Born in Brooktondale, New York, in 1924, Gertrude Phinney Conant lived in Tompkins County and was an avid genealogist and historian. She was a member of the DeWitt Historical Society (now the History Center). She passed away in 2007.
These are the documents she left behind, showing her research and notes, taken from personal interviews, newspaper clippings, and local history books, about local families.