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Family records

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 395 Collections and/or Records:

Butterworth family temple records, approximately 1913-1930

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232560406], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8792
Dates: approximately 1913-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8792, Erastus Fairbanks and Artemisia Beman Snow family temple records

Calvin Schwartz Smith chaplain papers, 1917-1926

 Series
Identifier: MSS 8922 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains records related to Smith's service as chaplain during World War I. Contains a blessing given by his father prior to his military service, an order book, three volumes of reminiscenses, a dog tag, a roster of soldiers from Utah in Smith's division, correspondence, and miscellaneous documents. Dated 1917-1926.

Dates: 1917-1926
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8922, Calvin Schwartz Smith and Ethel Lucile Dimond Smith papers

Calvin Schwartz Smith family journal and family record, approximately 1920-1970

 File — Box 2: Series 1; Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233604062], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 8922 Series 2
Scope and Contents Contains a ledger in which the Smith family biographical recorded information about different members of the family, dated up to 1970. In 1920 the ledger was used to record significant events in the family, including births of children, blessings, and deaths. Part of the ledger is also used as a journal, including recording the death of their child, Mary, after an automobile accident in 1925. Includes a photograph of Mary and other children. Also includes a Primary Association certificate...
Dates: approximately 1920-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8922, Calvin Schwartz Smith and Ethel Lucile Dimond Smith papers / Calvin Schwartz Smith and Ethel Lucile Dimond Smith personal papers

Diane Campbell collection of Weller family history materials

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239118810]
Identifier: MSS 8564
Scope and Contents

Materials consist of scanned copies on DVD of one autobiography, "With God, All Things Are Possible," by Walter H. Kindt, dated 2009, three record books, one of births, one of baptisms, and one of temple work done for ancestors, dated 1917 to 2009, and scrapbooks dated approximately 1950. Information for Dale and Mary Hair and their ancestors are included. Dated 1917 to 2009.

Dates: 1917-2013
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Diane Campbell collection of Weller family history materials

Captain James Brown, 1920-2008

 File — Box 39: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644613], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 44
Scope and Contents Contains a glossy reproduced photograph, biographical sketches and photocopies for James Brown, and Ancestral File printouts listing his wives; also family group records, biographical sketches, and other research on six of his wives: Martha Stephens and two of their children, Esther Jones Raper, Sarah Steadwell Wood and her three other husbands, Abigail Smith Abbott and her previous husband and ancestor (George Abbott), and Mary McCree Black (including a photograph of her and records on her...
Dates: 1920-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Captain Jefferson Hunt, 1954-2008

 File — Box 45: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644670], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 161
Scope and Contents Contains photo and biographies of Captain Jefferson Hunt (including handwritten drafts, excerpts from magazines and photocopies from books, photocopies of pension documents, etc.) and family reunion program; glossy photo and biographies of Hunt's wife Celia Mounts, copied photo of her gravesite, and family group record for Jefferson and Celia; and glossy photo, biographies (including handwritten draft) and family group records for wife Matilda Jane Nease and her family, and research...
Dates: 1954-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Caratat Rowe, 1997-1998

 File — Box 49: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644712], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 236
Scope and Contents

Contains glossy photo and biography of Caratat Conderset Rowe, and photocopies of letters written by him, photo and biographies of wife Mary Napier Rowe, and family group records for Caratat and Mary. Materials dated 1997 to 1998.

Dates: 1997-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

Robert Carder papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8562
Scope and Contents Contains the genealogical research of Robert Carder on his ancestors from the Carder family and other related families. Includes his family group sheets, correspondence between Carder and other fellow genealogists, and miscellaneous family records. Also includes notes on Robert Carder's ancestor, Richard Carder, and his descendants that would be included in "Richard Carder of Boston, Mass., Portsmouth and Warwick, R.I. and some of his descendants," one of Robert Carder's published works....
Dates: 1965-1984
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Carder papers

Robert Webster Carder collection on family history

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239235895]
Identifier: MSS 8901
Scope and Contents

Family history documents collected by Robert Carder, a Mormon genealogist, who, according to the Special Collections Instrument of Gift form, "was prominent in Connecticut and New England genealogical circles" and was "Governor of the Connecticut Genealogical Society." Materials dated approximately 1960-1970.

Dates: approximately 1960-1970
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Webster Carder collection on family history

Robert Webster Carder papers on Carder family history

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235234959]
Identifier: MSS 8610
Scope and Contents

Includes notes and pedigree charts typed, written, and compiled by Robert Webster Carder of his family history.

Dates: 1955-1986
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Robert Webster Carder papers on Carder family history

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