The answer to last week's puzzler is up as well as the new one. I certainly had some very interesting guesses last week, thank you for all your guesses - the majority got the answer correct after searching for a while. See you tomorrow - Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

WEBB: Charles M - WW II Richard - 1812 Robert E - MIL Sherman Ernest - WW I Smith - WW I William - CW WELCH, James - RW WELDON, William Adair, Dr - WWI WELLS: Abner - 1812 Arthur - WW I B C - MIL B G - WW II Davis (B) - WWII George Marion - WW I Laymon - WW I P B - MIL Paul D - WW I Smith H - MIL William T - MIL WEST: D F - MIL Ed - MIL Harry B - WW I Isaac - MIL Joshua - SP AM William - MIL WESTERFIELD, Benjamin - MIL WHALEY: David - MIL J H - MIL Thomas - MIL WHEAT, Reberry - WW II WHEET, Zachariah - MIL WHEATER, Leander R - WW I WHEELER: Austin - WW I Bond - 1812 Jeremiah - MIL John Henry - MIL Joshua - 1812 Micajah - RW (born 1758) Micajah - RW (born ca 1735) N? R - MIL Ralph B - Viet Reuben (B) - CW Robert A - MIL Thomas - MIL Thomas S - MIL (same as above?) WHELOCK, Jesse - CW WHILLOCK, James - MIL WHITAKER, David Winton - WW I WHITE: Edwain (sic) Rice - WW I James A - WW I John - WW I John B - MIL Robert J - SP AM Simeon - 1812 Terrall - WW II Thomas - RW William - RW Willie - WW I WHITEHEAD, H S - WW I WHITLOW: Alphens - MIL Ben (B) - WW I Joe E - WW I Leeper - WW I William - MIL WHITMAN, Clarence (B) - WW I WHITNEY: Alonzo R - MIL Charles B - MIL Claud (B) - WW I Daniel (B) - CW Garland T - WW I George B - MIL Harry Gorin - WW I John W - MIL Lafe (B) - WW II Samuel (B) - CW William - MIL To be continued next week. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Do you ever get a tad confused in reading the old documents in trying to figure out what certain words meant? Some meanings don't change but some do. For a while I'm going to give you sort of a dictionary that you might want to print off. There will be some likely you might not run into! Most of these refer primarily to land patenting which we are covering in a separate post, but many refer to other land transactions, etc. Acre: 208.7 feet or 43,560 square feet or 160 square rods. Agent: person appointed/hired to oversee the land patent process to ensure legal procedure is followed; often given power of attorney. You might also see this in deed books or county order books where a citizen of the county appoints someone as his agent or power of attorney to go to another county/state to settle an estate of his father; to sell land where he used to live, etc. Assignee: This is often abbreviated afsee or asgn in deeds. This is the individual purchasing or acquiring all or part of a warrant or survey or land being sold from another individual. If John Smith sells land to John Doe; John Doe is the assignee. Assignment: This is the transfer of interest in land, warrants or surveys. It includes the signature of the person making the assignment, names of witnesses and the date. Assignor: This is the individual selling the land. In the example above, John Smith is the assignor. Auditor of Public Accounts: This man was the overseer of land patents in Kentucky from 1898 to 1934. Caveat: A filing that prevents a grant from being issued or land being sold until the validity of the new patent is decided by the court. CC: Chain carrier. This was a man or men who went with the surveyor to measure off the land. They carried the surveyor's chain which was laid out on the land with each link of the chain a certain distance. They were NOT prisoners in a chain gang which some think! Certificate of Settlement: This was a document allowing settlers in Kentucky Co. VA prior to 1 Jan 1778, to purchase 400 acres if they had made improvements or planted a crop on the land they intended to patent. Authorized many of the land patents in the Virginia & Old Kentucky Series. Chain: This is the chain the chair carrier used. It measured distance. May be 66 feet long (4 poles or 100 links) or 33 feet long (2 poles or 50 links). Clark's Grant: 150,000 acre land appropriation from the Virginia General Assembly to Gen. George Rogers Clark and his men for their service in the Northwestern Campaign. This land patent was located in southern Indiana. cm: An abbreviation in a survey description. This meant chainmen in the field surveying team. There were two chainmen required - one for each end of the chain. They had to be strong enough to lift and carry the heavy chain over great distances. Commissioner's Certificate: A warrant issued by the local commissioners to individuals meeting age and residency requirements. It did not convey title. Patents in the South of Green River Series are authorized by commissioners' certificates. Compass: Surveyor's instrument used to determine direction in degrees or bearing. County Court Order Patent Series: The largest patent series, still used to appropriate land under KY provisions. Surveys are authorized by warrants purchased from the county/fiscal courts. County Levy: County taxes; used to pay for internal improvements such as water wells and courthouses. Court of Appeals Deeds: These contain conveyances after patents were issued; usually involve out-of-state residents or heirs settling estates. Crier: an auctioneer at public sales or person who shouts public announcements through the town; the term was used in legislation regarding the West of Tennessee River Non-Military Patents. CS: an abbreviation used in surveys which meant Conductor of Survey. This ensures that the survey is conducted property. This individual was also shown as HK or Housekeeper. It did not mean the owner of the house on the land being surveyed. To be continued next week. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

We're looking now in Lexington, KY UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Margaret L. King Library, Lexington 40506. This is the main library which also has a goodly amount of genealogical information. They house family genealogies and local histories, journals from Kentucky and other states, and the most extensive newspaper collection in the state. They also have a large map division. LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY: 140 East Main Street, Lexington 40507. 606-231-5520. This downtown facility has the Kentucky Room with an ever-growing number of genealogical references. None of these publications circulate. Included are censuses, military indexes, biographies, periodicals, county and family genealogies. Old Lexington newspapers are available on microfilm. Some microfilmed deeds for Fayette County are housed here also. Website: http://www.lexpublib.org/reference/kyroom.cfm None of their files are on-line (might have changed???) Now, lets move to the Louisville area: THE FILSON CLUB. 1310 S. Third St, Louisville 40208. 502-635-5083. The Filson Club has long been known for its efforts to collect and preserve historical materials. Their library contains approximately 50,000 research books, county histories and secondary sources. It has the census records up on microfilm, early taxpayer lists for most counties up to 1850; abstracts of pension applications for the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, correspondence folders for over 3,000 surnames, Louisville City directories, Draper Manuscripts, assorted 19th and 20th century newspapers, diaries, genealogical collections. Also houses here are photographs with approximately 50,000 photographs and thousands of historical prints. Also, maps, sheet music, museum of portraits, textile, silver and weaponry. Membership is available which entitles one to the Filson Club. They publish a quarterly. For more information see: http:www.filsonhistorical.org/ We'll conclude the series next week with two more sources in Louisville and one great one in Bowling Green. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

We've gone through the first 3 steps in patenting land. Today, we'll look at the next step in the process. Step #4 - the Grant. This is also known as the patent deed or just patent. The issuance of the Governor's Grant finalizes the land patenting process. Easily recognized by the Governor's name in the heading, this document states the name of the land recipient as well as the other assignees involved in the patent. Also included is the date of the survey, the type of warrant issued, the metes and bounds description, the date of grant issuance and the Governor's signature. The original record (grant) is mailed to the land recipient and a copy is entered in the Land Office Grant Book. Sales of the property later then become a county responsibility and are known as "deeds." Deeds are not registered in Frankfort; therefore it is incumbent on each County Clerk, as well as county historical agencies, to ensure all records of land transactions within their area are secured and property preserved. NOTE by Sandi: These deeds are recorded in the various County Clerk's offices. There are index books, one listing the deed sales by grantor (seller) and another index for the grantee (buyer). These indexes are in alphabetical order and give a very brief description of the transaction, the parties involved, the date and a reference to the deed book in which a copy of the deed is recorded and the page number. One then goes to that deed book and page number and will find a copy of the original deed entered by the County Clerk. Now - lets go to how these land grants are filed in Frankfort: Time periods and possible land location play an important role in determining which group or groups of land grants need to be researched. For example, if the historian feels the grant was issued before June 1792, the first series of study would be the Virginia Land Grant Series. No, that does not require a trip to Richmond, Virginia; records of all Virginia-issued land grants are in Frankfort at the Land Office. The Virginia Series: This includes Warrants, Surveys and Grants completed before 1792. There are some instances where the researchers will have to obtain copies of the Warrant and Survey from the Virginia Series, then copy the Grant from the Old Kentucky Series. Approximately 10,000 patents are filed with this grouping, some of which were authorized by military warrants. Although the researcher can find the grant book reference in Jillson's index to Kentucky Land Grants, the patent number of this series will have to be researched using the Master Index to Virginia Surveys and Grants prepared by the Kentucky Historical Society. The Old Kentucky Series: There are over 7600 patents filed in this series, some of which were classified as "military." In the Old Kentucky grouping, the Grant was issued after June 1792. The researcher can find the grant book reference in Jillson's Index to Kentucky Land Grants, then obtain the patent number, in most cases, by checking the left margin of the grant. If the number is not entered, study the Index for Old Kentucky Surveys and Grants, also published by the Kentucky Historical Society. Note:Thorough researchers will check the latter publication even if the patent number is on the grant; the Historical Society books are indexed by Survey name with a cross-index for Grant name. This gives a second source of names to research and provides "insurance" in the event the name is listed incorrectly in Jillson's book. Next week we'll look at the South of the Green River Series of Grants. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Your server hates me! All your incoming mail from me is bouncing. Your guess is incorrect - keep trying! Sorry, for the rest of you, I return you to your regular day. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Two notes - This Thursday evening, 6 pm, Mary Wood Weldon Library in Glasgow. Timothy Mullin of Western KY University Library will be doing appraisals. If you have something antique, unusual or something picked up a yard sale of which you don't know the value - bring it along for a free appraisal. Mr. Mullin will be available until 8 pm. There is no charge and should be a lot of fun! Puzzler: The puzzler is up along with the answer to last week's puzzler which drew quite a bit of interest. Now, let me say, that this week's puzzler has nothing to do with a woman's unique physical makeup or schedule. That's the only way I know to explain it - this was something else - an activity in which women were becoming interested in!!! See you tomorrow, Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

WALKER: Alton H - KOR Andrew - 1812 David, Jr - 1812 Leonidas - CW WALKUP, John - WW I WALLACE: Luther - WW I Woodrow - WW I W U - WW I William - RW WALLER: Albert - MIL James - CW Stephen - MIL Wendell Milton - WW II - also shown WALLAR William - MIL WALLS, James - CW WALTERS: Conrad - RW John - 18i12 WALTERS: John - 1812 Stephen W - CW WALTON: Bernard C - WW I Gideon Earl - WW I Harry F - WW I James A - WW I Thomas G - MIL William Jackson - WW I WARD: Campbell - CW Elrod - SP AM Ephram - CW J D - CW William - MIL WARDER: J W - MIL Joseph - RW & 1812 L? L - MIL M H - MIL P B - MIL T M - MIL William - 1812 WARREN: Ben F - MIL Jim (B) - WW I WARRING? W W - MIL WATERS: Elias D - MIL James - WW I Philemon - RW Jacob - 1812 WATKINS: David L - WW I Edward D - WW II James F - WW I James W - WW I Thomas M - MIL WATSON: Chris D - WW I Edd - WW I Elzie - WW I Freddie Weldon - KOR Isaac - 1812 John - RW John G - MIL Samuel E - WW I William G - WW I WATT/WATTS: Ed - CW Samuel - 1812 Thomas (B) - CW William C - MIL WATTERSON, Henry (B) - WW I WAUGH, George - CW To be continued next week. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

I am seeking information on Charles Wallace Meredith and Joseph Wallace Meredith, b. & d. in Edmonson Co. Were they father and son?

Searching for George W. Rush and siblings Elvira Rush and Amanda "Mandy" Rush Johnson born in TN, possibly the Cookeville area 1849, 1852 and 1854 ? Amanda married 1st to a James Steen and he may have died then married John Johnson, lived in Barren Co., KY. Amanda's death certificate stated her father's name was James Rush but can't find this family on any of the early 1850 and 1860 TN or KY census records. Amanda and Elvira Rush were in some kind of home for orphans? on the 1870 Logan Co., KY census, perhaps orphaned by the Civil War. George Rush married Josephine Price in 1875 in Barren Co., KY but could not find him on the 1870 census anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated on this lost family. George W. and Josephine Price Rush are my great grandparents and buried in the family Rush Cemetery on Frank's Mill Road, Coral Hill area, Glasgow, Barren Co., KY. Carolyn Charlene Smith Lewis

Some of you may have noticed that the headings from posts by me (or others) look a little different. The word "via" is inserted in the FROM: line. Rootsweb has been making some changes to cut down on spam that reaches the list administrators, etc. I don't understand it all. In their attempts at first, the FROM: showed that it came from the list, but didn't indicate who the sender was, i.e. me, on these lists. So, they have changed it again so the actual sender's name will be shown. This is why you are seeing the "via" in the FROM: line. It indicates that the post was made to the list from the list name, but that I am the sender. It's nothing to worry about at all, and there might be more changes as this is fine tuned. I'm still sending the post, I'm sending it to the list as usual, but now my name appears with the list name so you know whose little fingers keyed in the information. I hope this helps! Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Today, we'll move on to the second step in the land grant process. After the Warrant came the Entry. This record is often considered a patent itself, when, in actuality, it is merely an intention to file for a patent. The surveyor records in his entry book the name of the person wishing to reserve for patenting a particular piece of land, the type of warrant authorizing the survey, and the date the intention is declared. Entries are not binding and may be altered or withdrawn if an individual so desires. Jillson's Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds list entries in early Jefferson, Lincoln and Fayette Counties as well as the Military District. The originals of these records, with the exception of the Jefferson County Entry Books housed at the Jefferson County Archives in Louisville, are stored in the Land Office in Frankfort. Subsequent surveyor entry books are houses on the county level. The passage of time has resulted, at best, in a scattered availability of these records. Step #3. The Survey. This is also known as the Plat, or Survey Certificate. The next step in land patenting is the preparation of the Survey depicting the tract and describing metes and bounds. In a statement prepared by the county surveyor, the name of the person having the survey made is given as well as the type of warrant authorizing the survey. Any assignments that have already occurred are also mentioned. The county is recorded as well as the name of the closest watercourse, in most instances. Points such as "trees, "bear wallows," and schoolhouses were accepted in the survey description; surveyors today use more modern methods of measuring distance and bearing. (The only area in Kentucky that meets federal surveying guidelines, that is, section, townships, ranges, etc. is the Jackson Purchase mapped in 1820). Surveys, like warrants, can also be traded, sold or reassigned, so it is imperative that the researcher study both sides of the document to determine if a transfer was made after the Survey and before the Grant was issued. The name of the county surveyor, or his deputy, is given at the end of the survey description, generally in the right column. The names of the surveying party are recorded in the left column, the list more generally included chain carrier, markers and housekeepers. Next week we'll go to the last step - the Grant. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

I am finally, totally finished with land grants! I should know the name of everyone in all the counties by now. I just finished Edmonson Co. Here is the write-up. Edmonson County Land Grants 1825-1923. Last in the series of Kentucky Land Grants in South Central Kentucky, this is a small county formed out of Hart, Grayson and Warren Counties in 1825. Information shown includes approximately 800 grants during this time period giving the name of the individual seeking a grant, the acreage, the date the land was surveyed, book where the original grant can be found and the location based on the nearest waterway or landmark. Also included is a brief history of the county, the names of current day rivers and streams and maps showing the county formation. This is a smaller book on a smaller county. That covers Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe, Cumberland, Warren and Edmonson Counties - all inter-connected. Tomorrow we'll be looking at step #2 in the long process of land grants and why they are so important to the researcher. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

314 - WALDECK CEMETERY: Abt 2 miles SE of Bonnieville at base of Frenchman's Knob. 315 - WALTHALL/WALTHELL CEMETERY: 100 yards NW of Monroe KY in timberland. No other information. 316 - WATKINS CEMETERY: In the bend of Green River about 1 mile N of Canmer. 317 - WAX CATHOLIC CEMETERY: No location given. 318 - WEBB, PEARL CEMETERY: Not shown. 319 - WELDON CEMETERY: In the Davis Bend of Green River, abt 2 miles E of Canmer, east of the old Weldon home. 320 - WELLS-AVERY CEMETERY: 1 1/2 miles S of Cash in Hart Co. 321 - (PHILIP) WELLS CEMETERY: On Bacon Creek near Macon. 322 - WHEELER-BUSH CEMETERY: See the Bush-Wheeler Cemetery. 323 - WHEELER-SIMS CEMETERY: In the Davis Bend about 2 1/2 miles E of Canmer. 324 - WHICKERVILLE CEMETERY: Near Monroe, KY. Once known as the Jeff (Pap) Simpson Cemetery, between Monroe & Center at the rear of the Whickerville School. 325 - WHITEHURST CEMETERY: Just W of the Woodsonville-Uno Hwy; about 1 mile S of Lonoke Baptist Church. Also known as the O'Banion Cemetery on some burials. WILCOXSON CEMETERY - See Wyatt Cemetery. 326 - (J C )WILKERSON FARM CEMETERY: on the Kessinger-Macon Rd, about 1 mile NW of Kessinger. 327 - WILKERSON, ME CHURCH CEMETERY: Hwy 88, about 4 miles W of Munfordville. 328 - WILLIAMS CEMETERY: On the Silas Jaggers farm in the Round Bottom Settlement; W of the road leading into Round Bottom & abt 1 1/4 miles from the Linwood-Eave Hwy. 329 - WILLIS CEMETERY: 2 miles NW of Bearwallow on N side of the Bearwallow & Horse Cave Road. 330 - WILSON FARM CEMETERY: On Guy Templeman farm abt 2 miles NW of Munfordville. 331 - (OLD) WILSON FARM CEMETERY: On farm of Mrs. Osie Kinney, east of the Munfordville & Priceville Hwy; S side of Bacon Creek; abt 1/4 mile S of same. 332 - (GEORGE T) WOOD CEMETERY: Rear of the old Wood home in Munfordville. WOODSONVILLE CEMETERY: See Old Green River Baptist Church Cemetery. 333 - WRIGHT CEMETERY: On E side of the Wright lane, abt 100 yards from where it intersects the Priceville & Bonnieville Hwy; abt 1 mile W of Bonnieville. 334 - WYATT CEMETERY: on one side of the old 31W Hwy; abt 1/2 mile N of the underpass & between the railroad & the highway. Also known as the Wilcoxson, Jameson, Wyatt & Locke Cemetery - all are adjacent to each other on the Walnut Grove Schoolhouse Road. Going N on Hwy 31W in Bonnieville, take a left turn (W) under the RR bridge onto the Walnut Grove School House Rd. Go .3 of a mile to a tangle of brush on the side of the road. 335 - YOUNG CEMETERY: West edge of Monroe, KY. I would like to thank several people who helped me prepare the Hart Co Cemetery book: Edith Bastin, the late Judge Roy A. Cann, John Paul Grady, Ray Green, Helm-Craven Library in Bowling Green, Judy Lawler, Donna Cottrell Mather, Carol Olney, the late Eva Coe Peden, Mrs. Dorothy J. Poore, Mary D. Rowntree and WIlliam B. Cheschier of the KY Historical Society. Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

It appears that one of my posts might not have gone out - can't find it anyway! It deals with Green and Cumberland County land grants. Here's the post I thought I made!! Green County, KY Land Grants. The most critical of counties for south central Kentucky research, Green County was formed in 1793 from Lincoln and Nelson Counties. It is the parent or grandparent of many other counties and many of the names found there will later appear in other counties in the area. This book follows the pattern of the other books in this series and also includes progressive maps as other counties are split off. 31 pages plus many pages of additional information. Cumberland County Land Grants 1799-1923. Third in a series of books exploring the land grants in south central Kentucky. Following the same format at the first two volumes, this book contains 2,957 grants during the time period shown. Included also are definitions, steps for obtaining a land grant, corrections to other lists and a list of the major waterways in the county. 64 pages plus approximately 20 pages of supplemental information. If you received this ... forgive please. If you didn't, I'm getting older! Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Cumberland County land grants? Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:24 AM, south-central-kentucky@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Two announcements for you: > > Timothy Mullin To Do Appraisals at Historical Society Meeting. > > Here is a chance for Barren County area residents to learn about that > mysterious intriguing item hiding or stored in the closet! Maybe it > is the one that was passed down through the family, or was a real > bargain at a yard sale! > > Kentucky Museum Director, Timothy Mullin will be available to > appraise antiques and collectibles at the meeting of the South > Central KY Historical and Genealogical Society at their regular > meeting on Thursday evening, July 24th at the Mary Wood Weldon > Library, 6 pm-8 pm. > > This event is sponsored by the Society and is free to the public. > Mullin will be appraising a wide variety of antiques. His specialty > areas include fine arts, furniture, ceramics, glassware, vintage > photographs, advertising, folk art, toys, clocks and costume jewelry. > > Even if you don't have an item to be appraised, come join us and see > what interesting items others have brought! There will be a short > business meeting first to elect officers of the Society for the coming year. > > Second: I finished the Warren County Land Grant book - This book is > set up similar to the ones for Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe > and Monroe Counties. It shows the name of the grant applicant, the > acreage applied for, the date the land was surveyed and the location > of the land based on the nearest waterway. There are over 3,000 > grants listed here with corrections made (when possible) to the > original listings done so many years ago and lists that have been > published since. This includes corrections on names primarily. If a > name was in error, it is difficult to find the ancestor! Also > included is a list of waterways in current Warren Co and progressive > maps on the boundary changes of the county from its formation in > 1797. Grants start in 1797 and run through 1920. It is in > alphabetical order so no indexing is necessary. For more information, > contact me privately. > > I didn't plan ahead all that well; some have asked to see Edmonson > Co. This is a smaller county grant wise and I likely will publish it > as a booklet in the near future. That will end up the land grant series. > > See you tomorrow when we start to finish up the location of Hart Co cemeteries. > > Sandi > > > Colonel Sandi Gorin > President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society > Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html > Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Two announcements for you: Timothy Mullin To Do Appraisals at Historical Society Meeting. Here is a chance for Barren County area residents to learn about that mysterious intriguing item hiding or stored in the closet! Maybe it is the one that was passed down through the family, or was a real bargain at a yard sale! Kentucky Museum Director, Timothy Mullin will be available to appraise antiques and collectibles at the meeting of the South Central KY Historical and Genealogical Society at their regular meeting on Thursday evening, July 24th at the Mary Wood Weldon Library, 6 pm-8 pm. This event is sponsored by the Society and is free to the public. Mullin will be appraising a wide variety of antiques. His specialty areas include fine arts, furniture, ceramics, glassware, vintage photographs, advertising, folk art, toys, clocks and costume jewelry. Even if you don't have an item to be appraised, come join us and see what interesting items others have brought! There will be a short business meeting first to elect officers of the Society for the coming year. Second: I finished the Warren County Land Grant book - This book is set up similar to the ones for Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe and Monroe Counties. It shows the name of the grant applicant, the acreage applied for, the date the land was surveyed and the location of the land based on the nearest waterway. There are over 3,000 grants listed here with corrections made (when possible) to the original listings done so many years ago and lists that have been published since. This includes corrections on names primarily. If a name was in error, it is difficult to find the ancestor! Also included is a list of waterways in current Warren Co and progressive maps on the boundary changes of the county from its formation in 1797. Grants start in 1797 and run through 1920. It is in alphabetical order so no indexing is necessary. For more information, contact me privately. I didn't plan ahead all that well; some have asked to see Edmonson Co. This is a smaller county grant wise and I likely will publish it as a booklet in the near future. That will end up the land grant series. See you tomorrow when we start to finish up the location of Hart Co cemeteries. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

We've been looking at where records are kept in KY that can help in our researching. KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Office of Vital Statistics, 275 E. Main St., Frankfort, KY 40621; 502-564-4212. This office is responsible for filing delayed birth certificates for those people born prior to 1911, births and deaths 1911 to the present; marriage and divorce records since 1958. These are available on microfilm and microfiche of the birth index from 1911 to 1988 and deaths 1911 to 1986. Can be searched on site; researchers cannot view these records unless the record is purchased. No unofficial copies of the certifiates are available any longer. Their website is: http://chfs.ky.gov/ These web sites often change!! KENTUCKY SECRETARY OF STATE, LAND OFFICE. Capitol Building, Frankfort, 40601-3493; 502-564-3490. Has a complete set of original documents for the KY land grant records. Warrants and miscellaneous papers such as caveats and wills are included in their records, unavailable elsewhere. Documents may be inspected during regular office hours. Their website is http://sos.ky.gov/land/ So far, I've dealt with records in Frankfort. Let's move over to Lexington, KY for this post. UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, DIVISION OF SPECIAL COLECTIONS & ARCHIVES. 606-257-8611. You will be quite pleased at the wealth of information contained here! There is a large accumulation of primary research materials which include family papers, political papers, manuscripts, photo archives, rare books and maps. Additionally, they have over 1,000 microfilm reels including tax lists and censuses including census records for the Appalachian counties in OH, TN, VA, WV and NC. Some of the manuscripts include the Henry Clay letters, church records, business records, historical papers for KY, the OH Valley and the university. There are modern political collections from the 1870's to more modern times, newspaper articles, correspondence, speeches. The photographic section includes family portraits, KY scenes, agriculture, railroads in the form of daguerretypes, ambrotyes, tintypes and glass plate negatives - over 300,000 images. They house a complete set of the Draper manuscripts including the Kentucky Papers, early phone directories for Louisville and Lexington, genealogical collections. The church records include minute books and record books from various churches and biographical indexes of KY's standard biographical sources printed in the late 1800's. Hours open vary on the school term; some materials may not be accessible during Wed. evening and Sunday. Next week: More Lexington KY resources. Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

I forgot to post this this morning.Do any of you have any information that could help Doris? She's not on the list so you will need to write her privately. She included a thumb-nail sketch of what she has and what she is looking. I'd appreciate your help! Her email address is dcllr@msn.com Hiram Buckner Russell, b. Dec. 21, 1804, Jackson County, Tennessee, d. Apr. 14, 1885, Miller County, Missouri; m. Jemima Etter. > >Son of Joseph Russell, b. before 1775, Virginia, d. after 1820, >Monroe County, Kentucky; m. Elizabeth ___?_____, b. ca 1771, >Maryland, d. Aug. 1841, Russellville, Cole County, Missouri. > >Son of Buckner Russell, b. ca 1751, Amelia County or Lunenburg >County, Virginia, d. 1835, Weakley County, Tennessee; m. Rachel >Petty. Buckner served in the American Revolutionary War. > >Son of William Russell, b. ca 1714, Virginia, d. 1777, Halifax >County, Virginia; m. Ann _____?_____. William wrote a will 1775, >Halifax Co., VA. > >Son of William Russell, b. ca 1690, d. 1766, Halifax County, >Virginia; m. Mary _____?_______. > >I put this in a nutshell. I do have a lot more info and will share >with anyone willing to do research. > >Doris > > > > > Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:24:39 -0500 > > To: dcllr@msn.com > > From: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com > > Subject: Re: Hiram Buckner Russell's Ledger > > > > Doris, I'm glad you wrote! I had a computer crash about 2 months ago > > and lost all my e-mails, yours included. > > > > Sad to say, nary a bite, query or information on the Russell family! > > I thought that someone would connect or query to see if they did. > > > > Send me the abbreviated family tree as it ties in here again ... I'll > > post it to the list next week and see if maybe there are some new > > people on my lists, or someone who has since discovered a connection. > > > > Thanks, Sandi > > > > At 05:06 PM 7/12/2014, doris collier wrote: > > >Hi Sandi, > > > > > >Remember me? I sent you the ledger. Did any other descendants of > > >Hiram contact you yet? I am hoping one did. I have been working > > >on my Russell family for years. I need a male descendant for DNA > > >testing. All the Russells who were descended from Hiram that lived > > >in the Russellville, Mo area and Miller County, MO are gone. > > > > > >Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > > > >Doris Collier > > >Dardenne Prairie, MO > > > > > > > Colonel Sandi Gorin > > President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society > > Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html > > Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php > > > > > > --- > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! > Antivirus protection is active. > > http://www.avast.com > > Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

The majority of you all got the answer to last week's puzzler so thanks! I need more guesses however!!! Now - re the postal service delivering babies and young children. Yes, they did. It wasn't an extensive practice and some think this was all a gag. But here are a few snippits: In 1919 in Batavia, OH, a mail carrier reported he had delivered a baby who had been sent by his parents to its grandmother who lived about a mile away! (Talk about laziness!). The mail carrier had accepted under parcel post a live baby, a boy weighting 10 3/4 lbs, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beagle of Glen Este. The boy was well wrapped and ready for mailing when the carrier arrived. The baby was delivered to Mrs. Louis Beagle, the grandmother. The charge was 13 cents and they had insured the baby for $50. About a year later, a newspaper reported that a boy was shipped by his grandmother to Stratford, OK to an aunt in Wellington, KS. The boy was 2 years old, was shipped by parcel post. The boy had a name tag around his neck; it cost 18 cents to ship him. He was sent 25 miles by rural route and delivered to the railroad. He then rode with the mail clerks in the mail car; ate lunch with them and was greeted at his destination by the aunt. A 9-year old girl applied to be mailed; she wanted to go to Kentucky. No mention if this was approved. There are pictures on the web of mailmen with a young child in their mail bag - it is believed these were staged photos. But - it did happen! The new puzzler is up! Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com