Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 190 Collections and/or Records:
Roberts Settlement collection
Collection
Identifier: L176
Scope and Contents
This collection is a photostat copy of the Library of Congress collection of the same name (MMC-1624). The collection includes correspondence, indentures, free papers, business and tax receipts, deeds, family records, newspaper clippings, genealogical and other papers. The collection also includes military records relating to the Civil War and an 1832 contract to build the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in Indiana.
Dates:
1734-1944
Rollinson family reminiscences
Collection — Folder S2208
Identifier: S2208
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten copies of "From Indiana to Arkansas by Flatboat, 1873 by Charles Perry Rollison and Party," a reminiscence by Thaddeus W. Rollison and dated March 19, 1937, and "Flatboat Trip from Indiana to Arkansas of William A. Rollison and Party Sunday, June 1, 1873," James Davis Rollison's recollections of his trip written down in the fall of 1906. Along with some family biographical information, the two reminiscences contain descriptions of the flatboats and how they...
Dates:
1906-1937
Roscoe R. Leak papers
Collection
Identifier: L089
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, receipts, financial documents, essays, histories, research notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, postcards, pamphlets, periodicals, and other papers and ephemera from the Roscoe R. Leak and the Buzzard, Leach, and Leak families (also spelled Leake) ranging from 1842 to 1958 and undated, regarding family, business affairs, and Indiana history, specifically genealogy, history in Hendricks and Clark counties and church history, including the Disciples of...
Dates:
1842-1958, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roscoe R. Leak papers
Rose Francis B. Howe papers
Collection — Folder S0691
Identifier: S0691
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed copy and a photostat copy of a letter from Rose Howe in Indiana or Illinois on January 1, 1869 regarding illness and the time she spent at school and friendships with the sisters.
Dates:
1869
Ross family papers
Collection — Folder S1811
Identifier: S1811
Scope and Contents
The collection consists primarily of the correspondence of John and Ann Ross.
Dates:
1804-1841
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ross family papers
Roy Scott collection
Collection — Folder S1158
Identifier: S1158
Scope and Contents
This collection includes original documents in Knox County, Indiana, ranging from 1824 to 1944 regarding indenture papers dated 28 Oct 1824; an 1840 handwritten deed; 1907 estate papers; Miner work permits and licensure; wills of Nancy Scott, dated 1 Feb 1906, and of Carrie Elizabeth Scott, dated 6 Dec 1930; a Knox County birth record of Roy Scott dated 7 July 1944; and letters from family members dated 1902-1906.
Dates:
1824-1944
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy Scott collection
Sam B. Woods papers
Collection
Identifier: L181
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, periodicals, articles, clippings, speeches, and other papers from Sam B. Woods in Lake County, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1848 to 1941 and undated, regarding the Woods family, Lake County history, and politics. There are also 1903 issues of Milk News (OB247).
Dates:
1848-1941, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sam B. Woods papers
Samuel Fulton Covington papers
Collection — Folder S301
Identifier: S0301
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typewritten pages and photocopied, typed pages from Samuel Fulton Covington and others in Indianapolis, Indiana around 1858 regarding family life and early education in Rising Sun, Indiana.
Dates:
1858
Sangster family collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1954
Scope and Contents
Collection S1954 is composed of photocopies of 72 items, most of which are letters between
members of the Sangster family and families into which it had married. Families include Sangster,
Willis, Norris, Bryce, Shirk, and Walls. Family matters (e.g., weddings, illnesses, and births)
and family business affairs (e.g., applying for a school board salary increase, applying for a
widow's pension, applying for a veteran's pension) provide the majority of subjects. Letters of
special note include...
Dates:
1839-1942
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Sangster family collection
Schlotterback family collection
Collection
Identifier: L458
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of the Schlotterback and Fait families regarding events such as reunions, graduations, and funerals and also correspondence regarding membership in the Sakakawea Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the National DAR (1892-1957). The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of the Schlotterbacks and their extended family (1882-1918, undated). One item of special note is a notebook containing the genealogy of the...
Dates:
1882-1957, undated
