Shirley, There aren't alot of pre-1850 records available. The major extant record group is the Tax Lists for the period of 1820 to 1850 (and beyond). These are fairly complete with only a few years missing. Following this are the land grants. I believe these start in the late 1820's and continue to the 1900's. Many are unindexed while others are missing the index or have only part of it remaining. These are located in the County Court Clerk's Office. Some deeds were re-recorded after the first fire and are found interspersed among the deed books. You're best bet here is to start with volume one of The General Cross Index to Deeds. One of the Deputy Clerks in the office should be able to help you find it. There are a very small number of marriages from the early 1830's to the early 1840's. The original book these were contained in has been lost but Dayton Birdwell made a typescript copy which can be found in both the Clerk's Office and in the Library. These marriages were performed by William Howard and are mainly of individuals who lived in the south western part of the county. The Harlan Memorial Library is open Monday through Saturday. As I recall it opens around 9:00 am and closes at 4:30 pm with the exception of Monday when it closes at 8:00 pm and Saturday at noon. For a small library it has quite a nice collection of microfilm, including all known back issues of the Tompkinsville News, and local family histories as well as reference books for many surrounding counties and states. The last time I was there they did not have a working microfilm printer so bring plenty of paper just in case. The local LDS also has a library but I don't know what the hours are and what the scope of there collection is outside of film available from the FHL. Hope this helps, Phil P.S. Just in case you search later marriage record be aware that Marriage Register #1 and #2 and Minister's Returns 1910-1914 record the actual date of the marriage. The date given in the Marriage Books (actually bond and license books) is for the bond not the marriage. Around 1914 the Marriage Returns started being recorded in the actual marriage book as opposed to a separate volume. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 4:28 PM Subject: [KYMONROE] Researching in Monroe > What all is available on Monroe websites now? I am very new on this list > and am glad to see that the old tax lists and Old Mulkey memberships are > online now. > > Also, I am planning a research trip to Monroe next week. This Monroe visit > came up very suddenly, and the only time I can go is during spring break next > week. Could anybody please tell me what kinds of pre-1850 county records > have been reconstructed at the courthouse. I was there many years ago when I > didn't know to ask about things like reconstructed deeds, and the people at > the courthouse did not volunteer any information in that regard. I > understand the only marriage and death records available are for broken > periods after 1852. > > Could somebody also please tell me where the genealogy library is, and what > their hours are. I really appreciate any help anybody can give me. Trying to > track my Malone family from Monroe back to South Carolina is my brick wall. > Thanks, > Shirley Malone Fritsche > > > ==== KYMONROE Mailing List ==== > Visit the USGenWeb Monroe County, Kentucky page at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4335/Monroeco/monroe.html. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >