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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:

Virlie Vincent Westwood family history papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9109
Scope and Contents

Contains materials from multiple generations of Virlie Vincent Westwood's family including Robert Birkin, Elizabeth Roland Birkin, Daniel Park Vincent, Mary Ann Birkin Vincent, and more. Materials relate to their lives in Provo, Utah, including newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, bank statements, and a scrapbook of clippings. Dated approximately 1818 to 2009.

Dates: approximately 1818-2008

What one girl did / by Susa A. Talmage

 Item — Box 24: Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 14 [Barcode: 31197227605687], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 229 Series 14
Dates: approximately 1950-1980; 1884-1931

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

Wilford D. Lee personal and family history, circa 1915-1937, date of production not identified

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1553 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Personal and family history of Lee, including biographies, certificates, essays, and correspondence, circa 1915-1937. Includes information on his personal history, as well as biographies of members of the Lee, Woolf, Hansen, Sorenson, and Holman families.

Dates: Other: circa 1915-1937; Other: date of production not identified

Alexander Wilkinson family reunion records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 5739
Scope and Contents

Contains notes and records of the Wilkinson family reunion of 1975, as well as several life histories and family genealogies of descendants of Alexander Wilkinson. Dated 1927-1978.

Dates: 1927-1978

William G. Hartley collection of student papers and contest entries, 1981-2010

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6357 Series 1
Scope and Contents Collection includes student papers collected by professor William G. Hartley for the Independent Study writing class, 397R, Writing Family Histories. This collection also includes papers and ephemera relating to the British Sesquicentennial Family History Writing Contest in 1987 and 1988. Includes some of the 41 entries in the contest. The winning entries by the four winners, Winifred McLachlan, Ann W. Engar, Earlene Allred Smart, and Paul T. Smith are not included. The collection also...
Dates: 1981-2010

William Rex papers, approximately 1864-2004

 File — Box 123: Series 2; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 10; Series 12; Series 14; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232593993], Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 2
Scope and Contents

File contains photographs of William Rex's gravestone, William Rex and his family. The file also contains a photocopy of his military discharge letter from the Union Army during the Civil War. The file also contains family histories and Latter-day Saint ordinance records. Dated approximately 1864-2004.

Dates: approximately 1864-2004

William S. Bradshaw and Marge Bradshaw family history papers, 1889-2019

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6947 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains papers relating to the Bradshaw family properties in Snow Valley, Wyoming. Contains deeds, receipts, legal certificates, and other property papers. Also contains a family history on the Bradshaws from 2019. Materials dated 1889 to 2019.

Dates: 1889-2019

Byron J. Wilson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7727
Content Description

Collection contains three books written by Byron J. Wilson: The Early History of the Sylvester Wilson and the History of Wilsonville, Utah, The First Families Into Jackson Hole, and the Chronological History of Amos Davis, Jr.

Dates: 2008

Wilson, Guy C., 1921-1969

 File — Box 189: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197231008118], Folder: 32-33
Identifier: UA 909 Series 1