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Family Bibles

Here at the Historical Society of Montgomery County, we have a robust collection of family Bibles. A large family Bible was often the only book a family owned, and it was passed down through the generations. Originally, families used the flyleaves or endpapers of the book to record the family’s births, marriages, and deaths (flyleaves… Read More »Family Bibles

Genealogy Fraud

This piece is reposted from April 2014. Currently at the Historical Society, I’m cataloging our collection of several hundred family histories in order to provide better access to our members and patrons.  In the course of the project, I noticed something interesting.  About twenty family histories were written by the same man, J. Montgomery Seaver.

Genealogy fraud

Currently at the Historical Society, I’m cataloging our collection of several hundred family histories in order to provider better access to our members and patrons.  In the course of the project, I noticed something interesting.  About twenty family histories were written by the same man, J. Montgomery Seaver.