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Can’t Find the Family Bible? 10 Places You May Not Have Looked

Lisa Lisson
Apr 12, 2024
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Welcome
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Introduction
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Why the Family bible?
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State Archives
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WorldCat
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DAR Website
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Bible Records Online
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Historical Societies
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ArchiveGrid
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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About this webinar

The Family Bible is one record source genealogy researchers long to find. Yet, it can also be one of the most difficult of all genealogy records to find. The loss of the Family Bible in a family line does not mean a genealogy researcher is out of options. Explore 10 places outside of the family to seek out Family Bibles.

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Lisa Lisson
As a genealogy researcher and creator of the Are You My Cousin? blog, Lisa Lisson takes the overwhelm out of genealogy research and keeps researchers moving forward finding their
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    Deborah Lesslie
    7 months ago

    This was a very informative webinar.

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    Ruth Smith
    7 months ago

    This was very informative well organized and concise. Very well done. Thank you.

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    JOANNA PHILLIPS
    7 months ago

    Excellent webinar with very helpful information.

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    Joyce Gillett
    7 months ago

    Fantastic information

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    Amy Stam
    7 months ago

    Fantastic! So many great ideas. Very clear presentation. Well paced.

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    Lori McNeil
    7 months ago

    Another phenomenal webinar, they just get better and better!!

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    Karen Prytula
    7 months ago

    The presenter mentioned places to look for family bibles that many of us never thought about before, and she gave good tips too.

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    Beverly Anderson
    7 months ago

    Very. Informative.

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