Family temple record books and genealogical records collection,

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1 Family temple record books and genealogical records collection, A Register of the Collection CR (PUBLISHED) Church History Library The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah 2015 Copyright 2017 IRI. All rights reserved. eadview.lds.org/findingaid/cr%20226%20137 Church History Library 26 Nov

2 Family temple record books and genealogical records collection, Extent 18 boxes Linear Feet 6.8 Use and Access. Preferred Citation [Description of Item], Family temple record books and genealogical records collection. Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah Church History Library 26 Nov

3 Franklin F. Ballif (of Preston, Idaho) Box 1, Folder 1 Genealogical pencil record relating to Begue or Begay family in Switzerland. Record was compiled ca and sent to Genealogical Society of Utah, FHL MS 106 Niels C. Christiansen (of Richfield, Utah) Box 1, Folder 2 Temple record relating to his ancestry in Denmark. Proxy temple work was completed ca s. Volume was passed to Pearl Jensen Ence of Monroe, Utah. Includes letter from Eva M. Gregersen of Salt Lake City to Pearl Ence (1962), and loose pages of genealogical information. James Dwyer Box 1, Folder 3 Two volumes of Temple records relating to proxy work performed for Dwyer?s friends, Includes numerous entries for Lippincott family members. FHL TR 189b and 189c Marius Jensen Falslev Box 1, Folder 4 Temple record relating to Falslev?s ancestry in Denmark. Temple work performed mostly in 1920s. Includes loose pages of genealogical information. Lisette Fluckiger Box 1, Folder 5 Temple record relating to Baggenstoss, Baur, and Schweizer families in Switzerland. Temple work was completed primarily during 1920s. Note on cover reads,?temple Record Nr. 2 / This record is essentially the same as Temple Record Nr. 1, which contains the Baggenstoss, Baur, and Schweizer genealogies.? Johan Godtfred Hansen (of Pocatello, Idaho) Box 1, Folder 6 Temple record relating to Hansen s ancestry in Sweden. Includes loose pedigree chart and family group records. Temple work performed primarily ca s. Church History Library 26 Nov

4 Sytrke Huizinga Box 1, Folder 7 Temple record relating to Huizinga s ancestry in Holland. Temple work performed, 1920s-1950s. Laurids Peder Andersen Box 1, Folder 8 Volume appears to be a recopied version of Blade of Skippernes Historie by L. P. Andersen (Genealogy of Laurids Peder Andersen (d. 1916) of Denmark). On p. 108 the title shifts to En Hads Herreds Slaegt, Ved. A. Jacobsen, President, Dansk Genealogisk Torening. Genealogical Society of Utah accession no (June 1934) and book call number SCAND An22a. Morten Jensen (of Richfield, Utah) Box 2, Folder 1 Temple record relating to ancestry of Morten Jensen and his wife Johana Marie Christine Christian in Denmark. Most of temple work was performed ca s. Record was given to Pearl Jensen Ence of Monroe, Utah. Includes letters from Eva Gregersen to Pearl Ence, 1961, and loose pedigree charts. Unidentified Box 2, Folder 2 Temple record relating to Kihm, Konig, and Debrunner families of Switzerland. No ownership information recorded in volume. Temple work performed primarily ca s. William John Kunz Box 2, Folder 3 Temple record relating to Kunz and Straubhaar families of Switzerland. Most of temple work performed, ca Elias Olsen Box 2, Folder 4 Temple record relating to Olsen s ancestry in Norway. Family names include Pedersen, Larsen, Eriksen, Nielsen, and Michelsen. Most of temple work performed, Church History Library 26 Nov

5 Niels Albert Olsen (of Kimberly, Idaho) Box 2, Folder 5 Temple record relating to Olsen who married Hannah Marie Sandberg. Record contains Olsen s ancestry in Denmark. Temple work was performed ca. 1910s-1950s. Includes loose pedigree chart and two family studio photographs, apparently of Niels and Hannah s family, glued inside front and back covers. Photos taken ca Wayne and Anna Tracy Whitney Johnson Box 2, Folder 6 Family record relating to the Johnsons (who were married in 1901) and their children. The record book is a repurposed blank Teacher s Class Register published by Deseret Book Company. Former Family History Library book call number J63wa. David Samuel Sampson Box 2, Folder 7 Temple record relating to Sampson s ancestry in Ireland and South Africa. Temple work performed in 1920s. Includes loose notes regarding genealogical information and temple work. Note at front of volume reads, This book was turned over to the Genealogical Society in Dec by Bishop Joseph L. Wirthlin who received it from the owner, when Bishop of 33rd Ward. This record contains mixed blood families. It must not be given out for public use.... Spine is labeled TR Donna Anderson (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 2, Folder 8 Temple record relating to Anderson s ancestry in Sweden and Denmark. Temple work was performed ca s. Includes loose sheet of genealogical information regarding Mads and Karen Peterson Anderson. Arthur Nock (of Manchester/Rochdale LDS Branch, England) Box 2, Folder 9 Genealogical records of Nock s ancestors and relatives in England. Include information regarding his wife Eliza Matilda Sutton and their children. Apparently, the family converted to the LDS Church ca Volume appears to have been donated to Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 2025 Riggs family Box 3, Folder 1 Record of temple work performed primarily for Riggs family and related families, ca Loose pages record temple work submitted and performed in Logan Temple, Family heir was George Washington Riggs. Volume is labeled Riggs Genealogy, Book B or 2. See fd. 2 below for additional volume. Church History Library 26 Nov

6 Riggs family Box 3, Folder 2 Similar to record of temple work in fd. 1 above. Volume is labeled Book C. Donated to Family History Library by April Bladh of Whittier, California. Bernella E. Gardner (of Cedar City, Utah) Box 4, Folder 1 Temple record relating to Gardner family names for which temple work was performed in the St. George Temple, , and genealogical pencil record of names extracted from parish records in Scotland that were not Gardner-related families and for which no temple work had been performed. Includes correspondence from Bernella E. Gardner and Reuben G. Miller, FHL MS 62 Walter Martin Beckwith Box 4, Folder 2 Notebook containing names Beckwith submitted for temple work to be performed in St. George Temple, ca Accompanying note states that the notebook was found in the basement of the Eastern States Mission Home in Brooklyn, New York, and forwarded to the Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 521 Robert David Roberts (of Logan, Utah) Box 4, Folder 3 Temple record containing names of Roberts ancestors from Wales and Pennsylvania for which temple work was performed, ca. 1860s Note in front of volume states that this is book 2 and that book 1 had been filed in the Church Historian s Office. See also box 15, fd. 25. FHL MS 1157, pt. 6 Robert David Roberts (of Logan, Utah) Box 4, Folder 4 Temple record book 3 related to volume in previous folder. Temple work covers years, See also box 15, fd. 25. FHL MS 1157, pt. 7 Niels Fredericksen and Hannah M. Fredericksen Box 5, Folder 1 Temple record of the Fredericksens ancestry in Denmark. Temple work performed, 1920s-1940s. Related records are found in fd. 2 below. Church History Library 26 Nov

7 Niels Fredericksen Box 5, Folder 2 Pedigree charts and family group records relating to Fredericksen s ancestry. Many of family group records include attached section giving details regarding temple work and proxies. Information in folder includes news clippings regarding Fredericksen s death in 1932 at the hands of robbers who killed him in his home in Colonia Dublan, Mexico. See also fd. 1 above. William Gilbert Burton Box 5, Folder 3 Photocopy of family record relating to Burton and his wife Hannah Tregale of England. Temple work was performed, 1880s-1900s. FHL F. H. Burton Daniel Peter Thuesen Box 5, Folder 4 Temple record relating to Thuesen s ancestry in Denmark and Norway. Temple work performed primarily in 1920s. Small copies of photographs of Thuesen and his wife Hermine Patrine Jensen Ambrosen are attached to inside front page. A temple record for Hermine s family is found in the following folder (fd. 5). Hermine Patrine Ambrosen Thuesen Box 5, Folder 5 Temple record relating to Ambrosen ancestry in Denmark. Temple work performed, 1920s-1970s. Copies of photographs of Hermine and her parents, Herman Konrad and Johanne Clausen Ambrosen are attached to inside front cover. Several places in volume s binding were repaired with duct tape that has obscured information. See also fd. 4 above. Eugene B. Fullmer Box 5, Folder 6 Genealogical notes and correspondence related to Fullmer and Marvin ancestry. Includes a letter to Fullmer from John D. T. McAllister of St. George Temple, Documents have been layered with tissue paper. Charles Augustus Davis (of Spanish Fork, Utah) Box 5, Folder 7 Photocopies of documents related to Davis?s ancestry in Massachusetts. Title of compilation:?manuscripts accumulated prior to 1895 by Charles Augustus Davis / Dolor Davis and many of his descendants.? Some of temple work performed in FHL MS 416 Church History Library 26 Nov

8 J. Z. Stewart (of Logan, Utah) Box 5, Folder 8 Genealogical information regarding Elizabeth Johnson Stewart ( ) and her husband Samuel Stewart and some of their descendants. Also includes information regarding John Stewart (d. 1720) of Scotland and some of his descendants. Both items appear to be pages removed from published family history books. Donated to Genealogical Society of Utah by Jewell A. Thornton, of Logan, Utah, in FHL MS 1530 Russell family Box 5, Folder 9 Lists of births, marriages, and deaths of Russell family extracted from records in Andover, Massachusetts. A cover letter is addressed to Joseph Christenson, Recorder, from Henry H. Russell, Superintendent of Genealogical Society of Utah?s Temple Index Bureau, FHL MS 449 Randolph Alexander Family Organization Box 5, Folder 10 Constitution and by-laws for the organization, ca At the time of the document s creation, George Alexander of Spanish Fork, Utah, was serving as president and Reta Alexander Egbert as secretary. FHL MS 1705 Wheelock family Box 5, Folder 11 Information regarding Ralph and Rebecca Wheelock of England (who immigrated to Massachusetts in 1637) and some of their family members and descendants. Note at bottom of last page states, This mss [manuscript] sent [to] Genealogical Society of Utah, 14 April 1936, from the Manti Temple. Name of Elder C. H. Wheelock written on first document. Tissue paper has been applied to all pages. FHL MS 413 Andrew Arnesen Andersen (of Hyrum, Utah) Box 5, Folder 12 Temple record relating to Arvesen, Simonsen, Nielsen, Gundersen, Olsen, Jonsen, Mickelsen, and other related families of Norway. Pages have been unbound from the temple record and are loose. Provenance note states that record contains information about Andrew A. Andersen s step-mother s family. Most of temple work performed, ca FHL MS 385 Tripp family Box 5, Folder 13 Genealogical pencil records (3 v.) relating to Enoch Bartlett Tripp and his ancestors, relatives, and descendants. His genealogical records were cared for by his widow Mary O. Tripp of Murray, Utah. Around 1930, Ruth Hatch Hale copied the information in those records into the 3 volumes in this folder. FHL MS 448 Church History Library 26 Nov

9 Joseph Albert Lewis Box 6, Folder 1 List of names for which he performed temple work in the St. George Temple, Note on cover states the documents were received from Joseph Albert Lewis in 1944 via Eleanor M. Hall of Murray, Utah. FHL MS 1046 Adolph M. Reeder (of Logan and Corinne, Utah) Box 6, Folder 2 Genealogical notes, family group records, correspondence, and completed temple ordinance forms for ancestry and relatives of David Reeder. Includes information on Balls and Davy/Davie families. Papers donated to Family History Library by Clara Richards of Farmington, Utah. See fd. 3-5 below. George Reeder Box 6, Folder 3 Temple record relating to his ancestry and relatives from counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, and Kent, England. Most of temple work was performed 1900s-1950s. David Reeder Box 6, Folder 4 Genealogical Record: Family and Temple 200A contains information and temple work for Davy family of Suffolk, England, and other interrelated relatives. Information seems to have been extracted from parish registers. Temple work was performed 1930s-1950s. Adolph M. Reeder (of Logan and Corinne, Utah) Box 6, Folder 5 LDS Family Record Number 200-A contains further information regarding Davey families of England. Temple work was performed 1930s- 1940s. Cover of volume is labeled?davy Book 1.? V. B. Muir Box 6, Folder 6 LDS Family Record (Number Five) contains information regarding Isbell family of New England. James Madison Barlow (deceased) is listed as family heir. Volume donated to Family History Library by Anna Jane Muir Harper. Church History Library 26 Nov

10 William and Mary Ann Howard Greene Box 6, Folder 7 LDS Family and Individual Record (pub. 1917) for some of the descendants of the Greenes. Several pages describe dreams (ca. 1912) experienced by Mary Ann Howard. The dreams seem to have been recorded by Elizabeth Bartholomew, a niece. Name of J. C. Burtoch is written inside front cover. Spencer family Box 6, Folder 8 Charts of genealogical information and corresponding temple work dates for various members of the Spencer family in Connecticut in the 17th-19th centuries. Most of temple work was performed in 1880s-1890s. Brigham Young Perkins (of Taylor, Arizona) Box 7, Folder 1 Temple record relating to Perkins and McClelland families. Temple ordinances were performed ca. 1860s-early 1900s. See also fd. 2 below. Brigham Young Perkins (of Taylor, Arizona) Box 7, Folder 2 Similar record as that in fd. 1 above. Includes loose completed temple work submission forms for Salt Lake and Arizona temples, 1930s. Lenore Eliza Bailey Lewis Box 8, Folder 1 Temple record relating to ancestors of Obadiah C. Bailey. Provenance note states that the volume was found in the home of Lenore Eliza Bailey Lewis and was sent to Family History Library by Maralee Johnson Smith and Alaire Lewis Johnson (of Orem, Utah). Most of temple work was performed Folder includes loose genealogical papers, temple ordinance forms, patriarchal blessings for Obadiah C. Bailey and Mary Jane Bailey Knight, receipts, and financial correspondence. Tanner family Box 8, Folder 2 Genealogical information for Hans Ulrich and Anna Scheuss Tanner and some descendants, 1740s-1900s. Information is recorded on oversized forms labeled Ordinances Performed at the instance of C. Stutznegger, 532 Colorado Street, City. A few temple ordinance dates are recorded for the early 1930s. FHL MS 1341 Church History Library 26 Nov

11 Matilda Tillie McGaffish Fack (of Helena, Montana) Box 8, Folder 3 Temple ordinance submission forms. No temple work dates are recorded. Note on one sheet gives Fack s name and the date Frank E. Caldwell (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 8, Folder 4 Printed pedigree chart on which appears a handwritten note: This pedigree chart goes with the Whitman Genealogy. Chart is in poor condition. James A. Anderson Box 8, Folder 5 Temple submission forms, primarily for Brooks family members of England. Ordinances performed in Notes on accompanying cards state: Ordinance sheets of James A. Anderson. Compiled by N. T. Taylor and Marie Haselman. Work done under direction of Lavinia A. Ralphs. In Library before Includes envelope from Joseph Christenson, Recorder, Salt Lake Temple to Lavinia A. Ralphs, FHL MS 156 Daniel Corbett Box 8, Folder 6 Temple ordinance submission forms primarily for Corbett family members in Massachusetts. Ordinances were performed Elizabeth Fletcher (of Massachusetts) Box 8, Folder 7 U. S. passport for Charles G. C. Plummer, Signed by William H. Seward. Oversized item removed from box 14, fd. 3 to this folder. Knight family Box 8, Folder 8 Index to temple performed for Knight family members, ca. 1870s-1890s. Documents in poor condition. FHL MS 375 Church History Library 26 Nov

12 Abraham Fernandez Box 8, Folder 9 Temple submission forms for Fernandez s family members from Hawaii and India. Ordinance work was performed in 1890s. CHL MS 988 Hayes family (of England) Box 8, Folder 10 List of extracted Hayes names from records in England. Cover letter from President Wilford O. Woodruff of London Conference in 1921 explains that the names were gathered by a Church member in the Blackburn Branch, Liverpool Conference. The member died suddenly in Woodruff forwarded names to Genealogical Society of Utah. Documents in poor condition. FHL MS 36 Johannes Jonsson Kaggelstorp Box 8, Folder 11 Ancestral chart regarding Kagglestorp and his wife Anna of Sweden. Chart was compiled ca and was transferred from Salt Lake Temple to Genealogical Society of Utah by Nellie T. Taylor, FHL MS 1108 Niels Peter Madsen Box 8, Folder 12 Ancestral chart. Transferred from Salt Lake Temple to Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 899 Niels Hans Pedersen, Sr. Box 8, Folder 13 Pedigree compiled by Marie Wright for ancestry of Kirsten Nielsen of Denmark. Niels Hans Pedersen was family heir. Manuscripts belonged to Wilhelmine/Wilhelmina Pedersen of Salt Lake City, Utah. FHL MS 180 Rasmussen, Jorgen H. Box 8, Folder 14 Ancestral chart relating to ancestry in Denmark. Chart compiled by Samuel P. Jensen, Transferred from Salt Lake Temple to Genealogical Society of Utah, FHL MS 897 Church History Library 26 Nov

13 Steck family Box 8, Folder 15 List of names submitted for temple work, Names relate to ancestry of Jens Steck and Wilhelmena Steck Hanson of Denmark. FHL MS 889 Jens Andersen Box 8, Folder 16 Ancestral chart tracing ancestry back to Anders Pedersen (b. 1832). FHL MS 970 Peter Anderson Box 8, Folder 17 Ancestral chart compiled by Jens Jensen of Leamington, Utah. Transferred from Salt Lake Temple to Genealogical Society of Utah, Document is in poor condition. FHL MS 896 Henry Hooton (of Stratford Bridge, Essex, England) Box 9, Folder 1 Genealogical record of family and friends dating from 1870s. Much of temple work was performed ca Note on front cover reads, This book must be turned over to L. D. S. Church Genealogy Library after I am through. Earl W. Bench, [and] 7/9/67. William Cooke (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 9, Folder 2 Genealogical pencil record relating to Craig, Miller, Campbell, Wallace, and related lines. 4 volumes numbered #4-7. See also box 11, fd. 8. FHL MS 389 James John (of Logan, Utah) Box 9, Folder 3 Temple record relating to ancestry of James John and Thomas John of Wales. Temple work was performed Volume donated to Family History Library by Anna Jane Muir Harper of Salt Lake City, Utah. See also fd. 4 and fd. 5 below. Church History Library 26 Nov

14 Joseph S. Barlow Box 9, Folder 4 Temple record relating to Mott and related family lines of England and New York. Includes information for Isbell and Barlow families. Information inscribed inside front cover: Jane F. B. Muir, April 1910, Logan, Utah. Temple work was performed 1910s-1930s. Volume donated to Family History Library by Anna Jane Muir Harper of Salt Lake City, Utah. See also fd. 3 above and fd. 5 below. Jane Ferguson Barlow Muir (of Logan, Utah) Box 9, Folder 5 Temple record relating to Mott and related family lines. Inscription inside front cover reads, Jane Ferguson Barlow Muir, Dec. 1st 1909, Logan Utah.... Most of temple work was performed 1910s-1920s. Volume donated to Family History Library by Anna Jane Muir Harper of Salt Lake City. See also fd. 3 and fd. 4 above. Alma Mary Hamilton Brines (of Centerville, Utah) Box 9, Folder 6 Portrait pedigree chart and family group portrait sheets for her ancestors. Includes information for Stephen Colburn and Arline Gay Smith Hamilton, James Alma and Susan Van Wagoner Hamilton, Thomas Edward and Mary Matilda Gerber Smith, David Fleming and Martha Ellen Bennett Hamilton, David Ephraim and Sarah Catherine Hamilton Van Wagoner, Ephraim and Nancy Elizabeth Bethers Smith, Lewis Emanuel and Emily Amelia Jacobs Gerber, John Halmah and Clarissa Tappen Van Wagoner, Richard and Dianna Braswell Smith, and Sir George Thomas and Leah/Lear/Laer Agee Smith. Donated to Family History Library by compiler. William Rigby Box 9, Folder 7 Pamphlet titled Genealogy of William Rigby, Contains information for parents, siblings, and children of William and Catherine Glover Rigby. William and Catherine s children were all born in Utah, Donated to Genealogical Society of Utah by Frederick Scholes, Logan, Utah, FHL MS 366 Edward William Starr Box 9, Folder 8 Temple record (v. 1) for Starr and related families. See fd. 9 below for volume 2. Temple work was performed 1870s-1910s. Inscription inside front cover reads, Edward William Starr (dead) Heir. Heir changed to Jared Starr (d) who is the father of E. W. Starr and a member of church & was a pioneer of 1847 or 8. Amanda E. S. Allerman, Springville, No. 1. Mary M. or Nell Starr, Springville, Utah. This volume and the volume in the following folder were donated to the Church History Library by Brent Ashworth of Provo, Utah, Church History Library 26 Nov

15 Edward William Starr Box 9, Folder 9 Temple record (v. 2) for Starr and related families. See fd. 8 above for volume 1. Includes loose blank temple ordinance forms and newspaper clipping. Hilda L. Beer (of Centerville, Utah) Box 9, Folder 10 Temple record relating to Williams family of Herefordshire, England, and related lines. Temple work was performed 1910s-1940s. FHL TR 2BA 107 Clarence Ephraim Fredeen (of Bellingham, Washington) Box 10, Folder 1 Family Record/Book of Remembrance relating to Fredeen and his ancestry. Contents include pedigree charts, family group records, certificates of baptism and confirmation, LDS Church membership, and Deacon, Teacher, Priest, and Elder ordinations (all in 1952), Priesthood line of authority card, and patriarchal blessing. Cover of binder features Idaho Falls Temple. Temple work was performed 1950s- 1960s. See fd. 2 below for records of Fredeen s wife, Myrta. Myrta Naomi Lott Belland Fredeen (of Bellingham, Washington) Box 10, Folder 2 Book of Remembrance (without binder). Contents include certificates of baptism and confirmation for Myrta and children Shirley Ardith and Robert Gene (1940), marriage to Clarence Ephraim Fredeen in Logan Temple (1953), affidavits, and funeral program (1988). See also fd. 5 below. Leonard Gregory Smith (of Ferndale, Washington) Box 10, Folder 3 Book of Remembrance with paper cover featuring image of Angel Moroni. Documents include pedigree and family group records, certificates of his birth (Massachusetts, 1903), ordination to office of Priest in LDS Church, and temple sealing to Louise Melissa Lott in Salt Lake Temple, 1976, California driver s license (1961), Social Security card, voter registration card from Whatcom County, Washington, Teamster s Union identification card, and funeral program (1977). See also fd. 4 and fd. 5 below for related records of Smith and his wife. Louise Melissa Lott Smith Box 10, Folder 4 Pedigree and family group records related to her ancestry. Also includes correspondence, entry forms for submission of temple work, Genealogical Department patron notification forms (ca. 1985), and status reports of names submitted for temple work (1992). See also fd. 3 above and fd. 5 below. Church History Library 26 Nov

16 Louise Melissa Lott Smith and Myrta Lott Fredeen Box 10, Folder 5 Pedigree and family group records related to the two sisters ancestry and families. Includes birth and death certificates, correspondence, LDS blessing and baptism/confirmation certificates, temple work notification forms, temple ordinance entry forms, and miscellaneous notes. Includes LDS baptism and confirmation certificates for children of Shirley Ardith Belland Marshall Brown. See also fd. 2, fd. 3, and fd. 4 above. Woodruff family Box 11, Folder 1 Notes compiled by Carlos Parsons Darling of Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, in 1917 regarding the Genealogy of the Matthew Woodruff Family of Farmington, Conn. Matthew was born In England and immigrated to Boston in Descendants listed in the papers include LDS Church President Wilford Woodruff. The name of Clara W. Beebe is written at the top of one set of genealogical notes. FHL MS 305 Glannin Alexius Cloward (of Washington, DC) Box 11, Folder 2 Report by Glannin A. Cloward to the Cloward family reunion in Payson, Utah, Information regards Cloward family history in Pennsylvania, ca. 1730s-1750s and subsequent generations including the branch that converted to Mormonism and migrated to Utah. Report dated 7 August 1949 includes a descendancy chart. Information donated to Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 1568 Marian H. Pratt (of Mesa, Arizona) Box 11, Folder 3 Genealogical information regarding the family, descendants, and relatives of John Bush (fl. ca. 1618) in Virginia and Kentucky. Information compiled ca and sent to Genealogical Society of Utah by Pratt in FHL MS 1722 Johnson family Box 11, Folder 4 Genealogical compilations, correspondence, and notes related to ancestors and relatives of Aaron Johnson, early LDS convert. Much of correspondence is addressed to Sylvia J. Miner of Springville, Utah. Correspondence dates 1880s-1930s. Includes a 1931 letter from LDS Church President Heber J. Grant to A. F. Johnson, Salt Lake City, regarding a sealing cancellation matter. Much of the genealogical research on the Johnson line was completed by Frank L. Johnson of Minneola, Florida. Many of the documents are damaged and brittle. Some letters seem to be fragmentary. FHL MS 409 Church History Library 26 Nov

17 Jane S. Eldredge Box 11, Folder 5 Compilation of genealogical information regarding Eldredge family of New England in 1630s-1640s. Compilation follows descendancy to family members living in Utah and intermountain West in 19th and 20th centuries. Donated by Lewis Allred to Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 1687 Hubbard family Box 11, Folder 6 Genealogical notes regarding brothers William and George Hubbard who immigrated to New England in Includes list of Hubbard descendants. Cover letter from Peter Poulson of Manti Temple in 1932 suggests that the Hubbard information was likely copied by M. F. Farnsworth from some records at that time in our Temple library which was later removed to your library. FHL MS 523 Marie J. Heninger (of Cardston, Alberta, Canada) Box 11, Folder 7 Genealogical notes, family group records, and correspondence regarding Haymond ancestry. Most of correspondence is dated Includes information copied onto cards from Temple Records Index Bureau (T.I.B.). FHL MS 499 William Cooke (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 11, Folder 8 Genealogical records of the Reid, Paterson, Gilmour, Cooke, Craig, Miller, Campbell and Wallace families of Scotland in 3 volumes. The other 2 volumes are listed below in fd. 9 and fd. 10. The records were apparently compiled and preserved by William Cooke. See also box 9, fd. 2. FHL MS 389 Same description as fd. 8 above. Box 11, Folder 9 Same description as fd. 8 and fd. 9 above. Box 11, Folder 10 Church History Library 26 Nov

18 Balli/Bailey Box 12, Folder 1 Lists of posterity of John Casper Balli (Bailey), son of Jacob Balli & Elizabeth Buhler; Edward Davis and Annie Tueller #3 wife, son of George Davis & Mary Antony Timson; and Edward Davis son of George Davis & Mary Antony Timson Wife #2 Francis Amelia Godsall-- #3 Annie Tueller. Lists compiled by Winona B. Davis, of Long Beach, California, ca FHL MS 2040 Thomas and William Barrett Box 12, Folder 2 Published article Thomas Barrett of Braintree, William Barrett of Cambridge and Their Early Descendants, by the Hon. Joseph Hartwell Barrett, of Loveland, Ohio. Written on cover: Barrett Family worked for by Annie D. Watson in behalf of Samuel M. Barratt, dead. FHL MS 176 Francis F. Brothers (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 12, Folder 3 Last Will and Testament of Brothers and miscellaneous estate papers, Includes estate papers of Mary Barron Brothers, 1934; funeral and interment instructions for Henry Phillip Brothers, 1947; census (1880) extraction of information regarding Henry P. Brothers; real estate listing for Mr. and Mrs. Brothers, San Fernando, California, ca. 1940s; and photograph of unidentified people, Canoga Park, California, Mary B. Browning (of Ogden, Utah) Box 12, Folder 4 Letters from genealogical researcher Jessie M. Higbee of LDS Church New England Mission to Mary B. Browning of Ogden, Utah, regarding Glines family research, Also includes letter and enclosures from John M. Widdoes of American Fork, Utah, to Browning, ca Enclosures include genealogical and biographical notes related to Johnathon and Elizabeth Woodington and descendants and a life sketch and copy of photograph of Sarah Woodington Widdoes Logan ( ). FHL MS 39 B. K. Bullock (of Provo, Utah) Box 12, Folder 5 Envelope addressed to?hon. B. K. Bullock, Provo, Utah.? Genealogical information regarding Christopher Bullock of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and descendants and list of names for whom endowments were performed, not dated. FHL MS 417 Church History Library 26 Nov

19 Lucy Brainard (of Hartford, Connecticut) Box 12, Folder 6 Correspondence, notes, and news clippings apparently kept by Lucy Brainard of Hartford, Connecticut, related to Cone ancestors, descendants, and related lines, ca Includes letter from Earl Cone, Also includes printed photograph of Robert Buckland Cone and two other unidentified printed portraits of a woman and child. FHL MS 425 Henry Davis (of Fillmore, Utah) Box 12, Folder 7 Letter from Edward Davies, Widnes, England, 30 March 1875, to Henry Davis, Fillmore, Utah, informing him of the death of his mother Sarah Davies. Death memorial card enclosed for Sarah (wife of Edward Davies, of Widnes, 1875). Documents include death memorial card for Sarah Ferguson (wife of James A. Ferguson, 1879) and genealogical information regarding Davis s relatives. FHL MS 419 Florence E. Thomas Blair and Ashael H. Woodruff Box 12, Folder 8 Pedigrees, family group records, and temple work submission forms for Neff, Bennett, Calkins, Norton and Woodruff families, ca. 1920s- 1930s. Brief note from Gloria Fahert states that she found these documents in her mother s papers. Acquired by the Family History Library, ca Kennan Box 12, Folder 9 List of proxy temple work for Kennan, Parminter, Moore, Flagg, and Davis family members. Note on envelope: From Manti Temple, Feb. 21, Proxy work was performed in FHL MS 420. William T. R. Marvin Box 12, Folder 10 Correspondence, news clippings, and other documents relating to William T. R. Marvin s ancestors and relatives, ca. 1880s-1910s. Other significant genealogical information relates to Hammond and Hayden families. Includes correspondence written on letterheads of American Numismatic Association and American Numismatic Society. William T. R. Marvin served as editor of American Journal of Numismatics. Also includes a New York court document dated 1793, booklet titled Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, January 17, 1883, and cabinet card photograph of R. P. (Richard Pratt?) Marvin. McWreath Box 12, Folder 11 Memorandum book containing genealogical information regarding McWreath family of Pennsylvania, ca. 1880s. Church History Library 26 Nov

20 Fanny Meadows (of Farmington, Utah) Box 12, Folder 12 Genealogical pencil record of Bearce family of Maine and Massachusetts. Note inside front cover: Sent [to] G. S. U. [Genealogical Society of Utah] from Salt Lake Temple with letter dated 1 July Additional note states, Nellie T. Taylor had charge of work Minnie Garrison Mitlehner (of Ogden, Utah) Box 12, Folder 13 Genealogical pencil record relating to Mitlehner s Cartwright and Garrison ancestry. Information was apparently obtained via correspondence with Mitlehner s mother, ca Written on front cover: Wm. Thos. Stillwell, 2nd Ward, Weber Stake. FHL MS 507 Sarah Ann Nelson-Peterson (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 12, Folder 14 Pamphlet titled Reunion of the Descendants of Sarah Ann Nelson-Peterson, Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of her Birth... Wednesday, February 16, at the home of Sarah Ann Peterson-Lund, 127 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Inscribed on cover To Aunt Susie, with best wishes, from Sarah Ann Lund. A notation at top of cover reads Gift [of] J. W. Widtsoe. Cover includes printed portrait of Sarah Ann. Tissue paper has been applied to surface of pamphlet. FHL MS 1676 Prime family Box 12, Folder 15 Genealogical notes copied by Ralph Prime from records of his grandfather Rev. Nathaniel S. Prime of New England. Label inside front cover states that the small volume was obtained from W. H. Arthur, Stationer, New York. FHL MS 505 LeGrande Hardy (of BYU) Box 12, Folder 16 List of some descendants of John Lawrence and Edith Martin Smith (b. ca. 1760s-1770s). List compiled by Hardy in FHL MS 990 Niels Sorensen Box 12, Folder 17 Genealogical notes regarding ancestral families in Denmark and Sweden. Includes completed forms for proxy temple work from Manti Temple, Documents transferred from Manti Temple, 21 February FHL MS 422 Church History Library 26 Nov

21 Benjamin Spence (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 12, Folder 18 Genealogical pencil record belonging to Benjamin Spence. Family names emanate from England. Record was compiled ca Document is brittle. Allen Joseph Stout Box 12, Folder 19 Temple record book belonging to Allen Joseph Stout ( ) that was deposited with Genealogical Society of Utah, Includes personal financial entries. Pages have been detached from binding and tissue paper has been applied. Numerous genealogical entries have been obscured by spilled ink. FHL MS 531 Carl C. Thompson and John R. Thompson Box 12, Folder 20 Personal papers relating to Carl C. Thompson and John R. Thompson. Includes certificate of citizenship for Carl C. Thompson from 5th District Court in Utah, Papers for John include report cards from Salt Lake City schools, ; postcards regarding notices of classification and physical examinations for military service, 1918; and postcard from his brother Charles E. Thompson serving in American Expeditionary Force in France, ca Includes provenance note from donor, Cornelia Warner, FHL MS 366 John Wood (of Hurricane, Utah) Box 12, Folder 21 Letter from C. J. Wood of Somerville, Massachusetts to John Wood, Information relates to family and descendants of Samuel Wood ( ) of Nottinghamshire, England, who immigrated to the U. S. and settled in Rockford, Illinois, in the 1850s. FHL MS 1014 Frank E. Caldwell (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 13, Folder 1 Genealogical pencil record contains information regarding ancestors and relatives in England. Numerous documents relate to Caldwell, Gay, Blinn, Damon, King, Stoddard, and Gilmer families. Also includes published booklet A Genealogy of the Family of Anthony Stoddard, of Boston (pub. 1849). Includes a New York land indenture document dated Oversized pedigree chart removed to box 8, fd. 4. Most of documents have been placed in plastic sleeves; they had remained folded for so many years that the creases broke and the documents were in pieces at time of acquisition. Some documents are missing sections; stray unidentified pieces are housed at back of folder. Documents in fd. 2 below relate to establishment and maintenance of cemetery in Kingsbury, New York. FHL MS 174 Church History Library 26 Nov

22 Frank E. Caldwell (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 13, Folder 2 Documents relate to establishment and upkeep of cemetery in Kingsbury, New York, See fd. 1 above for other Caldwell and related family records. FHL MS 174 Virginia Beauchamp Box 13, Folder 3 Genealogical record of Howard and Achsah Rouse Carter of Ohio and some of their descendants. Volume includes artistic drawings dated FHL MS 1239 William H. Perkes (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 13, Folder 4 Genealogical information, correspondence, and record of temple work relating to the ancestry of Benjamin and Adelaide Eugenio Grant Hampton. Correspondence spans Includes letters written on letterheads of Co-operative Wagon and Machine Company (of Salt Lake City) and Genealogical Society of Utah, and an envelope from newspaper The Standard, Preston, Idaho. Perkes served as Assistant Secretary and Librarian of Genealogical Society of Utah. Some of correspondence was authored by Benjamin F. Cummings, Jr. FHL MS 434 and 498 George W. Crockwell (of Portland, Oregon) Box 13, Folder 5 Genealogical information, correspondence, pedigree charts, family group records, and temple work submissions regarding Crockwell, Davey, and Madeira ancestry. Includes LDS baptism and confirmation certificates for Crockwell and his wife Josephine Montezuma Crockwell issued in Sioux City, Iowa, Correspondence spans 1900s-1930s. FHL MS 526 Gifford family Box 13, Folder 6 Correspondence, genealogical information, and temple work submissions for ancestors and relatives of Samuel K. Gifford. Correspondence spans Includes letters written on letterhead of Genealogical Society of Utah. FHL MS 406 Ellen Mary Chenery (of Ipswich, England) Box 13, Folder 7 Genealogical notes regarding Chenery ancestry and relatives in Suffolk, England. Includes correspondence regarding Ellen Mary Nelly Chenery s emigration from England to Utah in 1915, her LDS baptismal certificate from Ipswich Branch, 1901, and two embossed death memorial cards for Maria and Lily Chenery, 1875 and Top sections of two patriarchal blessings are present in file, but the remainder of text is missing. FHL MS 954 Church History Library 26 Nov

23 Helen L. Griggs (of Flint, Michigan) Box 13, Folder 8 Genealogical and biographical information regarding descendants of a Mr. Griggs from Scotland and his wife Anna Barns Smith who resided in New York, ca Includes a letter from Alvin F. Smith in 1930 acknowledging receipt of information at the LDS Church Historian s Office and transfer of material to the Genealogical Society. Documents were brought to Historian s Office by James F. Griggs of Salt Lake City. FHL MS 377 and 378 Hess family (of Ogden, Utah) Box 13, Folder 9 Brief genealogical notations regarding Edward Hunter and Ethel Elizabeth Parker Hess and their children. FHL MS 1005 Jesse Freeman and Harriet Eliza Thomas Huntsman family (of Utah and Idaho) Box 13, Folder 10 Brief genealogical and biographical notes about Harriet and the couple s children. FHL MS 1006 Jessie Mariah Higbee Lindsey Box 14, Folder 1 Genealogical and miscellaneous papers relating to her ancestry in Scotland and her own life activities. Includes obituary clippings for Judge Harry Higbee of Pittsfield, Illinois (1929), death memorial cards for Andrew J. Higbee (1888) and George L. Burruss (1896), and Higbee family reunion flier (1939). Lindsey s personal documents include correspondence and copies of LDS-generated certificate of birth, marriage certificate, U. S. Army enlistment and discharge papers, and photograph of Lindsey operating a Photostat camera at Hawaii Board of Health (ca. 1949). Other items in collection include passenger lists (first class and cabin) of S. S. Mariposa sailing from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Honolulu on 6 August 1941; the list of first class passengers includes David O. and Emma Ray McKay, while Lindsey s name appears in the cabin class list. Also includes dedication and conference program dated August 1941 for LDS tabernacle in Honolulu, Hawaii, Huntington (New York) Historical Society booklets for and , map of Nashua, New Hampshire (undated), map of Chicago, Illinois (surface transportation lines, 1929), and a newspaper clipping regarding the former Brigham Young home in Port Byron, New York (1939). FHL MS 603 Anna Strzeletz Jessen (of Denmark and Germany) Box 14, Folder 2 Genealogical information, pedigree charts, family group records, correspondence and temple work submission forms related to her ancestry in Denmark and Germany. Includes her LDS mission call and release certificates as a local missionary in the Danish Mission, ; certificates are signed by Mission President Orson B. West. Numerous certified copies of birth, marriage, and death were obtained by Jessen, apparently, for genealogical purposes, and are stamped with a government seal bearing the Nazi swastika. Church History Library 26 Nov

24 Elizabeth Fletcher (of Massachusetts) Box 14, Folder 3 Genealogical information, notes, charts, and correspondence (dated 1840s-1890s) regarding her New England Plummer and Fletcher ancestry and related lines. Includes British Museum Reading Room rules and admittance ticket for Mr. C. G. C. Plummer, 1861; hand drawn sketches and coat of arms, Plummer family reunion invitation, 1896; undated caricature of Parson Osgood, three unidentified and unmounted photographs of men, ca. 1880s; U. S. passport for Charles G. C. Plummer (signed by William H. Seward), 1863; hymn for Fletcher Family Reunion, 1892; and note of indebtedness, Passport was removed to box 8, fd. 7. FHL MS 602 Ure family Box 14, Folder 4 Temple work submission form for Ure and related families of Scotland. Also includes two unidentified newspaper obituaries for James Ure, a Utah pioneer of 1849, who died in Salt Lake City in Documents donated by Earl Stephens of Layton, Utah. FHL MS 1143 Wadley family Box 14, Folder 5 Genealogical information and temple work submission form for Wadley family of England. Includes letter dated 1905 from William Wadley of Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Bro. Willis. Documents have been reinforced with tissue paper. FHL MS 996 Mary Ann Rock Williams Box 14, Folder 6 Temple record book relating to her ancestry and relatives. Temple work was performed 1880s-1890s. Letter and loose notes inside volume. This volume and the one below were donated to Church History Library by Spencer Blaine Williams, See fd. 7 for second volume. Mary Ann Rock Williams Box 14, Folder 7 Temple record book relating to her ancestry and relatives. Contains only names. Loose musical score If I Had a Talking Picture of You (slow fox trot music copyrighted in 1929) inside volume. See also fd. 6 above. Lars Mortensen (of Ogden, Utah) Box 15, Folder 1 Genealogical and pedigree information regarding Lars Morten Andersen ( ) of Melby, Fredericksborg, Denmark, and Brigham City, Utah. Information was prepared for Lars Mortensen and given to Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 309 Church History Library 26 Nov

25 Myrtle Lee Collins Atchly (of Kansas City, Missouri) Box 15, Folder 2 Brief genealogical information regarding William and Mary Williams and their children of Liverpool, England. A handwritten note by Atchly (ca. 1943) on the page explains the strange circumstance through which this genealogical information came into her hands. Document donated to the Genealogical Society of Utah in Bruzelius Box 15, Folder 3 Large descendancy chart titled Attelangd ofv[-?]r Slagten Bruselius. Appears to have been printed in Chart is extremely fragile and has split at nearly every fold. Carl Etlev Peter Christensen (of Long Beach, California) Box 15, Folder 4 Genealogical notes, charts, and correspondence. Letters are dated Temple work appears to have been completed in early 1900s. Documents donated to Genealogical Society of Utah in FHL MS 232 Maren Jorgine Christensen Box 15, Folder 5 Genealogical information regarding Christensen s ancestry in Denmark. Donated to Genealogical Society of Utah by Mrs. J. C. Jensen, of Provo Bench, FHL MS 228 Anne Marie Rasmussen Clark Box 15, Folder 6 Genealogical information regarding her father Mads Peder Rasmussen (b. 1836) and ancestry in Denmark. Donated to Genealogical Society of Utah by W. T. Clark, of Rexburg, Idaho, FHL MS 234 Clausson family Box 15, Folder 7 Family group records regarding descendants of Lars Clausson (b. 1704) in Sweden. FHL MS 495 Church History Library 26 Nov

26 Anna Hansdatter Box 15, Folder 8 Genealogical information regarding Hansdatter s pedigree in Denmark. Donated to Genealogical Society of Utah by Mrs. Karen Raby of Salt Lake City, FHL MS 311 Edward Harri Box 15, Folder 9 Genealogical and biographical notes regarding Harri of Merthyr Tydvil, Wales. Other brief notes relate to a Llewellyn family. Some of notes are written in Welsh. Pages have been removed from a bound memorandum book. Donated to Family History Library by Gordon Roueche, of Kaysville, Utah. John Holmberg Box 15, Folder 10 Genealogical information and temple ordinance submission forms for his ancestors and relatives from Sweden. Temple work was performed in late 1890s. Genealogical notes are written on fragile paper. FHL MS 139 Hans Christian Jensen and Maren Sophie Hansen Box 15, Folder 11 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Document was prepared for Mrs. O. D. Brown, of Ogden, Utah, in FHL MS 219 Kirsten Jensdatter Box 15, Folder 12 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Document was prepared for Ethel K. Nielsen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, in FHL MS 301 Peder Jensen Box 15, Folder 13 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Document was prepared for Ethel K. Nielsen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, in FHL MS 306 Church History Library 26 Nov

27 Viggo Valdemar Jorgensen (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 15, Folder 14 Genealogical information recorded on pedigree chart and family group records regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Note on pedigree chart states that temple work was completed on January 1, FHL MS 63 Kelsey family Box 15, Folder 15 Correspondence and notes related to genealogical information about Kelsey families of Connecticut. Includes two letters written to Sister Smith by genealogical researcher John K. Edmunds in One of his letters is written on letterhead of Eastern States Mission. Jens Christiansen Lamp Box 15, Folder 16 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Josephine Ravsten of Clarkston, Utah, ca FHL MS 310 (or 309) Maren Larsen Box 15, Folder 17 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Mrs. Achton Jensen, of Smithfield, Utah, ca FHL MS 217 Kirsten Michelsdatter Box 15, Folder 18 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Mrs. Sarah Pugmire, St. Charles, Idaho, ca FHL MS 312 Ane Katrine Nielsdatter Box 15, Folder 19 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Arnold Nielsen, of Bear River City, Utah, ca FHL MS 308 Church History Library 26 Nov

28 Christen Nielsen Box 15, Folder 20 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Mrs. Anna Gleasen, Logan, Utah, ca FHL MS 307 Harald Holger Nielsen Box 15, Folder 21 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Holger Nielsen, of Lankershim, California, ca FHL MS 303 James Christian Nielsen Box 15, Folder 22 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Mrs. Nora Nielsen of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, ca FHL MS 299 Jens Nielsen Box 15, Folder 23 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Ethel K. Nielsen, of Salt Lake City, Utah, ca FHL MS 304 Niels Nielsen Box 15, Folder 24 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Niels P. Nielsen, of Fairview, Utah, ca FHL MS 295 David R. Roberts Box 15, Folder 25 Booklet titled Lesson Outline for the Book of Remembrance of David and Catherine Roberts and Their Family, which was published in December See also box 4, fd. 3 and 4. Church History Library 26 Nov

29 Amelia M. K. Samuelson (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 16, Folder 1 Family group records, pedigree charts, correspondence, and notes regarding Smith, Buffington, Slaymaker, and related families. Includes letters from genealogical researcher Julius Billeter in Switzerland, See also fd. 2 through 4 below. Amelia M. K. Samuelson (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 16, Folder 2 Family group records, correspondence, temple ordinance submission forms, and notes regarding Westfall, Gumaer, Whitlock, and Westbrook families. Robert Edgar Steinman is listed on temple ordinance submission forms as family heir. See also fd. 1 above and fd. 3 and fd. 4 below. Amelia M. K. Samuelson, (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 16, Folder 3 Letter and pedigree charts relating to Thompson, Nilson, and related families of Mrs. William M. Newbold of San Diego, California. Letter to Samuelson from Newbold is dated See also fd. 1 and fd. 2 above and fd. 4 below. Amelia M. K. Samuelson (of Salt Lake City, Utah) Box 16, Folder 4 Pedigree charts, family group records, and notes regarding Carter, King, Halsey, Saunders, Blundell, etc. and associated lines. Includes color 35 mm negatives of an unidentified group of people at a wedding reception. See also fd. 1 through fd. 3 above. Christian Ludvig and Ane Dinesdatter Schultz Box 16, Folder 5 Genealogical information regarding ancestry and relatives in Denmark. Information prepared for Mrs. E. Mathis, Salt Lake City, Utah, ca FHL MS 291 Hattie E. Swan Spotten Box 16, Folder 6 Letter from Conference President Leo S. Holbrook, missionary in the Eastern States Mission, relaying to Mrs. May Shippe, of Salt Lake City, vital information about Hattie E. Swan Spotten (deceased) so that her temple work could be performed. Spotten died on January 25, Holbrook s letter is dated May 7, Includes completed temple ordinance forms. Church History Library 26 Nov