Tag: family bible

• Orphan heirloom Bible makes its way home.

  

  I was beginning to take a liking to fostering this heirloom with its once gold-trimmed cover and beautiful full-page depictions of the Bible stories inside…

  Vicki Entreken

  October 31, 2023

  Family History, Orphan Heirlooms

  family bible, Family Collections, family history, genealogy, Jim Barney Rogers, orphan heirlooms, Rachel Lucrecie Sherrill

• A sad duct-taped Bible gets an upgrade.

  

  I’m thinking that even after I get this baby back to its family, they’ll want to show it off too, so I searched online for something keepsake-ish…

  Vicki Entreken

  October 10, 2023

  Family History, Orphan Heirlooms, Projects

  family bible, Jim Barney Rogers, orphan heirlooms, Rachel Lucrecie Sherrill

• Big Fat Duct-Taped Bible: Now an Orphan Heirloom Adventure

  

  A gentleman stopped by my table. “That’s quite an old book you got there.” I told him about the orphan heirloom and that I planned to return it to the family. He smiled and wished me good luck.

  Vicki Entreken

  August 4, 2023

  Family History, Orphan Heirlooms, Research

  1887 marriage certificate, 1938 hunting license, Depot Village, family bible, family heirlooms, Jim Barney Rogers, orphan heirlooms, Panacea Coffee Co., Phillip Paige, Rachel Lucrecie Rogers, Waynesville NC

• FOUND: Big Fat Duct-Taped Family Bible

  

  If you know me, you know that I recognize preserving familial and cultural history over making money off an old book. I want to get this heirloom back to the family it belongs to.

  Vicki Entreken

  July 31, 2023

  Family History, Orphan Heirlooms

  family bible, Jim Barney Rogers, marriage record, orphan heirloom, Rachel Lucrecie Sherrill