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*'''Bibliography '''(2) <br>Lists of printed books and periodicals which pertain to a specified subject. | *'''Bibliography '''(2) <br>Lists of printed books and periodicals which pertain to a specified subject. | ||
*'''Biography''' (2) <br>Collected biographies. | *'''Biography''' (2) <br>Collected biographies. | ||
*'''Buddhist history''' (1)<br>History of the Buddhist religion in particular places or among particular peoples. | *'''Buddhist history''' (1)<br>History of the Buddhist religion in particular places or among particular peoples. | ||
*'''Buddhist records '''(1) <br>Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Buddhist sects. | *'''Buddhist records '''(1) <br>Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Buddhist sects. | ||
*'''Business records and commerce '''(1) <br>Account books, ledgers, and other papers created in the course of business. | *'''Business records and commerce '''(1) <br>Account books, ledgers, and other papers created in the course of business. | ||
*'''Cemeteries '''(1) <br>Works dealing with places of burial; transcripts, rubbings etc., of tombstones and monuments; sexton's records; landscaping and design of graveyards; and works explaining how to transcribe or take rubbings. | *'''Cemeteries '''(1) <br>Works dealing with places of burial; transcripts, rubbings etc., of tombstones and monuments; sexton's records; landscaping and design of graveyards; and works explaining how to transcribe or take rubbings. | ||
*'''Census '''(1) <br>Official counts of the population of a place, generally including names, vital statistics, or other classified information relating to social and economic conditions or discussions of the same. | *'''Census '''(1) <br>Official counts of the population of a place, generally including names, vital statistics, or other classified information relating to social and economic conditions or discussions of the same. | ||
*'''Centennial celebrations, etc. '''(1) <br>Celebrations of historic events, anniversaries, etc., including those 50 years or over 100 years. | *'''Centennial celebrations, etc. '''(1) <br>Celebrations of historic events, anniversaries, etc., including those 50 years or over 100 years. | ||
*'''Chronology''' (2) <br>Works discussing dates, calendars, measurement and recording of days, months, and years, etc. | *'''Chronology''' (2) <br>Works discussing dates, calendars, measurement and recording of days, months, and years, etc. | ||
*'''Church directories '''(1)<br> Alphabetical or classified lists containing addresses, names of officials, etc., of Christian churches. | *'''Church directories '''(1)<br>Alphabetical or classified lists containing addresses, names of officials, etc., of Christian churches. | ||
*'''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. | *'''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) | *'''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) | *'''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) | *'''Description and travel '''(1) <br>Geographies or works describing conditions or features, including personal impressions of them. | ||
*Directories (2) | *'''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) | *'''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) | ||
*Emigration and immigration (1) | *Emigration and immigration (1) | ||
Revision as of 15:57, 26 March 2009
The Family History Library Catalog includes the following main locality subject subdivisions.[edit | edit source]
The number in parentheses identifies the level at which a subject subdivision may be used:
1 = can only be used on the 1st level
2 = can be used anywhere (1st level and below)
- Almanacs (1)
Annual publications, ususally containing a calendar, frequesntly accompanied by astronomical data, statistics, or other information. - Archives and libraries (1)
Descriptions of individual archives and libraries, museums, etc., or systems of archives and libraries. - Bible records (1)
Collected records of births, marriages, or deaths; family relationships; or genealogies transcribed or copied from family Bibles. - Bibliography (2)
Lists of printed books and periodicals which pertain to a specified subject. - Biography (2)
Collected biographies. - Buddhist history (1)
History of the Buddhist religion in particular places or among particular peoples. - Buddhist records (1)
Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Buddhist sects. - Business records and commerce (1)
Account books, ledgers, and other papers created in the course of business. - Cemeteries (1)
Works dealing with places of burial; transcripts, rubbings etc., of tombstones and monuments; sexton's records; landscaping and design of graveyards; and works explaining how to transcribe or take rubbings. - Census (1)
Official counts of the population of a place, generally including names, vital statistics, or other classified information relating to social and economic conditions or discussions of the same. - Centennial celebrations, etc. (1)
Celebrations of historic events, anniversaries, etc., including those 50 years or over 100 years. - Chronology (2)
Works discussing dates, calendars, measurement and recording of days, months, and years, etc. - Church directories (1)
Alphabetical or classified lists containing addresses, names of officials, etc., of Christian churches. - Church history (1)
The history of the Christian church in particular places or among particular peoples. - Church records (1)
Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Christian churches. - Civil registration (1)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Geographies or works describing conditions or features, including personal impressions of them. - Directories (2)
Alphabetical or classified lists containing the names and addresses of the inhabitants or organizations of a place. See also Church directories. - Divorce records (1)
Compilations of marriage dissolution proceedings and records of divorces and annulments. For records made by religious institutions, see Church records. - Dwellings (1)
- Emigration and immigration (1)
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries (1)
- Ethnology (1)
- Folklore (1)
- Funeral homes (1)
- Gazetteers (1)
- Genealogy (2)
- Guardianship (1)
- Handwriting (1)
- Heraldry (1)
- Hindu history (1)
- Hindu records (1)
- Historical geography (1)
- History (2)
- Islamic history (1)
- Islamic records (1)
- Jewish history (1)
- Jewish records (1)
- Land and property (1)
- Language and languages (1)
- Law and legislation (1)
- Manors (1)
- Maps (2)
- Medical records (1)
- Merchant marine (1)
- Migration, Internal (1)
- Military history (1)
- Military records (1)
- Minorities (1)
- Names, Geographical (1)
- Names, Personal (1)
- Native races (1)
- Naturalization and citizenship (1)
- Newspapers (2)
- Nobility (1)
- Notarial records (1)
- Obituaries (1)
- Occupations (1)
- Officials and employees (1)
- Orphans and orphanages (1)
- Pensions (2)
- Periodicals (2)
- Politics and government (1)
- Poor houses, poor law, etc. (1)
- Population (1)
- Postal and shipping guides (1)
- Probate records (1)
- Public records (1)
- Religion and religious life (1)
- Schools (1)
- Shinto history (1)
- Shinto records (1)
- Slavery and bondage (1)
- Social life and customs (1)
- Societies (2)
- Statistics (2)
- Taxation (1)
- Town records (1)
- Visitations, heraldic (1)
- Vital records (1)
- Voting registers (1)
- Yearbooks (2)