“Bay Psalm Book” Up for Sale

The following excerpt is from a short article published in the Decmember 2, 2012 edition of CBS Boston.

BOSTON [Massachusetts] (CBS) – A piece of local church history dating back to the Colonial Era could be up for sale, and worth millions of dollars.

The Congregation of the Old South church is voting on whether to sell a copy of the “Bay Psalm Book,” which was printed in Cambridge in 1640.

Read the full article.

Imaged Pages of the Boston Psalm Book – at the Library of Congress Website

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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