Nelson M. Baker, 19th Century Genealogist

Nelson M. Baker published the “Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Baker” in 1867. To this day, that volume is the definitive genealogy for the descendants of Edward Baker. This book, “Nelson M. Baker, 19th Century Genealogist, School Papers,” is a companion to “Nelson M. Baker, 19th Century Genealogist, Family Album,” which features Cartes de Visite found in the attic of the Baker homestead in Lafayette, NY. “School Papers” documents and reproduces college assignments written by Nelson M. Baker and his brother, Byron Watts Baker. Written in the 1860s, these papers provide insight into the thinking of young men during a time of great upheaval in the United States.