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Genealogies

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

Found in 739 Collections and/or Records:

Minerva Wade Hickman autobiography

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197231190452]
Identifier: MSS SC 2314
Scope and Contents

Handwritten autobiography. Hickman writes about her experiences in migrating to Utah in the 1840s and in settling in that state. She also includes "a list of names of Births since I came to North Ogden" in which she lists the name and sex of each child born in that community. Also included are genealogies of Hickman and Wade family members.

Dates: 1867-1901
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Higgs family history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230313253]
Identifier: MSS SC 1570
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a file of 46 Higgs family history documents (120 leaves), including genealogy notes, pedigree charts, certificates, patriarchal blessings, clippings, temple records, and a talk B.T. Higgs gave to a group of college students at Brigham Young University in 1936. Family names in the records include Higgs, Hodges, Summers, Stowe, Reynolds, Kite, and Brazier. Dated 1863 to 1975.

Dates: 1863-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

His little boy / by Susa A. Talmage

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James E. Talmage papers / Talmage family papers

Hissrich and Gall families artifacts, 1942-1958

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3189 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes the dress Mary Agnes Gall wore on her wedding day; Richard E. Hissrich's military badges, pins, and medals; Richard and Mary Agnes Hissrich's marriage license and other papers relating to their marriage; photographs of Richard and Mary Agnes; and other papers relating to their lives. Also included is a memoir written by Richard E. Hissrich and a family group sheet and pedigree chart.

Dates: 1942-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hissrich and Gall families papers

Histories of Baker, Clark, and Stubbs families

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197227630818]
Identifier: MSS 2426
Scope and Contents

Histories of Baker, Clark, and Stubbs families, 1940-1963. The collection includes genealogy, family history, and biographical sketches for the Clark, Stubbs, Baker, Higby, and Peay families.

Dates: 1940-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

A history of the descendants of Joseph Lewis Woolley 1828-1898

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323120]
Identifier: MSS SC 2423
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of a typewritten history and of handwritten letters. The item is a compilation of histories of the descendants of Joseph Lewis Woolley who was born in Canada and died in Sanilac, Michigan. Also included are genealogies of family members.

Dates: approximately 1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the Mormon Church

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230328905]
Identifier: MSS SC 2857
Scope and Contents

Genealogies, photocopies of handwritten diaries and articles, family histories, and maps bound in one volume. The materials relate to the Christiansen family members who joined the Mormon Church in Denmark and migrated to Utah. The diaries are by Parley Christiansen (1857-1930), Niels Christian Christiansen (1817-1899), and Christian Christensen (1790-1871) and relate to their conversion to Mormonism, their journey to Utah, and their lives there.

Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of the Whittemore family of Michigan

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242569]
Identifier: MSS SC 543
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten family history. Whittemore writes about the Whittemore family in Michigan and presents its genealogy.

Dates: 1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

History of William Highland Gagon

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230241975]
Identifier: MSS SC 505
Scope and Contents

Holograph history describing his life as a businessman in Vernal, Utah, and as a councilman, tax assessor and collector for Uintah County, Utah.

Dates: undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Holland family genealogy

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230335389]
Identifier: MSS 366
Scope and Contents Handwritten notes on the genealogy of the Holland, Bannister, and Steed (Stead) families of England, Wisconsin, and St. Louis, Missouri. The items list the birth and death dates as well as the birth and death places of various persons. Some members of these families had descendants that joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and who had temple work done for them. The dates of many of these items are uncertain. Most of them were probably created near the turn of the...
Dates: approximately 1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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