Family Bible
By worldwise1
@worldwise1 (14885)
United States
June 14, 2009 12:39pm CST
I have just come into the possession of our family Bible. It is very old and in sort of bad shape, I suppose from not being taken care of properly and due to age. It dates back to the turn of the 20th century. I had not seen this bible in many years because I gave it to my oldest sister for safekeeping when my last great-aunt died back in the early nineties. It had been stored in their family garage until my niece came upon it after my late sister's husband went to the nursing home recently. I know that there has probably been a lot of information lost from it through the years, but I plan to start going through it later today to see if I can find any valuable information there. This just got me wondering how many of my fellow myLotters have a Family Bible, and in whose possession is it?
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
16 Jun 09
That is such a shame, stephcjh, that your Family Bible was stolen!I can't imagine anyone doing such a thing, but people do crazy things all the time. I hope it is some comfort to you to have your husband's Family Bible.
@rogue13xmen13 (14402)
• United States
15 Jun 09
My father's family and my boyfriend's family all have "Family Bibles" even though none of us is Christian.
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@JoyfulOne (6231)
• United States
15 Jun 09
Ah, isn't it wonderful to have something like that still in the family?! I have the family bible from my Father's side of the family. It's entries go way back to the early 1800's. I also have the one that preceedes that one, written in German, the ancestors native language. The one thing I got most from it was names and dates for the family genealogy I'm doing. Don't you just love how the old bibles were?! Ours has a beautiful family tree with scrolled writing to keep track of members of the family. Then there's other pages for births, deaths, marriages and baptisms. A family bible is a wonderful piece of family history that has been lovingly passed down through all those years. I'm sure you cherish yours as much as I do mine!
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
16 Jun 09
I am very happy to now have our Family Bible, JoyfulOne, and I am going to look into getting it cleaned up a bit. The cover is also very beautiful.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Jun 09
You know what? I was brought up in a catholic home and there was a bible around at some stage but I was looking for one a year or two ago and there was none to be found. I asked Dad and like me, he seemed to think there should be one but I was unable to find it. He was a bit curious but not worried. I think he feels that just being Catholic raises him to a level closer to God than anyone who is not a Catholic and therefore he doesn't need to read, let alone study the bible. One of the things that has made me feel quite lacking here at myLot is people's knowledge of and ability to quote the bible. I not only have not read it but I'm not terribly familiar with it either. I would love to have a family Bible that's been handed down through the generations....perhaps my sister has our family bible...I know she was given a very beautiful, expensive Family Bible as a wedding gift.
