The First Bible printed in America was printed 1779 by Isaac Collins, Trenton, NJ. It will not be 300 years old until 2079. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trish Worthington Cobb" <turniproots@mac.com> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] Nelson Bible > Mr. Langley, > > For help in preserving your 300 year old family bible, call or email > > Dr. Jonathan Dembo, Head of Special Collections, > Joyner Library at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. > phone number: 252-328-2661. > email: demboj@mail.ecu.edu > or > > Elizabeth H. Smith, Head Preservation and Conservation Professor, > Joyner Library at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. > phone: 252-328-0297 > email: smithe@mail.ecu.edu > > They will help you to make an appointment to bring the bible in for an > evaluation. Place the bible in a box such as a banker's file box or some > other container which will protect it. The best thing to do is to carry it > yourself. Do not ship it. > > At ECU they can advise you on how to have the pages repaired. They may even > be able to repair it for you. They understand about the preservation of old > documents. They can advise you on how to store, protect and preserve this > bible. > > They will be able to make copies of the records pages without damaging the > bible. While they will not want to keep the original bible in the > collection, they will make copies of the family records to have on file in > the Special Collection. This is the best place for these records to be > preserved for the benefit of all. If the pages are crumbling, as you say, > it will not be long before the information is completely lost. That is why > it is important for you to go ahead and make an appointment now in order to > preserve these records as soon as possible. > > Trish Worthington Cobb > > > > on 12/28/02 10:09 PM, cv1langley@aol.com at cv1langley@aol.com wrote: > > > Dear Glorya > > the Bibble is about 300 years old and can be hand coppied but not by machine > > the pages are like starting to crumble and I need some help on how to set the > > pages so they will be for all to be able to see and read.do you know any > > peron that can help me . > > Calvin James Langley > > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and > > public records. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >