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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Place of death
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 17:49:37 -0500
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At 01:54 PM 6/3/02 -0700, Cliff Soderback wrote:
>snip
>
> > Yes, but then there was my 21G-GF's Bible --
> > Hoffman family, [ITAL:]The Holy Bible containing the
> > Ould and New Testaments: Translated out of The Original
> > Toungues: and with the former translations diligently
> > compared and revised.[:ITAL] (Mainz, Germany: Hans
> > Gutenberg, 1254); John M. Hoffman, Camargo, Kentucky
> >
>
> I hope that old bible is not hidden away, I am sure the later decendents
>would enjoy seeing it. Actually it really belongs in a museum.

Yes, a museum for the precognitive (psychic) since the title is clearly
taken from the Authorized Version ("King James") which was early 1600's [grin].

Not to mention that the sale of a genuine Gutenberg Bible could probably
fund Lee's genealogical pursuits until he was a centenarian -- and way,
way, beyond.

Darrell


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Addison, Illinois



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