Last Monday (January 19, 2009) was the 200th birthday of Edgar Allen Poe. Now I see that the Library of Virginia, in partnership with the Poe Museum, is preparing an exhibition dealing with Poe’s life and works. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be the Poe Family Bible. The exhibition is scheduled to open July 18, 2009.
This Bible includes genealogical information including birth and death dates of Poe family members, as well as notes on marriages. The earliest family information dates to 1725. A sketch of the Poe family burial plot at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground is included.
For more information, see the January 20, 2009 edition of Happy News.
Read another very good article on digitization projects that will make the fragile Poe Family Bible accessible, as well as information on the Poe Museum, from the January 19, 2009 Boston Herald.