You wants to be sure and in some way photograph or copy the cover, and the front page along with the information inside. Sounds like a real find.... Jackie Helmke [email protected] This message has been screened by Norton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hitch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [LDR] Family Bibles > Teresa: > > You might consider donating them to the Nabb Center at Salisbury > University. It would ensure you that they are getting professionally > stored and can benefit a large audience of folks for years to come - not > to mention it would be a tax deductible exchange. I am Secretary for > Nabb's Board of Directors and can facilitate such an exchange if you were > interested. Whatever you decided to do, it is very heartening to see that > you are foreseeing the need to preserve them. Also, I am working with John > Lyon to bring Sussex patents and land records into his fabulous database. > The Parsons, and especially the Neal, families figure prominently in our > late additions to that database! > > Mike Hitch > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 08:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LDR] Family Bibles > > Dear Listers, There are two family Bibles that are in need of loving > homes. The current owners are not interested in them and would like to see > them with someone or some group that would find them useful. These Bibles > are: 1) The Parsons Family. First entry in births is Ebenezer Parsons, > born in 1814. The text is in good condition with the binding still intact. > Entries for births, deaths and marriages are in lovely, legible > handwriting. This family lived in the Broad Creek Hundred, near Gumborough > in 1850. 2) The Neal Family. This is the family of John Neal with entries > dating in the mid to late 1800's. It is LARGE, binding falling off, > entries beginning to fade. This family lived around the Seaford area. They > are not up for sale, just needing a place to reside. Any suggestions on > where they could find a good home would be appreciated. Thank you. Teresa > A. Derrickson nee Chandler *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUB! > SCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.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 > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.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