Family Bible Records
What are some of the best resources for Family Bible Records of the British Isles?
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The Family History Library (see its online catalog) has collections of microfilmed/digitized Family Bibles. Search--
- under the "Place", i.e. under the name of the County--"Genealogy"
- try a "Keyword" search under the surname; plus add the words--"Family Bible". Note: The FHL doesn't seem to hold as many family Bibles for our England/Wales/Scots/Irisih ancestors as it does for the US and Canada.
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yes - thanks - I am well aware of those resources
I am looking for sources that themselves are British - such as British genealogical societies, museums, archives, libraries that hold family bibles - sources that have not yet been indexed by FS.
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see:
https://community.familysearch.org/s/group/0F93A0000009XyzSAE/family-bibles
note links on right hand side.
I'm looking for more links I can add of British and other European resources.
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About the only possible consistent entity possessing family Bibles would likely be the local old books and antiquarian shops around the UK, i.e., Michael Moon Antiquarian (Second Hand) Books such as is found in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Merely inquire with him as to a 'best' place where Brits and researchers like you can expect to find old family Bibles. I am uncertain that there's anything like the Daughters of the American Revolution over here in the USA--in the UK that has made a practice of gathering/collecting Family Bibles.
There are some county record offices/archives that have "genealogical" collections which FamilySearch has gone after and microfilmed through the decades, but it seems as though there's no consistent push to attempt to gather such by these archives. The best thing, however, is not to take my word for it, but visit each country record office online catalog and study carefully what their collections consist of--including whether they include family Bibles or not. You might want to include the online catalogs to historical societies, public and college libraries nearest the areas in which you have ancestors, to see what their library holdings may provide.
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one great British resource for Family bibles is:
Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica
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