"Did Catholics write their genealogies on the insides of their family bibles?"
"Did Catholics write their genealogies on the insides of their family bibles?"
I have personally wondered this, and posed this same question to many different people both in the United States and abroad.
It seems that the answer is, "Not traditionally, no. This is more of a Protestant tradition."
But there are exceptions. On a visit to NCSML I was allowed to look at the stacks in the back of the library, and I found a Czech prayer book with a written genealogy in it.
Perhaps we can discover whose it is?
Or perhaps you have more insight into this issue?
Ano, I could have won half a million!
Ano, I could have won half a million!
Any Who Wants to Be a Millionare? fans out there? J.D. Barton was thrown a basic question about the Czech word for "yes", and rather than go for the 500,000, instead he played it safe. Read more about it here.
Meanwhile, I bet most of us are shaking our fists or pulling our hair in frustration, since ano (and not the political party) - we probably would have known the answer.
If you win a million dollars, don't forget to donate a portion of it to CGSI.