In a message dated 3/8/2002 11:09:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, SMARCMAR@aol.com writes: > too was told that the LDS took the earliest court > records. I received this information when I went to the Bath Co. > courthouse > and tried to find the earliest records. Are you talking about the early marriage books or court records? I wasn't aware there were any court documents missing---except for the ones lodged at Kentucky Archives. Orginal documents damaged in a fire were to be thrown out when someone from the Historical Society showed up... that is what I was told. Those documents are not at Bath County Courthouse---nor have they been indexed. I went through them a few years ago., they are very fragile, water stained and some are even half burned. In the past few years several people have went to the archives to search these files but no one there knew anything about them... in fact I found them listed in a book and when I asked at the desk no one knew where they were or what they were -----but they did find them. Now the marriage books are a different story. The story I was told was it was a local genealogist that "lost" them and not the LDS... in fact I was under the impression they actually knew where they were.

Very enlightening.... thank you so much for your candor!! I too have been to the Owingsville Courthouse many, many times and always found the info I was looking for.... hmmmm... Johnny Mack ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jo209@aol.com> To: <KYBATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [KYBATH] Missing Records > In a message dated 3/8/2002 11:09:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, > SMARCMAR@aol.com writes: > > > > too was told that the LDS took the earliest court > > records. I received this information when I went to the Bath Co. > > courthouse > > and tried to find the earliest records. > > Are you talking about the early marriage books or court records? I wasn't > aware there were any court documents missing---except for the ones lodged at > Kentucky Archives. Orginal documents damaged in a fire were to be thrown out > when someone from the Historical Society showed up... that is what I was > told. Those documents are not at Bath County Courthouse---nor have they been > indexed. I went through them a few years ago., they are very fragile, water > stained and some are even half burned. > > In the past few years several people have went to the archives to search > these files but no one there knew anything about them... in fact I found them > listed in a book and when I asked at the desk no one knew where they were or > what they were -----but they did find them. > > Now the marriage books are a different story. The story I was told was it was > a local genealogist that "lost" them and not the LDS... in fact I was under > the impression they actually knew where they were. >