Do you possess your family's Bible that has been passed
on from generation to generation? Many families have kept Bible records from the
early 1700's through today's time. In some cases, a family Bible record may be
the only source of a birth, marriage or death record.
There are several sources for Tennessee Bible records available to the
genealogist and they are:
- Acklen, Jeannette Tillotson. Tennessee Records: Bible Records and
Marriage Bonds. A surname index is included. The record contains Bible
records, marriage bonds, various tombstone inscriptions, obituary notices,
abstracts from wills, historical and biographical sketches, and pension records.
The name, parents' names, and date of birth of slaves are sometimes given.
- Owens, Fae Jacobs. Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, National Society,
Daughters of the American Revolution Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee A
surname index is included. The record includes birth, marriage, and death
information.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives, Manuscript Section. Bible Record
Collection, ca. 1700-1970. The records are arranged alphabetically by family
name, then given name. They contain birth, death, and marriage dates of
immediate family members, and occasionally dates of servants, slaves, and
others. They also include the years the records cover, the county where the
Bible was found, and the owner's name and city. Bible records donated to the
Tennessee State Library and Archives since 1970 are included in the library's
vertical file. A card file at the archive provides access.
- Bible Records of Families of East Tennessee and Their Connections from
Other Areas. 3 vols. Genealogical Records Committee of Knoxville Chapter,
Daughters of the American Colonists and James White Chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, 1959-1960. An index is included with each volume.
- Kirkham, E. Kay. An Index to Some of the Family Records of the Southern
States: 35,000 Microfilm References from the N.S.D.A.R. Files and Elsewhere.
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