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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Narrative studies of families and the tracing of their lineages and histories. For lineages of people, or purebred animals in tabular or diagrammatic form see [Genealogical tables.]

Found in 639 Collections and/or Records:

Everyone has a library story

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233626982]
Identifier: MSS 8063
Scope and Contents

Contains a story by Deanna Earl Ehman about her parents meeting, courtship, and marriage, and the role of the Brigham Young University Library in their story. Also includes photographs and email correspondence regarding the library story.

Dates: 2012
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Family history by Rev. Maunsell Van Rensselaer, approximately 1888

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550621], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 12
Scope and Contents

Notes on family history taken from Annals of the Van Rensselaers by Rev. Maunsell Van Rensselaer, written on back of advertisement written on both sides. Dated approximately 1888.

Dates: approximately 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Family history of the Leiper family, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550621], Folder: 6
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Scope and Contents

Typed listing titled “Family and Social Background,” regarding members of the Leiper family, date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Kane family papers / John K. Kane papers / John K. Kane papers on ancestors and relatives

Family of James Riley Pattion, history, 2018 June 16

 Item
Identifier: MSS 8845 Series 10 Sub-Series Sub- 2 File Folder 4 Item 4
Dates: Digitized: 2018 June 16
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Harold B. Lee Library History in Your Attic collection / Moab, Utah, scanning event / Groff family photographs / Family histories

Willard H. Farnes family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4100
Abstract

Three journals, a typescript, and other papers related to Willard H. Farnes, 1806-1970.

Dates: 1806-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Father and daughter / 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

Florence I. Christiansen mission papers, 1918-1979, bulk: 1918-1920

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9100 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs, a diary and some weekly reporting books from Florence I. Christiansen's mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Western States Mission from 1918-1920. Also contains documents pertaining to the Florence's life history and her funeral service in Moreland, Idaho in 1979. All materials from between 1918-1979.

Dates: 1918-1979; Majority of material found within 1918-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gerald N. and Florence I. Christiansen mission papers

Freckles and all / 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

From: Ella Berry Leigh scrapbook, approximately 1967

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225538112]
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 5
Scope and Contents

Typed and printed selections of family history information related to the Leigh and Berry families. Includes some information on the death of Elder William Shanks Berry, Ella Berry Leigh's father, who was killed in Tennessee in 1884 while serving as a missionary for the Church in the Southern States Mission.

Dates: approximately 1967
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Leigh and Berry family papers

Elizabeth Fluckiger Fuhriman midwife register and family history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9503
Scope and Contents Contains a birth register kept by Elizabeth Fluckiger Fuhriman while she served as a midwife in the Providence, Utah, area. The register covers the years 1898 to 1932. Inside the register is also a description of the Utah law regarding the reporting of births. Also includes "From the Alps to the Rockies- One of a Family," a family history of the descendants of Jacob Fuhriman, which includes a story of Elizabeth's conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints, her immigration...
Dates: 1898-1932; 1987
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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