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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Foster Snow papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2219
Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the life and career of Helen Foster Snow. Includes interviews, correspondence, articles, essays, reviews, drafts, photographs, negatives, artifacts, audiovisual recordings, and other materials concerning the political climate in China during the Japanese invasion, the lives of Communist leaders and followers, and the Chinese Cooperative movements. Although materials were mainly created during the course of Helen Foster Snow's time as a foreign correspondent...
Dates: 1726-2000; Majority of material found within 1930-1980
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Helen Foster Snow papers

John Peter Sorensen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1453
Scope and Contents Collection includes diaries, genealogy, finanical records, and an autobiography, dated from 1879 to 1920. Sorensen writes about his dreams, family, finances, and opinions of various books, church meetings, and the doctrine of plural marriage. He also tells about his experiences as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, and Sweden. Genealogy records included in a family record detailing the births, marriages, and deaths of John...
Dates: 1879-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Peter Sorensen papers

Katherine H. A. State papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197230237262]
Identifier: MSS SC 700
Scope and Contents

Collection of personal writings, documents and photographs assembled to serve as an autobiography. Within the collection is correspondence with State's first husband, Rulon C. Allred; with Latter-day Saint Church General Authorities; and with other relatives. Also included are legal documents, genealogical records and news clippings.

Dates: 1908-1979
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Katherine H. A. State papers

Sweet family letters and genealogical information

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307560]
Identifier: MSS SC 968
Scope and Contents

Letters include genealogical information to and from various members of the George W. Sweet family after they had grown and left home. The Sweete, Swaite, or Sweet family genealogical information dates from 1656 to 1879 but does not appear complete.

Dates: 1855-1879
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Sweet family letters and genealogical information

Talmage family papers, approximately 1950-1980, 1884-1931

 Series
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Scope and Contents

Contains genealogical charts, family histories, and other family papers. A large portion of this series consists of short stories written by Susa Amelia Talmage, James E. Talmage's youngest sister. Most of the material dates from 1884 to 1931, with some additional family materials from approximately 1954 to 1978.

Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 229, James E. Talmage papers

Lucile C. Tate papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2856
Scope and Contents

Collection includes journals dating 1933-1994, correspondence dating 1933-1943, personal records, undated genealogical materials, publications dating 1932-1996, ephemera dating 1895, photographs and audio visual materials dating 1941-1990. The collection includes materials not only relating to herself and husband, George F. Tate, but also various other members of the Tate family and friends.

Dates: 1938-2009
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Lucile C. Tate papers

Larry Washburn family history papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7927
Scope and Contents Contains a pedigree chart for James Andrews and Eliza Etta Littley, short biographical sketches, photocopied pictures, as well as marriage certificates, and notes. Includes pedigree charts and information for Alice and John Cunliffe and William Andrews, as well as other ancestors. Also contains photocopies and transcripts of the original journals of Luella Wakefield Washburn, Jesse A. Washburn, and James Andrews. Materials include physical copies of the journals, CDs of the records, and...
Dates: approximately 1899-2011
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Larry Washburn family history papers

Daniel H. Wells temple records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232480464]
Identifier: MSS 1561
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of books recording the temple work completed for the ancestors of Wells. They include listings of the Wells, Welles, Chapin, Kellog, and numerous other families. The materials show individuals' names, birth and death dates, the temple ordinances performed, and by whom and when these temple rites were conducted. Some of the names are of persons living as early as the Middle Ages.

Dates: 1867-1932
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Daniel H. Wells temple records

Whitmer, Jacob David—genealogy of, in ink, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 8: Series 9; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197230220631], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 823 Series 10
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 823, M. Wilford Poulson papers / Mormon American Acquisitions

Thuesen and Dorcheus family histories and biographical sketches

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230242593]
Identifier: MSS SC 546
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten biographical sketches of Thueson family members and of the origin of the family name. Also included is a speech by Arva Standler Williams tracing the history of the Thueson and Dorcheus families.

Dates: 1911
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Thuesen and Dorcheus family histories and biographical sketches

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