African American Bible Records

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African American Genealogy

Bible Records

Online Resources

• Black Genealogy at AccessGenealogy - search "Bible Records"
• Bible Records at International African American Museum's Center for Family History - Listed by surname alphabetically.
• Bible Records Online - dedicated to transcribing and digitizing the contents of family records that were written inside family Bibles and in other important documents from as early as the 1500s through today.
• Family Bible Records at GeneaLinks
• The Family Bible Index - over 300,000 entries

African American Bible Records

Relatives often gave a Bible to a bride as a wedding gift, where she recorded information about her immediate family and close relatives. Relationships were seldom stated but were often implied. Names of parents, children, and their spouses, including maiden names, were frequently given along with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Sometimes the age of a person was given at the time of death. Many families kept Bible records from the 1700s (and sometimes earlier) to more recent times, although few have survived. Some have been donated to local libraries or societies.