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Title
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Finding Aid for the Akes Family Bible
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Type
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Text
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Date
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1771-1935
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Description
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The first page of records states, “Peter Akes his Bible May 2nd 1830.” The family Bible contains names and dates of births, marriages, and deaths of the Akes family. Several handwritings indicate different people recorded the dates in the Bible over time. The Bible is missing the front and back cover as well as many of the Bible pages. All of the family record pages between the Old and New Testaments remained intact.
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Format
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Books
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC 1199
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Collection Summary
Title
Akes Family Bible
Date
1771-1935
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1199-AFB
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2019; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2019.
Name of Creator
Peter Akes
Biographical History
Peter Akes was born October 24, 1771 in Germany. H married Pricilla who was born October 5, 1776.
Together they had several children. Pricilla died in 1810 and Peter married Susannah Harris on July 16,
1811. They had several children together. The family lived in Kentucky in the early 1800s. Peter died in
1835 in Macoupin County, Illinois.
Scope and Content
The first page of records states, “Peter Akes his Bible May 2nd 1830.” The family Bible contains names
and dates of births, marriages, and deaths of the Akes family. Several handwritings indicate different
people recorded the dates in the Bible over time. The Bible is missing the front and back cover as well as
many of the Bible pages. All of the family record pages between the Old and New Testaments remained
intact.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Bible
Item 1, Family record sheets [scanned]
Item 2, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed in file folders. The Bible is secured with cotton tying tape and
wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated Teresa G. Stahler.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
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