Collection: Angie Boyd Hansen genealogical collection

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to the Boyd, McCord, and other Georgia families. Papers reveal religious and racial attitudes of their era as well as genealogical research. Specific examples of attitudes given include African American, Jewish, and Roman Catholic research.

Dates

circa 1950 - 1965

Creator

Hansen, Angie Boyd, 1886 - 1970 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Angie was born in Newton County, Georgia, to Frances McCord and William Boyd. She and her sister, Clemmie, were schoolteachers and late in their lives lived in Atlanta at Ponce de Leon and Argonne. Angie took up genealogy seriously in the 1950s and spent 15 years working with others on many family lines in the Southeastern United States.