Recently Suzy-Q gave us this great information: Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 12:47:13 -0800 From: "Suzy-Q" Subject: [MADKY-L] Madison Co, KY, FHC sources There are lots of interesting resources for Madison Co at FHC library.... Do a search for Madison, Kentucky in "Placenames" at this link: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp Suzy Response: I second Suzy's suggestion about using films from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. [If you live in Kentucky, you may be able to borrow films from the Kentucky State Archives, but check on that!] It seems that my ancestors from Virginia and from North Carolina were attracted [some were speculators] to Boonesborough and its surroundings and so I have need to know a good deal about the events prior to 1860 in Madison Co., KY. Since I live far from Kentucky, I rely heavily on the films which FHL in Salt Lake City has pertaining to Madison Co. to further my research. The deeds, in particular, interest me. I find that the grantor and grantee indexes for Madsion Co. KY have been nicely typed. There is lots of white space on the film, making the indexes, in particular, very searchable. Of course, all this research takes time, so when I am allowed I put the films on long-term loan at my local FHC. The Commissioners deeds [indexed under C] are of particular interest. Apparently [I am not an attorney, so do not know the Kentucky law at that time] the county court in later years appointed commissioners to help heirs decide what to do with the property which they had inherited--and, at times, perhaps to help the heirs reconcile their differences. I have found long lists of heirs, some of whom are married females, and from such commissioners deeds, I have been able to determine who the females married--even when the marriages took place, say, in Missouri!!! Always on the hunt! And learning something new everyday!!! E.W.Wallace