Over the holidays and a tad beyond, I completed two new books on Barren County. The descriptions are below. This is just for your information; you can write me privately about any questions. Barren County KY Index of Inventories, Sales and Settlements, Volumes 11 through 13. Covering the time frame of 21 Aug 1865 through 30 Nov 1883, these are the estate settlements of those dying without a will. This is an index of the original volumes which have never been indexed and very old and faded. They contain many hundreds of settlements. Shown is the name of the deceased, the Administrator's name (if shown), the type (Inventory and Appraisement, Sale and Settlement), the date documents were recorded, the volume and page number. A wealth of information is to be found in these records. There are some guardianship settlements along with the items the deceased owned, the value of same, who bought the item and how much they paid, bills owed, money due, some spouse and children's name are also shown. Some are rather unusual such as the inventory of one man who owned "two human skeletons, value $5.00"! Family Bibles are mentioned, tombstones to be ordered and the widow's dower. If your ancestor died during this time frame and didn't leave a will, hopefully he will be cited here. 47 pages including full-name index and an explanation of how these records were made and definition of legal terms used. Barren County Kentucky As Reported in Newspapers From Around the United States, 1815-1923. Contains 188 articles from 76 different newspapers outside of Barren County - from Washington, D.C. to Honolulu, Hawaii and many other states and counties in KY. News items range from murders, suicides, lynching, fires, forgeries, "raised bills", two strange elopements, an unusual bondsman and a famous female Civil War spy born in Barren County - to turkeys, bantam roosters, copperhead snakes, foxes and wild dogs. Some reports will make the reader laugh, some cry and some will cause you to just shake your head! Contains some photos and graphics and full-name index. 92 pages. 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 has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com