Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 198 Collections and/or Records:
Pippenger and Pittenger family collection
Collection
Identifier: L562
Scope and Contents
Collection contains genealogical material relating to Wesley E. Pippenger’s research papers and correspondence of the Pippenger and Pittenger families of New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri. The material covers family of Richard Pittenger (circa 1642-1715) including family trees, maps, letters, notes by family researchers, copies of articles and books relating to the family, copies of wills and historical documents and records, family group sheets, family histories, and other papers...
Dates:
1640-1995
Pitzer family history
Collection — Folder S1139
Identifier: S1139
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of a three-page biography from Mrs. William E. Schoefield ranging from 1771 to 1896 regarding the the Joseph Baker Pitzer family history.
Dates:
1771-1896
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pitzer family history
Pleasant Carney papers
Collection — Folder S226
Identifier: S0226
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photocopy of an autographed, signed copybook from Pleasant Carney ranging from 1813 to 1820 regarding arithmetic and family matters.
Dates:
1815-1820
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pleasant Carney papers
Reeder family collection
Collection
Identifier: L027
Scope and Contents
This collection includes genealogy research documents and notes, correspondence, stock certificates, an estate document, photographs, and photograph albums, from the Reeder, Miles, Ploch, and Poynter families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1884 to 1958 and undated, regarding the families and their history. There is also a folder of oversize materials: a marriage certificate for Carl A. Ploch and Maude L. Poynter on June 12, 1912; a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1960s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reeder family collection
Ripley County, Indiana collection
Collection
Identifier: L229
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed transcripts of original diaries, correspondence, newspaper articles, poems, and other papers concerning Ripley County, Indiana ranging from 1822 to 1937, as well as articles and histories about specific aspects of the county's history, including churches, towns, schools, organizations, events, families, and the U.S. Civil War.
Dates:
1822-1937
Robert M. Taylor, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: L469
Scope and Contents
The collection contains personal correspondence of various family members, receipts related to properties the Y.W.C.A. owned and operated; a genealogical sketch of the Taylor family’s history, minutes of the Woman’s Home Missionary Society meetings, various broadsides, a single poll book from 1930 that lists voters and their political affiliation, and papers and scrapbooks of the Indianapolis branch of the Y.W.C.A.
Dates:
1868-1971
Roberta West Nicholson collection
Collection
Identifier: L320
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, photographs, poetry, writings, newspaper clippings, advertisements, ephemera, and genealogical materials from Roberta West Nicholson and other members of the Nicholson and West families and their acquaintances in Indianapolis, Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and South America, ranging from 1861 to 1965 and undated, regarding her career and interests, including politics and social issues, as well as those of her family...
Dates:
1861-1965, undated
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
