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Life Sketches
Life Sketches are short biographies of individuals from the local area and are used regularly in genealogical research. Browse the list below to see our existing collections.
| File MS Number | Title | Description |
| File MS 3 | Albert Zollinger Jr. & Marie Graf | Family Book of Remembrance (by their children) |
| File MS 4 | Gruwell Family | Histories |
| File MS 7 | Arthur Porter Jr. | |
| File MS 8 | Wright, Allen B. | "The Story of Jacob Henry Flamm 1837-1913" |
| File MS 18 | Pond, Stillman | Life Sketch |
| File MS 19 | Allred, William M. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 20 | Curtis, Elmer Peter | Life Sketch |
| File MS 21 | Leatham, Alexander Spence | Life Sketch |
| File MS 22 | Rigby, Mette Geneva Hansen | Life Sketch |
| File MS 23 | Adams, Samuel | Life Sketch |
| File MS 32 | Davis Frank Leroy | Life Sketch |
| File MS 33 | John William Hart | Life Sketch |
| File MS 34 | Pincock, John Edmond | Life Sketch |
| File MS 35 | Roberts Sr., John Lloyd | Life Sketch |
| File MS 36 | Roberts, John Lloyd | Life Sketch |
| File MS 37 | Smellie, John T. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 38 | Roberts, William Corlas | Autobiography |
| File MS 40 | Wakley, John Nelson | Life Sketch |
| File MS 41 | Bingham, Clara A. | "History of Lot Adams" |
| File MS 42 | Armstrong, Chaffin | "Tape Interview with James Vernon Armstrong with Granddaughter" |
| File MS 43 | Pearson, Cathy | "Oral History of John D. Chapman & Ione A Gilchrest" |
| File MS 44 | Diary of Niels Wilhelm--Son | |
| File MS 45 | History of Mr. Dayton | A Body Guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith (Donated by Edgar Birch) |
| File MS 46 | Ella Clarinda Hinckley Cardon Hoopes | Life Sketch |
| File MS 47 | Fritz Wahli Hertzig | Life Sketch |
| File MS 48 | Jensen, Hans Peter | Life Sketch |
| File MS 50 | Allred, William Moore & Bates, Orissa Angelia | Life Sketch |
| File MS 51 | Jensen, Elsa or Elsie K. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 54 | Mitchell, Rebecca Brown | Life Sketch |
| File MS 55 | Muholland, David Hollis | "History of the Gruwell, Woodland & Whitaker Families" |
| File MS 56 | "Life History of Cheryl Valentine Reeser" (read at her funeral) | |
| File MS 57 | Wilkinson, Lorraine S. | |
| File MS 67 | Hook, Robert Lester | Life Sketch |
| File MS 84 | Zollinger Ancestry | |
| File MS 88 | Teichert, Bernetta Kohlhlepp | Life Sketch |
| File MS 97 | Allred, E. Morrell | My Ancestors |
| File MS 100 | Carter, Alphonso M. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 103 | Christensen, C.P. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 109 | Hodgson, Moroni and Clara Skidmore | Family History |
| FIle MS 110 | McCombs, Andrew | Life Sketch and Life Sketch of Some Family |
| File MS 114 | Marriner Morrell | Transcript of Interview (audio tape included) |
| File MS 128 | Greenhalgh, Ethel Marguerite Hiatt | Genealogy and Family History (1 item) |
| File MS 142 | Smith Abram Park | Life Sketch (1 item) |
| File MS 185 | Tribute to President Heber J. Grant (2 items) | |
| File MS 187 | Smith, Eliza R. Snow | Life Sketch (2 items) |
| File MS 188 | Skanchy, Anthon L. | Life Sketch (2 items) |
| File MS 189 | Death of President Brigham Young (1 item) | |
| File MS 206 | Allen, Beulah Ream | Life Sketch |
| File MS 207 | Liljenquist, Ola Nilsson: | His Family and Progenitors |
| File MS 213 | Moncur, Vern L. | WWII Diary |
| File MS 214 | Moncur, Robert and Jolley, Frances | Family History |
| File MS 215 | Moncur, Donald Wesley and Laura Amelia | Family History |
| File MS 216 | Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers | |
| File MS 219 | Harper, Charles Alfred | Diary |
| File MS 220 | Neeley, Enos Austin and Ricks, Eva Ann | Life Sketch |
| File MS 221 | Moncur, Vern L. 1916-1985 | |
| File MS 223 | Angus, Henry O. and Atta Ruth Markham | Life Sketch |
| File MS 224 | Walker, Olive Louisa Bingham | Life Sketch |
| File MS 225 | Walker, Ann Taylor Boyes | Life Sketch |
| File MS 226 | Brian, Daniel Cross | Life Sketch |
| File MS 227 | Brian, Martha Elizabeth Ashworth | Life Sketch |
| File MS 228 | Briggs, William Amos and Godwin, Clara Jane | Life Sketch |
| File MS 229 | Campbell, Eli and Hannah | Life Sketch |
| File MS 230 | Casper, George E. and Eliza Wray | Life Sketch |
| File MS 231 | Clement Jr., Thomas Alma and Clement, Annie J. Green | Life Sketch |
| File MS 232 | Ellsworth, Brigham H. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 233 | Ellsworth, Edmund | Autobiography |
| File MS 234 | Ellsworth, Elizabeth Young | Life Sketch |
| File MS 235 | Ellsworth, Frank, Blair | Life Sketch |
| File MS 236 | Briggs, William and Empy, Sarah Jane | Life Sketch |
| File MS 237 | Farr, William Fremon | Life Sketch |
| File MS 238 | Fife, Wallace and Rosetta Doxey | Life Sketch |
| File MS 239 | Gerard, Nephi Family and Gerard, William | |
| File MS 240- | Goody, Arthur and Olive Walker | Life Sketch |
| File MS 241 | Harper, George and Zenobia Jane Sutherland | Life Sketch |
| File MS 242 | Harris, Jr., Martin (Son of Martin Harris, Witness of the Book of Mormon) | Life Sketch |
| File MS 243 | Hunter, Edward Bishop and Lydia Walker | Life Sketch |
| File MS 244 | Jardine, Luna Caroline Ellsworth | Life Sketch |
| File MS 245 | Jardine, Richard Franklin | Life Sketch |
| File MS 246 | Gilchrist, Neil and Elizabeth Scorey | Life Sketch |
| File MS 247 | Franklin, Richard and Jardine, Luna Caroline Ellsworth | Life Sketch |
| File MS 248 | Johnson, Charles | Life Sketch |
| File MS 249 | Kinghorn, Sr., Alexander | Life Sketch |
| File MS 250 | Kinghorn, David and Eliza Dorcy Brian | Life Sketch |
| File MS 251 | Kinghorn, George and Emma Blair | Life Sketch |
| File MS 252 | Kinghorn, Jane Campbell | Life Sketch |
| File MS 257 | Marler, Jr., William Norton | Life Sketch |
| File MS 258 | McCandless, Hannah Howells | Life Sketch |
| File MS 260 | Miihlfeith, Melchior | Life Sketch |
| File MS 261 | Myler, James and Julia Brownell | Life Sketch |
| File MS 262 | Myler, Orrin Monroe and Elizabeth Jane Stokes | Life Sketch |
| File MS 263 | Sauer, William | Life Sketch |
| File MS 264 | Schneiter, Anton K. | Family History |
| File MS 265 | Selck, William Waldemar | Life Sketch |
| File MS 266 | Selck, Willam Walter and Sarah Elizabeth Myler | Life Sketch |
| File MS 267 | Stallings, Don Carlos | Life Sketch |
| File MS 268 | Stallings, Ezekiel Ballantyne | Life Sketch |
| File MS 269 | Stokes, Henry and Elizabeth Jane Hale | Life Sketch |
| File MS 270 | Stokes, Henry and Isaac Hale | Life Sketch |
| File MS 271 | Taylor, Albert Taylor and Susan Elizabeth Marler | Life Sketch |
| File MS 272 | Taylor, William Andrew and Philomelia Lake | Life Sketch |
| File MS 273 | Walker, Don C. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 274 | Walker, William Holmes (Friend of Joseph Smith) | Life Sketch |
| File MS 275 | Webster, John James and George Franklin | Life Sketch |
| File MS 276 | Williams, Hugh | Life Sketch |
| File MS 277 | Williams, Hulda Elizabeth Hill | Life Sketch |
| File MS 278 | Winchester, Roy and Effie Mae Miller | Life Sketch |
| File MS 282 | Robertson, Julia Pearl Bean, 1894- (Student at Ricks College in 1914) | |
| File MS 285 | Spori, Jacob | Life Sketch |
| File MS 286 | Roundy, Jerry C. | Extract about Jacob Spori from Ricks College: A Struggle for Survival |
| File MS 288 | Spori, Jaco | Mission to Turkey |
| File MS 290 | Tate, Lucille C. | Man of Multiple Dreams: Life of Andrew B. Christenson |
| File MS 291 | Tate, Lucille C. | Man of Multiple Dreams: Life of Andrew B. Christenson |
| File MS 292 | Dalby, Ezra C. | Excerpt from Hyrum Manwaring History (1901-1914) |
| File MS 293 | Dalby, Ezra C. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 294 | Gause, Jesse | Life Sketch |
| File MS 317 | Lillywhite, John P Family | |
| File MS 320 | Thomas, Daniel Stillwell Family History | Family History |
| File MS 340 | William F. Rigby | Life Sketch |
| File MS 364 | Manwaring, Hyrum Life Sketch, 1945 | Life Sketch |
| File MS 365 | Manwaring, Bessie B. | Life Sketch |
| File MS 384 | Squires, William Porter | Life Sketch |
| File MS 388 | Rigby, Samuel Eckersley | Life Sketch |
| File MS 394 | Godfrey, George William | Diary and Miscellaneous Documents |
| File MS 395 | Jardine, Frank | Missionary Diary |
| File MS 396 | Shurtliff, George S. Missionary Diary, 1898-1899 | Missionary Diary |
| File MS 399 | Ricks, Thomas E | Life Sketch |
| File MS 401 | Briggs, Max E: Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 402 | Archer Ward Book of Remembrance 1961 | Ward Book of Remembrance |
| File MS 403 | Archer Ward Book of Remembrance 1961 | Book of Remembrance |
| File MS 404 | Wilcox, John D. Family Bulletin | Family Bulletin |
| File MS 405 | Woolstenhulme, George and Eleanor Cluff Family Histories | Family Histories |
| File MS 406 | Wilcox and Hansen Families Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 407- | Weekes, Frank W Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 408- | Weekes, George Lelen Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 409 | Hicken Addison Life Sketch | Life Sketch |
| File MS 410 | Jensen, David, Serena Petersen and Julia Konstance Peterson: A Proud Heritage | |
| File MS 411 | North Rexburg Stake Book of Remembrance | Book of Remembrance |
| File MS 412 | Musig, Charles Ernest Christian and Emerett Funk Family | |
| File MS 416 | Manwaring, David Heber and Sara Zella Hart Life Sketches | Life Sketches |
| File MS 417 | Clark, Kay Lund: Our Ancestors in Denmark | |
| File MS 418 | Lee, Niels Peter Nielsen Family Organization | |
| File MS 419 | Kemmington Family Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 420 | Jeppensen, Elmo and Wanda Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 421 | Jensen, Wilford Leo and Georgia Maughan | Life Sketches |
| File MS 422 | Reynolds, Theresa and Joseph William Life Sketches: Through the Years | Life Sketches |
| File MS 423 | Peterborg, Ole Olsen Descendants | |
| File MS 424 | Weekes, Mrs. Veda Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book or Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 425 | Weekes, Mrs. Bernice Book of Remembrance; Pedigree Chart | Book or Remembrance; Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 426 | Rigby, William F. and Mary Life Sketch | Life Sketch |
| File MS 428 | Hibbard Ward Book of Remembrance | Book of Remembrance |
| File MS 429 | Allred, William Moore Life Sketch | Life Sketch |
| File MS 430 | Adams, Larry R. Pedigree Chart | Pedigree Chart |
| File MS 435 | Holland, John Life Sketch | Life Sketch |
| File MS 441 | Smith, Ruby Diary | Diary |
| File MS 503 | Fulcher, Mary Eade Life Sketch | Life Sketch |
| File MS 530 | Madsen, Melvina Huffaker Life Sketch (Chapter IV) | Life Sketch |
| File MS 545 | McLing, Edith Gertrude Life Sketch | Life Sketch |