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Family History Documents and Artefacts => Family Bibles => Topic started by: paulsplace2009 on Tuesday 01 June 10 17:35 BST (UK)

Title: what is a family bible????
Post by: paulsplace2009 on Tuesday 01 June 10 17:35 BST (UK)
hi guys, what is a family bible
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: Galium on Tuesday 01 June 10 17:41 BST (UK)
A large, often elaborately bound copy of the Bible (Google for images and you will see what I mean), which would be handed down as a family heirloom.  The importance for family historians is that they often contain handwritten records of family events - births marriages and deaths.  This would happen partly because the bible might be the only book owned by the family, and it was sure to be looked after and preserved.
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: paulsplace2009 on Tuesday 01 June 10 17:47 BST (UK)
wow......would love to own one of those!!:)

regards

paul
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: Trillium62 on Tuesday 01 June 10 19:30 BST (UK)
CanadaGenWeb, which also has a cemetery project, has a family Bible transcription project:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canwgw/projects/familybibles/
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: aghadowey on Tuesday 01 June 10 19:43 BST (UK)
Quote from: Trillium62 on Tuesday 01 June 10 19:30 BST (UK)
CanadaGenWeb, which also has a cemetery project, has a family Bible transcription project:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canwgw/projects/familybibles/

Think they would be looking for Bibles that have Canadian links but always worth checking in case relatives are mentioned in someone's Bible.
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: Trillium62 on Tuesday 01 June 10 19:47 BST (UK)
Quote from: aghadowey on Tuesday 01 June 10 19:43 BST (UK)
Quote from: Trillium62 on Tuesday 01 June 10 19:30 BST (UK)
CanadaGenWeb, which also has a cemetery project, has a family Bible transcription project:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canwgw/projects/familybibles/

Think they would be looking for Bibles that have Canadian links but always worth checking in case relatives are mentioned in someone's Bible.

Don't forget, when someone went abroad, that might be the one thing that was kept through the generations and treasured.  Clothing and homesteading items might not have been passed down.
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: coombs on Tuesday 01 June 10 20:30 BST (UK)
I know some people who have a family Bible of my ancestors which have dates of births of ancestors going right back to 1789 in Suffolk. Also I have recently contacted someone who has a Musgrave family Bible for my Durham Musgraves.
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: calvert on Wednesday 20 April 11 17:13 BST (UK)
do you have the durham family bible, all my musgraves are from county durham
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: Billyblue on Tuesday 07 August 12 02:13 BST (UK)
And you have to remember, when you are lucky enough to find your family bible, not to take all dates of births etc. written in it, as 'gospel'.
They are sometimes written in, some years after the event, and can be days or even years, 'out'.

It's not a primary source.

Dawn M
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: Nick29 on Wednesday 05 September 12 11:50 BST (UK)
Our 'Family Bible' is one which was presented to my maternal g. grandparents on their wedding day in 1876, by the vicar.   Nothing fancy about it, and inside the covers are family names, not laid out tree-style. 
Title: Re: what is a family bible????
Post by: Dinamboyz on Friday 25 October 13 04:14 BST (UK)
Hi
I am looking for the Evans family bible from Llanidloes area, The Lewis Family Bible from Llangurig, The
Grifiths family bible from Devils bridge and Llangurig, The Corfield family bible from Kerry Montgomeryshire, the George family bible from Llanidloes, the Beynon family bible from Treokey.
If you know where any of these are drop me a line as I would really appreciate it.
Thank you
Kind regards