VAUGHAN, ETC N EW S L E T T ER
January 1986
EDITOR: Verna Baker Banes
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VOL. IV, #1, January, 1986
EDITOR: Verna Baker_Banes P.O. Box.74.35. Huntsville. TX 77342-7435
Your support of this effort to preserve Vaughan/Vaughn history with your money, encouraging words, and research data keeps me going. A hundred of you have already sent money donations for 1986.
I am printing 200 copies now so that future orders can be filled. Knowing how many to print at one time (which is the cheapest way to do it) is one o£ the biggest problems of staying "solvent." Grateful thanks to you who sent more than the $7. per year requested and to those who have apread the news of the publication in various ways.
During these months of publication, I have been in correspondence with. over 275 people who have made inquiries, sent information, contributed financial help, etc.
Be assured that I have not given (or sold) this mailing list to any publisher, etc • If you receive any such solicitation, your name was picked from an issue of the NEWSLETTER—not from my files
WITHOUT LOVING CARE FAMILY BIBLES WILL FADE AWAY
Does someone in your family have an old Bible?' If so, the family registry pages should be
photocopied before they become too dim to be read. Also, copy the front pages of the Bible which give publishing dates and location. If possible, get these copies certified as true copies so that the information can be used later to establish proof for membership in organizations or to furnish proof in inheritance cases.
Old letters, photographs, clippings, etc., may be tucked inside a family Bible.Bibles often were the only places where family records were written. Even before Bibles were printed with pages designated for such purposes, entries were often written on the flyleaf or margins or any other place where there was room for writing. Sometimes even recipes are found written along with births and deaths!
One great advantage of getting the family sheets copied is that by doing it once and then sharing the information, the Bible will not be further damaged by continuous copying. Copying does not harm a document, but handling does.
Copies of family records. be it Bibles, marriage certificates, death records, clippings / or military
discharges can be of great value. In my own case, I have a certified copy of my great-grandparents' Bible, although I have no idea where the original is now. But because a thoughtful great aunt had it copied and certified in the 1940's, I now share in this information.
A sad situation develops when, because of fear of losing a precious old record, a family member refuses to let others see or copy it. Making a photocopy which can then be shared for generations with many others is a gift which no one else can give. Also in case the original is accidentally destroyed by fire. etc. at least the copy remains.
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