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FAMILY RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

ADAMS FAMILY BOOK with Index 1979. Newly reprinted, includes full name index.
ALLEN FAMILY BOOKS Printed 1989. 4 vol. set. 702 pages text and 552 pages of family pictures. Descendants of William Allen/Caty Gearheart, Richard Allen/Edy Williams, George Allen/ Cynthia Patton, James Allen/Nancy Louise Roberts and Samuel Patton/Elizabeth Allen. INDEX FOR ALLEN BOOKS -- Full name index available. By Kurt Gausel.
ARNETT ALBUM 1983. Reprinted 1984. 2 vol. Descendants of Stephen & Reuben Arnett, son of David Arnett who died in 1820 Harlan Co. KY. INDEX FOR ARNETT BOOKS -- Full name index available, by Marlene Wireman Howard.
BAILEYS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 1986. 3 vol. set, 584 pages text, 322 pages pictures. Desc. of Joseph and Patsy Bailey, Elisha Bailey with other area Bailey families. INDEX FOR BAILEY BOOKS -- Full name index available. By Marlene Wireman Howard.
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY - LEGENDS IN BLUE AND GRAY NEW for 1998. 20th Annual Founder’s Day, 5 vol. set, includes biographical and military info about area Civil War soldiers. Genealogy info includes (when available) grandparents, parents of soldier, soldier and spouse, their children and gr/children. many pictures of soldiers and their families included. Vol. 1 contains foreword and introduction along with soldier’s info from Benjamin Adams to William Conley. Vol. II contains soldier’s info from William Smith Conley to Moses Hoskins. Vol. III contains soldier’s info from Allen L. Howard to Elijah Patrick. Vol. IV contains soldier’s info from Elijah Patrick II to Jesse Roark. Vol. V contains soldier’s info from George W. Roberts to Theodore A. Yelton, along with 19 pages of additional area Civil War info. May be ordered by Volume or set of 5 volumes. INDEX TO CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS books also available.
CONLEY CLAN OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 1984. 2 vol., 600 pages text, 160 pages pictures. Descendants of Capt. Henry Conley. Many pages of source material. Includes section on Conleys in Civil War by Edward R. Hazelett. Reprint INDEX FOR CONLEY BOOKS -- Full name index available. By Kaye Conley Bentley.
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COOPER, PVT. VIRGINIA MILITIA, REVOLUTIONARY WAR 202 Pages text, full name index to text, 82 pages of pictures.
DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH FERGUSON THROUGH HIS SON WILLIAM FERGUSON (Rev. War soldier) 1997. 329 pages of genealogy, fully indexed, covers Richard Ferguson, Jane McGuire, Phoebe Williams, John B. Ferguson, James Ferguson, William Ferguson Jr., Elise Reed and Polly Hamilton.
GULLETT FAMILY BOOKS 2003 Founder's Day. Containing 1185 pages in 3 volumes, mostly descendants of DANIEL GULLETT b. ca. 1745/50 d. ca. 1813/15 NC m. Mary -?- d. ca. 1820 Wilkes Co. NC and JESSE GULLETT b. 1758 NC d. ca. 1840 Floyd Co. KY m. 3 Aug 1778 Wilkes Co. NC to Elizabeth Roberts. GULLETT FAMILY BOOKS INDEX now available, by Kay Conley Bentley.
HELTON FAMILY BOOKS 1996. Over 800 pages of material primarily covering the families of George and Malinda (Wade) Helton who were married in 1819 VA, also Andrew Jackson Helton (b. 1819) and wife Delphia Wireman. Short genealogies also included on other Helton lines, including Benjamin James Hylton, Harvey Grey Helton, and John Hilton. INDEX FOR THE HELTON FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index. Additional information and pictures included.
HICKS FAMILY BOOKS 2 volume set of Hicks Family history! HICKS FAMILY BOOKS INDEX also available.
HOWARDS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY (1999 reprint) 1985. 3 vol. set, 650 pages text, 300 pages pictures, Descendants of Thomas and Francis (Jackson) Howard; James and Elizabeth (Green) Howard; John and Mary (Risner) Howard; Benjamin and Phoebe (Slusher) Howard; Phillip and Julia (Howard) Slusher, Celia Howard; Michael and Sarah (Howard) Risner; Samuel and Cloe (Osborn) Howard; James Howard of Montgomery County KY; Jesse and Rebecca (Howard) Brock and William and Catherine (Helton) Howard. INDEX FOR HOWARD BOOKS -- Full name index. By Mary Green.
JENKINS FAMILY BOOKS 1997. 19th annual Founder's Day, 3 vol. set, 1,016 pages text and pictures, descendants of Robert and Fanny Jenkins. INDEX FOR JENKINS FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index available.
LYKINS FAMILY BOOKS 1994. 3 vol. set of LYKINS Family genealogy and pictures, printed for the 16th annual Founder's Day. INDEX FOR THE LYKINS FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index. Also contains additional Lykins info and pictures by Kurt Gausel.
MAY FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 1992. 3 vols. 538 pages of text, 334 pages of family pictures. Descendants of Caleb and Margaretta May, James and Polly May and some info on John May of the Pike Co. Ky area. INDEX FOR MAY FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index. By Kurt Gausel.
MILLER FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 2002, 2 vol. set, 911 pages text & pictures, mainly desc. of Samuel and Frankey (Carpenter) Miller, and Abraham and Catherine (Hale) Miller, also sections on children of Stephen and Mary C. (Bishop) Miller. *INDEX FOR MILLER FAMILY BOOKS* by Kay Bentley	need photo
MINIX MEMORIES 1991. Primarily descendants of Charles and Fanny Minix. three vols., 535 pages genealogy, 432 pages pages family pictures. INDEX FOR MINIX MEMORIES -- Full name index, by Kurt Gausel.
MONTGOMERY FAMILY BOOKS 1988. 3 vol. set, 483 pages text, 320 pages pictures. Descendants of Alexander Montgomery I of Albemarle Co. Va. Most info on "Sanders" and Elizabeth (Eddington) Montgomery, John and Isabell (Montgomery) Cole and John Montgomery who m. Susana Porter and Elizabeth Harris. INDEX FOR MONTGOMERY BOOKS - Full name index, by Lois Hampton Trusty.
MULLINS FAMILY OF EAST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA Two volume indexed set of books [691 pages] on the early Mullins and allied families of Eastern KY and Southwestern VA. The volumes concentrate on documentation of early court records, land records, marriage records and census records. The last chapter includes family trees of early Mullins families. [© 2000, by author Cornelius Carroll. Reprinted by special permission.]
PATRICKS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 1982. Reprinted 1984. 2 vol., 368 pages, many pictures. Descendants of Hugh, James, Jeremiah Patrick. FULL NAME INDEX, By Lois Hampton Trusty.
ANCESTORS OF OLIVER PATRICK OF KENTUCKY, by Dr. Phil Stanley Dr. Stanley's personal research on this family and donated to MCHS for sale.
ARCHIBALD PRATER AND OTHER PRATER FAMILIES 1980. Newly reprinted. Includes full name index.
REED FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY Printed 1990. 3 vol. set. 415 pages text, and 384 pages family pictures. Descendants of Daniel Reed, James Reed, John Franklin Reed, John Dolsbury Reed, and Asa J. Reed. INDEX FOR REED FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index., By Kurt Gausel.
RISNER FAMILY BOOKS 1993. 4 volumes, 695 pages text, 475 pages family pictures. Descendants of Michael and Sarah Howard Risner. INDEX FOR RISNER FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index., By Kurt Gausel.
THE SALYER FAMILY: Genealogy and Records of Their First 250 Years in America Written by Elisabeth L. W. Salyer, reprinted by permission from her two daughters to the Magoffin County Historical Society. Bound in soft cover, 2 Volumes, 688 pages
SALYER FAMILY BOOK 1981. Newly reprinted. 1 Vol. 258 pages plus pictures. Descendants of Wm. M. and Nancy Salyer. Includes full name Index.
SHEPHERD FAMILY BOOKS Printed in 1999 for the Shepherd Family Founder’s Day Festival in Salyersville, KY. The set of books contains 7 volumes of about 400 pages each of genealogy, pictures, and stories of Shepherd families. (2,938 pages total). INDEX TO SHEPHERD FAMILY BOOKS by Harold Lowder.
SIZEMORE: DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE "GOLDENHAWK" SIZEMORE and SALLY ANDERSON Printed March 2002. 1 Vol. 312 pages of genealogy and pictures of descendants.
VANDERPOOL ADVENTURE Two volumes (812 pages) of history and genealogy of the Vanderpool families of eastern Kentucky. Primarily descendants James Vanderpool b. 1813 d. 1880s, John M. Vanderpool b. 1815 d. 1892, and Hezekiah Vanderpool, Jr. b. 1816 d. 1870s, sons of Hezekiah Vanderpool, Sr. of Tennessee. Includes many pictures. INDEX TO THE VANDERPOOL ADVENTURE by Kay Conley Bentley and Stacey Blanton.
(SALUTE TO) VETERANS OF MAGOFFIN COUNTY, KY Volume I (Surnames beginning A through Combs) Volume 2 (Surnames beginning Conley through Hicks) Volume 3 (Surnames beginning Higgins through Maynard) Volume 4 (Surnames beginning McCarty through Proffit) Volume 5 (Surnames beginning Puckett through Slone) (More volumes in progress)	need photo
WHITAKER FAMILY BOOKS 4 volumes of Whitaker Family history, compiled for the 26th Annual Founders Days celebration of the Whitaker Family in 2004 (Vols. 1 and 2). Volumes 3 and 4 are now completed (2009)!
WILLIAMS FAMILY BOOKS 1995. 4 vol. set of Williams Family history, printed for the 17th Annual Founders Day. INDEX FOR THE WILLIAMS FAMILY BOOKS -- Full name index. Additional information and pictures included, by Kurt Gausel.
WIREMAN FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY 1987. 3 vol. set, 551 pages text, 1 vol. pictures, family outline at end of vol. II. Descendants of John, Jacob, & Abraham Wireman, born in late 1700's in TN, sons of John Wireman of PA. INDEX FOR WIREMAN BOOKS -- Full name index, by Marlene Wireman Howard.

COOKBOOKS *Click on pictures to enlarge for better viewing*

MANNS CLAN COOKBOOK Our 31st Anniversary Cookbook. 448 pages, 8 1/2 x 11- inches, soft cover with front and back plastic overlays. This cookbook contains many pictures and recipes, old and new, especially for the Mann-Manns family but will be of interest to everyone who has eastern Kentucky connections.
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS COOKBOOK Our 25th Anniversary Cookbook. 513 pages of tried and true family recipes and family photos.
GOOD TIMES COOKBOOK (Dec. 2006) Recipes, stories, and pictures from good friends of the Magoffin County Historical Society.
YEAR 2000 COOKBOOK 431 pages of recipes, stories, and pictures from friends of the Magoffin County Historical Society.
OLD TYME COOKBOOK (Reprint of 1989 edition) 155 pages of recipes and stories, edited by Patty Auxier, indexed by recipes and all names that appear in the book.
COOKING WITH MEMORIES This cook book has a collection of family recipes with stories and family information. Indexed by recipes and names of people mentioned in book. Some pictures. Laminated covers. Printed 1998.
A JOYFUL COOKING JOURNEY WITH THE JENKINS FAMILY AND FRIENDS Printed July 1997 by the Magoffin County Historical Society, 196 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, indexed by contributors and names of recipes, soft laminated covers, plastic ring binding, contains huge collection of recipes and homilies from Jenkins family members and friends. You will want to order extra copies of this book for your family and friends!

CENSUS RECORDS *Click on pictures to enlarge for better viewing*

1840 SPECIAL FEDERAL CENSUS OF KY PENSIONERS OF REV. OR MILITARY SERVICE All KY pensioners, ages and places of residence in 1840.	need photo
1840 FLOYD CO. KY CENSUS Includes heads of household in the area that was Floyd County KY in 1840. (Includes some residents of present day Johnson, Magoffin and Martin Counties).
1860 BREATHITT CO. KY CENSUS Full name index, also contains 1860 Breathitt Co. Mortality Schedule and Slave Schedule. Entries give place of birth for each person in addition to usual information.
1860 MORGAN CO. KY CENSUS 230 pages, includes census listings, slave schedule and mortality schedule for 1860 Morgan Co. Full name index.
1860 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS Indexed by every name that appears in the first census of Magoffin County. Opens flat for easy reference.
1870 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS 130 pages, Annotated: some info not found on microfilm has been added.
1880 FLOYD CO. KY CENSUS 242 pages, full name index, household number, names of residents, age, relationship to head of household, birthplace of self and parents listed.
1880 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS 163 pages, originally printed by C. E. Shepard, lists household #, names, race, sex, age, relationship to head of household, place born for self/parents.
1890 SPECIAL CENSUS OF MAGOFFIN CO. WAR VETERANS AND WIDOWS Gives name, rank, address, regiment/company, dates of enlistment and discharge, length of service and disability (if any) of Union veterans and Widows. Some Confederates were also listed.	need photo
1900 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS 288 pages, full name index, household number and names, relationship, race, sex, month and year born, age at last birthday, marital status, number years married, number of children born and living, place of birth of person and parents.
1910 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS 320 pages, full name index, age, number years married, place of birth for self/parents, occupation.
1920 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS 355 pages, full name index, age, marital status, place of birth for self/parents, occupation. Annotated: some info not found on microfilm has been added, such as wife's maiden name.
1930 MAGOFFIN CO. CENSUS 430 pages, full name index, household number, relationship, color, age, marital status, age at marriage, and birth place for self/parents. Annotated: some info not found on microfilm has been added, such as wife's maiden name.

Obituaries, Funeral Home Records, Cemetery Records

MAGOFFIN COUNTY KY OBITUARIES 1979-1998: 198 pages of obituary excerpts that have appeared in the Salyersville Independent newspaper from 1979 through 1998. Entries include name of deceased, dates, cemetery location, names of parents and spouse (printed 1999). MAGOFFIN COUNTY KY OBITUARIES & MEMORIALS This volume covers the time period from 1999-2003
MAGOFFIN COUNTY CEMETERIES, Vols. I - IV VOL. I contains 96 pages, 215 cemeteries, mostly area south of Royalton, KY, some Ivyton and White Oak areas. Surname and cemetery name indexed. VOL. II includes Salyersville, Mash Fork, Rt. 460, Litteral's Fork, Mine Fork, Flat Fork, Cow Creek, etc. 112 pages, surname and cemetery name indexed. VOL. III, printed in 1989 (109 pages) contains cemeteries in Salyersville, up Rt.7 to Lakeville Road, Stinson, Middle Fork, Grape Creek, White Oak, Cow Creek of Johnson, Short Fork and Rockhouse of Burning Fork. Surname and cemetery name indexed. VOL. IV contains cemeteries we have copied that have not been printed in first 3 vols., Ivyton, Coon Creek, and all parts of the county, along with additions/corrections we have received, printed 1999, 160 pages, surname and cemetery name indexed.
PRATER AND DUNN FUNERAL HOME LISTINGS - VOL. 1 1930's to early 1955 - Magoffin County KY. Gives name, age when deceased, birth date, address, where died, names of parents and spouse, burial site, cause of death, etc. Full name index.
PRATER AND DUNN FUNERAL HOME LISTINGS - VOL. 2 1955-1970 - includes (when given) name, age when deceased, birth date, address, where died, names of parents and spouse, burial site, cause of death, etc., also 20 pages of info from Memorial cards. Full name index.

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ADAMS FAMILY BOOK with Index

ALLEN FAMILY BOOKS

ARNETT ALBUM

BAILEYS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY - LEGENDS IN BLUE AND GRAY

CONLEY CLAN OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN COOPER, PVT. VIRGINIA MILITIA, REVOLUTIONARY WAR

DESCENDANTS OF JOSIAH FERGUSON THROUGH HIS SON WILLIAM FERGUSON (Rev. War soldier)

GULLETT FAMILY BOOKS

HELTON FAMILY BOOKS

HICKS FAMILY BOOKS

HOWARDS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY (1999 reprint)

JENKINS FAMILY BOOKS

LYKINS FAMILY BOOKS

MAY FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

MINIX MEMORIES

MONTGOMERY FAMILY BOOKS

PATRICKS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

ANCESTORS OF OLIVER PATRICK OF KENTUCKY, by Dr. Phil Stanley

ARCHIBALD PRATER AND OTHER PRATER FAMILIES

REED FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

RISNER FAMILY BOOKS

SALYER FAMILY BOOK

SHEPHERD FAMILY BOOKS

SIZEMORE: DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE "GOLDENHAWK" SIZEMORE and SALLY ANDERSON

VANDERPOOL ADVENTURE

WILLIAMS FAMILY BOOKS

WIREMAN FAMILY OF EASTERN KENTUCKY

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