This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/1644 Message Board Post: Again, for those of you interested in seeing what has ALREADY been researched be sure to check out Dr. Vance Arthur Bradford's work. You can access this information via the www.web.umr.edu/~whmcinfo/shelf26/r647/shelf.html This information is available at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection--Rolla, University of Missouri. Bradford family. Papers, 1722-1998. Eight record storage boxes. NOTE: THIS COLLECTION IS IN OFF-CAMPUS STORAGE. AT LEAST TWO DAYS' ADVANCE NOTICE IS REQUIRED FOR RESEARCH USE. These are papers collected by Dr. Vance A. Bradford while conducting genealogical research on the Bradford family. Included are six boxes of correspondence with and about descendants of Samuel Bradford of Snow Hill, Maryland, and two boxes of papers f rom the Duncan homestead in southern Phelps County, Missouri. Dr. Bradford's genealogical research began around 1970 and eventually developed into a quest to identify all of the descendants of Samuel Bradford of Snow Hill, Maryland, who died about 1812. One of Samuel's sons, Adam Bradford (1775-1849), was a pioneer resident of what is now Phelps County, Missouri, and was a direct ancestor of Vance A. Bradford. Many field trips and a voluminous correspondence resulted in the publication in 1985 of Bradford Descendants, an 811-page summation of Dr. Bradford's research. The Bradford family papers have been divided into two sections. The first, and largest (six record-storage boxes) section consists of Dr. Bradford’s genealogical correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Also included in this section are documents and papers related to his ancestors that Dr. Bradford acquired on his research trips. These materials have been filed under the name of the person to whom they refer. The "Folder List" notes the name of each of the correspondents and documented persons. The second section, in two record-storage boxes, consists of papers apparently collected by Annie Duncan Freeman, a kinswoman of Dr. Bradford’s, and removed from the Duncan homestead in southern Phelps County by Dr. Bradford. These papers have been ar ranged by name and topic. The Bradford family papers will be a useful supplement to researchers who have consulted Bradford Descendants and who desire to see the original correspondence and documents that led to and supported its publication. r718; 17 November 1998; Margaret Bradford; gift Cheers! Michelle--California