Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-11-23
tl,nfalosisaIII FAMILY Bibls.

"A Genealogical Family Bible. Dy Whici
is|meant Bible to Be identified perpetual
" with the family ID its genealogical de-
scent, conveying the family statistics from
generation 10 generation in continuoli
sucression. has been long md extensive
~ needed, aud is regarded By thousand
I aesiderasum.
Every Family needs something 70 US
| % ! sacred depository of is edomesti'
evsnts, that they may Be properly record
ed. and faithfully preserved from genera
tian to generation. Their accumulation
becomes domestic treasure, increasing
IN. value = they lengthen il their chrono
logical extent. =
No soyeair can Be 50 valuable as this
no record can so preserve and perpetuatt
the endearmenis and tend rarecollections
ofthe family circle No monument MOI
inemento, 10 after years. can go closely
and tendarlN bind tho past 70 the present
-can 90 feelingly and sympalheticallJ
unite presently existing progeny. With
either 4 near or remote ancestry, and m
tertWine tie memory Of departed sifes
and mothers 30 affectiOnately ID the hearts
81 their offspring, ~ TIE simple family
statistics, carefully recorded st The time
they occur. and faithfully handed down
to q grateful posierity. We have long
needed something that has not heretofore
been presented 10 The public. To- inter-
weave the endear,nents Of an ancestral
home. the sympatlies o. CT 81 and sue
cessiye generation, and The sacred mem
oirs of our fathers 81 bygone ages, with
tie avery day reflections and remem-
brances 81 present life.
Without 4 Perpetual Genealogical
Family Register, genealogical lines, 50
CT as domestic attachments and reverend
memories of the departed are concerned,
are forever served into segments. and
those Is very lev years behind us are for
gotten, and our fathers are strangers 10
Is. And We ourselves live On with no
wise comfortable anticipation that our
children. u few removes from ns ID gem
eaiogiral descent, will not even know who
we were, where or when We lived or died.
In this country there are not compar-
atiyely. yery many who hare correct
historical knowledge Of the fathers and
motRers, and other near Kindred of their
own immediate parents. And Il you
!ook uPWara Y me tn.Io ~ 'op.'n nnss
~ the chain 81 fanny succession --or'
perhaps. ln some very fafe instances. :
step orItWo higher--all is blank and We
hayeno known and appreciable ancestry
We know tl1at We nave asseenaea--
from Mnom, We nave no domestlc history
that informs ~.
Leg any man suppose himself e posses
= register in which was carefully SET
down at the time, The births. baptlsms,
marriages and deaths Of his ancestry irl 4
regular line Of succession running OPP
ward even eight or Ten generations ard
! Re win suppose himself q posses ] gem,
the yalne Of which could not be estimated
in money Such treasure our children
cannot furnish for themselves but We can
furnish Il for tliam.
Such i registrars herewith for the 6rst
time. presented to The public. And Il Is
made ii connection with the Holy Bible.
for the reason that Bible is obviously ihe
most appropriate instrument for The con.
geyanee of these eadehfiug and sacred
memorials. and The most fitting depository
Bible. - i household article, ii presumed
todwell .in the very hsqFtIof he family -