FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

(December 12, 1975) amended, in Article VIII on Hearsay, declare that records contained in a Family Bible, (ie. birthdays, marriages, children, etc.), are considered so trustworthy and reliable as to be a formal exception to the Evidence Rule against Hearsay, and are thereby admissible as evidence:

Rule 803 Hearsay Exceptions; Availability of Declarant Immaterial

(13).1 Family Records. Statements of fact concerning personal or family history contained in family Bibles … 3984