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Genealogies

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

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Beard, Collins, Fisher and Weaver families of Illinois and Ohio papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231567402]
Identifier: MSS 339
Abstract

Handwritten letters, family histories, genealogies, deeds, wills, cash receipts, statements, mementoes, and a draft exemption of Joseph Weaver. The materials were created by the Beard, Collins, Fisher, and Weaver families of Illinois and Ohio. Joseph Weaver was exempted from the draft during the American Civil War because he was able to get a substitute. This Joseph Weaver may have been Joseph Myrtle Weaver (1832-1913), an American author.

Dates: 1816-1901

Mormon temple records

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230315894]
Identifier: MSS SC 1852
Scope and Contents

Mormon temple records and miscellaneous item documenting the temple work which was done by proxy for various dead individuals. Many of the records are for the Collins family.

Dates: approximately 1915

Caroline R. Smoot genealogical papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2097
Scope and Contents

Includes Smoot's temple record book containing surnames such as Collins, Wells, Rogers, Daniels, Stowe, and Petty, 1891-1907; correspondence, 1885-1891; research notes; receipt for "A History of our Own Times," 1896; patriarchal blessing for Caroline Rogers Smoot, 1899; obituary for Hugh J. Cannon; Relief Society teacher's leaflet; and an application for membership in Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

Dates: 1885-1909