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Genealogies

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Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 240 Collections and/or Records:

Record book of the 175th Quorum of Seventy, Lindon Ward, Alpine Stake

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225532933]
Identifier: MSS 3277
Abstract Contains information on the 135th Quorum of Seventy, Lindon Ward, Alpine Stake. Includes personal information of Quorum members and minutes. Digital copy of a record book containing information (pp. 4-7) about 135 Quorum of Seventy members; including: names, births (date, town, county, country), parents' names, baptisms (by whom, dates), ordinations (by whom, date), residences, and deaths. The book also contains minutes (pp. 20-106) from the Quorum meetings covering the dates February 10,...
Dates: 1901-1910
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Record book of the 175th Quorum of Seventy, Lindon Ward, Alpine Stake

Abraham Ackerman genealogy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318450]
Identifier: MSS SC 1982
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogy of Abraham Ackerman (1804-1869). The item lists the parents, wife, and children of Ackerman.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Abraham Ackerman genealogy

Thomas Adams papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 679
Scope and Contents

Holographs and printed material. Contains a journal of Adams' mission to Great Britain, 1895-1897, including newspaper clippings about Mormonism in Ireland, and records of his correspondence and missionary work. Also included are a letter changing his mission call to Great Britain, 1895, genealogical data, and family histories of his father's family, William Adams.

Dates: 1895-1897
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thomas Adams papers

Ahnen-Tafel der Familie Schleser

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230306919]
Identifier: MSS SC 925
Scope and Contents

Genealogies of the Schleser family of Germany and Austria from the 16 to the 20th centuries.

Dates: 1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ahnen-Tafel der Familie Schleser

Alfred Alder diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230324474]
Identifier: MSS SC 2501
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary covering the dates from 27 Feb. to 31 May 1883 while Alder was serving on a mission for the Mormon Church in England. Alder writes of his daily activities and of the conditions of the Mormon Church in England. Also included are notes on the Alder's genealogy.

Dates: 1883
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Alfred Alder diary

Ancestors and descendants of James Gale

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331800]
Identifier: MSS SC 3235
Scope and Contents Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a printed book. The item includes many family genealogies and biographies of family members. Also included is an autobiography of James Gale (1846-1928) as dictated to Mae McGrath in 1919. Gale was born in Australia and came to the United States with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1853. He lived for a time at San Bernardino, California, and came to Utah where he settled in Beaver. He later moved to Arizona and settle din...
Dates: 1956
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Ancestors and descendants of James Gale

Louise Hofmann Andersen temple record book

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230320878]
Identifier: MSS SC 2232
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notations on printed forms in a "Temple Record" book. The entries record the work performed for members of the Hofmann, Reinhold, Lang, and Armbruster families by proxy in Mormon temples.

Dates: 1920-1944
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Louise Hofmann Andersen temple record book

Shauna Christine Anderson Young research on Scandinavian missionaries

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8370
Scope and Contents Contains files collected and created by Young while researching for the book "Legacy of Sacrifice: Missionaries to Scandinavia, 1872-1894," which she co-authored with Susan Easton Black. Files consist primarily of biographical histories and genealogical information of the missionaries who were sent by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Scandinavia in the latter part of the 19th century. This information was sent to Young by descendants or other relatives of these missionaries...
Dates: approximately 2003-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Shauna Christine Anderson Young research on Scandinavian missionaries

Angus family papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230311547]
Identifier: MSS SC 1382
Scope and Contents Collection includes fourteen items related to the Angus family, including letters, newspaper clippings, and a bound volume of family records. The letters are primarily correspondence between Angus family members in Utah and friends and relatives in Scotland concerning genealogical research. The newspaper clippings relate significant events in the lives of Angus family members such as births, weddings, and deaths. The bound volume, created by Robert Archibald, includes genealogies, family...
Dates: 1820-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Angus family papers

The arrival of Minnesota wealth : a history of a 19th century Swedish-American family

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323112]
Identifier: MSS SC 2422
Scope and Contents

Typewritten family history written by Andrea Juricic of North Stonington, Connecticut. The item tells the story of the Swedish family of Andersons which arrived in Minnesota in 1892 and lived there as farmers. Also included are genealogies of the Anderson family.

Dates: 1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / The arrival of Minnesota wealth : a history of a 19th century Swedish-American family

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