The series primarily consists of materials relating to members of the MacRae and MacKenzie families and some of Norman MacKenzie's early records. Box 78 includes the personal papers of MacKenzie's uncle, Dr. Archibald Oswald MacRae. It includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, notebooks and photographs. There is also genealogical information of both the MacRae and MacKenzie families, files referring to family members' estates, and MacKenzie's early educational and military certificates. In addition, box 79 contains correspondence, maps and miscellany from World War I, along with postcards from 1920's Geneva and notebooks from Dalhousie. It was kept as a distinct group by MacKenzie and placed with this MacRae during the processing of the papers.
Boxes 242 and 243 contain genealogy materials relating to the MacKenzie, MacRae, and Arthur families, along with MacKenzie's early journals and memorabilia from World War I. These materials date from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. In addition to family photographs and original documents, there are detailed family trees, histories, and correspondence regarding genealogy. See Margaret MacKenzie's (néeThomas) sous-fonds for information regarding the Thomas family. In addition, a small amount of family history material collected after MacKenzie's death by his daughter is included.
(Formerly known as MacRae Family & Early Papers, the title of the series was changed in January 2017 to reflect the broader contents of the genealogical materials.)