I'm making a few days worth of posts to both lists; I will be seeking additional information to post next week. Most of the lists seems to be working now, however the KYBIOGRAPHIES lists will not post yet; hopefully that will be solved today. One of the questions I'm asked often is that which appears in the subject line - who has what and where? I am not talking here of local resources kept at the County Clerk's office or Circuit Clerk's office. So for a couple of posts or so, I'll try to help you out! KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & LIBRARY. This is located in Frankfort, KY; you can become a member which entitles you to a year's subscription to the Kentucky Historical Register, Kentucky Ancestors and newsletters called the Bulletin. The library has a collection of over 50,000 volumes with thousands of family histories and privately owned genealogies. It has a large surname file collection, query card file, BIble records, church records, newspapers, maps, manuscripts and journals published by other societies. Also are published county records, computerized lists, microfilms, vertical files - some available for purchase. They also have a photographic archives, a rare book room, records of the emetery Records project, vital statistics card index, tax lists and more. Their website is: http://history.ky.gov/. Address is on website. KENTUCKY HISTORICAL CONFEDERATION, P. O. Box H, Frankfort, KY 40602-2108 - publisher of a newsletter called "The Circuit Rider." KENTUCKY STATE ARCHIVES. P. O. Box 537, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort 40601-05i37. This is also known as the KY Department of Libraries and Archives (KDLA), Public Records Division. I love this place!!! This is the repository for the state's permanent public records. It houses original and microfilmed records which include city, county, state and judicial. Thereis an area about 86,000 cubic feet of original records and 22,000 rolls of microfilm. They have the Draper Manuscripts, some genealogical collections, some early newspapers and historic maps. All the county court records microfilmed by the Mormon Church in the 1960's are available here. Counties in KY send original documents that the county cannot continue to retain here. All census records are available, the 1840 census of Revolutionary War pensioners, and extensive military records. The Adjutant Generals' records are to be found here. Check http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ for hours and more information. The staff here is outstanding and helpful. You can call for the original documents; photocopying is available. KENTUCKY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, P. O. Box 153, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort 40602. Their society publishes a quarterly titled "Bluegrass Roots." The society's holdings are in the Archives Researach Room of the KDLA above. Housed there are family files, group sheets from the KY Family Archives Group. The website (I believe this is still active) is http://www.kygs.org/ Next time we'll look at the military records available; they are extensive. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com