Instructions for finding Family Bible records in the Periodical Source Index (PERSI)

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The Periodical Source Index (PERSI)

PERSI is the premier subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals/magazines/journals, and is produced by the staff of The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. This valuable resource provides more than 3.1 million citations to readily-available periodical sources across almost a century of publications.

https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_persisurname.php

The Periodical Source Index (PERSI) can be accessed via the above URL (copy and paste it to your browser)

once on the PERSI main page

follow these steps:

1) Type in your SURNAME of interest in the surname field and click SEARCH

this will result in results being returned of any articles in periodicals that include that surname.

2) For some common surnames it may take various seconds for all the items to be displayed - be patient. Once completely displayed a SEARCH box will appear that will allow you to further filter the results on any keyword. You can type in BIBLE (or other similar terms Register, Sampler, Fraktur etc.) and the original list will be dynamically filtered down.

3) Once you see an item you wish to actually see a copy of - you may wish to contact the Library ( Genealogy@ACPL.Info ) and see if they are willing to send you a digital copy via email. OR They might ask you to submit a formal fee based copy using this form:

https://www.genealogycenter.info/pdf/Article-ORDER-FORM.pdf

4) Besides the above steps - you might see how using the KEYWORD search - at the bottom of this page: https://www.genealogycenter.info/persi/ may be helpful.

also see:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Periodical_Source_Index_(PERSI)