Has anyone heard of a Harris County cemetery? I am looking for the burial site of Wiley Johnson Rudolph, whose's death certificate said he was buried in "Harris Grave Yard". I can't find that cemetery listed via the USGS geonames website ( http://geonames.usgs.gov) for McCracken county. Jason

Hello all! Does anyone know what schools were in the area of Paducah KY in the time specified above? I'm looking for photos of grandparent and siblings. Great Grandfather worked for the government on locks and dams. If anyone knows of info on that in the area I'd appreciate it also. Debra

KYMCCRAC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Dear List! Just signed on to your mailing list! Hoping to find a marriage for Thomas BURTON (1848 Rockcastle Co. KY--died UNK) and Mary JARVIS (April 1851 Muhlenberg Co. KY--died UNK). "Our" Thomas Burton s/o Jesse and Margaret Brooks BURTON of Rockcastle Co. KY was born 1848. Thomas Burton is listed in the 1850, 1860 Rockcastle Co. KY Census. Since the construction of the RAILROAD drew many men to the Ohio, Grayson, etc. counties of KY after 1865, perhaps Thomas Burton met Mary Jarvis and they married along the RR route somewhere. Looking for any possibility.... <1866> Thomas Burton/Burden/Burtin/Burtan (various spellings) and Mary Jarvis Burton's first child Lue Burton born ca 1867 might be the first of 10 or 11 Burton children; Burton & Jarvis could have married <1866>. >1870< Thomas Burton is in the Leitchfield Grayson Co. KY 1870 Census in the HH of several men who are listed as "RR LABS." Thomas is 21; there is no info as to whether or not he is Single or Married. Also in the HH of Y. T. Pryor are Thomas Burton's two brothers, (Wm) Henry Burton, 17 and John Burton, 15; both listed as rail road laborers. There is a Levi Halensworth b NC living in this HH who also works for "rail road." Nancy Burton's was married to Levi Hollingsworth (date?); have no marriage info for Nancy Burton and Levi Hollingsworth. >1870< Thomas Burton's mother Margaret Brooks BURTON, widow of Jesse Burton, is listed in the Ohio Co. KY Census as a farmer. Also in Margaret's HH are "Mealy" (? Amelia), Mary Elizabeth (1857) and James S. Burton (1859?). Burton children missing from Margaret's HH: Elizabeth, Thomas, Wm. Henry, John, Sarah, (Mary) Susan and Nancy! Wm. ADAMS age 70 (74) is listed in this HH as a "farm hand." 1870 continued.... Thomas, Henry & John are in Ohio Co. Leitchfield. Sarah had married John Broughton ca 1867, Susan had married Emmit Quinn. There's NO info on Elizabeth or Nancy for 1870. >1872< August 5----Ohio Co. KY Caney Precinct----Thomas Burton's signature is on my GGparents marriage certf as a "witness," and on other marriage documents for his sister, my great-grandmother, Amelia E. (Permelia) Burton/Burden to marry John Clark/Clarke (b1848 VA-died 1901 KY). Amelia was days shy of being age 21 and needed permission from Margaret, etc...Both Thomas and (Wm.) Henry Burton's signatures are on statements supporting Margaret being Amelia's only living parent. Jesse Burton died ca 1863, location UNKN. >1880< Ohio Co. Hartford KY Census----"a" Thomas BURTON and Mary Jarvis Burton are now living in Hartford with these Burton children: Cordelia (?1868 KY), William H. Burton (?1870 KY), Maggie N. Burton (?1876 KY), Nulia/Neelia Burton (?1878 KY), Ruby Burton (?), Amelia Burton,(?), James Searcy Burton (1887-1957?), Mazzie Burton (?), Mary Jane Burton (?). >1880 continued... Margaret Brooks Burton, Nancy Hollensworth, James S. Burton and Nancy's dtr Anney Hollensworth are now living in ROCKCASTLE CO. KY for this census. Next door to Margaret are my great-grandparents John and Amelia CLARK/CLARKE, dtr Maggie (1874), Nanie J. (1877), John BEN Clark (1879). All of the Burton men---except Thomas Burton----and their brothers-n-law are in this 1880 Rockcastle Co. KY Census and all are coal miners. (NOTE: Martin McCarty/McCarthy listed as boarder in Margaret's HH. Nancy Burton Hollendsworth later married Martin McCarty in Rockcastle Co. KY. Have never found any marriage or death info for Levi Hollensworth/various spellings....) >1900< Ohio Co. Cromwell KY Census----Mary CALBERT, widow (bApril 1851), dtr Mary J. Burton, son James S. Burton, dtr Gay R. Burton (1893?). Mary Jarvis Burton married unknown CALBERT (Calvert, Colbert, Colvert, Albert, etc...) ca1893. The last Burton child born 1893. ALSO in Mary Calbert's HH is James A. Davis (1866 KY) and wife Amelia Burton Davis. James and Amelia m'd ca 1898. Thomas Burton drops out of the sight after 1880 Ohio Co. KY Census. There is "a" Thomas Burton/Burtan listed in the OHIO CO. KY marriage index with Mrs. Hannah Leach ca 1899. The age of this Thomas Burton is off, but we don't know whether whether "our" Thomas Burton & Mary Jarvis Burton divorced sometime after 1893 or if Thomas Burton died. We don't know when Mary Jarvis Burton married UNKN Calbert or when Calbert died--------or when Mary Jarvis Burton Calbert died. Any help or info is greatly appreciated! charlotte Surnames i'm researching: Clark/Clarke, Burton/Burden/Burtan, Brooks, Merriman/Merryman, Adams, Hughes, Baxter, Quinn, Bullock, Hollensworth/Halensworth, Broughton, Lair, Lawson, Johnson, Stanley, Patterson, Johnson, Thomas, Wise, Bryan(t), McBride, Callahan, Booth(e) etc...

I have my 3 requests, so I have to cut off the offer now. I apologize, but I'm hoping to have a small amount of time at the Union County courthouse the same day, so the number of requests I can handle is limited. Jason

I'll be heading to the McCracken County Courthouse on Friday. If anyone needs anything simple (marriage license lookup or something like that), I'll take the first three respondents. Please limit yourself to 1 or 2 items. I will reply to the first three request I get to acknowledge receipt. Jason

I copied this straight from the reunion flyer and this is all the information I have. For more information you call call Nora and her number and address are at the bottom of the email. Thank you Robin Holt HURLEY REUNION SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24 2005 AT THE GOOD HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY KY. 11:00 AM - "TIL WE'RE DONE VISITING ! LUNCH WILL BE SERVED AT 12:30 PM MEAL: BBQ AND BUNS WILL BE PROVIDED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING: SALADS POTATO CHIPS VEGETABLES DESSERTS DRINKS,ICE WHATEVER ! BERNICE WILL BRING PAPER PLATES, NAPKINS, CUPS AND PLASTIC FORKS. WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN COME. PLEASE LET ME KNOW .....LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EACH OF YOU...NOLA NOLA BRYAN 434 SAMS STREET SMITHLAND KY 42081 270-928-4253 PlEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ANY LISTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

Researching my Byrd family. Need help with the following please: Mary Byrd b. 30 Aug. 1835 Tn. died when & where? married ? Ederington, when & where? Children ? John W. Byrd b. abt. 1844, d. abt. 1923 married Alice Sandridge when & where? Children? Jethro L. Byrd, Jr. b. 08 Sept. 1847, Ballard Co. Ky. d. 5 May 1881 Ballard Co. Ky. married? Children? Thanks for your help, Georgia Bengel Tatum Odessa, Tx. _GATATUM@aol.com_ (mailto:GATATUM@aol.com) "A people who are not proud of their forebears will never deserve the pride of their descendants." -- John E. Gratke Researching: Ashe, Bengel, Bird/Byrd, Burris, Carson, Cotton, Curry, Dowdle, Ford, Haywood, Huffer, Johnson, Lovelace, Lynn, Miller, Owens/Owen, Parmer, Petrey, Rowland, Sadler, Tatum, Trawick, Tyler, Walston, Wolfe

My ggreatgrandmother was Sarah Frances Byrd b.1838 Tn. daughter of Jethro L. and Elizabeth Haywood Byrd married William A. Lynn 1860 in Lovelaceville, Ky. He had a post office/drug store in Charleston, Mo. I'm not sure when they moved back to Western KY. "Billie" died in Milburn in 1904 and Sarah Frances died in 1926 in Kevil. They are buried in Milburn Cem. They had the following children: Maude Lynn m. Richard Reddick, Annie Laurie Lynn m. Lloyd Gholson, John Merritt Lynn m. Willie Lou Burris, Tom Byrd Lynn died as infant. Jethro L. Byrd b. 1808 Va. d. 1847 Ballard Co. Ky. married Elizabeth J. Haywood (b. 1805 Va. d. 1894 Ballard Co. Ky.) in Obion Co. Tn. in 1833. Both are buried on a farm on Blandville Road. Children: Mary Byrd m. ? Ederington, Sarah Frances Byrd, Thomas Haywood Byrd m. Mary Elizabeth Moore, John W. Byrd m. Alice Sandidge, Jethro L. Byrd, Jr. Family information says that Jethro L. Byrd, Sr. was a Presbyterian minister. I am interested in any information about any of the above people. Who were the parents of Jethro L. Byrd or Elizabeth J. Haywood? I would be happy to exchange any information that I have about these families. Thanks for you help. Georgia Bengel Tatum _GATATUM@aol.com_ (mailto:GATATUM@aol.com) Odessa, Tx. "A people who are not proud of their forebears will never deserve the pride of their descendants." -- John E. Gratke Researching: Ashe, Bengel, Bird/Byrd, Burris, Carson, Cotton, Curry, Dowdle, Ford, Haywood, Huffer, Johnson, Lovelace, Lynn, Miller, Owens/Owen, Parmer, Petrey, Rowland, Sadler, Tatum, Trawick, Tyler, Walston, Wolfe

Does anyone have an obituary for Frederick William BROOKES who died in Paducah 4/19/1952? He was my grandfather. Thank you in advance. Bev.

Listers could Sks lookup my Aunts Obit she died Paducah 6/15/1995 age 69 born 1925. Thanks Steve.

My friends - I was made aware a few days ago of budgetary cuts recommended for FY 2006 that will directly affect our ability to continue to see further advancements in digital conversion of all types of records(including those related to genealogy and history). This will affect the National Archives & Records Administration, as well as the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, both of which are mainstays in the efforts to preserve and make available our national, state and local records. Below is the news release on this matter. You can see that some very influential groups, including the American Society of Archivists, of which I was a member for a number of years, are reacting to this budget cut proposal. While I rarely suggest on any list which I host that our subscribers become involved through the petition route or by other means, this situation is one that must be corrected before it occurs. The means and sites to express your opinion, if you care to do so, is included in the message below. -B ==================================================================== The President's budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2006 slash or eliminate more than 150 federal programs. In that budget, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has been targeted to receive NO funding. This includes no funds for the grants program and no funds for staffing to support the NHPRC programs. It effectively eliminates NHPRC. The Council of State Historical Records Coordinators, the Society of American Archivists, and the National Association for Government Archivists and Records Administrators are working collaboratively to address this threat to NHPRC and NARA. Archivists across the U.S. are rallying to save NHPRC while also ensuring that NARA has sufficient funding to sustain its current programs and continue to advance in areas that benefit all archival repositories and every citizen of the United States As part of our efforts to continue to express to Congress interest in restoration of funding for NHPRC, we have created an online petition. Please consider signing this petition, and please forward it to any listservs, e-mail groups, or organizations and people you feel would be interested in helping with this effort. It is a quick and easy way for many people to assist. The petition will be forwarded to the House Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Treasury, Transportation, HUD and the Judiciary in late May. The petition can be access at: www.savearchives.org Click on the "petition" button. If you have not received a previous action alert on this issue, we encourage you to also write a letter to your members of Congress. For information on writing letters of support, see any of the following websites: www.savearchives.org www.coshrc.org www.archivists.org Thanks for your efforts to save this important program for archives! Members of the NHPRC Joint Advocacy Task Force Council of State Historical Records Coordinators: David Carmicheal, Sandra Clark, Kathleen Roe Society of American Archivists: Nancy Beaumont, Peter Gottlieb, Rand Jimerson, Joan Krizack, Richard Pearce-Moses National Association of Government Archivists and Records Administrators: Timothy Slavin

Does anyone have a BURNS family in Paducah, from about 1870's to 1929? I am searching for the family of ALEXANDER BURNS , also been told he used the name THEODORE , on some documents. His wife was SARAH ELLEN KELLER , born 1864 in Illinois. Children were (one's that I have) She had 11 children but only 7 lived. Most of these children married and lived and died in and around Paducah. 1. Albert Marion Burns b. 1880 Ky m. Freely Agnes ? 2. John Henry Burns b. 1883 Missouri m. (1)Matttie Bell (2)Mamie Robinson (3) Cora Lee Riggins. 3. Shird Lee Burns b. 1887 m. Dillie Bailey (I have been unable to find him after he left home) 4. Cora Alice Burns b. 1888 m. M.C.Reynolds (2) Jim Feagan (3)John Bodkins 5. Dora Burns b. 1892 (I believe she died sometime between 1900 and 1910, have been unable to find anything so far) 6. Jessie James Burns b. 1895 m. (1) Celia Wiggins (2) Lala H. ? 7. Jimmy Sester Burns b. 1900 m. Thelma Gray I was in Contact with a KAREN BURNS , about this family , if she is on this list , or anyone knows her email addy ,PLEASE ,email me as the address I have on her does'nt work anymore. If anyone has a connection to the children or any of these BURNS please email me also. Thank You Carol (Keller) illig

My friends - Our Easter recess now having passed, I want to return to a series I started months ago concerning those Confederate veterans(or their widows) who were disabled or indigent, and applied to receive a state pension for their service in the War Between the States. The history of the enabling legislation is interesting in itself, and I will send a special posting on that at some point as we go along. The veterans or widows shown below resided in McCracken County at the time of their applications. In the case of widows for whom the maiden name was given, it will be shown in brackets[ ]. I have no additional information on most of these people, but the KY Archives holds the original applications and microfilm of them is available for a small fee through the LDS Family History Centers. This constitutes Part 1 for McCracken County. Additional posts will bring the names of others who applied from McCracken County. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ McCracken County - Confederate Veterans/Widows Pension Applications Simmons, Samuel R. McNeill, Amanda R.[Sneed] - Widow of William Henry McNeill Allcock, Eliza Ellen [Rust] - Widow of Oliver Dellon Allcock McKinney, William L(evi). McKinney, Cordelia [Bonds] - Widow of William Levi McKinney above Helton, William D. Herring, James A. Rudolph, Bettie Ann [Rudolph(sic)] - Widow of William Andrew Rudolph Rudolph, Mary Winnie [Towell] - Widow of Benjamin Wallace Rudolph Bugg, Susan Elizabeth [Brooks] - Widow of James Lawley Bugg Colley, Martha R. [Parish] - Widow of William B. Colley ~to be continued~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

From Ancestry Daily News March 23, 2005 Fast Fact SSDI Updated through February 2005 The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) at Ancestry.com has been updated to include the most current information available, including deaths reported through February 2005. The Social Security Death Index on Ancestry.com is generated from the U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File. It contains the records of deceased persons who possessed Social Security numbers and whose death had been reported to the SSA. In most cases a report of death was made in connection with Social Security death benefits.

Can anyone tell me: a) if the Butler Malone funeral home still exists in Paducah, and b) whether they would have records going back to 1925? Thanks! Jason

My friends - Today, I am making two additional files available online. The first is a compilation of information on persons who were living in McCracken County at the time of the 1850 census, who gave Tennessee as their birthplace. That file may be found here: www.rootsweb.com/~kygraves/McCracken1850CenTennBirths.htm In addition, I have placed online a file containing the text of the instructions to marshals and assistant marshals concerning the taking of the 1840 census. That file may be found here: www.rootsweb.com/~kygraves/Census1840Instructions.htm More files will be coming online as we go along. -B ====================================================================

My friends - Some months ago, I offered a file which contained the enumerations made in the 1850 Slave Census, for McCracken County. There was a considerable amount of interest in this file at that time, and I have now placed it online for the use of our subscribers and others. The file can be found here: www.rootsweb.com/~kygraves/McCrackenSlaveCen1850.htm I intend to place other slave census records online as time permits. I have received a number of inquiries from some of our subscribers, inquiring about my well being and the fact that my postings have been far fewer than normal in the past few months. I appreciate very much the good wishes of these folks, and I can report that all is well here. I have been absolutely inundated with work related to the recent move which my wife and I made to a new residence here. I decided - after 39 years of research - that my files *must* be reorganized into something that is usable by others, in the event that, at some future point, a bolt of lightning or other event causes me to "depart this life", as the old documents often stated. I am renewing my acquaintance with correspondence which I had with others back in the early 1960's. Since many of the senior people with whom I corresponded have long since passed on, their memories and genealogical material which were shared with me takes on an even greater need to ensure preservation. I have, in the past few years, heard from grown grandchildren of some of these people, and I have been able to share the correspondence which their grandparent and I exchanged so many years ago. So, a good deal of my time has been devoted to this work recently. My List postings will increase in number as time permits. -B ====================================================================

Does anyone know this family? They are my mother's CHANDLERs: Thank you. Vonda The parents of Walter Duke CHANDLER: Father: Walter Richard CHANDLER b: 1877 in AL Death: 1962 in Paducah, Mccracken, KY. Mother: Ida DEAN b: 1882 in ? MS 1920 Census: Paducah, KY CHANDLER Walter R. Head Renting Male W 43 Married reads writes b.AL F.b.AL M.b.AL Pipe cutter CHANDLER Ida Wife Female W 38 Married reads writes b.MS F.b.MS M.b.MS CHANDLER R. Son Male W 13 Single reads writes b.MS F.b.MS M.b.MS CHANDLER Viola Daughter Female W 10 Single reads writes b.MS F.b.MS M.b.MS CHANDLER Walter Duke Son Male W 2 yrs Single b.KY F.b.MS M.b.MS CHANDLER Virgil ? Son Male W 10 mos Single b.KY F.b.MS M.b.MS The Parents of Walter Richard CHANDLER: Father: Willis (James?) F. CHANDLER b.abt.1848 d.? Mother: Ida BUXTON b.abt.1858 d.? 1880 Census Jasper Co., District 1: CHANDLER Willis F. Self Married Male W. 32 b.MS F.b.AL M.b.AL CHANDLER Idella Wife Married Female W.22 b.MS F.b.AL M.b.GA CHANDLER Walter R. Son Male W 4 b.AL F.b.MS M.b.ALCHANDLER Mosuria A. daughter Female W. 11Mos b.AL F.b.MS M.b. AL

If anyone has the time and has access to the Paducah newpaper, I would Love it if you could find either or both Obituaries listed below. JESSE JAMES BURNS Died Jan 5, 1989 ******** JOHN HENRY BURNS Died March 15 , 1968 I would imagine the obituaries ran a day or two AFTER the dates of death that I have. Thank You for any help. If you are related to these BURNS , please email me.

I'm wondering if anyone out there can share information on the Rudolph Family, which seems to be centered on the Massac area. Right now, I have a death certificate for Elijah Rudolph (31 May 1862 - 22 May 1925), listing his parents as Johnson Rudolph and Elizabeth Sherrou. Elijah married a Martha Harris, probably abt 1884. Elijah was the father of my Gr-grandfather, Anthony Edward Rudolph. Jason