Mid-century continuity
The family history presents Harold Chalmers Poston, Sr. as a bridge between the older genealogical record and living family memory.
Marriage record
Contemporary newspaper coverage documented his 1952 marriage to Ruth West at The Citadel Chapel, giving this twentieth-century generation a denser documentary record than many earlier generations.
Archive evidence
The Poston Family Archive preserves multiple 1952 marriage notices and a compiled lineage chart. The contemporary notices are stronger evidence for the marriage event than the compiled chart is for every genealogical link.
Published research
Documentary evidence and archive links
The linked Archive records are documentary or compiled research aids. Where an Archive page labels an item as a research guide rather than primary proof, this page preserves that distinction.
- Ruth West & Harold Chalmers Poston marriage coverage (1952)
- West–Poston marriage — The State, April 7, 1952
- Poston lineage chart: Hugh Poston II to Eric Chalmers Poston