Genealogy, 1980-1982.

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Genealogy, 1980-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29883465

The collection contains genealogical research on the family of Jim Jones collected by Willard Heiss. Topics include the Putnam, Parker, Jones, Ferrell, Cook, and Shank families; and a 1908 cult, the Church of Alpha. Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings, and three books about Jones and his cult: THE SUICIDE CULT (1978); SIX YEARS WITH GOD (1979); and THE CULT THAT DIED (1980).

2 boxes and 1 oversize folder.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7279198

Indiana Historical Society Library

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Jones, Jim, 1931-1978

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Jim Jones, charismatic cult leader, was born in Lynn, Randolph County, Ind. His religious career began in 1956 when he started the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis. In 1965 he moved his temple to Redwood Valley, Calif. and in 1970 to San Francisco, where the temple claimed 7500 members. In 1973 Jones began developing Jonestown in Guyana. In November 1978 Jones and his followers at Jonestown shocked the world by committing mass suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid. From the description...

Cook family.

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Heiss, Willard C.

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Peoples Temple

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Peoples Temple began as an independent Pentecostal church founded by Jim and Marceline Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1955 and became affiliated with the Disciples of Christ denomination in 1960. In 1965, the church moved to Northern California with approximately a hundred members. In 1970, Peoples Temple began holding services and recruiting thousands of members from African American communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles and later opened large churches in both cities. In 1973, the chu...

Jones family.

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Putnam family.

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Shank family.

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Ferrell family.

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Church of Alpha.

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Parker family.

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