All; Earlier, Darla asked for a look up in the Kenton County Index Book #1 for the marriage on July 12, 1865 in Covington, between Sophia Runge and William Hartman(n). I don't know if you prefer to call this a good example or a bad one, but it does illustrate the problems sometimes associated with using this resource. The marriages in the index run from 1863 to 1876. Names of brides and grooms are alphabetized in the back of the entries, but the actual list is done by date. So, I first checked the index. There are only two Hartman(n)s listed - August and Joseph B. There are three RUNGEs listed - Carolina, Elizabeth and William J. The page numbers given for all those names indicated the pertinent marriages would have taken place more recently than 1865. But, since Darla had also given a marriage date, I looked in the pages in chronological order and there was: Kenton County Marriage Book #1, Covington, KY page 24: William HARTMAN age 33, tailor, married Sophie LONGE, age 36. They were both residents of Covington, both born in Germany, all parents also born in Germany, and the index says it was a 2nd marriage for each of them. For any further information, you would have to get the record, and possibly also a church document. So, you can see potential problems with this book. Although William Hartman was not in the index, he was clearly listed with the marriages. And Sophie/Sophia's surname was probably mistranscribed from Runge to Longe - that's another common problem. At any rate-- good luck with your continued search! Ann Bergelt The license was issued on 7/18 and the marriage took place on 7/23/1865.

Cautionary note. Remember that there are two court houses. Because I was always interested in marriages in the Independence area I always visited that courthouse but never did visit Covington. It is possible that the records are not duplicated in the two court houses. As I recall the actual books are indexed by first letter of surname and by bride and groom. Maybe with current technology a digital photograph exists of the original book. ----- Original Message ----- From: <AnnBergelt@aol.com> To: <KYKENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 1:10 PM Subject: [KYKENTON] Example of Kenton Co. index information > All; > > Earlier, Darla asked for a look up in the Kenton County Index Book #1 for > the marriage on July 12, 1865 in Covington, between Sophia Runge and > William > Hartman(n). > > I don't know if you prefer to call this a good example or a bad one, but > it > does illustrate the problems sometimes associated with using this > resource. > > The marriages in the index run from 1863 to 1876. Names of brides and > grooms are alphabetized in the back of the entries, but the actual list > is done > by date. > > So, I first checked the index. There are only two Hartman(n)s listed - > August and Joseph B. > There are three RUNGEs listed - Carolina, Elizabeth and William J. > > The page numbers given for all those names indicated the pertinent > marriages > would have taken place more recently than 1865. But, since Darla had > also > given a marriage date, I looked in the pages in chronological order and > there was: > > Kenton County Marriage Book #1, Covington, KY page 24: > William HARTMAN age 33, tailor, married Sophie LONGE, age 36. > They were both residents of Covington, both born in Germany, all parents > also born in Germany, and the index says it was a 2nd marriage for each of > them. > > For any further information, you would have to get the record, and > possibly > also a church document. > > So, you can see potential problems with this book. Although William > Hartman was not in the index, he was clearly listed with the marriages. > And > Sophie/Sophia's surname was probably mistranscribed from Runge to Longe - > that's > another common problem. > > At any rate-- good luck with your continued search! > > Ann Bergelt > The license was issued on 7/18 and the marriage took place on 7/23/1865. > > > ==== KYKENTON Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Admin: mailto:KYKENTON-admin@rootsweb.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to: KYKENTON-L-request@rootsweb.com > (In Digest Mode change the "L" to a "D") with the word unsubscribe > in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >