The Shepard Collection represents the working files of Elmer I. Shepard. He gathered his material from a number of sources, both primary and secondary, and then combined it on 3 x 5 index cards, arranged by geographic location (county and town) and then by surname, listed under the heads of families. In general, each card contains as much information as Shepard could gather - usually birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, as well as names of spouses...