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      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 77 pages (photocopies)</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_54b02584e1e71464146d94ce2369609e">Photocopies of letters, public records, magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, and maps regarding the DeMeester family genealogy. Letters are written by John Ashcraft and include discussion about DeMeester family members in Belgium and the United States in the 1800s and 1900s. Public records include marriage certificates, birth records, and naturalization papers; photographs are of relatives and Belgian landmarks; and articles contain information about Belgian history, including a lengthy article about Dr. William DeMeester.</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Demeester Family Papers, A&amp;M 3238, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126041" source="lcsh">Belgium</geogname>
    <subject source="ingest">Glass industry.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Lafayette Glass Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Upland County Glass Company</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">DeMeester, Dr. William.</persname>
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