Family history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Fogleman family papers
Collection
Identifier: L251
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, postcards, telegrams, genealgoy material, newspaper clippings, photographs, an autograph book, an account book, a memory notebook, financial documents, and other papers from Ida, David, and Maggie Fogleman, ranging from 1859 to 1950 and undated, concerning family, work, and school life, friendships, and estate planning.
There is also David Fogleman and Margaret W. Moore's marriage certificate dated December 30, 1869 (OB084).
There is also David Fogleman and Margaret W. Moore's marriage certificate dated December 30, 1869 (OB084).
Dates:
1859-1950
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fogleman family papers
Francis M. and William H. Farrow papers
Collection — Folder S452
Identifier: S0452
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters from Francis M. Farrow, William H. Farrow, and Capt. R. W. Harrison in Greenville, South Carolina [?] and Tennessee ranging from 1862 to 1864 regarding family matters, war life and official notice of William H. Farrow's death.
Dates:
1862-1864
Francis M. Shearer collection
Collection
Identifier: L313
Scope and Contents
This collection contains legal documents, personal papers, receipts, genealogical information and photographs from the Shearer, Marshall, and English families in Indianapolis and other cities in Indiana, ranging from 1829 to 1974. The legal documents include warranty deeds, quitclaim deeds, and an abstract of title for property John and William Marion Shearer obtained in Indianapolis and Marion County. Other documents include Michael Shearer's tax receipts, a copy of his 1829 land grant, and...
Dates:
1829-1974, undated
Fred Norris papers
Collection
Identifier: L434
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence from Fred Norris while serving during the Spanish-American War, family correspondence, newspaper clippings, and an autograph album, ranging from 1841 to 1943. The majority of the clippings are obituaries from residences from Richland Township of Whitley County, Indiana. There are also oversize marriage certificates, 1874-1900 (B052) and 1890-1900 (OB034). Later addition of letter from 1899/03/07 added from former S3195 collection.
Dates:
1841-1943, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Fred Norris papers
Frederick Taggart Cretors, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: L426
Scope and Contents
This collection includes papers, letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, and volumes from Frederick Taggart Cretors, Jr. in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1989 regarding his life and World War I service.This collection contains several issues of the Shortridge Daily Echo and an issue of the Shortridge Weekly Echo ranging in date from 1928 to 1981. Also included are oversize certificates and...
Dates:
1927-1991
G. Harvey Petty papers
Collection
Identifier: L356
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed family papers, two photographs, an autograph book, genealogy documents including Bible records, signs, certificates, awards, ephemera, and calligraphy and typography materials from G. Harvey Petty in Indianapolis, Indiana and the United States, ranging from 1797 to 1979, regarding his family and career in calligraphy and typography.There is also an oversize folder containing an indenture, certificates, awards, documents, and signs ranging from...
Dates:
1797-1979
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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G. Harvey Petty papers
Garrison family papers
Collection — Folder S0502
Identifier: S0502
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, receipts, and notes of the Garrison family ranging from 1850-1905. The collection includes a letter and receipt of Jane Boydston (1885-1887) and an undated copy of the Methodist Episcopal Church tract, "The Converted Shipwright".
Dates:
1850-1905
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Garrison family papers
George Capehart day book
Collection — Folder S0216
Identifier: S0216
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of one blank book, measuring 7 ½” wide and 12 ¼” high, and having 122 pages, many of which are blank. The first numbered page is 13. Expense accountings fill most of the written pages. Pages 65, 66, and 67 record family births and deaths.
Dates:
1857-1889
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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George Capehart day book
George Knight Hester collection
Collection — Folder S2185
Identifier: S2185
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three items related to George Knight Hester and the Hester family: a partial letter dated November 14 from Saguanche, Colorado with a typed transcript; a typed transcription of a personal narrative titled "Diary of Rev. George Knight Hester" (1851); and typed transcripts of papers relating to the Hester family compiled by the Indiana State Library in 1926.
Dates:
1851-1890, undated
George Quincy Wilkinson collection
Collection — Folder S1933
Identifier: S1933
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photocopied documents regarding George Quincy Wilkinson and his family of Henry County, Indiana. The collection includes a November 30, 1839 contract to teach a "common English school" for three months; a list of children in the classes in 1840 and 1841 and a list of students with the number of days they were sent to school; an undated photograph of Wilkinson; a 1978 one paragraph essay about the Wilkinson farm, the Hog Pen Branch stream and hog butchering; and two...
Dates:
1839-1981
