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Start with the free [http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/biblerecords.htm '''Index to Early Bible Records (pre-1830; 17,000 entries)''']. | Start with the free [http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/biblerecords.htm '''Index to Early Bible Records (pre-1830; 17,000 entries)''']. | ||
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*The [http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/?Tab_ID=12 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)] has an index of over 40,000 digitized family Bible records and each day more records are digitized and added to the Index. | |||
*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/biblerecords.htm Index to Early Bible Records] provides a free index to over 17,000 online and offline pre-1830 Bible records. | |||
*Six volumes of ''Rhode Island Bible Records'', copied by Josephine Keefer Short and Mrs. Bentley W. Morse, are at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and the Family History Library. {{FHL|337377|item|disp=FHL film 22395 items 4–9}} | *Six volumes of ''Rhode Island Bible Records'', copied by Josephine Keefer Short and Mrs. Bentley W. Morse, are at the [http://www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm Rhode Island Historical Society] and the Family History Library. {{FHL|337377|item|disp=FHL film 22395 items 4–9}} | ||
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*New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts), ''Family bible records from the Manuscripts Collection of the New England Historic Genealogical Society'' (Boston, Massachusetts:New England Historic Genealogical Society, c2001) {{FHL|1022875|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 1299}} | *New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Massachusetts), ''Family bible records from the Manuscripts Collection of the New England Historic Genealogical Society'' (Boston, Massachusetts:New England Historic Genealogical Society, c2001) {{FHL|1022875|item|disp=FHL CD-ROM no. 1299}} | ||
Copies, or abstracts of old family Bibles that are no longer known to exist, may survive in [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War Pension application files]] at [[National Archives and Records Administration|NARA]], Washington, D.C., which are available online at three commercial websites: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1995 Ancestry], [http://www.fold3.com/ Fold3], and [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ Heritage Quest Online]. | *Copies, or abstracts of old family Bibles that are no longer known to exist, may survive in [[Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783|Revolutionary War Pension application files]] at [[National Archives and Records Administration|NARA]], Washington, D.C., which are available online at three commercial websites: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1995 Ancestry], [http://www.fold3.com/ Fold3], and [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ Heritage Quest Online]. | ||
===Rhode Island Bible Records=== | |||
A Bible was often given by relatives 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. | |||
=== Bible Records Online === | === Bible Records Online === | ||