This story is free to read. Photos of the Week January 23-29 0 Comments photos-week-january-23-29 photos-week-january-23-29 By Times Free Press Staff January 29, 2011 1 min read Photo Gallery By the book
![Lists of births and deaths were regularly recorded in family Bibles. [Credit: Casey Phillips.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760544_110815e01-FamilyBibles-Phillips-3.jpg)
![A Tennessee family Bible from the 1850s. [Credit: Barry Courter.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760548_110815e01-FamilyBibles-Courter-1.jpg)
![A Tennessee family Bible from the 1850s. [Credit: Barry Courter.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760548_110815e01-FamilyBibles-Courter-2.jpg)
![A Tennessee family Bible from the 1850s. [Credit: Barry Courter.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760548_110815e01-FamilyBibles-Courter-3.jpg)
![A Tennessee family Bible from the 1850s. [Credit: Barry Courter.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760548_110815e01-FamilyBibles-Courter-5.jpg)
![A Tennessee family Bible from the 1850s includes a full color page featuring the Lord's Prayer. [Credit: Barry Courter.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760548_IMG_1334-rotated.jpg)
![A Tennessee family Bible from the 1850s includes a "A New Map of Palestine". [Credit: Barry Courter.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1446760548_IMG_1336-rotated.jpg)
![A frayed cover on a Tennessee family's Bible testifies to its age, which dates back to the late 19th century. Family Bibles were once regularly used as storehouses of genealogical data such as birth and death dates, weddings and miscellaneous memorabilia. [Credit: Casey Phillips.]](https://www.timesfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/1446760543110815e01familybiblesphillips17037973715.jpg)