I learned the following from you Sandi: After a disaster, many land owners came to the courthouse to have their land ownership/description entered in the records, for their protection and their heirs. Della > > Today's Topics: > > 1. BURNED COURTHOUSES (Sandi Gorin) > 2. CORRECTION AND ANSWER (Sandi Gorin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:49:19 -0500 > From: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> > Subject: [SCKY] BURNED COURTHOUSES > To: SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY@rootsweb.com > Cc: KYBARREN@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <201407021249.s62CnJmc019981@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Many times we are frustrated when we hear that the records we so > desperately need no longer exist since the courthouse burned. Some > lost just some of their records. > > I thought I would list here some of those courthouses in the area of > research in south central KY and if they had a disaster - whether > fire or other cause. I will show the year that each courthouse was > finished and open for business, then any disasters that occurred. > > Adair County: First courthouse was finished in 1806 and the 2nd in > 1884. No disasters. > > Allen County: 1st - 816; t2nd - 1903; 3rd - 969. Disaster: 1902 > > Barren County: 1st - 1800; 2nd - 1802; 3rd - 1806; 4th - 1839; 5th - > 1896; 6th - 1965; 7th - remodeling. The Court house now only houses > the Judicial Center and Circuit Clerk's offices; the County Clerk's > offices are across the street in a new building. Disasers: None. > . > Cumberland County: 1st - 1800; 2nd - 1858; 3rd - 1868; 4th - 1934. > Disasters: 1865, 1933. > > Edmonson County: 1st - (no date); 2nd - 1873. Disasters: None > > Green County: 1st - 1796; 2nd - 1804; 3rd - 1931. Disasters: None. > > Hart County: 1st - 1821 - 2nd - 1893; 3rd - 1928. Disaster: 1928. > > Logan County: 1st - 1793; 2nd - 1822; 3rd - 1904. Disasters: None > > Metcalfe County: 1st - 1860; 2nd - 1869; 3rd - 1968. Disasters: > 1850's, 1868 (?) > > Monroe County: 1st - 1823; 2nd - 1865; 3rd: 1888; 4th - 1976. > Disasters: 1863, 1888. > > Warren County: 1st - 1798; 2nd - 1805; 3rd - 1811; 4th - 1868; 5th - > 1968. Disasters: 1864 > > Note: Some of these later dates were remodeling. > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:53:19 -0500 > From: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> > Subject: [SCKY] CORRECTION AND ANSWER > To: SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY@rootsweb.com > Cc: KYBARREN@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <201407021453.s62ErMhV031542@mail.rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Scratch the first day on a disaater in Metcalfe Co in the 1850's. It > wasn't formed yet. My source data had a typo and I didn't catch it. > > In most instances, there was not a "backup" location for the > documents destroyed. Some records have been reconstructed partially; > some few records survived. But, in many instances the information was > gone. > > 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 contact the SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY list administrator, send an email to > SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY mailing list, send an > email to SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY@rootsweb.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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Digest, Vol 9, Issue 126 > ******************************************************