I know how you feel, a Whittle cousin sent me copies the pages from my gg-grandfathers bible.. and I have enjoyed it very much and wished everyone could share pages with their relatives like she did, but some don't.. Someone has taken our Thomas ColumbusGrace & Catherine Melissa Page Grace family bible and won't let any of the rest of us know where it is... ----- Original Message ----- From: <GWJCAL@aol.com> To: <ALMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 6:23 PM Subject: [ALMONROE-L] bibles and Dennards Bluff > In a message dated 9/29/99 12:19:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > ALMONROE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << > Subject: [ALMONROE-L] Finding birth/death dates > I tried to get a birth certificate for my grandfather who was born in 1889 > in Monroe County. I was told there were none for pre-1900. How did they > keep records of births if that is the case. > >> > > If you are lucky you can locate a family Bible. The Bible belonging to Asa > WILKINSON of Old Texas and Dennards Bluff is still in the family. That is > one of the reasons I'm coming to Monroe Co. in Oct., I want to hold a Bible > my g-g-g-grandfather wrote in and read from. > > Abner DENNARD recieved land in S18, T5N, R5E. At the BLM site you can enter > T5N and R5E and get a list (177 names) of everybody who got land in the > Township where Dennards Bluff is located. Or you can email me and I'll send > all 177 names. > > Grant in Chico, CA > > > ==== ALMONROE Mailing List ==== > ****Visit the ALGenWeb Monroe County site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~almonroe often for updates! > >