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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 636 Collections and/or Records:

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 / MSS 2337, 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 / MSS 1422, 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 / MSS 7950, 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 / MSS 9109, 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 / MSS 2350, 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 / MSS 7610, George W. Romney personal papers / George W. Romney papers on politics

Gerald N. Lund personal papers, 1986-2022

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8707 Series 12
Scope and Contents

Contains personal papers of Gerald Lund, including letters and e-mails pertaining to his novels as well as his service as a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also contains records of Lund's service, family history materials, notes, clippings, and other miscellaneous personal materials. Dated 1986-2022.

Dates: 1986-2022
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8707, Gerald N. Lund papers

Gilbert family biographical materials

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236868]
Identifier: MSS SC 272
Scope and Contents

Typewritten life sketches and a pamphlet by George Choules, "The ancestors of Choules-Gilbert." Relates to the Gilbert family, their conversion to Mormonism at Hungerford, England in 1851, their immigration to America in 1878 on the steamship Wyoming and their settlement in Utah, Idaho and Montana.

Dates: Undated
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gilbert family biographical materials

Steve Foster Gilliland family history

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3290
Scope and Contents

Materials include the Steve Foster Gilliland Family History. The historical sketches are brief histories of the Mormon settlements in the Gila Valley, particularly focusing on the ancestors of the Gilliland family: the Carters, the Fosters, the Larsons, and the Gillilands. Dated 2004-2005.

Dates: 2004-2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Steve Foster Gilliland family history

Glen Gottfredson military service papers, circa 1941-1945

 Series — Box 1: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233249470], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 7941 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains a record of Glen Gottfredson's military service aboard the U.S.S. Phoenix during World War II. Assembled materials include photocopies of ledgers, Gottfredson's award records, and a sketch about the role of the U.S.S. Phoenix in the war. Includes maps of the areas the ship traveled, especially New Guinea. Dated circa 1941-1945.

Dates: circa 1941-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 7941, Glen Gottfredson papers

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