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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:

Autobiography and genealogical record

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS1453_S2_I1_B2_F3
Dates: 1888-1895
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

John Peter Sorenson record books, 1881-1970, bulk: 1881-1920

 Series
Identifier: MSS 1453 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains four volumes of records created by Sorenson. Includes a brief history of his life, genealogical records, temple records, and a financial ledger. Also includes a handwritten transcription of book on the teachings of Jesus Christ that came from Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1840s, and a handwritten report from Sorenson's mission to Scandinavia in the 1880s.

Dates: 1881-1970; Majority of material found within 1881-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1453, John Peter Sorensen papers

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