SUMMER 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Historical and Genealogical Happenings In and Around
Mason County
New contribution from Pam Mastin: Tombstone photo, William S. Mastin and Addie J. Mastin, interred in the Shannon Cemetery, Mason County, Ky.
Richard Writt reports that he has submitted his book, "Writt about Warren" to the Mason County Family History Library. Mason County surnames in the book include Runyon, Robinson, Jennings, Smither and Writt. The book includes photocopies of family bible pages, tax lists, marriage bonds and photographs. The book is also available on line at the Library of Congress website, http://catalog.loc.gov/ and enter the book title, "Writt about Warren":
Sandra Lewis has contributed her transcription of the second Mason County tax list taken in 1793. The tax lists are essential for determining movement of ancestors into Kentucky and Mason County. Thank you, Sandra!
Tip! Many obituaries for Mason County residents are published in the Bracken County News. If you are looking for an obituary published after mid-2003, try a visit to the Bracken County KyGenWeb and search the Bracken County News obituary indexes filed under 'Newspaper Records.'
Just contributed by Scot Stout: Remembrances of Mayslick Baptist Church, 1939 Sesquicentennial. Quite a few local family names are mentioned in this document Scot transcribed from his family files. Thank you, Scot!
We are currently working on the 1918 Kentucky Death Certificates for free use at the KYGenWeb's Kentucky Vital Records Project website. This project features fully-indexed images of all Kentucky death certificates issued from 1911, the year the Commonwealth took over responsibility of vital records from the counties. 1911 through 1914 and much of 1915 are now complete and available for research. Visit the
Kentucky Vital Record Project and explore this wonderful new resource, brought to you through the hard work of Sherri Hall and 'an army' of KVRP volunteers.
Did your family spill over into Harrison County? Not sure? Phillip Naff would like to to know about his Harrison County website. He had done a complete transcription of Harrison County marriage entries on file at the Harrison County Court Clerk's Office. Check out this valuable research tool for this sister county of Mason.
A big "Thank You" to James Thomas Moore for contributing images of nine early marriage entries for Carter, Moore and allied surnames. These interesting records date from 1797 to 1809.
Something fun and useful for your family research. Figure out the value of your ancestor's property in its own time with this historical dollar value converter, a free tool courtesy of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Did your Kentucky ancestor move to Illinois, then participate in the Civil War? Find out at the Illinois State Archives website.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War has a National Grave Registration Database website with information on more than 367,405 Union soldiers.
Visit Territorial Kansas 1854-1861 to find the names of ancestors who may have moved west to Kansas.
To learn more about joining the Kentucky Historical Society, check the Membership Page at the KHS Website.
Scot Stout, KYGenWeb Coordinator for Fleming County, would like you to know that he has updated his website in the obits, photos and cemetery transcription sections.
Access America's Obituaries & Death Notices - Members of the Kentucky Historical Society and visitors to the Society's library have access to this large and comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices from around the United States. Call the KHS to learn about membership and this great resource
The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) has several
research services available for those doing general research, family history research, judicial/governmental research or property research. These services are available to citizens within Kentucky, as well as to those residing outside the Commonwealth.
NARA is the National Archives and Records Administration. NARA's Prologue magazine for Winter 2006 spotlights
'Voices of Emancipation: Union Pension Files Giving Voice to Former Slaves,'
© 2005 by Donald R. Shaffer and Elizabeth Regosin (Winter 2005, Vol. 37, No. 4)
The Spring 2005 issue of Prologue featured 'First in the Path of the Firemen: The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, Part 1,' By Kellee Blake (Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1)
Visit NARA's website to read more, or to Subscribe to this very special magazine.
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