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Family records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 398 Collections and/or Records:

Sessions, 1998-1999

 File — Box 49: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644712], Folder: 29
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 244
Scope and Contents

Contains a glossy photo and biographies of Richard Sessions, family group records and pedigrees for Richard and wife Lucretia, and Richard's parents, biography of Lucretia Haws Sessions, and pedigree and family group records for Lucretia and her parents. Materials dated 1998 to 1999.

Dates: 1998-1999
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Luman Andros Shurtliff account book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197232573284]
Identifier: MSS 8551
Scope and Contents

Contains the leather bound account book of Luman Andros Shurtliff. Contents include Shurtliff's personal financial and family records and memoranda. Dated 1868-1872.

Dates: 1868-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Simeon Dyke, 1998-2007

 File — Box 42: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644647], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 105
Scope and Contents

Contains family group records for Simon Dyke (or Simeon/Dike) and wife Mary Ann Forney, and biography of Mary Ann. Materials dated 1998 to 2007.

Dates: 1998-2007
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Sirrine family records, 1898 January 25

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232584133], Folder: 45
Identifier: MSS 8593 Series 1 Sub-Series 1 Item 72
Scope and Contents

A handwritten family record sheet of the Sirrine family in New York sent from Tarrytown, NY to Mesa, AZ. This came in response to George's efforts to clarify his Sirrine lineage to apply for the "Cronkhite Fortune," left by a rich Dutch family in NY with possible ties to the Sirrines. Dated January 25, 1898.

Dates: 1898 January 25
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sarah Oakey Sirrine collection / Helen Bateman collection of Sarah Oakey Sirrine manuscripts / Volume 1

Smith, 1959-2008

 File — Box 51: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644738], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 254
Scope and Contents Contains biography of Andrew J. Smith; glossy photo and biography of Azariah Smith; biographical articles and family group records for David Smith and wife Phebe Bowley/Phebe Ann Pendleton Evans; biographies (with handwritten draft), photos, articles, family group records, and family research correspondence about Elisha Smith and wife Rebecca; glossy photo, biography, and family group records for John Glover Smith; glossy photo, biographies, articles (including excerpts and photocopies), and...
Dates: 1959-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Calvin Schwartz Smith and Ethel Lucile Dimond Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8922
Scope and Contents Materials include items created or collected by Calvin and Lucile Smith. Most of the items relate to Calvin's time as Chaplain of the 91st Infantry Division during World War I. Also includes some personal papers from his time as an educator in Utah, his missionary diary, family history records, and family photographs. Includes a few items related to Calvin's wife, Lucile, when she was selected as "Utah Mother of the Year" in 1967, a year after Calvin Smith's death, and papers related to her...
Dates: 1876-1976
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Hyrum Smith papers

 Collection — Oversize 4: [Barcode: 31197233641825]
Identifier: Vault MSS 774
Scope and Contents

Collection includes diaries, letters, property records, bibles and family records related to Hyrum Smith. Includes diaries of missions taken by Hyrum, the 1834 Hyrum Smith family bible, with family record dating up to 1872, and material used by the School of the Prophets in Kirtland, Ohio. Dated 1831-1872.

Dates: 1831-1872
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Erastus Fairbanks and Artemisia Beman Snow family temple records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 8792
Scope and Contents Collection contains materials relating to the family temple work of Erastus Snow and Artemisia Beman Snow. Materials include five volumes of records of Mormon temple ordinances performed by and for the Erastus and Artemisia Beman Snow family between 1884 and 1930. Volumes include three volumes of "Temple Record" books and one untitled temple record book, for the Beman side of the family; one "Record of the Dead" book kept by Erastus Snow for the Snow side of the family; and one "L.D.S....
Dates: 1884-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Steele family papers, 1816-1931 / compiled and typed by Kerry William Bate, 1989 January-February

 File — Box 2: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5; Series 6 [Barcode: 31197231564276], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 528 Series 4
Dates: 1989 January-February
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Steele papers / John Steele family history and genealogical records

Stephen St. John, 1997

 File — Box 51: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644738], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 259
Scope and Contents

Contains article photocopy, family group record, notes, and name index for Stephen St. John, and biographies for wife Sally Slayton and their daughter. Materials dated 1997.

Dates: 1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

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