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Walker-Testa Family Genealogy

This subseries includes an assortment of genealogical research about the Walker family. Descendant lists, biographical sketches, photographs, obituaries, and more are included – some of which were compiled by Walker Testa and others compiled after her death in 1999. There is also a collection of books owned by her father, Albert Seth Walker, in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries and an 1881 bible that has been passed down through the family. Albert Seth Walker likely attended Little Laurel School and later a Normal school in Clay County. He attained a Teaching Certificate and later became a minister. Most of the academic and religious books in this series belonged to him unless otherwise noted. His name and sometimes "Ivydale, Clay Co" appears in the covers of these books.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy
  3. Series 1. Garnie Walker Testa Papers

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