Family Bible: Gospel or Leading You Astray (Genealogy Wise) ?

Family Bible: Gospel or Leading You Astray (Genealogy Wise) ?

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Family Bibles are a wealth of genealogical knowledge. You must be careful to cross reference, though. Everything written in the family Bible can't be taken as gospel.

Sometimes a well meaning family member will write a date wrong or misspel a name. There are times that people are left completely out of the family Bible or people that aren't blood related are added in. 

It's very important for you to back up what's written in the family Bible with other documentation (if possible).

Do you have a family Bible that has helped you with your family tree research? Has it been helpful? Have you discovered inconsistencies? 

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My great- aunt gave me the family bible to look through. Inside I found the marriage certificate of Jeremiah and Eliza Spahr, my maternal third great-grandfather and third great-grandmother. 

They were married on November 15th, 1866 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Roysville Pastorate.

Solomon Dasher was the pastor and his wife Mrs. S. A. Dasher served as the witness.







Alvin Erney was born on September 8, 1870, in Newberry, Pennsylvania, to Leah Bruner Erney, age 26, and Henry Erney, age 27

Alvin is my 2nd great- granduncle 

Family Bible page listing Alvin's birth in Newberry Township (from Ancestry).









Resources:

https://youtube.com/shorts/I6U61IjoAq4?si=8-Zmy2sf4fmx3Rb2

https://dp.la/news/family-bible-records-genealogy/

https://ancestralfindings.com/family-bibles/

https://daily.jstor.org/where-did-family-bible-genealogies-come-from/

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