I was at the Kentucky State Archives in Frankfurt this summer and it is
a nice facility and not very old. It is on the edge of town, off by
itself. They have finding aid binders by county and some materials were
filmed, but original records were brought to me in archival boxes. The
staff was helpful and I would like to go back again as I have lots of
Kentucky families.
Shirley Wilcox
On 8/22/2012 4:17 PM, curt wrote:
> Hi, All. The 1809 date I mentioned wasn't a COOLEY, it was the first
> entry in the deed books. Not a relative.
>
> I went back to Casey Co. today & all bad news for the likes of us;
> There was a fire there early on, everything lost. That's why the
> 1809, I guess. The new Judicial Center ( that's architect for ugly
> courthouse ) has only criminal and civil cases & they don't go back
> far enough. The fellow I talked to mentioned the "1850s". The local
> cops ran my plates, for practice, they said. No help there. The
> county library had an event; A rainstorm, the roof fell in, decades
> of pigeon "stuff" came in with the rain. A local official told me
> it's supposed to reopen tomorrow. I'll give it a try - they're
> supposed to have a pretty good genealogy section ( if they still have
> it! ). Closed Wednesdays - can you imagine?
>
> Back in the 70s a politician got the bulk of the county records
> transferred to the state archives at Frankfort, KY ( state capital )
> and from what the local enthusiasts tell me they're stored in a
> dungeon, hard to get to, hard to search. The politician is gone, so
> are the records. Frankfort's in my way going north into Ohio, more
> hotel charges ( doesn't bother me, at the moment ). I have address &
> phone from 3 sources so I guess they must be correct.
>
> I'm inclined to go, disinclined to crawl around in a musty old
> basement rooting through dusty old boxes. I understand that all of
> you are a bit partisan in this matter but, please, try to talk me into
> it, or out of it, as the case may be. I have a salt shaker handy.
>
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