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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 639 Collections and/or Records:

Heber William Beckstrand and Mary Elizabeth Stewart family history scrapbook, 2001

 File — Box 6: [Barcode: 31197233651105], Folder: 3-4
Identifier: MSS 8176
Dates: 2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Barbara Stewart Anderson collection on Raymond R. and Ava Beckstrand Stewart

Heber William Beckstrand family history scrapbook, 1998-2001

 File — Box 7: [Barcode: 31197233651097], Folder: 1-3
Identifier: MSS 8176
Dates: 1998-2001
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Barbara Stewart Anderson collection on Raymond R. and Ava Beckstrand Stewart

Lillian H. Heil family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 9191
Scope and Contents Contains materials relating to the life of Lillian H. Heil and her family. Includes letter correspondence between Lillian H. Heil's parents Frank Harmon and Lillie Esplin, family newsletters, family reunion bulletins, and histories and poetry about Orderville, Utah. Also contains family histories and photographs compiled and organized by Lillian about her various ancestors, including the Esplin, Harmon, Woodbury, Miller, and Hoyt families. Contains materials from Lillian's mission for the...
Dates: 1908-2017 ; Majority of material found within 1951-2017
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Sanford Joseph Heilner and Claire Heilner Freedman collection on the Aron Heilner family

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6721
Scope and Contents Collection contains letters written to brothers Sigmund and Seligmann Heilner, Jewish German immigrants in America, sent from the Heilner family in Germany. Also includes letters sent between Sigmund and Seligmann in America, and between them and their spouses and family members in America. Each handwritten letter is either transcribed from English or translated from German (many in Old German script) to English. Also contains business records, mainly about the Heilner's department store in...
Dates: approximately 1813-2013; Majority of material found within 1850-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Helen Foster Snow ancestral photographs and captions

 File — Box 17: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637987], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Foster ancestral family pictures with captions. Photocopies of identified photographs used for writing Foster family history by Helen Foster Snow.

Dates: 1833-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Helen Foster Snow and William A. Moody family research, 1952-1954

 File — Box 20: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227638019], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Research includes The Moody Family Record, 1654-1954 compiled by William A. Moody, dated 1954. Includes an outline of the volume, and comments and research by Helen Foster Snow, dated 1952.

Dates: 1952-1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Helen Foster Snow Dameron-Damron genealogy, 1977

 Item — Box 18: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637995], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Part two of Dameron-Damron genealogy compiled by Helen Foster Snow, about 140 leaves. Includes individual family history and genealogy of John and Richard Dameron. Not specifically titled.

Dates: 1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Helen Foster Snow Dameron-Damron genealogy, 1977

 Item — Box 18: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637995], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Continuation of part two of the Dameron-Damron geneology compiled by Helen Foster Snow, about 155 leaves. Dated 1977.

Dates: 1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Helen Foster Snow Dameron-Damron genealogy, 1977

 Item — Box 18: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637995], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Genealogy material on the entire Dameron family with an index, about 130 leaves. Includes Helen Foster Snow's account of her research trip to Northumberland County, Virginia in 1952.

Dates: 1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

Helen Foster Snow Foster family biographies and sketches

 File — Box 17: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197227637987], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 1 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Family biographies and sketches of Foster family, dated 1968. Includes an important account of the Mt. Trumball Ranch, which the Fosters purchased from Anthony W. Ivins.

Dates: 1833-1977
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers / Helen Foster Snow family papers / Helen Foster Snow pedigree charts, family group sheets, and New England surnames files

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