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Genealogical Papers and Miscellaneous Family Records is primarily composed of genealogical records (including records dating to the first U.S. Census), biographical sketches, obituaries, personal papers, and financial records (including property records and records pertaining to family businesses). The first subseries (Early Genealogical Records) is predominantly comprised of the records of family members who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries and includes material about their settlement in the Michigan Territory. The four subsequent subseries pertain to various family branches (Parker, Smith, Parker-Hicks, and Winegar). The Parker Family subseries contains genealogical and financial records and correspondence for members of the Parker family, including Danford Parker, a Civil War veteran. The Smith Family subseries contains genealogical, biographical, and financial records of Smith family members, including the teaching materials of Mandana Hill Smith, a strong supporter of women's suffrage and the first woman to register to vote in Howell Township. It also includes records for Nathan Smith, a prominent florist and the oldest continuous resident of the state of Michigan at the time of his death. The Parker-Hicks subseries contains the genealogical and biographical records of Lois V. Parker Hicks, a 1918 graduate of the University of Michigan, and her husband W. J. Bryan Hicks, a World War I veteran. The final subseries (Winegar Family) contains genealogical and biographical records, records of family businesses (including the Winegar Furniture Co.), and family correspondence. An additional subseries contains digital scans of family photographs of members of the Hicks, Parker, and Smith families.