I wonder if we might have a section on family details recorded in family bibles. Very often family bibles are passed out of the family, I have seen them at auctions. These details are a tresure trove for family historians and may be of little interest to the present owners. Eryl

I'll second you on that good idea Eryl. Rosemary has final say re web site contribution. Only fair as R knows how much work may be involved. Angela >I wonder if we might have a section on family details recorded in family >bibles. Very often family bibles are passed out of the family, I have seen >them at auctions. These details are a tresure trove for family historians >and may be of little interest to the present owners. Eryl

Hi A relative took photos of our family bible, which there is no way I was ever going to get to see as it was on the other side of the world. I'm glad she did, because I was able to verify details my grandmother had copied out for me many years ago, and spot a few things she had not gotten quite right. This in turn helped out track down a few folk that I had not been able to sort out. It was also interesting to see that there were a few other comments on the pages that Nan had not thought important, but added to the whole picture for me. Carole -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eryl Bloxham Sent: Friday, 12 October 2007 5:47 a.m. To: BANBURY Subject: [BAN] Family bibles I wonder if we might have a section on family details recorded in family bibles. Very often family bibles are passed out of the family, I have seen them at auctions. These details are a tresure trove for family historians and may be of little interest to the present owners. Eryl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The online Northamptonshire marriage strays index has just been updated. Now nearly 7,000 marriages are included. View them at http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/northants%20strays.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1061 - Release Date: 10/10/2007 8:43 a.m.

Hi Eryl & friends, I like the idea of a section on the website for family bibles. A few immediate thoughts: 1. Transcript of the entries would be needed. Screen readers & Google can't "read" text on images & photos. You can send these to me in an email or as a 'word' attachment. Don't send them to the list. 2. Photograph/s or scan/s would be a bonus - even a photograph of the bible itself. Please send large images - then I can edit them down to fit the page 3. Extra information can be added about the family if you have any. 4. Contact name & address. I do add brackets around the email addresses on the site - it seems to stop spam bots from picking up these addresses. 5. I am quite happy to add *any* family bible - it doesn't have to be directly related to Banburyshire. 6. Any questions? The site is designed for sharing - so share what you have - you never know who might find it - it might be just the person who can break down your brickwall! Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Eryl Bloxham wrote: > I wonder if we might have a section on family details recorded in > family bibles. Very often family bibles are passed out of the > family, I have seen them at auctions. These details are a tresure > trove for family historians and may be of little interest to the > present owners. Eryl