The Sons of the American Revolution Library and Headquarters have moved to Main Street across from Louisville Slugger. The SAR building on S Fourth St has been sold. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 29, 2014, at 9:51 AM, Sandi Gorin via <south-central-kentucky@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Continuing with Louisville records. > > Louisville Public Library, Fourth & York Streets, Louisville 40203. > 502-561-8600. They have materials on KY, books by KY authors, index > to the Courier-Journal, plus nearly 700 shelves of genealogy and > Kentucky books. They also have microfilmed census records and some > VA, Louisville newspaper collection dating from 1815; Civil War > service records for KY soldiers and some of the Draper Manuscripts. > Their website is: http://www.ci.louisville.co.us/library/ > > Sons of the American Revolution Genealogy Library. 1000 S. 4th > Street, Louisville 40203, 502-589-1776. This library was founded in > 1889 and was re-located to Louisville in 1978. There are considerably > over 25,000 items available. This includes indexes of 44 states up > through 1880 (likely more by this time), index to Genealogical > Periodicals; 4,000 or more family genealogies; 6,700 state, county > and local histories (as of 1991 figures). They have the IGI index on > microfiche, papers on the Revolutionary war including histories, > pension recors, rosters of solders and patriots. This includes over > 1400 books and 1600 reels on microfilm, pension and bounty land > warrant application files. There is a small admission fee. No website found. > > WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 1906 College Heights Blvd., > #11067, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1067. 2770-745-6157. Highlights of > donated items here include: "Family Files" that include many > materials that would not be found anywhere else such as photographs, > pension records, letters and family trees. Other materials include > published family histories and microfilmed collections. For family > picture and other illustrative family materials see KENCAT, the > online catalog at kencat.wku.edu. There are many Warren, Allen and > Barren County families represented. Also a new search tool, > TopScholar at > <http://digital.commons.wku.edu/>http://digital.commons.wku.edu/ > where researchers will find material only in the collection, such as > nearly 7,000 marriage bonds of licenses issued by the Warren County > Court that were accidentally discarded from the courthouse in the > 70s. The site has finding aids that lead the researcher to these > materials. The main website is: http//www.wku.edu/library/disc/ > > Of course there are many libraries and societies in the state who > have information. The South Central KY Cultural Center in Glasgow has > wonderful resources for the Barren Co area and surrounding areas. I > will post more on this at a later date. > > I hope this series has helped. > 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