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It really is amazing what one can find in the Goodwill. And for
only a quarter mind you.
- What makes the story of this book all the more interesting however is
the conclusion...
- Being somewhat distressed that such an interesting piece of someone's
family history was thrown in a donation box at the Goodwill I begin
searching for information about this particular line of Pages and posting
messages on genealogy websites and message boards looking for contacts who
may know something about it.
- Not terribly long after my frenzy of posts and e-mails I received a
short letter from direct family of the Pages listed in this bible, who I
began communicating with. They are as dumbfounded as I was that the bible
would have found it's way to the Goodwill and still apparently don't know
who owned it or where it came from, but feeling quite satisfied I had
learned all there was to know about this worn out book, I returned it to
it's rightful place, and mailed it to the Mr. and Mrs. Page who I had been
corresponding with, feeling very much like I had accomplished something
that (if not great) was at least commendable.
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On the page before Psalms is the history of the "Page" family, dating
from the mid 1800s, which looks like is was written with a quill pen.
Below are some of the different little bits and pieces found inside the
pages of the bible:
From the New Randolph Hotel and Dining Room in D.C.
I had to play with this photo to get the words, which were in pencil, to
show up. It is a handwritten note about the power of prayer.
An autograph or else a calling card of one "J Pink Turner".
Another calling or perhaps "funeral" card?
And yet another name card.
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