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Families recorded significant events in their lives, such as births, deaths, and marriages, in the Family Record portion of their Family Bibles. Often, these notations were the only written record of these events. Upon the death of the owner of the Bible, the Family Bible was generally passed down to a child. Many of these "old" Bibles exist today. They are an excellent source of genealogical information.
In examining old Bible records, there is one caveat: check the title page to see "when" and "where"
the Bible was published. Why? It is important to establish when the entries were written. If the Bible was printed
in 1875 and the first entries are given as 1825, then you will know that the entries were copied from another older
source, possibly another Bible. In this case, they are subject to errors from copying or transcribing another record.
It is also very likely that the writer is putting down information on earlier generations from memory rather than
from factual documents. When discrepancies in records differ from the Bible, one must consider the time difference
between when the bible record was written and the date the occasion recorded. A father is likely to record the
birthdate of his children accurately, but may not be as accurate in recording the birthdates of his great aunts
and uncles.
Please consider the privacy of these Bibles, they belong to the descendants, or submitters of these records,
and should not be copied or reproduced in any form without the express permission of the owner.
Family Bibles
The Rev. James SMALL Family Bible
Scotland
Peter Jackson Small Family Bible
Duff, Dubois County Indiana
Nathan Otis Williams Family Bible
Montgomery County Indiana
The John and Catherine Craig Small Family Bible
Dubuque Iowa
Wayne Co., Kentucky
The John and Mary Mason SMALL Family Bible
Logan/Christian Co., Kentucky
The Martha Gordon Boyd Family Bible
McCracken Co., Kentucky
The Alonzo and Elizabeth Foster Small Family Bible
Washington Co., Maine
Historical Society, Portland Maine
Ozark County Missouri
The Nancy Gilman Small Family Bible
New Hampshire
The David Smalley Family Bible
Piscataway New Jersey
The James Nicholas Small Family Bible
Rockingham Co., North Carolina
The James Lemon/Lemond SMALL Family Bible
Rockingham Co., North Carolina
The John Dinwiddie Family Bible
Lincoln County Kentucky
Library of Virginia Archives
Silverton Oregon
Hervey and Nercissa Johnson Small Family Bible
Springfield Oregon
David and Martha Patsey Bond Small Family Bible
Edenton, Chowan Co., North Carolina
Albert and Tabitha Shaw Small Family Bible
Albemarle County Virginia
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