STATE OF KENTUCKY - GENERIC
RESEARCH BOOKS
KENTUCKY COURT AND OTHER RECORDS - VOL.II; Compiled by Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery; Genealogical
Publishing Co.Inc., Baltimore, MD; 1972. Indexed by surname only. This books is a compliation from some original court entries for
wills, deeds, orders, suits, church minutes, old Bibles, and tombstone inscriptions for counties of Bath, Bourbon, Bracken, Clark,
Fayette, Fleming, Hardin, Harrison, Jefferson, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nicholas, Oldham, Scott, Warren,
and Woodford.
Type of information for each county varies greatly with no two counties necessarily having the same type of records. Time frame for information within each county also varies greatly. However, the overall time frame is for the 1700s and the 1800s with no information for the 1900s.
TALLEY'S NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY PAPERS; William M. Talley; American Reference Publishers, Fort Worth, TX;
1971. Indexed by surname, followed by given name. This book is a compliation of some newspapers, wills, deeds, marriages, Bibles,
personal letters, deaths, land suits, and other court records, mainly for counties of Carter, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Nicholas,
Morgan, and Rowan.
Type of information for each county varies greatly with no two counties necessarily having the same type of records. Time frame for information within each county also varies greatly. However, the overall time frame is for the 1700s and the 1800s with no information for the 1900s.
EARLY KENTUCKY NEWSPAPERS; Vol.1; Statewide deaths from Mount Sterling Advocate, published 1891-1897, Montgomery
Co., KY; compiled by M.W. Elliston. Indexed only by surname. Book mainly covers obituaries for Montgomery Co.; but does include
some obituaries for Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Menifee, Nicholas, and Powell Co's. in KY, as well as a variety of obituraries for other
deaths in KY. They are only for the years 1891 thru 1897.
KENTUCKY RECORDS; Early Wills and Marriages Copied from Courthouse Records by Regents, Historians, and the State
Historian; Old Bible Records and Tombstone Inscriptions; Records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark,Daviess, Fayette, Nelson,
Nichols, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby Counties; Compiled by Mrs. William Breckenbridge Ardery; Lexington, KY; 1926; Reprinted by
Southern Book Co. of Baltimore, MD in 1958; Reissued by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. of Baltimore, MD in 1965, 1969,1977,
1981, 1986, and 1999; Library of Congress Catalogue Card #65-24115; ISBN 0-0863-0005-1. NOTE: This book is often referred
to as Volume 1. Marriage information is not indexed - only in alphabetical order by groom's surname. None of the surnames in Family
Bibles are indexed, they only list by surname of the first ancestor. This results in your having to know that first ancestor's surname.
ABSTRACT OF EARLY KENTUCKY WILLS AND INVENTORIES; Copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories; J. Estelle Stewart King; Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 62-5627; International Standard Book Number 0-8063-0202-X; Originally published 1933; Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD; 1961 and 1969; Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD; 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002. This book indexed only by surname listing person's surname and those inheriting property; but listing surnames of only SOME of people who were witnesses. This book is NOT a photo-copy of actual will. Only covers 38 counties in Kentucky with general time frame of late 1700s to circa 1845. Time frame varies by county.
Type of information for each county varies greatly with no two counties necessarily having the same type of records. Time frame for information within each county also varies greatly. However, the overall time frame is for the 1700s and the 1800s with no information for the 1900s.
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