Just a reminder in case anyone who has conducted Kentucky research has forgotten. Prior to the Civil War, Kentucky mandated that the counties keep records of births and deaths. Marriage records, which involves legal aspects, had generally already been kept, although we genealogists cannot always find them. (My aunt told me her mother helped her to elope--think of that when doing genealogy.) Anyway, here is what the Family History Library catalog (_www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) ) says that the Library in Salt Lake City has in the way of Vital Records [births, marriges, deaths] on film. (oops--there is a typo--not mine!!!) Ora Chandler, long ago, transcribed some early Henderson Co. marriage records, and you will find a film of her transcription also listed under Vital Records. Of course, you know that if you have an LDS family history center near your home, you can order films from the Library at Salt Lake City for a rather small fee. Submitted by E.W.Wallace Microreproduction of original records at the Kentucky State Historical Society and the State Arhives in Lexington, Kentucky. ____________________________________ Births, 1852-1859, 1903-1904, 1907; marriages, 1852-1859, 1902-1905, 1907; deaths, 1852-1859, 1903-1904.