NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL RECORD;
                      VOLUME 10; PART 1; JAN., 1932
                        ARTICLE:  EDITOR'S CORNER;
                            ADS AND END NOTES
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                            THE EDITOR'S CORNER

       How many family Bibles are there in the Missouri Valley, vith
     unpublished family records dating back one hundred ears or more?
     If we had an accurate estimate of these records we would be
     astonished at the number. During the last six weeks it has been
     my privilege to secure copies of six family Bible records. In two
     cases the Bibles had long since disappeared, and the records had
     been kept between the leaves of old books until the paper could
     no longer be handled. Portions of the pages, sometimes carrying
     part of a date or name, were missing. Carelessness, you say? No,
     hardly that, for the crumbling record, written by a revered
     father or mother, is all that remains; no one knows what has
     become of the Bible.

       As such a record passes from one generation to the next its
     preservation is dependent upon the person who inherits it. It may
     be a prized possession, deeply regarded, or merely an old relic,
     of no value to its owner. In the latter case it's existence is a
     matter of chance and the probability is that it will be discarded
     or lost. Such contingencies create missing links in the line of
     descent of many families unless a copy of the Bible record has
     been made by some interested person and preserved.

       Do you know of the existence of such a family record, as yet
     unpublished? If so you should at once take steps for its
     permanent preservation. Photostatic copies should be made so that
     the original need not be handled when being studied, or the
     record should be printed in a genealogical magazine so that it
     may be easily accessible for reference; then it should be placed
     with some historical or genealogical society which has facilities
     for caring for such material. Let us preserve these records for
     posterity.

                                 * * * * *

       The announcement of the forthcoming Index of Genealogical
     Periodicals by Donald Lines Jacobus, has just reached the
     Editor's desk. Such a volume, compiled with the care that is
     characteristic of Mr. Jacobus' work, will be indispensable to
     every working genealogist and will save days of tedious search.
     We take pride in the fact that the Nebraska and Midwest
     Genealogical Record is one of the magazines to be included in
     this index.

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