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A biography is a history of a person’s life. A biography may give you birth, marriage, and death information and the names of parents, spouse, children, or other family members. Use the information from a biography cautiously because there may be inaccuracies. | A biography is a history of a person’s life. A biography may give you birth, marriage, and death information and the names of parents, spouse, children, or other family members. Use the information from a biography cautiously because there may be inaccuracies. | ||
Thousands of biographies have been gathered and published in collections of biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. Usually these include only biographies of prominent or well-known subjects. However, some collections of biographies are of specific groups such as painters, ministers, radicals, or architects. | |||
Many libraries will have a 'biography' section where these will be shelved, and depending on the cataloging system used, these will show with different call number formats than other books. | |||
If searching for biographies in the Family History Library Catalog at http://www.familysearch.org or at the Family History Library itself, look at the topic "Biography" in the Place Search of the Catalog if your ancestor played an important part in a group or occupation. | |||
Collective biographies are usually listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Collective biographies are usually listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||