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Grant Collar

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Born 1931 Conway AR, retired 1990 Little Rock AR, mechanical engineer. Lived AR, TN, TX, MO, CA; Durango and Baja California, Mexico; British Columbia, Canada; OK, NV. Genealogist and author of eight genealogies on "Newberry Family and In-Laws" of 920/2005 (1620/2008 for mother's Newberry family, i.e. Noma Lillian NEWBERRY Collar, b.1908 Finch, Greene County, AR, d.2000 Little Rock, AR, buried Finch Cemetery). One genealogy on "Kahler/Collar Family and In-Laws" of 1760-1994. Another genealogy: "Thompson Edwards Greenway Hyde Family of Greene County, Arkansas" of 1525-2012.

Another genealogy: A free PDF eBook (from Library of Congress): "Hosey-Lightfoot and Related Families" of 1776-2021 (including Bowden family of Henry County, Georgia; Mississippi County, AR; and Jackson County, Indiana of 1814-2020). It is 68 pages including 37 detailed documentary sources, Name Index of the ~350 individuals, Copyright 2021, finalized for distribution 11_Jan_2022.

Complete book list of Library of Congress was once easy to find (using internet) under: Author: Grant Harold Collar Jr; but since recent modernization, you may need the internet assistance of a Librarian to find it now.

Families in published books (manuscripts are constantly updated from correspondence and research):
*Newberry Family and In-Laws (2008) including Clements, Fender, Garrison, McKaskle, Taylor, and others
*Kahler/Collar (1994) including Arbogast, Bloomer, Hall, Johnston, Jones, Killion, McHenry, Osborn, Overpack, Piersol, Sprague, Talbert, and Sallee (1760-1994)
*Thomas NEWBURY (b: before 1727 NC) Family of Wilkes County, NC (1998)
**Thomas NEWBURY Sr, b: 1792/93 NC, d: 1877 TN including children: Thomas Jr, William the Surveyor, Stephen Sr, Elizabeth Walters, Levi D, Jabish, and Joshua H.
**Steven C. NEWBERRY Jr
**Elijah NEWBERRY
**In-Law families: BARKER from c1770, BINAM from c1863, BUNCH from c1640, DOTSON from c1780, and INMAN from 1772.
*Newberry Emigrants (2005) including:
**Thomas (1594 England-1635 MA)
**Richard (c1620 England-1685 MA)
**Marcena J. (1805/06 NY-after 1870 MI Census)
**Samuel (c1730 Ireland-1788 VA)
**Alexander (1745 Ireland-1769 NC)
**1991 update (of Newberry Genealogy, 1914 by Joseph Gardner Bartlett) of Harriet Sophia NEWBERRY Gaskell (1818 NY-1907 WI) descendants (born 1852 WI to born 1979 TX
**2001 update (of Newberry Genealogy, 1914, by Joseph Gardner Bartlett) of Smith NEWBERRY (1909 CA-1999 CO), three wives, and descendants (born 1928 to born 1966).
*Edwards, Thompson, Greenway, Hyde and In-Laws of Greene County, Arkansas (1525-2012)

Additional unpublished research (but awkwardly published in Find A Grave Memorials):
*Aguila family of Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico united with the Font-Pillot family of Guayama, Puerto Rico, Spain to Fresno County, CA (1870-2018)
*Albars/Jerry/Bailey family of Hanover, Germany to Siskiyou County, CA (1852-2015)

Email: [email protected]

Born 1931 Conway AR, retired 1990 Little Rock AR, mechanical engineer. Lived AR, TN, TX, MO, CA; Durango and Baja California, Mexico; British Columbia, Canada; OK, NV. Genealogist and author of eight genealogies on "Newberry Family and In-Laws" of 920/2005 (1620/2008 for mother's Newberry family, i.e. Noma Lillian NEWBERRY Collar, b.1908 Finch, Greene County, AR, d.2000 Little Rock, AR, buried Finch Cemetery). One genealogy on "Kahler/Collar Family and In-Laws" of 1760-1994. Another genealogy: "Thompson Edwards Greenway Hyde Family of Greene County, Arkansas" of 1525-2012.

Another genealogy: A free PDF eBook (from Library of Congress): "Hosey-Lightfoot and Related Families" of 1776-2021 (including Bowden family of Henry County, Georgia; Mississippi County, AR; and Jackson County, Indiana of 1814-2020). It is 68 pages including 37 detailed documentary sources, Name Index of the ~350 individuals, Copyright 2021, finalized for distribution 11_Jan_2022.

Complete book list of Library of Congress was once easy to find (using internet) under: Author: Grant Harold Collar Jr; but since recent modernization, you may need the internet assistance of a Librarian to find it now.

Families in published books (manuscripts are constantly updated from correspondence and research):
*Newberry Family and In-Laws (2008) including Clements, Fender, Garrison, McKaskle, Taylor, and others
*Kahler/Collar (1994) including Arbogast, Bloomer, Hall, Johnston, Jones, Killion, McHenry, Osborn, Overpack, Piersol, Sprague, Talbert, and Sallee (1760-1994)
*Thomas NEWBURY (b: before 1727 NC) Family of Wilkes County, NC (1998)
**Thomas NEWBURY Sr, b: 1792/93 NC, d: 1877 TN including children: Thomas Jr, William the Surveyor, Stephen Sr, Elizabeth Walters, Levi D, Jabish, and Joshua H.
**Steven C. NEWBERRY Jr
**Elijah NEWBERRY
**In-Law families: BARKER from c1770, BINAM from c1863, BUNCH from c1640, DOTSON from c1780, and INMAN from 1772.
*Newberry Emigrants (2005) including:
**Thomas (1594 England-1635 MA)
**Richard (c1620 England-1685 MA)
**Marcena J. (1805/06 NY-after 1870 MI Census)
**Samuel (c1730 Ireland-1788 VA)
**Alexander (1745 Ireland-1769 NC)
**1991 update (of Newberry Genealogy, 1914 by Joseph Gardner Bartlett) of Harriet Sophia NEWBERRY Gaskell (1818 NY-1907 WI) descendants (born 1852 WI to born 1979 TX
**2001 update (of Newberry Genealogy, 1914, by Joseph Gardner Bartlett) of Smith NEWBERRY (1909 CA-1999 CO), three wives, and descendants (born 1928 to born 1966).
*Edwards, Thompson, Greenway, Hyde and In-Laws of Greene County, Arkansas (1525-2012)

Additional unpublished research (but awkwardly published in Find A Grave Memorials):
*Aguila family of Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico united with the Font-Pillot family of Guayama, Puerto Rico, Spain to Fresno County, CA (1870-2018)
*Albars/Jerry/Bailey family of Hanover, Germany to Siskiyou County, CA (1852-2015)

Email: [email protected]

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