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Listed below are resources for Bible records specific to Texas. To find more resources, go to the United States Bible Records page.

Databases

• The Family Bible Index - Texas at Yancey Family Genealogy

Transcriptions, Indexes, and Images

• Bell County Bible Records at Bell County TXGenWeb Archives — transcriptions and images
• Bible and Family Records, Texas(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Bible Records and Other Family Data(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Bible Transcriptions at Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society — transcriptions and images
• Fannin County Bible Records at Fannin County TXGenWeb — transcriptions and images
• Henderson County Family Bibles at Henderson County TXGenWeb — transcriptions
• Hopkins County Bibles and Bible Records at Hopkins County TXGenWeb — transcriptions
• Lamar County, TX Bible Records at Lamar County TXGenWeb — transcriptions
• Miscellaneous Genealogical Records(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Panola County Bible Records at East Texas Genealogical Society — transcriptions
• Rockwall County Bible Records at Rockwall County TXGenWeb — transcriptions and images
• Records of Southern Families(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Records of Southern Families: from Bibles, Tombstones, Sketches, Newspapers, 1740-1957(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Smith County Bible Records at East Texas Genealogical Society — transcriptions
• Texas Bible Records and Other Family Data, 1710-1954(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Texas Cemetery Records, Miscellaneous Bible Records, 1782-1955(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• Travis County Bible Records at Texas Genealogy Trails — transcriptions

Digital Books

• Bible and Family Records. 1968. By Berta Katherine Willey. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bible Records 1975 Honoring the Past Presidents of the Huguenot Society of Texas. 1975. By Annabelle C. McAlllister, Wilson Forrest Daniell. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bible Records and Other Family Data; v.01. 1956. Daughters of the American Revolution. Samuel Sorrell Chapter. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bible Records and Other Family Data; v.02. 1956. Daughters of the American Revolution. Samuel Sorrell Chapter. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bible Records From Colonel George Moffett Chapter, N.S.D.A.R. 1968. By Pauline Stoner Rankin. Beaumont, Texas. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bible Records of Various Texas Families. By Daughters of the American Revolution. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bible Records, Lineages, Wills: Lady Washington Chapter, D.A.R., Houston Texas. 1973. By Mrs. Fred W. Lackner, Jr. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Collection of Bible Records. 1963. By Houston Genealogical Forum. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Genealogical Records. 1968. By Jane Douglas Chapter, D.A.R. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Miscellaneous Bible and Cemetery Records of Texas. 1968. By Mrs. Ralph C. Anderson, Mrs. Lawrence Taylor, Mrs. Norman Sedoin D'Olive. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Miscellaneous Bible Records. 1972. By Colonel Georg Mason Chapter, D.A.R. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library
• Selected Bible and Family Records; v.01. 1970. By Mrs. Walter K. Henry, Mrs. Joseph C. Brusse. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library

Other places to look for Bible Record Collections

• 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.
• Family records: Check home sources by reaching out to older members of the family asking if they know of any Family Bibles and who might have it in their possession.
• FamilySearch Catalog: Using the keyword search, type in the surname you are looking for and the word "Bible."
• Card Catalog at Ancestry. ($)
• Periodical Source Index (PERSI): Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is an index to many of these periodicals. Learn how to use Periodical Source Index (PERSI).
  

Why Search for Family Bibles

Many families have traditionally recorded births, marriages, and deaths in a family bible, family record book, or book of remembrance. 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. Family bibles that are no longer in the possession of the family may be at a historical or genealogical society. They are sometimes transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals or other databases

Bible records can be used as a substitute in providing birth, marriage, and date information when vital record information was not recorded.