Kentucky Marriage Records


Book Description

Except for a series of newspaper abstracts by G. Glenn Clift, this volume contains every list of marriages known to have been published in "The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" since 1903. The following nineteen of Kentucky's oldest counties are represented, some of which, either in whole or in part, spawned a great many later counties: Barren, Bourbon, Christian, Floyd, Franklin, Grant, Greenup, Hardin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Pike, Shelby, Union, and Woodford. Based on courthouse records--primarily marriage bonds, licenses, ministers' returns, and marriage registers--the combined lists, which are fully indexed, contain references to approximately 50,000 persons!




Red Book


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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.







Guide to County Records and Genealogical Resources in Tennessee


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This fabulous work is a county-by-county guide to the genealogical records and resources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville. Based largely on the Tennessee county records microfilmed by the LDS Genealogical Library, it is an inventory of extant county records and their dates of coverage. For each county the following data is given: formation, county seat, names and addresses of libraries and genealogical societies, published records (alphabetical by author), W.P.A. typescript records, microfilmed records (LDS), manuscripts, and church records. The LDS microfilm covers almost every record that could be used by the genealogist, from vital records to optometry registers, from wills and inventories to school board minutes. There also is a comprehensive list of statewide reference works.







We Have Roots Too!


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"Anecdotes, tidbits and documents to provide insight into the lives of members of the Peterson, Freeland, gardner, Snider, Hurt and many other families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Also, data on the Arnold family of Texas, the Ochs family of Tennessee and New York, the Wilder family of Vermont, the Barr family of Pennsylvania, and many others."--Back cover.




A Garrard County Tragedy


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"Why did Pa have to die?" What Pa was involved in had been handed down from generation to generation. The Hill's and the Evans' had fought over land and squabbled over money for years - taking each other to court, putting up unseen boundaries on land to keep each other out. Mary Hill didn't understand everything about the feud. She knew that Uncle Jesse was shot and killed two years ago, but was really too young to grasp what had happened. So young, and so familiar with sorrow, Mary struggles to keep her family together in the midst of a bitter and violent feud. Just fifteen years old, she is thrust into the role of mother to her twelve siblings, fearful that, with the coming of each new day, a new tragedy will strike. By escaping Garrard County, Mary may be able to save her family from further bloodshed, but can she get them all out in time?




Kentucky Ancestors


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Searcy Family in Early America


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Genealogical research for the descendants of John and Phoebe Searcy who migrated from Granville County, NC to Kentucky and Indiana and many states beyond. Book contains approximately 4,000 public and private source records with freshly written abstracts of all records for the Searcy family in the region from 1775 to 1830. Book includes deeds, tax rolls, court order books, marriage records, wills and probate, guardianships, civil court case files, Virginia petitions, land grants, militia records, US Censuses, pension applications, Federal land grants, Bible records and newspaper articles. Research record locations include Bath County, Boone County, Carroll County, Clark County, Fayette County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Gallatin County, Henry County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Madison County, Mercer, Owen County, Scott County, Shelby County, Spencer County, Washington County and Woodford County. Indiana Counties include Switzerland County. The migration started with three of John's grandsons joining Daniel Boone's 30-man team of trailblazers who built Fort Boonesborough. Research goes beyond the boundaries of these states to find additional information on the lives of early Searcy's. The book contains an every-name index, family chart of John and Phoebe Searcy's sons and grandchildren that moved to Kentucky, study of the fourth generation children, images of all early Searcy surveys and list of court cases reviewed for the book.