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Genealogies

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

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Farnsworth family genealogies

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327758]
Identifier: MSS 322
Scope and Contents

Handwritten genealogies of the Farnsworth family. Also included is an attendance record for school children in Pleasant Grove, Utah, a diary of a trip to Saint George, Utah, in 1879 to visit the Mormon temple there, and a statement by Laura Farnswoth Liston Smith that she joined the "United Order of Zion" on 27 April 1877. It is uncertain if Smith is the author of all of the materials in the collection.

Dates: 1873-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Farnsworth family genealogies

Thelma F. Priday collection of Farnsworth and Priday family histories

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232502085]
Identifier: MSS 6191
Abstract

Letter from Thelma F. Priday to Arthur R. Watkins concerning his request for information to create a biography of her; "Reflections on BYU- Fifty-three years later: March 1994; Farnsworth and Priday family histories, 1988; History of Leland Forbes Priday and Thelma Farnsworth Priday.

Dates: 1988-1994
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thelma F. Priday collection of Farnsworth and Priday family histories

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