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Christmas Journey in Kentucky by Sandi.
Illustrated.
Fictional tales of the past of Christmas in Kentucky. Stories
include My Kentucky, Christmas Memories, Weary Footprints in the
Snow, Of Christmases Past, Kentucky Snowstorm, Christmas Memories of
the 1940's and 1950's, A Christmas Eve Mystery and Journey to the
Unknown. Also contains 29 stories from friends of their favorite
Christmas memories, primarily from Kentucky.
65 pages, $12.00 including shipping & handling. KY residents
please add 6% sale tax.
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Concord
Baptist Church of Barren Co, Volume 3.
Last in a
series of the minutes of this church located in the Austin-Tracy
area. Minutes run from 1920 through 1947 with membership lists.
Added has been the
1930 Barren Co census entries that could be found for the membership
and burials at Concord Cemetery and the Austin Cemetery of members.
New members are listed in the back through 1959. 56 pages including
full name index. $12.00 including shipping
and handling. KY residents
please add 6% sales tax.
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Bernis D. Harvey's Book
A ledger book kept from 1892 through 1947 by
Harvey containing 1,204 deaths, 336 marriages, ministers and messages and Harvey
family data. Carefully recorded over the years, a wealth of information on the
people of Metcalfe County. Contains information on the 1925 tornado which
devastated the area, photos and other information. 95
pages including full-name index. $24.00 including shipping and handling. KY
residents please add 6% sales tax.
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Hart County KY Vital
Statistics Births and Deaths. 4,607 birth
records and 1,633 death records for the years 1852 through
1859,
1861, 1874 through 1876, 1892, 1893, 1903, 1904 and 1907.
Information
included on births is name, date of birth, name of parents,
place of
birth of parents. Information included on deaths normally
are name,
date of death, place of birth, residence and death, cause of
death,
age, occupation, parents' name and parents' place of birth
(varies
from year to year). Slave and black records included. 150
pages done
in alphabetical order plus surname index of parents shown.
$35.00
including shipping and handling.
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Reports of the KY Court of Appeals, Volume 3. Covers
appeals from April 1884 through the end of 1889. 181 cases
for Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green,
Hardin, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe and Warren Counties.
Extremely interesting cases including railroad deaths,
murders, forgery, counterfeiting, insurance
companies, fires, laws of descents, etc.
158 pages included full-name
index. $26.00 includes shipping and handling.
Reports of Kentucky Court of Appeals Volume 2.
132
cases from the Winter term 1854 through Summer Term 1855,
Summer & Winter terms 1856 through 1858; Summer & Winter
terms 1866 through 1873; Winter term 1874; Summer term 1875;
Summer & Winter terms 1876; January term 1877 through
January term 1878. This covers the Civil War era and there
are many fascinating cases. Counties included are: Adair,
Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hardin, Hart,
Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe and Warren.
117 pages including full-name index,
$22.00.
Reports of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Vol. 1.
These are cases that
went to the KY Court of Appeals from the Circuit Court for the following
counties: Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hardin, Hart,
Logan, Monroe and Warren. Trm dates covered include Spring 1813, Fall 1814,
Spring & Fall1839, Spring & Fall 1840, Spring & Fall 1841, Spring & Fall 1842,
Spring & Fall 1843, Spring 1844, Fall 1847, Spring & Fall 1848, Spring & Winter
1849, Spring & Winter 1849, Summer & Winter 1850, Summer & Winter 1852 and
Summer & Winter 1853. 74 cases - some abstracted, many in full. Covers land
disputes, slave emancipation cases, will, debts, dower, stolen hogs, wife's
dower, pre-marital contracts, fraud, conflicting titles, tippling house,
alimony, forcible entry, intent to kill, failure to follow through on will,
failure to have required licenses, dams and roads. 112 pages which includes a
full-name index, explanation of the Court of Appeals and records kept and a
lengthy old-time dictionary of most of the terms used. $22.00 including shipping & handling, KY residents add 6% sales tax.
Acts of the General Assembly of Kentucky.
Legislature that was approved dealing with Adair, Allen,
Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hardin, Hart, Monroe and Warren
Counties. Includes laws passed at the following sessions:
Oct 1820, Dec 1826, Dec 1830, Nov 1831, Dec 1832, Dec 1836,
Dec 1838, Aug 1840 and Dec 1840. Contains many cases and
many names including debts, county line changes,
illegitimate children, divorces, Rev. War aid to soldiers,
churches, turnpikes, run-away or sale of slaves, and much
more. An untouched gem for genealogists that is often hard
to find. 105 pages including
full-name index. $17.00 including shipping and handling, KY
residents add 6% sales tax.
Hart Co KY
Cemeteries, Revised and Updated.
Burials
at 335 cemeteries; over 22,000 names. Detailed information on each cemetery is
given, many times with historical information to the people buried there. There
are maps to many cemeteries; 386 US soldiers listed. Names appear alphabetically
with birth and death dates, a comments column which may show parents' names,
sometimes children's and grandchildrens', organizations, inscriptions, etc. An
index follows showing all references to each cemetery shown. Most of the
cemeteries are updated to the year 2000 and beyond. Over 440 pages. $45.00
including shipping and handling.
Peters Creek Baptist Church, Books 3, 4 & 5.
Book 3 covers September
1910 through December 1932; book 4 covers January 1933 through December 1950
and book 5 covers January 1951 through December 1970. The most notable
features of these last three books are the extensive membership lists shown at
the front of each book. Many death dates are shown. The family names from
earliest days continued to serve in the person of their descendants. The names
Britt, Powell, Huddleston, Alexander, Berry, Bunch, Carver, Dawsey, Dean,
Elmore, Holder and hundreds more appear on many pages. 155 pages including full-name index, $29.00.
Edmonson Co KY
Unrecorded and Updated Cemeteries
96 cemeteries, 853 surnames and over 7,500 burials.
Cemeteries not show in previous books and many updated
during the 1996-2003 time frame. Compiled by Charles Finn
and Sandra K. Gorin.
194 pages, self-indexing.
$35.00.
Barren Co KY Vital Statistics - Births and Deaths.
Contains birth records
1852 through 1859, 1861 and 1878; death records for 1852
through 1859,
1861, 1877 through part of 1879. These were the years
recorded for the
county. There are 3,323 white births and 1,387 black ad
slave births; 1,940
white deaths; 700 black and slave deaths recorded. Done in
alphabetical
order with both births and deaths so family units will be
shown more
clearly with detailed explanation of the information
contained and possible
errors. Birth records show: name of child, sex, status,
color, parents'
names, parents' place of birth. Death records normally show:
name, place of
birth and death, age at death, parents' names and place of
birth, sometimes
cause of death, marital status and often occupation. 216
pages, full-name
index of parent's names.
$35.00 including shipping and
handling.
Barren Co KY Vital Statistics CD - Births and Deaths.
Same as above but in
PDF format on CD.
$25.00 including shipping and handling.
Barren County Ky 1840 Federal
Census. Transcribed by Charles Hartley; a
total copy of the original census taken from the microfilm
in the format
originally done by the census takers. Detailed explanation
of the census
categories, a list of the Revolutionary War soldiers on the
census, total
counts of all categories and page by page from the original
instead of in
alphabetical order.
92 pages
including full-name index. $17.00.
Barren County KY 1840 Federal
Census CD. Same information as above.
$12.00.
Metcalfe
Co Vital Statistics. Re-formatted for easier reference. Contains
1079 births for 1860, 1861, 1874-1877, 1906 and 1907; 238 marriages
for
1861, 1875-1878, 1906 and 1907; 206 deaths for 1861; 1874-1877,
1906, 1907.
106 pages
with full-name index. $24.00.
Metcalfe Co Vital Statistics CD. Same information as above.
$20.00
Guide
for KY Researching Volume 12. Another in the popular series for
the
genealogist who is researching in KY. Topics include, but are not
limited
to: Hening's Statutes of the Law of Virginia, Harman's Stations and
the
Capture of Jennie Wiley, Kentucky and the War of 1812, Making Sense
of the
Census (a look at each census, what was required, dates taken, who
was
included, etc), Mustering Up the Courage (Civil War musters),
Nightmares in
the Civil War (surgeons, medicines, tools, nurses, spies, female
soldiers),
The Battle of Blue Lick (who was there), More on Epidemics,
Migration From
Kentucky, Are You A Welcome Guest (at the county offices), and much
more.
31 chapters, 118 pages, $24.00
Barren Co KY Annotated 1850 Census. Revised! Now in
the order as shown on the original census form with each page matching the
original census form.
Includes marriage information for the people married in Barren Co
(including date of marriage, maiden name of wife and parents when shown).
Shows all information from the original census form including dwelling
house, family number, names, place of birth, age, gender, color,
profession, occupation or trade, value of real estate, if married within
the previous year, attended school within the previous year, those over 20
who could not read & write, deaf, dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper or
convict. Also included is not just a total count of slaves owned but ages,
gender, color and many slave names when found from county records with
dates of birth and death on many.
Over 300
pages, full name bride index,
slave index and all-name index. $43.00 including shipping & handling.
Barren County KY Annotated 1850 Census CD. Available
for the first time,
the above census is now available on CD. Shown as a PDF file with a link to
Adobe Reader if needed, each section is linked. An instruction section is
shown for the user who is not familiar with working with PDF files.
$37.00
including shipping and handling.
Derastus Wilson Mercantile, 1831-1834 Another old-time general store with
many customers. While items purchased are not shown, the amount they purchased
and the amount they paid is shown with added census information 1810 through
1850. 73 pages included a full-name index. $15.00
including shipping and handling.
Christopher Tompkins
Minute Book 1817- 1822. The records of the proceedings
of the Circuit Court under Judge Christopher Tompkins, noted
Judge, KY State Representative and lawyer. If your ancestor
was in Barren Co during this time frame, they likely were
sued, sued someone or sat on the Grand Jury. Hundreds of
cases in abbreviated format as recorded by Richard Garnett,
Clerk. 150 pages plus 34 page
index plus a list of many of the legal definitions shown.
$32.00 including shipping and handling.
Barren Co KY Circuit
Court Records Volume 10. Transcribed
by the late Gladys Benedict Wilson; 26 cases dated 1813
through 1849. Cases include theft, lunacy, buying land
before of legal age, distribution of land and slaves and
a salt well dispute. Surnames as plaintiffs and
defendants include Goodman, Phillips, Fitzgerald,
Whitten, Hall, Huckaby, Smith, Ford, Penn, Holloway,
Lee, Wilson, Jones, Payne, Jenkins, Mayfield, Twyman,
Hatton, Freeman, Depp, Wooten, Wrenn, Davidson, Buford,
Mayfield, Matthews, Cake, Bush, Burks, Kinchelow,
Emerson, Azlen, Furlong, Grey, Haley, Settle, Jordan,
Holman, Greer, Minton, Lewis, Green, Morris, Wolf,
Young, Underwood, Rogers, Moss, Bethel, Waller,
Jeffries, Mansfield, Ryon, Huggins.
130 pages including full-name
index. $22.00.
The Robert Stockton Papers. An enormous and greatly detailed report on
the Rev. Robert Stockton and each of his children. Contains marriages, deeds,
family sheets, cemetery records, family letters and much more. Also includes
other Stockton data on affiliated lines in VA and Cumberland Co KY. Majority of
documents are photocopies of the originals. Includes a large amount of
information on the Garnett, Hall and other lines with same documents. Created by
the late Gladys B Wilson before her death and given to me to publish this
many-year work. 322 pages including over 5,000
full-name index. $37.00.
Indian Creek Baptist Church of Monroe Co, Volume 2. Dec 1881 through June
1919. Included with the church minutes are the burials at Neal Cemetery
through the 1970's.
122 pages including membership lists and full name
index. $28.00.
Barren County Circuit Court Records
Volume 9. 32 cases,
ranging from 1809 to 1877 (only 3 cases after 1858) and
includes land disputes, slave settlements, murder, patent
disputes, a problem with a raffle for a watch, a lunacy
hearing, fights over horses, bad bookkeeping at a mercantile
and many other cases - including a gal who couldn't handle
her late husband's children, her children and disobedient
slaves. Some of names involved include: Forbis, Lee, Jewell,
Crozier, Thomas, Martin, Staton, Mitchell, Wade, Holder,
Harlow, Jamison, Edmunds, Martin, Dickerson, Bridges,
Warder, Fulcher, Gillock, Wheeler, Monroe and many others.
All old Circuit Court cases are now in Frankfort making
them hard to research. Many heirs shown.
129 pages, $28.00.
My Pyle Roots of Logan Co IL, Vol. 2.
All new and detailed information on
the Pyle family of Logan County, IL including associated lines of
Miller, McCalley, Patterson, Moody, Snodgrass and others. Traces the
McCalley/McCauley line back many generations, pedigree of noted
evangelist Dwight L Moody. Coats of Arms, many photographs of
people, cemeteries and homes. 156 pages
including full-name index. $30.00.
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church of Barren Co KY, Vol. 2, 1900-1962.
Large
membership list, minutes of the monthly meetings during this time
frame.Contains a large number of obituaries. Many Barren Co families
attended here. 138 pages including
full-name index. $28.00.
Barren County KY Church Index:
A listing and brief
look at the churches found in Barren Co from 1799 through the
1950's. Each church whose records could be found may include the
following information, if available. Name of church, location, date
of founding (constituted), list of pastors who have served the
church, sometimes list of deacons or clerks. Early members cited
when found. References as to source of information including Barren
County deeds, newspapers, historical accounts. Photographs of the
church are shown on many. Some churches have no reference outside of
the deeds. 100 pages, full-name index.
$18.00 including shipping and handling. KY residents add 6 % sales
tax
Guide for Kentucky Researching Volume 11:
Contents include
Indian Problems in Carroll, Clark and Fleming Counties, The
Handkerchief Attack, The Faithful Horse, The Black White Man, The
Ranger’s Spirit, The Cook Wives, Water, Eggs and Blood, Big Joe
Logston and the Indian Attack in Green County, “Kwik” Footed
Kennedy, Eagle-Eye Hart, Bold Mr Bough, The Trail of Tears in
Kentucky, The Cholera Epidemic of 1873 in Kentucky (with many
names), Floods and Tornadoes in Kentucky, What Am I Doing Wrong?,
The Perfect Family, What’s That Mean?, A Pebble In My Shoe, Where’s
My Daddy?, You’ve Got To Be Kidding!, The Fugitive Slave Act of
1850, Our Kentucky Courthouses – Losses, Who Has What?, County
Boundary Changes, Early Seminaries And Common Schools, High Military
Officers, Kentucky Men in Battle, Yesterday, A Letter From Home, A
Lonely Grave, Protecting the Kentucky Frontier, The Fine Art of
Horse Trading, Oh!, I See!, Navigating The River, The Romance of the
River, A Thistle And A Bagpipe, The Strange Story of Nathan Slinker,
The Strange Case Of The Blue Peoople On Troublesome Creek, A Boo-Tiful
Tip, Christmas Memories 2005. 124 pages,
full name index.
$27.00 which includes shipping and handling. KY residents add 6% sales tax.
BARREN
COUNTY KY UNRECORDED BURIALS Annotated. Includes over
6,000 unrecorded burials in Glasgow Municipal and Happy Valley
Memorial Gardens in Glasgow plus Barren Countians buried out of the
county, cremations and burials where locations are unknown. Burials
shown include those citizens not recorded in the Barren County
Cemetery book from the 1880's through 1991, those dying 1992 to May
18, 2006, and corrections and additions to the cemetery book.
Contains additional information on many individuals including, when
possible, spouse name, parent's name, military service, fraternal
organizations, some causes of death and some biographical
information. Also contains a large list of out of county cemeteries
and locations for those buried outside of Barren County and sources
for information. Sources include information provided by A. F. Crow
and Son Funeral Home, Hatcher and Saddler Funeral Home, death
certificates, newspapers, information from burial permits and the
records provided by Glasgow Municipal Cemetery (which include
hundreds of burials not shown in the Barren County Cemetery book).
Over 14 years worth of research!
15,000 full-name index.
301 pages, $38.00 which
includes shipping and handling. KY residents add 6% sales tax.
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