Family Bible records

This collection consists of the family Bible for the Swisher family. This Bible contains the family records for births, marriages, and deaths for Micheal Sylvester Swisher, his Cleopatra Gertrude Vanwinkler, and their children and other relatives.

The composition book contains transcriptions of church and bible records. Church records include the English Lutheran Church of Kansas City, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, and Swedish Lutheran Church. Transcriptions of numerous family Bibles record births, marriages, and deaths. Notes detail the owner and location of the Bible. Many of the records relate to families in the Kansas City area.

Shawnee Masonic Lodge #54 presented the family Bible to Maxine (McCollum) Treas on 20 April 1988. The family record pages are written in the same handwriting except for Maxine’s death date. The record pages include information on Maxine and her husband, her grandparents, child, and grandchildren.

This collection consists of the family Bible for Nannie (Johnson) Turner. This Bible contains the family records for births, marriages, and deaths for her parents and siblings and half siblings. She also recorded the names and birth dates of her grandparents as well as her children and grandchildren.

The Bible was presented to Harry Vickers by Patricia Vickers in 1956 upon becoming a Master Mason in the Freemasons. The Bible has a section for family history, military service, and pertinent masonic information.