{"id":11291,"date":"2015-08-25T11:21:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=11291"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:54:48","slug":"calvert-family-bible-worth-share-of-300-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/calvert-family-bible-worth-share-of-300-million.html","title":{"rendered":"Calvert Family Bible Worth Share of $300 Million!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s your old family Bible worth? For the Calvert family of Mason, Lewis and Bracken counties in Kentucky, their family Bible was invaluable.<\/p>\n

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Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kentucky), 10 March 1911, page 9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to a 1911 article from the Lexington Herald<\/em>, their old family Bible was the proof the descendants of Obadiah Calvert needed to connect their line back to the original Calvert family of Maryland. With the pending probate court action, the confirmed descendants would share in the $300,000,000 estate!<\/p>\n

Do you have an old family Bible?<\/p>\n

A word to the wise: Don\u2019t let the information in your family Bible become lost to the family \u2013 as this Calvert family\u2019s information almost was. Scan and upload copies of each page of the family register information and preserve it online.<\/p>\n

Do it today.<\/p>\n

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