I saw the notice on the Family bible and thought about putting this message out. It's been years since I thought about this but The question reminded me of our family bible. My great randfather Charles Bowes died in 1958 at the age of around 98 in a Philadelphia nursing home. He had our family bible with him at the nursing home. My father went to the nursing home to retrieve my great grandfather's things and found that the family bible was missing. No one in the nursing home knew where it was and my father was upset that it was gone. My grandfather originally came from Centre county and my aunt believes the bible actually belonged to my great grandmother, maiden name Nellie Heichel. It's a long shot but if anyone out there spots a bible sporting names of Bowes, Heichel, Confer, Hampton,Askey, Lucas. Please let me know. My father passed away several years ago but he always said he would have liked to have at least the personal pages of the bible copied so he could have something on the family. We descend from John Bowes, Benedict Lucas, Thmas Askey. Another reaseon I believe it belonged to my great grandmother was my father thought it was a german bible. He could n't remember, it could have been an English bible belonging the our german side too. It never hurts to put the word out. Thanks, Anna Bowes Peake