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Genealogical research

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 114 Collections and/or Records:

Pallas Houser collection

 Collection
Identifier: G-091
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogical records, photographs and correspondence compiled by Pallas Houser between the years 2005 and 2011. The main focus of the collection is the descendants of Levin Knight, with additional research on other families. A large majority of this collection consists of photocopied materials. Many photographs feature gravestones. Some of the research included has been compiled by others, and much has been transcribed from other sources. Houser concentrated her...
Dates: 1865 - 2011

Peddle family letters

 Collection — Folder S1048
Identifier: S1048
Scope and Contents The collection includes copies of 72 pages of letters and biographical information about the Peddle family, 1834-1901, found in a trunk belonging to Sarah Peddle Burton (1852-1939). Included are two pages of photographs of Peddle family members taken during the time of the Civil War, and a geneological chart and biographical information abut Peddle family members.
Dates: circa 1860s

Percival Brooks Coffin collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-079
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogical charts, correspondence, research, and published materials from William Edward and Percival Brooks Coffin in the United States ranging from 1847 to 1921 regarding the Coffin family.
Dates: 1847-1921

Peter and Ethel Jones McEwen collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-015
Scope and Contents This collection includes the genealogical research from the Rev. and Mrs. Peter McEwen from around 1930-1952. Also included in the collection are correspondence, notes, a Friends Historical Bulletin, and a copy of "John Rudolph Waymire & the First three Generations of his Descendants.
Dates: 1930-1952

Phoebe Jane Harrison collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: G-040
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogical research, correspondence, and photographs from Phoebe Jane Harrison in Indiana ranging from 1927 to 1998 regarding the Harrison and allied families.
Dates: 1927 - 1998

Pierce-Krull family papers

 Collection
Identifier: L353
Scope and Contents The collection includes family correspondence (both originals and typed transcripts), writings, sheet music, financial records, journals, papers, photographs, ephemera, scrapbooks, clippings, pamphlets, and realia from the Pierce, Krull, Vinton, and Moore families in Indianapolis and other places in Indiana; Genesso, Illinois; California; and the United States, ranging from 1834 to 1963, regarding their family, friends, business interests, education, careers, recreational and social...
Dates: 1834-1960, undated

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

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 E. Roempke collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: G-087
Scope and Contents This collection includes genealogical research, family group sheets, correspondence, and photographs from Robert Roempke in Germany and Indiana ranging from 1897 to 1999 regarding the Roempke, Saffell and other allied families. There is also a catalog from A. E. Saffell Chair Co. and a pamphlet about James Whitcomb Riley.
Dates: 1897 - 1999

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