----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 12:13 PM Subject: Family Tree Finders Wednesday January 5, 2000 > > > FAMILY TREE FINDERS > Wednesday - 5 January 2000 > > Mason County, Kentucky Wills and Estates > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > GET YOUR FREE POST-IT(R) NOTES AT iPRINT.COM > Q: What's fun, sticky and makes life easier? > A: 10 pads of FREE personalized Post-it(R) Notes from > iPrint.com! This special offer is valid for a limited time > To new customers only. Click here: > http://www.iPrint.com/116.html?ad=419116D > > ^a href="http://www.iPrint.com/116.html?ad=419116D"> > AOL users click here > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > > If you have ancestors in north eastern Kentucky prior to 1810, > it is possible that you will find yourself searching the records > for Mason County, Kentucky. In 1790, this county > encompassed what would ultimately become the counties of > Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, > Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence, Lewis, Martin, Mason, Morgan, > Pike, Robertson, Rowan counties along with parts of Magoffin > and Pendleton counties. > > Recently a new book has been published that includes wills > and estates for Mason County, Kentucky for the years 1791 to > 1832. There are eight volumes of wills and estates included in > this book. > > Abstracted by Jana Sloan Broglin, "Mason County, Kentucky > Wills and Estates, 1791-1832, Books A through H with > Combined Every Name Index" was published by Heritage > House. This volume is indeed more than an index to these > probate records. > > Originally published as separate volumes, the volumes have > now been combined into a single hardbound volume. Each > volume includes not only the name of the deceased and the > location of the records for that estate, but these abstracts also > include: > > -- names of wives, sons and daughters > -- other names mentioned in the estate > -- names of slaves > -- the date of the instrument (which could be a will, inventory, > account, dower, or sale) > -- the date recorded > -- miscellaneous notes (may include additional names or > occupations or show relationships) > > The combined index is alphabetical by surname and then by > given name, with the exception of the slaves. Slaves are listed > alphabetically in the index by given name. The benefit of > such a system is that if you are not sure of the name of the > owner of the slave, you still have a chance to locate the slave > in the index. The page numbers listed in the index refer you to > the pages of the individual volumes. An entry may refer to > page D8. This tells you that the individual is listed in volume > D on page 8. > > Jana Sloan Broglin's "Mason County, Kentucky Wills and > Estates, 1791-1832" is available for $102 (postage paid) from > Ye Olde Genealogy Shoppe, PO Box 39128, Indianapolis, IN > 46239; call 1-800-4190-0200; fax 1-317-862-2599. You can > learn more about the books by Ye Olde Genealogy Shoppe by > visiting their web site at http://www.yogs.com/ . > > *** WIN $8,764 *** > Play CEO for a day and win $8,764 (the average daily pay > of a Fortune 500 CEO); a free trip to California; and > $1,000 in computer equipment! Just go to OfficeClick.com, > the web site designed specifically for admins, and tell us > how you'd do things if you were a CEO. > http://www.officeclick.com/?MPC=em0029+ec03+te013+aq+5299 > > <a href="http://www.officeclick.com/?MPC=em0029+ec03+te013+aq > +5299"> > AOL Users Click Here > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > Rhonda R. McClure > [email protected] > > If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, > please forward this entire message to them! > _________________________________________________ > To subscribe to Family Tree Finders, send a blank e-mail message to: > [email protected] > > At the site you can change your address, cancel or join: > http://207.153.204.247/cgi-bin/gt/login.html > > To cancel your free subscription don't hit reply,send a blank email from > your subscription address: [email protected] > > To: > [email protected] > ________________________________________________ > Copyright 1999 by SodaMail. All rights reserved. > http://www.sodamail.com > > > > >