Wow! What a story… The following excerpt is from an article posted in the April 9, 2014 edition of people.com:
It was surrounded by computer parts when it arrived at a Denver, Colo., Goodwill, which may have been why the employees took notice of it.
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According to Denver NBC affiliate KUSA, the employees discovered an inscription in the Bible (originally published in England), reading: “Wm Burbidge, Long Bucky, Northhamptonshire, born May 20th 1812, Died August 9th 1882.” It ended with “Grace Ann Burbidge, Born July 31st 1854, Died 12th May 1932.”
One way or another, the tale of the Bible made it up the chain to Goodwill’s Chief People Officer Joyce Schlose, who happens to be a genealogy enthusiast.
