Item Name	Bible with Family Register	Image1 Image2 Image3 Image4 Image5 Image6 Image7
Owner(s)	Eby, Barbara Schneider, Joseph
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1805 - Late: 1805
Description	A German-language family Bible containing family records and fraktur birth records. It is a leather-bound book with brass clasps. The book contains frakturs, a papercut, a Family Register, and handwritten family records. The fraktur was made by teacher/fraktur artist, Jacob Shoemaker, and is signed and dated 1821. The Bible was published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Provenance	The Bible was likely purchased in Pennsylvania before the family began their long trek to Canada in 1807.
Collection	Private Collection

Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.