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A biography is a history of a person’s life. | 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. | ||
You can locate individual or family biographies in the Surname Search of the Family History Library Catalog. | You can locate individual or family biographies in the Surname Search of the Family History Library Catalog. | ||
Thousands of biographies have been gathered and published in collections of biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. | 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. | ||
Look at the topic "Biography" in | Look at the topic "Biography" in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog if your ancestor played an important part in a group or occupation. | ||
Collective biographies are usually listed in | Collective biographies are usually listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
INDIA - BIOGRAPHY | INDIA - BIOGRAPHY | ||
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