined The Snodgrass Clan Society in 1993. PLEASE keep in mind that the source books are meant to be a reference work - they give us an idea of what has already been found. Perhaps more importantly, they show us where to look next for what is yet to be done! REMEMBER, extractions & transcriptions, notes & comments may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original material. ALWAYS refer to the original source material whenever possible, using the source books as a starting point to guide you in your individual research. If it is SNODGRASS we at The Snodgrass Clan Society continue to collect it! Please send items (with sources cited!) you want to share with others to: Paul D. Snodgrass, at The Snodgrass Clan Society (Editor of The MACE since 1993) E-mail: paulsnodgrass@cox.net Charlou Dolan E-mail: charlou@compuserve.com (To be added to Charlou's mailing list for her updates, email her) and to me, Suzie Snodgrass Schoolcraft E-mail: snodgras@scci.net vss - October 1999 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOURCE BOOK -- SNODGRASS FAMILY CENSUS RECORDS 1800 census index - 1860 census index - NS 1870 census index - yes 1900 soundex - yes MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (pub. by the Libraryof Congress) yes *********************************** RECORDS 1870 Census 5th Ward, pg. 21, #269/320: Joseph E. Snodgrass 56-M-VA lawyer, $900/10,000 Hannah Snodgrass 57-F-MD Stanley Snodgrass 21-M-MD printer <1850 Baltimore, MD> --------------------------------------------- 1900 Soundex Washington, 21st St., 3-30-15-28: Belle Will *** John J. Snodgrass 58-M-PA Mar 1842 uncle Washington, 4th St., NE, 10-120-5-22: Stanley Snodgrass 50-M-MD Jul 1849 Mary E. Snodgrass 43-F-MD Aug 1856 wife Harry C. Snodgrass 9-M-DC Nov 1890 son Stanley S. Snodgrass 5-M-DC Jul 1894 son Washington, Gales St., N.E., 12-142-1-85: Alexander Snodgrass 56-M-IRE May 1844 (living alone) ----------------------------------------------- 1918-1919 -- While in the military service, Harry W. Snodgrass was assigned to the Judge Advocate General's office at Washington, DC. Ref: ____ Co., OH. 19?? -- NUCMC 74-982 Robert Evans Snodgrass papers. He was an entomologist in the 20th century, and his scientific papers and correspondance are in the Smithsonian. ###################################################################