Old Books and Bibles

I finally got around to cleaning out my bedroom closet (which has a fancy new door!) and came across

some items I had forgotten I had in there.

First there is this childcare book that my parents used while dealing with my brothers and I as babies and children.

It was first published in 1894!  My brothers were born in the 1940s and I was born in 1959.

 Hmmm, it makes me wonder - did childrearing not change much in the 50 or so years since the turn of the century? Then I realized it had been updated every five years or so and this particular edition was published in 1943.

My parents kept a diligent record of our height and weight throughout the years - until I was 14 apparently!

Also in the closet I found some very old family bibles.

I'm guessing this was given to my great-grandmother from my grandfather's  brother, John.
The Hughes family came over to the U.S. from Scotland.  Mr. Connor, do you concur?

You can see by the beautifully written inscriptions and dates that these go very far back and were probably carried across the ocean when our relatives immigrated to the U.S.

Although older, this one is in better condition.

I am not sure who these relatives are, perhaps on my grandmother's side. Mr. Connor (my brother) again what do you think?

Inside I found a beautiful bright red prayer cloth or page marker, not sure exactly.

The print is so small!

This weekend I hope to tackle some more closets and also our attic.  I'm looking forward to perhaps finding some more lovely surprises as I do so.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.