Places Search Subject Subdivisions

The Family History Library Catalog includes the following main locality subject subdivisions.

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)
Archives and libraries (1)
Bible records (1)
Bibliography (2)
Biography (2)
Buddhist history (1)
Buddhist records (1)
Business records and commerce (1)
Cemeteries (1)
Census (1)
Centennial celebrations, etc. (1)
Chronology (2)
Church directories (1)
Church history (1)
Church records (1)
Civil registration (1)
Colonization (1)
Concentration camps (1)
Correctional institutions (1)
Court records (2)
Description and travel (1)
Directories (2)
Divorce records (1)
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)