My recent trip to NC was chock full of research both formal and informal. The idea for the trip actually came about around a discussing regarding what to do with the family bible. This bible has been in the family for more years than the current owner can recall and it is not in all that great shape.
It has however provided source information regarding several familly members that might not have been obtained through any other means.
For example Fred Fenner who is the last known male on the Fenner line, only shows up on the 1880 census(so far) it was in the family bible that we discovered that he passed away in 1898 and as there are no documents that have turned up thus far this is the only known record of his death
There are also two children of Fred and Mary that do not show up named on the 1880 census which mentions that mary had "10 children" 7 of which survived as of the date of the census. The family bible provides us with their name and birthdates
Granted this image is not the clearest of them all but I am actually still going through all the pictutres taken and when I single out the clearer copies those I will post at a later date.
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