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Revision as of 11:36, 28 March 2009
, 28 March 2009→The Family History Library Catalog includes the following main locality subject subdivisions.
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*'''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)<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. | *'''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) <br>Works that discuss the movements of persons across international boundaries from a particular place and/or to a particular place. | *'''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) <br>Works which treat comprehensively a particular locality. | *'''Encyclopedias and dictionaries '''(1) <br>Works which treat comprehensively a particular locality. | ||
*'''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''. | *'''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) <br>Stories, tales, and oral traditions of a people and for works discussing them. For myths see also ''Religion and religious life''. | *'''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) <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. | *'''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) <br>For dictionaries of geographic names of those places, with descriptions. See also ''Names, Geographical'' and ''Postal and shipping guides''. | *'''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) | ||
*Handwriting (1) | *'''Handwriting''' (1) | ||
*Heraldry (1) | *'''Heraldry''' (1) | ||
*Hindu history (1) | *'''Hindu history '''(1) | ||
*Hindu records (1) | *'''Hindu records '''(1) | ||
*Historical geography (1) | *'''Historical geography '''(1) | ||
*History (2) | *'''History '''(2) | ||
*Islamic history (1) | *'''Islamic history''' (1) | ||
*Islamic records (1) | *'''Islamic records '''(1) | ||
*Jewish history (1) | *'''Jewish history '''(1) | ||
*Jewish records (1) | *'''Jewish records '''(1) | ||
*Land and property (1) | *'''Land and property '''(1) | ||
*Language and languages (1) | *'''Language and languages '''(1) | ||
*Law and legislation (1) | *'''Law and legislation '''(1) | ||
*Manors (1) | *'''Manors '''(1) | ||
*Maps (2) | *'''Maps '''(2) | ||
*Medical records (1) | *'''Medical records''' (1) | ||
*Merchant marine (1) | *'''Merchant marine''' (1) | ||
*Migration, Internal (1) | *'''Migration, Internal '''(1) | ||
*Military history (1) | *'''Military history''' (1) | ||
*Military records (1) | *'''Military records '''(1) | ||
*Minorities (1) | *'''Minorities''' (1) | ||
*Names, Geographical (1) | *'''Names, Geographical '''(1) | ||
*Names, Personal (1) | *'''Names, Personal '''(1) | ||
*Native races (1) | *'''Native races''' (1) | ||
*Naturalization and citizenship (1) | *'''Naturalization and citizenship '''(1) | ||
*Newspapers (2) | *'''Newspapers''' (2) | ||
*Nobility (1) | *'''Nobility''' (1) | ||
*Notarial records (1) | *'''Notarial records''' (1) | ||
*Obituaries (1) | *'''Obituaries''' (1) | ||
*Occupations (1) | *'''Occupations''' (1) | ||
*Officials and employees (1) | *'''Officials and employees '''(1) | ||
*Orphans and orphanages (1) | *'''Orphans and orphanages '''(1) | ||
*Pensions (2) | *'''Pensions''' (2) | ||
*Periodicals (2) | *'''Periodicals '''(2) | ||
*Politics and government (1) | *'''Politics and government '''(1) | ||
*Poor houses, poor law, etc. (1) | *'''Poor houses, poor law, etc.''' (1) | ||
*Population (1) | *'''Population '''(1) | ||
*Postal and shipping guides (1) | *'''Postal and shipping guides''' (1) | ||
*Probate records (1) | *'''Probate records '''(1) | ||
*Public records (1) | *'''Public records '''(1) | ||
*Religion and religious life (1) | *'''Religion and religious life''' (1) | ||
*Schools (1) | *'''Schools''' (1) | ||
*Shinto history (1) | *'''Shinto history''' (1) | ||
*Shinto records (1) | *'''Shinto records''' (1) | ||
*Slavery and bondage (1) | *'''Slavery and bondage''' (1) | ||
*Social life and customs (1) | *'''Social life and customs '''(1) | ||
*Societies (2) | *'''Societies '''(2) | ||
*Statistics (2) | *'''Statistics '''(2) | ||
*Taxation (1) | *'''Taxation''' (1) | ||
*Town records (1) | *'''Town records''' (1) | ||
*Visitations, heraldic (1) | *'''Visitations, heraldic''' (1) | ||
*Vital records (1) | *'''Vital records''' (1) | ||
*Voting registers (1) | *'''Voting registers '''(1) | ||
*Yearbooks (2) | *'''Yearbooks '''(2) | ||