West Virginia Bible Records
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Online Records
- The Family Bible Index - 200,000 entries
- The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) has an index of over 40,000 digitized family Bible records and each day more records are digitized and added to the Index.
- Index to Early Bible Records provides a free index to over 17,000 online and offline pre-1830 Bible records.
- Start with the free Index to Early Bible Records (pre-1830; 17,000 entries).
- The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains many West Virginia Bible records. This collection is described in West Virginia Compiled Genealogies and is partially indexed by:
Kirkham, E. Kay. An Index to Some of the Family Records of the Southern States. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1979. FHL fiche 6089183; book 973 D22kk v. 1.
West Virginia Bible Records
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. Some have been donated to local libraries or societies.
Websites
http://www.genealogy-books.com/indexes/vatable.html
http://www.genealinks.com/bible.htm
