For the new people on the list ---- I have a series of books to help those researching KY. There is absolutely NO obligation to buy books to be on this list believe me!!! But for your information if you are interested. Finally - though some of you already know ... the last of the current series of researching guides is done. This finishes up the series likely for this year. Here is what is volume 3: Faith of Our Fathers - a look at the early Baptist church and other early denominations in KY. Records kept, what information, rules for membership or dismissal, when services held, first churches in KY, some early ministers/priests/rabbis. Kentucky Funeral Homes - a massive list of all the recorded funeral homes in the state with address and phone numbers Occupations - Bankers, barbers, blacksmiths, bookmakers, cabinet makers, cat whippers, chandlers, coopers, coppersmiths, cutlers, druggists, eye glass makers, fullers, glass blowers, gunsmiths, hornsmiths, housewrights, linmers, locksmiths, millers, paper makers, pewterers, plumbers, potters, printers, school teachers, tanners and curriers, tinsmiths, tobaccoinsts, wainwrights and weavers - what they did, the tools they used and how they did it Weddings and early homes - the ceremony, rules, descriptions of the early cabins. Early Kentucky Laws - alimony, bastardy, divorces, dower, gaming, guardian and wards, juries, law of descents, levies, lunatics, masters and apprentices, mulattoes and free Negroes, poor widows, strays, taverns and tippling houses, towns, vagrants, weights and measures, witnesses and wolves! - a recap of the early KY (from VA) laws determining who could do what, when and why Wills in KY - who could be a witness, death bed wills, etc Slavery Researching for African Americans What's in A Name and Naming Patterns Early Calendars and calendar reference sheets Kentucky Court System KY banking Money - why pounds & shillings vs dollars Early Colleges, Seminaries and Church Schools Firsts in KY. Who did what first and where. Early KY officials - signers of the KY constitution Old Time Remedies Weather Predictions and KY Sayings Military and Civilian Government Records - what they contain, where to order, web sites, forms. KY Turnpikes and Ferries What's For Supper? Non-Resident Lands Patrollers Inspectors and Warehouses Jails and Jailers The Sinking of the Sultana after the Civil War. Names of known KY soldiers returning home and their fate. 149 pages, $25.00, full name index. Priority mail $3.00 extra; KY residents 6% sales tax. If you have any questions, you may write me privately, my mailing address is in my signature line. Whew! Sandi Col. Sandi Gorin, 205 Clements,Glasgow, KY 42141 (270) 651-9114 - E-fax (707)222-1210 - e-mail: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Member: Glasgow-Barren Co Chamber of Commerce Publishing: http://members.delphi.com/gorin1/index.html Barren Co: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kybarren/ TIPS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Tips KYBIOS: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ky/Bios ARCHIVES: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl