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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:

Garnered memories / by Ella B. Leigh, approximately 1966

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197225538112]
Identifier: MSS 3319 Item 4
Scope and Contents

Family history written by Martha Eleanor "Ella" (Berry) Leigh. Includes information about her childhood, raising a family with her husband, William Henry Leigh, son of William David Leigh, and their descendants. Dated approximately 1966.

Dates: approximately 1966
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Leigh and Berry family papers

Gen. Conf., date of production not identified

 Item — Box 14: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232588738], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7950 Series 3
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Montell Seely papers / Montell Seely sound recordings

Genealogical, 1917-1928

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197231207520], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 782 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Geneological material dealing with Robert S. Ellison.

Dates: 1917-1928
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Spurrier Ellison papers

Genealogical Library collection

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6879
Abstract

Collection includes two boxes containing personal histories.

Dates: 1825-1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Genealogical papers, 1950-1973

 Item — Box 3: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232480910], Folder: 2, item: 8-36
Identifier: MSS 2337 Series 2
Dates: Other: 1950-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Emily M. Carlisle papers / Emily M. Carlisle genealogy and family history

Genealogy papers on the Roberts family, date of production not identified

 File — Box 8: [Barcode: 31197231055762], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 1422
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Coray family papers

General conf., 1972 April

 Item — Box 9: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232588845], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 7950 Series 3 Item 2
Dates: 1972 April
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Montell Seely papers / Montell Seely sound recordings

George and Hannah Roland family materials, 2008

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197239243618], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9109 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogical records of George and Hannah Mee Roland and their children from Legacy (includes family group records for the George Roland and Hannah Mee family, and for the William Wheewall and Georgina Roland family). Dated July 2008.

Dates: 2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Virlie Vincent Westwood family history papers

George W. and Leona Armstrong Grimshaw family history, 2001

 File — Box 2: Series 4; Series 6; Series 7 [Barcode: 31197231237972], Folder: 27
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 4 File 37
Scope and Contents Materials contain "The Family History of George W. and Leona Armstrong Grimshaw" compiled by Theon M. Thorley and Eleanor Grimshaw Heywood (circa 1995). This work describes Grimshaw's service with the U.S. Army during World War I, Battery D 13th Field Artillery, and 4th Division. Relates Grimshaw's experiences in basic training in California, Texas, and North Carolina. Also describes the voyage to France and his job on the front lines in artillery and communications. Also details the last...
Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War I

George W. Romney HUD papers, photographs, and family histories, circa 1972-1978

 File — Carton 2: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233605119], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 7610 Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Contains a book of photographs to the honorable George Romney, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1972. Contains photos of Romney at various events and several completed buildings. Also contains a book on Miles Romney and Elizabeth Gaskell Romney and Family, published 1978. Dated circa 1972-1978.

Dates: Other: circa 1972-1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / George W. Romney personal papers / George W. Romney papers on politics

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