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Title
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Finding Aid for the Bickerstaff Family Bible
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Type
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Text
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Date
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1803-1925
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Description
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The family record sheets located in the middle of the Bible contain four pages of family records with name, place of birth, date of birth, date of marriage, and date of death for family members listed. The information is written with various handwritings. The names listed in the record pages list the descendants of J.J. Bickerstaff and Harriet Lane and include the family names Bickerstaff, Lane, Evans, Mason, Marks, Grizzle, and Chism. Overall the Bible is in poor condition with the binding broken and some Bible pages missing, but the family record sheets are intact.
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Format
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Book
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Language
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English
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Extent
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1 box
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Identifier
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MGC 1173
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Collection Summary
Title
Bickerstaff Family Bible
Date
1803 to 1925
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1173-AFB
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2020; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2020
Name of Creator
Bickerstaff family
Biographical History
Johnson Bickerstaff was born in Tennessee in 1806. His wife, Harriet Lane, were born in Georgia in 1803.
The Bickerstaff family settled in Alabama Territory in the early 1800s, eventually settling in Monroe
County.
Scope and Content
The family record sheets located in the middle of the Bible contain four pages of family records with
name, place of birth, date of birth, date of marriage, and date of death for family members listed. The
information is written with various handwritings. The names listed in the record pages list the
descendants of J.J. Bickerstaff and Harriet Lane and include the family names Bickerstaff, Lane, Evans,
Mason, Marks, Grizzle, and Chism. Overall the Bible is in poor condition with the binding broken and
some Bible pages missing, but the family record sheets are intact.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1,
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
Most 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 by Robert Dover
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. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2009.
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Bickerstaff Family Bible
