Herbert Ridgeway Collins

The family registers preserved in the Bibles of Caroline County families are one of the few remaining sources of vital statistics and family relationships of Caroline families. Since colonial times, Virginia families have recorded their births, marriages, deaths, and other notable events in their family Bible. In many cases, newspaper notices of marriages and deaths were clipped from papers and placed in Bibles.

Entries from family Bibles have been considered legal records for matters such as show more proving birth or marriage dates, especially since Social Security was inaugurated. These valuable records, compiled from hundreds of family Bibles, have been arranged alphabetically by family name. In a number of cases, slaves are also recorded, as slave owners kept vital records on their slaves for tax purposes. This is of particular importance as the pre-Civil War census did not record slaves by name; only by number. Other entries refer to unusual weather, family pets and livestock; provide the physical description of a newborn child; and record family hardships. Lead-in paragraphs pinpoint locations in the county where the families lived, and provide the published sources on the families along with the location of the records from which these were copied. In some cases, information may be gleaned as to where members went when they left Caroline County.

This book contains records from hundreds of family Bibles, which often contain vital statistics and family relationships; sometimes provide the physical description of a newborn child; often list names and vital records of slaves; record family hardships; and much more. show less

This volume contains an index compiled by Wesley E. Pippenger to the hundreds of valuable records in Herbert Ridgeway Collins' Bible Records of Caroline County, Virginia Families, published by Heritage Books in 2008. The family registers preserved in the Bibles of Caroline County families are one of the few remaining sources of vital statistics and family relationships of Caroline families. Since colonial times, Virginia families have recorded their births, marriages, deaths, and other show more notable events in their family Bible. In many cases, newspaper notices of marriages and deaths were clipped from papers and placed in Bibles. Entries from family Bibles have been considered legal records for matters such as proving birth or marriage dates, especially since Social Security was inaugurated.

Anyone who owns Bible Records of Caroline County, Virginia Families will be delighted with this index to full-names and places. A good index makes research a breeze! show less

The "Act for Registration of Deaths, Marriages and Births passed April 11, 1853" required localities to keep these records available to the public. The author has grouped Caroline County Death Register records by year. Records are formatted to include: "name of deceased/race/owner of slave where listed/sex/date of death/place of death if other than parents/occupation if listed/ place of birth if listed/ name of person reporting death and their relationship to deceased". Birth and death show more locations are listed if they occurred outside Caroline County, along with farm and plantation name in some entries. Includes an alphabetical list of "Disease And Causes of Death", a chronological list of "Commissioners of Revenue For Caroline County Appointed to Record Vital Statistics As Reported in The Death Register" and a new surname index which adds to the value of this book. show less

Inscriptions taken from the following cemeteries: Christian: Antioch; Baptists: Bethany, Bethel, Lebanon, Mt. Herman, Mt. Horeb, Providence, Round Oak, Salem; Methodists: Bethel, Bowling Green, Carmel, Concord, County Line, Mt. Vernon, Rehoboth, St. Paul's, Shiloh, Wright's Chapel; Episcopal: Grace, St. Margaret's, St. Peter's; Catholic: Sts. Cyril and Methodious, St. Mary's; Others: Golansville Meeting House, Greenlawn, Lakewood.