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what is a family bible????
« on: Tuesday 01 June 10 17:35 BST (UK) »
hi guys, what is a family bible
REID
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KERR
COPELAND

GLASGOW AND ARGYLL
KERR - ANDERSTON(GLASGOW) & ARGYLL
REID/BROWN - GOVAN
COPELAND - GLASGOW

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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 01 June 10 17:47 BST (UK) »
wow......would love to own one of those!!:)

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REID
BROWN
KERR
COPELAND

GLASGOW AND ARGYLL
KERR - ANDERSTON(GLASGOW) & ARGYLL
REID/BROWN - GOVAN
COPELAND - GLASGOW

IRELAND
LEITCH
DUFFY

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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #3 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/
England: Noller, Benham, Newson, Ling, Sunley, Hampson, Allport
Ireland: Johnston, Bamford, Craig, McQuoid
Scotland: Anderson
Canada and the U.S.:  All of the above!

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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #4 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.
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« Reply #5 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.
England: Noller, Benham, Newson, Ling, Sunley, Hampson, Allport
Ireland: Johnston, Bamford, Craig, McQuoid
Scotland: Anderson
Canada and the U.S.:  All of the above!

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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #6 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.
Researching:

LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain

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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 20 April 11 17:13 BST (UK) »
do you have the durham family bible, all my musgraves are from county durham

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Re: what is a family bible????
« Reply #8 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.

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