1,507
edits
no edit summary
m (Changed dead link from old FHLC to new FHLC search page) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
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. | 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 [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog]. For biographies of royalty, nobility, and those with coats of arms, see [[England Nobility]]. | You can locate individual or family biographies in the Surname Search of the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=surname Family History Library Catalog]. For biographies of royalty, nobility, and those with coats of arms, see [[England Nobility]]. | ||
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 British subjects. However, some collections of biographies are of specific groups such as painters, ministers, radicals, or architects. | 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 British subjects. However, some collections of biographies are of specific groups such as painters, ministers, radicals, or architects. | ||