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) Annual publications, ususally containing a calendar, frequesntly accompanied by astronomical data, statistics, or other information.
 * Archives and libraries (1) Descriptions of individual archives and libraries, museums, etc., or systems of archives and libraries.
 * Bible records (1) Collected records of births, marriages, or deaths; family relationships; or genealogies transcribed or copied from family Bibles.
 * Bibliography (2) Lists of printed books and periodicals which pertain to a specified subject.
 * Biography (2) Collected biographies.
 * Buddhist history (1) History of the Buddhist religion in particular places or among particular peoples.
 * Buddhist records (1) Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Buddhist sects.
 * Business records and commerce (1) Account books, ledgers, and other papers created in the course of business.
 * Cemeteries (1) Works dealing with places of burial; transcripts, rubbings etc., of tombstones and monuments; sexton's records; landscaping and design of graveyards; and works explaining how to transcribe or take rubbings.
 * Census (1) Official counts of the population of a place, generally including names, vital statistics, or other classified information relating to social and economic conditions or discussions of the same.
 * Centennial celebrations, etc. (1) Celebrations of historic events, anniversaries, etc., including those 50 years or over 100 years.
 * Chronology (2) Works discussing dates, calendars, measurement and recording of days, months, and years, etc.
 * Church directories (1) Alphabetical or classified lists containing addresses, names of officials, etc., of Christian churches.
 * Church history (1) The history of the Christian church in particular places or among particular peoples.
 * Church records (1) Records, documents, registers, etc., created by Christian churches.
 * Civil registration (1) Compilations of records of births, marriages, and deaths made by civil authorities. For the United States and Canada, see the subdivision Vital records.
 * Colonization (1) Works about colonization; classes of persons, ethnic groups, and lists of person's names who are being transplanted to establish colonies in new lands.
 * Concentration camps (1) Works pertaining to those institutions whose function it is to detain groups of people distinguished by their race, religion, national origin, etc.
 * Correctional institutions (1) Works pertaining to those institutions whose function it is to rehabilitate or neutralize deviant behavior. Includes lists of inmates and other records of these institutions.
 * Court records (2) Proceedings, actions, discussions, etc. of a judicial body. See also Guardianship, Land and property, Naturalization and citizenship, Orphans and orphanages, and Probate Records.
 * Description and travel (1) Geographies or works describing conditions or features, including personal impressions of them.
 * Directories (2) Alphabetical or classified lists containing the names and addresses of the inhabitants or organizations of a place. See also Church directories.
 * Divorce records (1) Compilations of marriage dissolution proceedings and records of divorces and annulments. For records made by religious institutions, see Church records.
 * 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)