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*'''Church history '''(1) <br>The history of the Christian church in particular places or among particular peoples. | *'''Church history '''(1) <br>The history of the Christian church in particular places or among particular peoples. | ||
*'''Church records '''(1) <br>Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Christian churches. | *'''Church records '''(1) <br>Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Christian churches. | ||
*'''Civil registration '''(1) <br>Compilations of records of births, marriages, and deaths made by civil authorities. For the United States and Canada, see the subdivision ''Vital records''. | *'''Civil registration '''(1) <br>Compilations of records of births, marriages, and deaths made by civil authorities. For the United States and Canada, see the subdivision ''Vital records''. | ||
*'''Colonization''' (1) <br>Works about colonization; classes of persons, ethnic groups, and lists of person's names who are being transplanted to establish colonies in new lands. | *'''Colonization''' (1) <br>Works about colonization; classes of persons, ethnic groups, and lists of person's names who are being transplanted to establish colonies in new lands. | ||
*'''Concentration camps '''(1) <br>Works pertaining to those institutions whose function it is to detain groups of people distinguished by their race, religion, national origin, etc. | *'''Concentration camps '''(1) <br>Works pertaining to those institutions whose function it is to detain groups of people distinguished by their race, religion, national origin, etc. | ||
*'''Correctional institutions '''(1) <br>Works pertaining to those institutions whose function it is to rehabilitate or neutralize deviant behavior. Includes lists of inmates and other records of these institutions. | *'''Correctional institutions '''(1) <br>Works pertaining to those institutions whose function it is to rehabilitate or neutralize deviant behavior. Includes lists of inmates and other records of these institutions. | ||
*'''Court records '''(2) <br>Proceedings, actions, discussions, etc. of a judicial body. See also ''Guardianship, Land and property, Naturalization and citizenship, Orphans and orphanages'', and ''Probate Records''. | *'''Court records '''(2) <br>Proceedings, actions, discussions, etc. of a judicial body. See also ''Guardianship, Land and property, Naturalization and citizenship, Orphans and orphanages'', and ''Probate Records''. | ||
*'''Description and travel '''(1) <br>Geographies or works describing conditions or features, including personal impressions of them. | *'''Description and travel '''(1) <br>Geographies or works describing conditions or features, including personal impressions of them. | ||
*'''Directories''' (2) <br>Alphabetical or classified lists containing the names and addresses of the inhabitants or organizations of a place. See also ''Church directories''. | *'''Directories''' (2) <br>Alphabetical or classified lists containing the names and addresses of the inhabitants or organizations of a place. See also ''Church directories''. | ||
*'''Divorce records '''(1) <br>Compilations of marriage dissolution proceedings and records of divorces and annulments. For records made by religious institutions, see ''Church records''. | *'''Divorce records '''(1) <br>Compilations of marriage dissolution proceedings and records of divorces and annulments. For records made by religious institutions, see ''Church records''. | ||
*Dwellings (1) | *'''Dwellings''' (1)<br>Works dealing with the residential buildings of those places, or under names of particular ethnic groups or classes of persons for discussion of their swellings from the standpoint of acrchitecture, constructions, ethnology, etc. | ||
*Emigration and immigration (1) | *'''Emigration and immigration '''(1) <br>Works that discuss the movements of persons across international boundaries from a particular place and/or to a particular place. | ||
*Encyclopedias and dictionaries (1) | *'''Encyclopedias and dictionaries '''(1) <br>Works which treat comprehensively a particular locality. | ||
*Ethnology (1) | *'''Ethnology '''(1) <br>Works which treat the races and their origins (including caste systems), distinctive characteristics, relations and distribution. See also ''Dwellings'' and ''Social life and customs''. | ||
*Folklore (1) | *'''Folklore '''(1) <br>Stories, tales, and oral traditions of a people and for works discussing them. For myths see also ''Religion and religious life''. | ||
*Funeral homes (1) | *'''Funeral homes '''(1) <br>Records pertaining to funeral homes or mortuaries including history and business records of funeral homes, burial expenses, and information on the deceases. See also ''Obituaries'' for deaths reported in newspapers, ''Vital records'' for deaths recorded in civil records, etc., ''Church records'' for funerals recorded in records of a church, and ''Cemeteries'' for works dealing with places of burial. | ||
*Gazetteers (1) | *'''Gazetteers''' (1) <br>For dictionaries of geographic names of those places, with descriptions. See also ''Names, Geographical'' and ''Postal and shipping guides''. | ||
*Genealogy (2) | *Genealogy (2) | ||
*Guardianship (1) | *Guardianship (1) | ||