My friends - I have now finished responding to all of the requests for the 1860 Calloway County Mortality Schedule. It did not quite break the record for the number of requests for a single item, but it was close - the record is 367. This item chalked up a total of 349. I have been asked by a number of subscribers if I have Mortality Schedules for the other counties in the JP. I do have all of the 1860 schedules for the 8 counties in the JP, and I may have a few of the counties for other years. I will convert these files as we go along and make them available. Today, we are returning to McCracken County and our review of the Vital Statistics birth records. It is probably wise for me to again remind us all, as I do from time to time, that these early VS records are woefully incomplete and inaccurate. Only about 40% of the actual births, marriages and deaths which occurred in these counties ever found their way into the record books. KY was a pioneer in VS registration, as it was the first state west of the Alleghenies to pass VS legislation, in 1851. But the county clerks despised the VS law, and spent years trying to get it repealed, which was successful in 1861. Another law was passed in 1873, and we have VS records for 1874-1878, but again the clerks were successful in getting that legislation repealed. Not until the act of 1911 did KY get a VS law that "stuck". So use VS records with caution. If any other reliable record form exists which gives different information in an individual from that in a VS record, my suggestion would be to place the greater weight on the other source. Subscribers to the JP and McCracken lists can obtain the full dataset for a birth shown in the listing below by sending a request to me. These datasets usually include the date of birth, the gender if not obvious, and the name of the father and maiden name of the mother. Occasionally, the record will also reflect the location within the county where the birth occurred(such as Paducah). As always, your continuing assistance in not resending this entire message back to me with the request is appreciated. Tomorrow, we will move to Hickman County. -B ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ McCracken County - Vital Statistics Records - Births - 1852-1861 - Part 28 (M)=Male (F)=Female (NGG)=No Gender Given (AA)=African American (ILL)=Illegitimate Stout, James Stout, Sarah Ellen Stovall, Mary Elizabeth String, James Buchanan Sullivan, Willy Ann (ILL) Swetman, ------ (F) (ILL) Tanner, ------ (M twin) Tanner, ------ (F twin) Tapscott, James Clay Tapscott, ------ (M) Tarwater, Mary E. Taylor, George L. Taylor, Martha E. Taylor, Tennessee Eugenia Taylor, A.O. (M) Tellsworth, Jane (AA) Tereres, Indie H. (F) Terry, William J. Terry, J.B. (M) Terry, Jesse C. Theobald, Gustavus Adolphus Thomas, Madison Monroe Thomas, H.M. (M) Thomas, James P. Thomas, Jacob Thompson, ------ (F) Thompson, James Edward Thompson, Mary J. Thompson, Moses (AA) Thompson, Susan R. ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++