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Online Records[edit | edit source]

The 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.
Index to Early Bible Records provides a free index to over 17,000 online and offline pre-1830 Bible records.
Copies, or abstracts of old family Bibles that are no longer known to exist, may survive in Revolutionary War Pension application files at NARA, Washington, D.C., which are available online at three commercial websites: Ancestry, Fold3, and Heritage Quest Online.
http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/bible.htm
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/bible/alabama.htm
Cherokee County, Alabama Bible Records

Alabama Bible Records[edit | edit source]

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.

For Alabama the following sources are beneficial:

Start with the free Index to Early Bible Records (pre-1830; 17,000 entries).

The Gandrud and Jones’ collection, Alabama Records, contains many Alabama Bible records. It is described in Alabama Compiled Genealogies. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Miscellaneous Records, described in Alabama Cemeteries, also has many Bible records. The DAR records are indexed by surname in An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the Southern States mentioned in Alabama Compiled Genealogies.

Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. These are referenced in the "Families" section of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), described in Alabama Periodicals.

The above sources and additional transcriptions of Bible records are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

ALABAMA — BIBLE RECORDS

ALABAMA, [COUNTY] — BIBLE RECORDS

Copies, or abstracts of old family Bibles that are no longer known to exist, may survive in Revolutionary War Pension application files at NARA, Washington, D.C., which are available online at three commercial websites: Ancestry, Fold3, and Heritage Quest Online.

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-[[Image:Family Bible.jpg|right|200px|Old Family Bible for Bible records article.jpg]]A Bible was often given by relatives&nbsp;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.
+[[Image:Family Bible.jpg|right|200px|Old Family Bible for Bible records article.jpg]]
+=== Online Records ===
+*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.
+*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&nbsp;websites: [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1995 Ancestry], [http://www.fold3.com/ Fold3], and [http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ Heritage Quest Online].
+*http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/bible.htm
+*http://www.accessgenealogy.com/bible/alabama.htm
+*[http://www.ancestorhunt.com/cherokee-county-alabama-bible-records.htm Cherokee County, Alabama Bible Records]
+=== Alabama Bible Records ===
+A Bible was often given by relatives&nbsp;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.
 <br>For Alabama the following sources are beneficial:
-<br>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)'''].
 The Gandrud and Jones’ collection, ''Alabama Records'', contains many Alabama Bible records. It is described in [[Alabama Compiled Genealogies]]. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Miscellaneous Records, described in [[Alabama Cemeteries]], also has many Bible records. The DAR records are indexed by surname in ''An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the Southern States'' mentioned in [[Alabama Compiled Genealogies]].