Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Carson family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0230
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters and other documents, including legal transactions, from various members of the Carson family in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Virginia ranging from 1825 to 1915, with some undated regarding family matters, Quaker meetings, and legal transactions.
Dates:
1825-1915, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Carson family papers
Cecil Beeson collection
Collection
Identifier: L566
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed and photocopied documents from various people, government and private organizations collected by local genealogist and historian Cecil Beeson in Blackford County, Indiana, ranging from 1838 to 1972 regarding family histories, biographies, U.S. Civil War documents, church histories and governmental records.There is an oversize document, "The Early History of the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Indiana" by Rev. C. H. Kendall, circa 1908...
Dates:
1839-1972, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Cecil Beeson collection
Charles N. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L157
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material that Charles N. Thompson collected while researching his wife's family history and includes newspaper clippings, photostat copies and typed abstracts of newspaper articles regarding the Conner and Finch families (1820-1944); photostats of Indiana Acts and United States Senate reports regarding political and legal activities of John and William Conner (1820-1829); letters written by James Garner Finch of Lawrence, Kansas to his "Dear Cousin" (1892-1896); and...
Dates:
1820-1944
Charles W. Coffin collection
Collection — Folder S274
Identifier: S0274
Scope and Contents
The oldest item is a letter written on one folded paper making four pages. Mr. A. Cochel wrote the letter in ink on May 26, 1851, from Diamond Springs, California, to Mrs. C. W. Coffin, to tell her about the death of her husband on May 25. He wrote: "10 days ago, he complained of a griping in his bowels but did not think of anything dangerous until the 2nd day he commenced discharging blood and his bowels very sore and painful at which time he left camp and went to town which is 1/2 or 3/4th of...
Dates:
1851, 1964, 1966
Chase family photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP005
Identifier: SP005
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of Roswell Loomis Chase, Ira J. Chase, and other members of the Chase family in New York and Indiana ranging from circa 1850 to the 1890s.
Dates:
circa 1850-circa 1890
Clara Gascho family history narrative
Collection — Folder S2851
Identifier: S2851
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises a one-page, typed historical narrative about the Gascho family and their migration from Pennsylvania to Indiana in 1847 created by Clara J. Gascho, wich is undated.
Dates:
undated
Clara Masteller papers
Collection
Identifier: L103
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, photographs, greeting cards, postcards, and newspaper clippings from Clara Schroeder Masteller and other authors in the United States and Germany; ranging from 1903 to 1957, regarding family history and life.
Dates:
1903-1957, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Clara Masteller papers
Comstock family papers
Collection
Identifier: L236
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, legal and business papers, genealogy papers, photographs, a photograph album, greeting cards, notebooks, a journal, poetry, published materials, ephemera, and a leather wallet from the Comstock, Beers, and Hartwell families in Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Missouri, ranging from 1846 to 1962 and undated, regarding family life, education, careers, and business concerns.
Dates:
1846-1962, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Comstock family papers
Conarroe family papers
Collection
Identifier: L182
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, programs, pamphlets, publications, Bible and family history records, obituaries, papers, photographs, two scrapbooks, and a laminated certificate of military service from Joe and Sue Conarroe in Indianapolis, Indiana, Missouri, and the United States, ranging from 1800 to 2007, regarding family life and history, military service, education, and genealogy of the Black family.There are also a May 11, 1949 Indianapolis...
Dates:
1800-2007
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Conarroe family papers
Cornelius family collection
Collection
Identifier: L485
Scope and Contents
This collection includes family documents, newspaper clippings, sheet music and songbooks of the Cornelius family of Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1884 to the 2009. The collection contains genealogical documents of the Cornelius family and correspondence, manuscripts, and paste up items regarding the unpublished book "The Cornelius Story: Four Generations of Printers." The collection also includes promotional cards, recital programs, travel guides, and other documents of Melissa Jane...
Dates:
1884-2009
