E, Congratulations on receiving the family bible! In my opinion, that is a special treasure to have. Sure hope you can find a method to restore/preserve it! Best of luck, Sam in CA
---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:21:11 -0800 >From: [email protected] (on behalf of "E" Sharp" <[email protected]>) >Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] A Family Bible Story >To: azores <[email protected]> > > Today in the mail, we received my husband's Sharp > family bible. It was given to his great > grandmother by her father in 1825. She was born in > 1812. So we're assuming for her 13th > birthday. My husband's brother inherited the bible > from their father and his daughter, my husband's > niece who we have a great relationship with > just sent it to us. We have wanted this bible for > a long time as my brother in law had only daughters > and we have male Sharp descendants that we want to > pass it along to. There are some huge pressed > leaves, and what looks like ribbons from wedding > flowers and then some dried flowers also. I guess > it could also be funeral flowers. A postcard and > some pictures of women cut out of the newspaper. > > Anyhow just wanted to say you never know what you > will inherit someday. We are very thankful to have > it even though its condition is not the best. Not > sure what we can do to try and have it restored it > but will look into it. > > "E" > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, > Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your > Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the > blue area on the right that says "Join this group" > and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed > to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving > emails from it, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en. > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
