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From: "Michael Neill" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Origin of Practice of Keeping Family Records in Bibles
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:52:14 -0500
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Just to expand upon the recording of names, dates, etc. in the family bible is the keeping of obituaries, funeral cards and a few photographs in the family bible. Both my grandmothers did this. Handy to pick up if the house was ever on fire was always my thought. Michael On 9/18/07, Aunt Lizzie's Trunk <> wrote: > I can tell you the reason (completely anecdotal and personal) I thought > keeping family records in a Bible was a Protestant practice: I was > raised in a very Irish Catholic family and we didn't even own a Bible > much less write family information in one. (I can hear the gasps from > all of you Protestants out there! ;-) -- ------------------------------------ Michael John Neill May 2008 Trip to Salt Lake City FHL http://www.rootdig.com/slctrip.html

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