The scrapbook is a genealogical compendium of the Welsh family of Rockbridge County, Virginia and their descendants and includes many family photographs and documents.

This folder contains a photograph of the Welch house and affidavits involving H. Jackson Darst and H. Middleton Raynal.

Harrington Waddell, James Waddell, James H. Waddell, Maude Waddell, Ned Waddell, Wade, Wallace, William A. Wallace, William A. A. Wallace, George Washington, William D. Washington, Welsh Familiy, James J. White, Zachariah J. White, Alice Williams, A.H. Williams, Sidney Williams, W. L. Wilson, Winston Family, Mrs. J. B. Wood, Richard Woods, Mrs. Wyatt

This collection is primarily general family correspondence including Civil War letters (dated 1862-1864) from John P. Welsh, a Confederate infantry officer, and James L. Welsh. There are also 34 family letters on microfilm, 12 of which were written by John P. Welsh during his confinement in a Federal prison.