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This is a major, growing collection of various biographies and directories. A major portion of the collection is indexed (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=606471&disp=Index+to+British+and+Irish+biographies2++ 6342001, 325 fiche]). To find fiche numbers and index references, see ''Register to Family History Library Microfiche Numbers for British and Irish Biographies, 1840-1940'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 1989; Family History Library book Ref [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=396623&disp=Register+to+Family+History+Library+micro%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 A3cj]). | This is a major, growing collection of various biographies and directories. A major portion of the collection is indexed (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=606471&disp=Index+to+British+and+Irish+biographies2++ 6342001, 325 fiche]). To find fiche numbers and index references, see ''Register to Family History Library Microfiche Numbers for British and Irish Biographies, 1840-1940'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 1989; Family History Library book Ref [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=396623&disp=Register+to+Family+History+Library+micro%20%20&columns=*,0,0 942 A3cj]). | ||
You can find this collection in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library Catalog | You can find this collection in the Author/Title Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under BRITISH AND IRISH BIOGRAPHIES. | ||
*''British Biographical Archives.'' New York: K. G. Sauer, Inc, 1986. Family History Library fiche 6029709-732, 1160 fiche.) This collection of biographies is taken from 324 printed sources and covers 1600 to 1900. | *''British Biographical Archives.'' New York: K. G. Sauer, Inc, 1986. Family History Library fiche 6029709-732, 1160 fiche.) This collection of biographies is taken from 324 printed sources and covers 1600 to 1900. | ||
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*''Dictionary of National Biography.'' London, England: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1885. (Family History Library book Ref[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=920.042+D561n 920.042 D561n; fiche 6051261, 278 fiche].) This series includes biographies of British subjects whose careers would be of interest to many people. It includes people who lived from 1500 to 1980. | *''Dictionary of National Biography.'' London, England: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1885. (Family History Library book Ref[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=920.042+D561n 920.042 D561n; fiche 6051261, 278 fiche].) This series includes biographies of British subjects whose careers would be of interest to many people. It includes people who lived from 1500 to 1980. | ||
You will usually find collective biographies listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | You will usually find collective biographies listed in the Locality Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | ||
GREAT BRITAIN - BIOGRAPHY | GREAT BRITAIN - BIOGRAPHY | ||
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SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH or CITY] - BIOGRAPHY | SCOTLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH or CITY] - BIOGRAPHY | ||
You may find some collections under the topic GENEALOGY. | You may find some collections under the topic GENEALOGY. | ||
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