I love that you are rescuing these old Bibles along with the family histories they contain. I do something similar, but with family photos instead. If an old cabinet card photo has a good name and location on it, I can usually find a descendant to give it to and they are so excited to receive it! I just like to help these old photos go "home". Now, I will keep an eye out for old Bibles, too!
Lorraine Q.October 23, 2018
I have done a lot of abstracting of wills. Once in a while, one of the items mentioned in the inventory of the estate is a family Bible. That seems to hit my heart especially hard as I wonder what ever happened to that Bible. I hope they ended up being preserved. Thank you for what you are doing to retrieve so many and make their family history contents available. Wish I were close enough to help. Maybe you could send out some of the digital photographs to long-distance volunteers for transcription?
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Patty K.October 23, 2018
I love that you are rescuing these old Bibles along with the family histories they contain. I do something similar, but with family photos instead. If an old cabinet card photo has a good name and location on it, I can usually find a descendant to give it to and they are so excited to receive it! I just like to help these old photos go "home". Now, I will keep an eye out for old Bibles, too!
Lorraine Q.October 23, 2018
I have done a lot of abstracting of wills. Once in a while, one of the items mentioned in the inventory of the estate is a family Bible. That seems to hit my heart especially hard as I wonder what ever happened to that Bible. I hope they ended up being preserved. Thank you for what you are doing to retrieve so many and make their family history contents available. Wish I were close enough to help. Maybe you could send out some of the digital photographs to long-distance volunteers for transcription?
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