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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:

Irma Grainger Gottfredson family scrapbook, approximately 1940-1988

 File — Carton 12: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233637518], Folder: 5-8
Identifier: MSS 7615 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains family newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, various histories, and other materials regarding the Grainger, Bringhurst, Steele, and Salkield families. Materials created approximately 1940-1988.

Dates: approximately 1940-1988
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gottfredson family papers / David Booth Gottfredson and Irma Grainger Gottfredson family papers / Irma Grainger Gottfredson family papers

Irvine family letters and newspapers, 1807-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9207 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Materials include personal histories of the Irvine family, including letters about daily life, newspaper clippings about the Irvine Ranch and family obituaries, and passages written about the success of the Irvine business. Materials were mainly written in Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, California. Dated approximately 1807-1980.

Dates: 1807-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Irvine family papers

J Malan Heslop personal and family papers, 1940s-1996

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 661
Scope and Contents

Contains family histories, newsletters, photographs, negatives, and scrapbooks related to Heslop's church calling, high school reunion, children, missions, and trips.

Dates: 1940s-1996
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J Malan Heslop photographs and other material

Richard W. Jackson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3701
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of manuscript versions of religious articles produced by Jackson, including writings on the Creation, the Flood, the Crucifixion, and the Mormon pioneers. Also included is a translation of the Aalborn, Denmark History and the Writings of John Mills Wooley. Materials are dated 1976-2003.

Dates: 1976-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Jacob and Sarah Warnock Scott family history / written and edited by James W. Scott

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239115550]
Identifier: MSS 9292
Scope and Contents Contains a compact disc labeled, "Jacob and Sarah Warnock Scott Family History; Written and Edited by James W. Scott; June 2002." The CD contains a PDF document of the family history of James Scott, starting with Jacob and Sarah Warnock Scott when they left Scotland and continuing through their time in Nauvoo. It includes the lives of many of their descendant and documents their experiences as early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, their missions, and their...
Dates: 2002
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Calvin K. Jacob collection of the Johannes Gerber family history and papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 5969
Abstract

Genealogy charts and stories of the Johannes (John) Gerber family, which came west in 1854. Includes correspondence of John T. Gerber, circa 1827-1877, and 14 books of family history.

Dates: 1827-1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

James E. Talmage flags with Russian writing

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 7
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

James E. Talmage journal reel #3, volume X-XV, 1900-1913

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: 1900-1913
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James E. Talmage papers / Talmage family papers

James Keeler biographies and journal, approximately 1925-1980

 File — Carton 3: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233637427], Folder: 3-4
Identifier: MSS 7615 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains various biographies and the journal of James Keeler, the father of Alice Keeler Hatch. Materials created approximately 1925-1980.

Dates: approximately 1925-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Gottfredson family papers / Peter Gottfredson and Alice Adell Keeler Hatch Gottfredson family papers

James Shepard Montague and Sarah Jane Lamoreaux family group sheet, 2017 April 29

 Item
Identifier: MSS 8845 Series 9 Sub-Series Sub- 1 Item p0002
Dates: Digitized: 2017 April 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Harold B. Lee Library History in Your Attic collection / Tropic, Utah, scanning event / April LeFevre family photographs

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