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Re: 1882 bible preservation



Molly:

If your father does decide to remove the genealogical pages from
the bible he should also remove the title page with the copyright
date.  Genealogically speaking all data recorded before the
copyright date are suspect because they are recorded from
memory and not at the time of the event.

Wayne Weber

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Date sent:              Sun, 12 May 2002 22:21:26 -0700
Send reply to:          Molly Odwyer <maidean@MAIL.MC.MARICOPA.EDU>
From:                   Molly Odwyer <maidean@MAIL.MC.MARICOPA.EDU>
Subject:                1882 bible preservation
To:                     ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU

> Hi,
>
> We have in our possession an old bible from around 1882. It is very
> ornate, with numerous pictures of religious leaders, coins,
> dictionary, apocrypha, and family births and deaths handwritten in,
> just to name a few things in it. The paper is made of pine pulp. My
> father would like to preserve the genealogy and has planned to take
> the genealogy pages out and try to preserve them the best that he can.
> What I'm wondering is, what is the best way to preserve the whole
> bible, if it is possible (my dad is almost willing to take the whole
> thing apart to preserve the pages individually. Is that really
> necessary?)? Also what is the best way to preserve the genealogy pages
> when and if he takes them out? It is an amazing Bible and I would like
> to keep it in the best possible condition. Thanks so much.
>
> Molly O'Dwyer
> Mesa Community College
>
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Wayne D. Weber
Reference Archivist
Billy Graham Center Archives
Wheaton College
Wheaton IL 60187
630-752-5910
http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/archhp1.html

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