In a message dated 04/14/2002 4:26:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, suerenkert@gci.net writes: > > I wondered if anyone knew if there were traditions about how family > bibles were handed down. Did they go to the oldest child, the oldest son > etc.? Hi In my family, the bibles were handed down to whoever the ancestor was living with at the time. My GGrandmothers handed them down to the daughters that they lived with and most of them were kept within the family. Now, my Dad inherited his grandmothers bible from his father, who was the last surviving son who lived with the mother. Jean Corio Tampa, Fl.