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Volume 1, 1984-85
Volume 2, 1985-86
Volume 3, 1986-87
Volume 4, 1987-88
Volume 5, 1988-89
Volume 6, 1989-90

Volume 7, 1990-91

Volume 8, 1991-92
Volume 9, 1992-93
Volume 10, 1993-94
Volume 11, 1994-95
Volume 12, 1995-96
Volume 13, 1996-97
Volume 14, 1997-98

Volume 15, 1998-99
Volume 16, 1999-2000
Volume 17, 2000-01
Volume 18, 2001-02

Volume 19, 2002-03
Volume 20, 2003-04
Volume 21, 2004-05

Volume 23, 2006-0
Volume 24, 2007-08
Volume 25, 2008-09

Volume 26, 2009-10
 
Nelson County Marriage Bonds & Returns 1785 – 1789 part 1 of 23
List of Nelson County Brides 1785 – 1789 part 1 of 2
The Religious Affiliation of Listed Minister
Nelson County Index to Deeds
Nelson County Delinquent Tax List 1839
The Turner Wilson Family
The Polls of Elections at Bardstown, 2 Aug 1830
Stone Family Cemetery
Walker Chapel Cemetery
Jonathan Brown Family Cemetery
Queries

Volume 1, December 1984, Number 2

Nelson County Marriage bonds & Returns part 2 of 2
Cotton Family Cemetery
List of Nelson County Brides part 2 of 2
Nelson County Delinquent Tax List 1840
Nelson County Guardian Bonds 1829
Election Polls for the Davis Precinct 1830
Nicholls Family Cemetery
Dugan Family Cemetery
Green Family Cemetery
Election Polls for the Boston Precinct 1830
Bullitt County Deeds (Book A)
Publications
Charles Price Bible
Queries

Volume 1, March 1985, Number 3
Washington County Tax List 1792
Nelson County Keeper of the Poor House
Little Union Cemetery
Hatton, John Smith
Spencer County Marriages 1824 – 1830 (A – L) part 1 of 2
Queries

Volume 1, June 1985, Number 4

Baptismal Records of St. Joseph Church part 1 of 4.
Spencer County Marriages 1824 – 1830 (M – Y) part 2 of 2
Newman – Troutman Cemetery
Stoner’s Chapel Cemetery
Washington County Probate Index
Nelson County Guardian Bonds
Nelson County Court Judgments 1785 – 1789
Bloomfield Precinct 1830
Nelson County Probate Index
History Seekers

Queries

Volume 2, September 1985, Number 1

St Joseph Church Baptism Records Book #1 (1824-26) (A-M) part 2 of 4
Zachariah Riney: Abe Lincoln’s First School Teacher
From Gethsemani Book of Annals pages 29-31 (deed)
From Gethsemani Book of Annals pages 60-62 (deed)
From Gethsemani Book of Annals page 16 (Wm. B. Riney)
From The New Haven Echo issue March 14, 1912
Well Known Monk Found Dead—Brother Benedict Mary
(Prof. Riney)Dies at Gethsemani Abbey
The Washington County Tax List for 1792 (M-Y)
Queries

Volume 2, December 1985, Number 2

Letter to President Lincoln by Captain Kirby
Inhabitants of Tygart’s (Tyger’s) Valley area (Augusta, Co. VA)
St. Ann’s Church on Cartwright Creek
By Father Felix Donahue, Abbey of Gethsemani
Enrolled Militia of Nelson County for 1863
John Duncan Huston Bible Entries
Capture of Salley Mitchell
1911 Burial Records of Nelson County, Kentucky
Announcements
Queries

Volume 2, March 1986, Number 3

St. Joseph Church Baptismal Records
Book #1 (1824 – 1826) (M – W) part 3 of 4
Revolutionary Soldiers
Nelson County Index to Deeds & Mortgages from Deed Book #167
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Membership List 1844 – 1857
Bullitt County Tax List 1797 – 1815
Old Coon Hollow from The Kentucky Standard, Feb. 26, 1903

Volume 2, June 1986, Number 4
St. Joseph Church Baptismal Records
Book #1 (1824 – 1826) (R – W) part 4 of 4
Names & Dates from old Bibles ~ (Nall, Slack, Brumfield, Walker, Taylor, & Lincoln)
Hardin County Tax List 1795 (A – B)
Fred A. Miles Interviews (resident of Samuels, KY)
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 2, Numbers 1 – 4
 

Charter members of Little Union Baptist Church, 1927 – 1928
List of Marion Co., KY People who Contributed to St. Joseph Cathedral in 1811
Washington Co. Pioneer Cemeteries close to Nelson Co., KY
Washington Co. KY Probate Index, Will Bk A, (1792 – 1808) (M – Z)
Wills & Inventories – Spencer Co. Will Bk A part 1 of 2
Abstract of Tax Records Bullitt Co. 1797
Record of Births of St. Andrews in St. Marys Co., MD part 1 of 2
Rev. Francis Chambige

Volume 3, December 1986, Number 2

Abstract of Tax Records of Bullitt Co. 1799
Hardesty Family Bible Records
Nicholas Leathers Cemetery
Unusual Names encountered in the 1880 Nelson Co., KY Census
Record of Births of St. Andrews in St. Marys Co., MD part 2 of 2
Wills & Inventories – Spencer Co. Will Bk A part 2 of 2
Nelson County Sct. October Court 1787
List of Ministers that Posted Bond in Nelson Co. to Perform Marriages
Matthew Walton, Kentucky Pioneer
Queries

Volume 3, March 1987, Number 3

List of Delinquent Taxes – 1821
Baptismal Records of Holy Rosary Church part 1 of 4
Abstract of Tax Records of Bullitt Co. 1799
Records of Trinity Church, Charles County, MD
Queries
Vowles/Vowels of MD & KY part 1 of 5

 
Volume 3, June 1987, Number 4

A Guideline for a Beginner Genealogist
First KY Orphans Brigade Centennial 1887 Reunion
Baptismal Records of Holy Rosary Church part 2 of 4
List of Delinquent Taxes, Nelson County – 1823
Burns Family Graveyard
Queries
Vowles/Vowels of MD, VA, & KY part 2 of 5
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 3, Numbers 1 – 4

 
Unrecorded Deeds part 1 of 4
Early Times in Kentucky
Baptismal Records of Holy Rosary Church part 3 of 4
Lutz and Mathis Genealogy
VVVQueries
Volume 4, January 1988, Number 2
List of Delinquent Taxes, Nelson County – 1825
Vowles/Vowels of MD, VA, & KY part 3 of 5

 


Volume 4, January, 1988, Number 2

Baptismal Records of Holy Rosary Church part 4 of 4
Queries
Genealogical Research in MD, by Robert P. Moore
Richard Vowels – First proven Ancestor of the Vowles’ of MD, KY, & VA


Volume 4, March 1988, Number 3

Unrecorded Deeds part 2 of 4
Jonathan Cotton Sr. Family Group Records, by Sr. Margaret Mary Thompson
Original Subscriptions for Building of Bardstown Cathedral
Queries
Vowles/Vowels of Md, VA, and KY part 4 of 5

 
Volume 4, June 1988, Number 4

Felix T. Hughes, Maternal Ancestors
Unrecorded Deeds part 3 of 4
Williams Family Bible
Overall Cemetery (in Bullitt Co. KY)
Magruder Cemetery and Bullitt Lick Catholic Church or St. Johns Chapel Cemetery
Queries
Vowles/Vowels of MD, VA, & KY part 5 of 5
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 4, Numbers 1 – 4

Unrecorded Deeds part 4 of 4
Deaths in Nelson Co., KY for Year Ending 1 June 1860
Bonds Given by Ministers in Nelson Co, to Perform Marriages part 1 of 2
KY Vital Statistics, State Archives, 1852 – 1861
Delinquent Taxes – 1804
Records of the Church at Big Spring, Nelson Co., KY – 1824 part 1 of 4
Queries

Volume 5, December 1988, Number 2

List of Delinquent Taxpayers – 1817, Nelson Co, KY
Records of Big Spring Church part 2 of 4
Persons Received into Communion of the Big Springs Church
Anderson County Article written by J. B. Shely
Using Nelson County, Virginia Tax Records To Research Your Ancestor 1785 – 1791
Queries

 
Volume 5, March 1989, Number 3

Records from the Bible of Judge Henry Ormsby Brown
of Bourbon and Nelson Counties, KY
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Baptismal Records part 1 of 6
Silas Tichenor’s Delinquent Return for the year 1823
Green Duncan’s Delinquent Tithables for the year 1823
Big Spring Records (cont. from Vol. 5, #2) part 3 of 4
Queries

 
Volume 5, June 1989, Number 4

The Strange Story of a Crime from The Nelson County Record, Tuesday, December 24, 1895
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Baptismal Records part 2 of 6
Big Spring Records (cont. from Vol. 5, #3) part 4 of 4
A List of the Names of Members in Communion in Big Spring Church, January 1, 1844
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 5, Numbers 1 – 4

 
Letters by a resident of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Information about contesting Joshua McDonald estate, 1821
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Baptismal Records part 3 of 6
Abstracts of Wills, Anderson County, KY Will Book A part 1 of 6
McClaskey Bible Information
Queries

 
Volume 6, December 1989, Number 2

Abstracts of Wills, Anderson County, KY, Will Book A part 2 of 6
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Baptismal Records part 4 of 6
The Holy Bible of John Ambrose Cissell
Queries

 
Volume 6, March 1990, Number 3

Organization of the Bloomfield Home Guards part 1 of 2
List of Delinquent Taxes Returned for 1825 part 1 of 2
Mill Creek Baptist Church, Nelson County, KY part 1 of 2
Abstracts of Wills, Anderson County, KY, Will Book A part 3 of 6
Queries

 
Volume 6, June 1990, Number 4

Abstracts of Wills, Anderson County, KY part 5 of 6
Baptismal Records of Holy Trinity Church part 5 of 6
Bonds Given by Ministers to Perform Marriages part 2 of 2
Dairy of Felix P. Poche
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 6, Numbers 1 – 4

We Are The Survivors! – Changes we have witnessed
The Lost Has Been found (Dickerson Family Tree Branch Found)
Abstracts of Wills of Anderson County, KY part 6 of 6
Baptismal Records of Holy Trinity Catholic Church part 6 of 6
Delinquent Taxes, Nelson County, KY, due for the year 1827
Queries

Volume 7, December 1990, Number 2

The Family Record of Peter Brown
Taken From a Small Notebook
Delinquent Tax Levies for the year 1827
Abstracts of Wills of Anderson County, KY
Queries

Volume 7, March 1991, Number 3

N.C.G.R. (Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable) Busy in 1990
Gethsemani Abbey Baptismal Register (begins 1850)
Baptist Pioneers in Bloomfield, Nelson County, KY
Depositions of Early settlers
Queries

Volume 7, June 1991, Number 4

Records of Burials, 1866 – 1943
Cox’s Creek Baptist Church – 1785
Cox’s Creek Catholic Settlement
Letter about Ray Family Genealogy
Records from an old Bible Property of John L. & Eliza M. Snider Stevens
Abstracts of Nelson County Records, continued (land survey disputes)
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 7, Numbers 1- 4

Joseph Ferguson Pioneer Methodist Minister
The Burnt Station
Abstracts of Nelson County Records, continued from Vol. 7, #4
Records of Burials, continued from Vol. 7, #410
Queries

Volume 8, December 1991, Number 2

Pottinger’s Station – History
The Account of Pottinger’s Station (as told by deposition) part 1 of 2
Clippings from the Bardstown Herald, 1831
Family Group – Dominick Edelen/Edlin
Pension & Bounty Land Warrants, Revolutionary War
Records of Burials, continued from Vol. 8, #1
Queries

Volume 8, March 1992, Number 3

National Reunion of Descendants of MD Catholics to KY
The Roundtable’s Oldest Member
The Account of Roger’s Fort (as told by deposition) part 2 of 2
Delinquent Tithables 1828
Queries
Bodine, McMakin, Pullen, Skinner, VanDeventer, Wyckoff in Loudoun Co., VA

Volume 8, June 1992, Number 4

N.C.G.R. (Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable) Continues Busy
N.C.G.R. Memberships
Rolling Fork Christian Church Cemetery
Simms’ Surveys (1790)
Delinquent Taxes for 1828 – Returnable in 1829
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 8, Numbers 1 – 4

Letter written by A.C. Brown to William Sutherland
Goodwin’s Station
Delinquent Taxes for 1829, collected in 1830
New Jersey Families in Loudoun Co., VA, Tithable Lists in the 1700s
Queries

Volume 9, Winter (January) 1993, Number 2

Commissioner's Deeds
Delinquent Taxes for 1830, Collectable in 1831
The Life and Times of a Church
Delinquent Return of Tax Levis Re-Listed with Sheriff
Queries
Note about Membership

Volume 9, Spring 1993, Number 3

Bloomfield Baptist Church, Bloomfield, Ky.
Index to Nelson Co., Ky. Book 3 chancery Land Cases
Roman Catholic Immigrants to Nelson Co., Ky.
Confederate Army Veterans of Nelson Co., Who Applied to the State of Ky. for a pension
Queries

Volume 9, Summer 1993, Number 4

Bloomfield Baptist Church, Bloomfield, Kentucky
Index to Nelson Co., Ky. Book 3 Chancery Land Cases
Confederate Army Veterans of Nelson Co., Who Applied to the State of Kentucky for a pension
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 9, Numbers 1 – 4

Times Haven't Changed Very Much
Records of Bloomfield Baptist Church, continued
Deeds Recorded in the Office of the Court of Appeals
Chronology of the Life of the Reverend Benedict Swope, Sr.
Queries

Volume 10, Winter (December) 1993, Number 2

Election of 1864
Nelson Co., Ky. Inquests
Certificates of Declaration of Intention to Become Citizens of the United States of America, Filed in Nelson Co. Court
Widowers of Confederate Army Veterans of Nelson Co. that Applied to State of Ky. for a Pension
Index to Nelson Co., Ky. Chancery Court Land Cases 1815-1820
Queries

Volume 10, Spring 1994, Number 3

Land Grants or Treasury Warrants
A Letter Written "Awhile Back"
Isaac Taylor Tichenor
Index to Nelson Co., KY Chancery Court Land Cases 1815-1820
Burned Records-Early Land Disputes
Queries

Volume 10, Summer 1994, Number 4

Tithables Removed from Nelson County
Index to Nelson Co., KY Chancery Court Cases 1815-1820 (continued)
The Story of St. Thomas Church
Nelson Co., Ky. Research Boxes A, B and C
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 10, Numbers 1 – 4

The Orphan Brigade
A Letter Addressed to: His Excellency- Governor Isaac Shelby
Big Spring School
Early History of the Bloomfield, Ky. Christian Church
Index of Various Court Cases
Index to Court Cases and Various Records
Genealogical Beatitudes
Queries

Volume 11, Winter (January) 1995, Number 2

Latin Words
The Story of Kentucky
Index to Commissioner Deeds
Redman Family Group Sheet
Schedule of Property
Legal Certificates

Inquests, Nelson Co., Ky: 1799-1875
Some Interesting Inquests
Queries


Volume 11, Spring 1995, Number 3

Kentucky Stories printed over 50 years ago
Commissioner's Report: Division of Land
Pedigree Chart
In Land Cases
Queries

Volume 11, Summer 1995, Number 4

The Kentucky Standard, September 20, 1928
McGuffin Ancestor Chart
The George E. Willett Family
The John Nave Family
Declaration of Intent to become a Citizen of the USA
Special Collections
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 11, Numbers 1 – 4


George Rogers Clark
List of Guardians
Nelson County, Ky. Special Collections
Queries

Volume 12, Winter (December) 1995, Number 2

Jeff Davis Started from Louisville for a Tragic Destination
Nelson County, Ky. Inventory
Original Deeds, Treasury Warrants, Military Warrants, Bonds, Agreements
Accuracy of Census
Queries

Volume 12, Spring 1996, Number 3

Court Cases, Nelson Co., Ky.: 1804-1828
Writs Ad Quod Damnum for Mill Seats
Writ of Ad Damnum to 1800 for Mill Seats
Writs of Ad Quod Damnum on Mill Seats: N-Z
Vacant Land Taken Up
Commonwealth of Kentucky court cases
Descendants of Philip Porter
Nelson Co., Ky. Lunatics-Idiots: various years
Lunatics and Idiots, 1871
A Typical Family Tree and What it Means
Mainspring of Main Street
Queries

Volume 12, Summer 1996, Number 4

Nelson Co., Ky. Constable Bonds Prior to 1811
Deed of William McMakin in 1844
Nelson Co., Ky. Paupers: 1874
Emancipation of Slave Elijah and Ester
Nelson Co., Ky. Compiled Records: 1800-1817 Land Disputes
Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box T
Court Cases, II, Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box MMM
Deed for one of the First School Houses in Nelson Co., KY
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 12, Numbers 1-4

Presentments to the Grand Jury of the Nelson Co., KY Court
Books in Print
History of Cox's Creek Baptist Church
Queries

Volume 13, Winter (January) 1997, Number 2

Nelson Co., Ky. Receipts and Pauper Reports
Nelson Co., Ky. Land Book #3: 1823-1842
History of Cox's Creek Baptist Church, continued
Queries

Volume 13, Spring 1997, Number 3

Nelson Co., Va. Judgments: 1780-1786
Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box RR
William R. Hynes, Admins., List of Taxable Property Aug. Court, 1838
Road Orders: 1880-1883 Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box AAAA
Inhabitants of Bairds Town vs Murray, Petitionary Complaints.
Articles of Transfer & Sale from John Anderson to James Green, Sr.
Archibald McDonald Papers
Births recorded by Dr. Hugh D. Rodman
Death Returns of Dr. Hugh D. Rodman
Queries

Volume 13, Summer 1997, Number 4

Nelson Co., Ky. Chancery Docket 1831 to 1840
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution approval for Supplementals
Nelson Co., Ky Box B: John Essery vs James Caldwell
Half breed Creek Chief McQueen
The Story of Kentucky
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 13, Numbers 1 – 4

Nelson Co., Ky. Chancery Docket 1831-1840, continued
Money for Mary
Nelson Co., Ky. constable Bonds 1811-1820
Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box E, Justices of the Peace & Commissioners 1785-1820
Commonwealth of Kentucky vs. John W. Carrico
Nelson co., Ky. Research Box V, Relinquishment as Administrator of an estate
Queries

Volume 14, Winter (January) 1998, Number 2

Nelson Co., Ky. Chancery Docket 1831-1840, continued
Jefferson Davis was of Welsh Heritage
Births 1903 - Returns of Dr. Hugh D. Rodman
Births 1909
Deaths 1909
Deaths - Year 1904 in Nelson County, Kentucky Death Returns of Dr. Hugh D. Rodman
Deaths 1906
Pedigree Chart
Queries
Books in Print

Volume 14, Spring 1998, Number 3

School Census of Nelson county, Ky., May 1, 1894 – part 1 of 3
To Die in Texas
A Land Deal
At a County Court Held for Nelson County, 13 July 1857
Humor Was Hard-Boiled and Laughs Lusty
Henry Clay Norton Family Tree Chart
Pedigree Chart
Earliest Plat of Bloomfield, KY
Queries

Volume 14, Summer 1998, Number 4

School Census of Nelson County, Ky., May 1, 1894 – part 2 of 3
The Orphan Brigade
Public Letter of Tutorship
An Emancipation Deed
Marriage Bond
Holy Bible, Family Record (Peter Brown & Elizabeth Beall)
Revolutionary War Pension
Queries
Index of The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 14, Numbers 1 – 4

School Census of Nelson County, Ky., May 1, 1894 – part 3 of 3
Confederate Veteran
Taking Care of the Confederate Dead
County Line Division Nelson and Lincoln
Directions for Mr. Brown
Tragedy of Salt River in the Early Days of Kentucky
Matthew Rogers Ordained as Minister
Thrilling Experiences of the Johnson Family
Queries

Volume 15, Winter (December) 1998, Number 2

Did My Grandmother Associate With Criminal? (or Good Breeding, Bad
Manners) A Genealogical Look at Jereboam Beauchamp--murder case
Queries

Volume 15, Spring 1999, Number 3

Estate Box #17, John Evans
Slave Freed, Bardstown 11 Dec. 1848
Discarded History, 200-Year Old Documents Rescued
General Morgan's Men, First Confederate Soldiers to Enter Nelson Co.
Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box V
Nelson Co., Ky. Research Box E
The Killing of Maxwell
Queries

Volume 15, Summer 1999, Number 4

From the Letter Box
Query
Nelson County, KY., Will Book "G" – pages 1-70, part 1 of 8
Nelson County, KY., Deed Book 10 – pages 1-100, part 1 of 4
From Gotlieb to Goodlet
Queries
Index for The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 15, Numbers 1 – 4

The John A. Lyons Collection
To Die In Texas
Nelson County, Kentucky Deed Book 10 – pages 100-135, part 2 of 4
A Land Deal
From The Mailbag
Heirs of Thomas Huston
Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book G – pages 70-102, part 2 of 8
Queries

Volume 16, Winter 1999, Number 2

My Memories
This Old Tree By The Side Of The Road
Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book G – pages 103-140, part 3 of 8
Ferguson's Chapel
History of Woodlawn Methodist Church
Revolutionary War Pensions, Nelson Co., KY
Queries

Volume 16, Spring 2000, Number 3

Extra Marriages
From the Mailbag
Nelson County Men Who Lost Their Lives in Vietnam
Nelson County Deed Book 10 – pages 137-223, part 3 of 4
Delinquent Levies – 1839
From the Mailbag
Tidbits
Queries

Volume 16, Summer 2000, Number 4

St. John's Cemetery Records
1888 Paupers List
1890-1891 Paupers List
Query Correction
Nelson County, Kentucky Marriages, Not in Register
Watson vs. Watson
Nelson County, Kentucky Deed Book 10 – pages 224-248 to end, part 4 of 4
Index The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 16, Numbers 1 – 4

Genealogical Round Table News
Tribute To Sr. Margaret Mary Thompson
1878 Hints And Measures
Nelson County Kentucky Will Book "G", pages 140-199, part 4 of 6
Ahnentafel - Shartzer (Includes Leven Green)
1891-1892 Nelson Co., KY Paupers
Queries

Volume 17, Winter 2000, Number 2

Tribute to Lillian Ockerman
Letters Pertaining to St. Joseph College
Information Found at Nazareth about St. Joseph College
1850 Census for St. Joseph College
1860 Census for St. Joseph College
Genealogical Roundtable Note
Roseland Academy for Girls
Cosby Names from Bardstown Cemetery
1850 Census for Nazareth Female Academy
Nelson County, KY Will Book G, pgs. 200-235, part 5 of 8
Nelson County, KY Deed Book 11, pgs. 1-57, part 1 of 6
Queries

Volume 17, Spring 2001, Number 3

A Letter Written by Abe Lincoln
Index to Processioner’s Book 1 (A-I), part 1 of 2
Old Methodist Academy
Bardstown Female Institute
Jonathan Simpson, Silversmith
Tidbit
Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book G, pgs. 237-326, part 6 of 8
Nelson County, Kentucky Deed Book 11, pgs. 59-96, part 2 of 6

Volume 17, Summer 2001, Number 4

Index to Processioner’s Book #1, J-Z, part 2 of 2
Tidbit
Nelson County, Kentucky Deed Book 11, pgs. 99-204, part 3 of 6
St Thomas Asylum
Queries
Index The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 17, Numbers 1 – 4

Will Book G, Pages 323-420, part 7 of 8
Resources in the Genealogy Room at the Nelson Co. Public Library
A Sampler of Kentucky Newspapers, Nelson County
Tidbit
Historical Sketches of Bardstown
Tidbit
Queries

Volume 18, Winter 2001/2002, Number 2

D.A.R. Marker
Will Book G pgs. 435-486 (end), part 8 of 8
Bits & Pieces
St. Thomas Orphanage – part 1 of ?
Register of St. Thomas Orphanage
Excerpts – O’Toole Family History, Anecdotes #1, by Bill O’Toole
Implied Marriages, St. Mary’s County, MD
Deed Book 11, pgs. 206 – 290, part 4 of 6
Queries

Volume 18, Spring 2002, Number 3

Naturalization Papers Found in Nelson County, KY
MD Catholics to KY Pioneer Settlers
Register of St. Thomas Orphanage – part 2 of ?
Nelson County, KY Deed Book 11, pgs. 292 – 423, part 5 of 6
Gold Returned To Nelson County Farmer
Follow-up on Civil War Item

Volume 18, Summer 2002, Number 4

MD Catholics to KY Pioneer Settlers
Nelson County, KY Deed Book 11, pgs. 415-551 (end), part 6 of 6
Register of St. Thomas Orphanage – part 3 of ?
Deaths in Nelson County 1859 – 1860
Index The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 18, Numbers 1 – 4

Holy Cross Baptisms – part 1 of ?
Hammond Heirs vs. Hammond Heirs
Research Box JJJJ; Nelson County Insolvents
Bardstonians Who Fought For Independence of Texas From Mexico
Ahnentafel – William E. James
Duncan Family Bible
Register of St. Thomas Orphanage – part 4 of ?
Queries

Volume 19, Winter 2003, Number 2

Holy Cross Baptisms – part 2 of ?
Letter from John Wheeler 1873
Register of St. Thomas Orphanage – part 5 of ?
Nelson County men in the Confederate Army
Confederate burials at Bardstown
Historic Walnut Grove
Botland Christian Church
Family History by Lucy Geoghegan
Queries

Volume 19, Spring 2003, Number 3

Botts Stage Stop
Coomes Genealogy
Register of St. Thomas Orphanage part 6 of ?
Holy Cross Baptisms – part 3 of ?
Botland Christian Church

Volume 19, Summer 2003, Number 4

1848 Letter to Thomas O’Conner
Simpsons of Simpson’s Creek
Civil War Tales
Tidbits
Duncan Family Bible Found
Holy Cross Baptisms
Ritchie, Linn, Gilkey, Goff, King, Quick
Nelson County, KY Will Book 2 – part 1 of
Queries
Index The Nelson County Genealogist, Volume 19, Numbers 1 – 4

What's for Dinner
Baptisms, Holy Cross & Manton
Things a Nelson County Genealogist Should Know
Baptisms, St. Joseph, Bardstown
John Morgan at Bardstown
War Dates & Military Records Addresses
Things I have Learned
Nelson County Will Book 2, pages 21 ? 85
Politics and Murder in Nelson County
Scrapbook Items
Area Called Kentucky, Halfway Around the World
The Register of St. Thomas Orphans Asylum
Tidbits
Queries
Index Volume 20, Number 1

Volume 20, Winter 2004, Number 2

Slave Ancestry
Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book 2 Pgs. 89-144
The Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Early Bardstown Physicians
Tidbits
Captain John Jacob Alles
Dominican Sisters who nursed the Soldiers - Battle of Perryville
Nelson County, Kentucky Deed Book 12, pgs. 1-65
Tidbits
Scrapbook Items
Queries
Index Volume 20, Number 2

Volume 20, Spring 2004, Number 3

Scrapbook Items
Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book 2, pgs. 144 - 169
Notes from the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
Excerpts of Letters of Mothers Frances Gardiner & Columba Carroll
The Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Sadowski Family History
Baptisms, St. Joseph, Bardstown
Bill O'Toole Notes a Special Day
Mahoney Family Bible
Query Correction
Index Volume 20, Number 3

Volume 20, Summer 2004, Number 4


Train Crushes Out Four Lives, Price Family
Willett Family Records
Baptisms, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bardstown
Making Salt and Flour in Nelson County
The Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Nelson County Deed Book 12, pgs. 66 - 112
Nelson County Will Book 2, pgs. 170-213
Index Volume 20, Number 4

James Brown of Western Nelson County, KY
Nelson County Will Book 2, pgs. 216 - 253
A Colored Veteran of Nelson County
George H. Christ's Notes of the 1811 & 1812 Earthquake
The Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Nelson County Deed Book 12, pgs. 114 - 164
The Visit of King Louis Phillipe of France to Bardstown
Baptisms, St. Joseph, Bardstown
Queries
Index Volume 21, Number 1

Volume 21, November 2004, Number 2

Tribute to NCGR's own Hattie Clements
The Visit of King Louis Phillipe of France to Bardstown (cont.)
First Communion of Sarah A. Melton
The Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Baptisms, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bardstown
Vincent Ash
Nelson County Deed Book 12, pgs. 165 - 241
Nelson County Will Book 2, pgs, 254 - 327
Holy Cross Baptisms, including Manton & Fredericktown, 1880
Queries
Index Volume 21, Number 2

Volume 21, February 2005, Number 3

Some of Nelson County's Pioneers, Why did they pick US
Keeping up with the Jones' (and Smiths) through DNA
Some History of Fredericktown
The Visit of King Louis Phillipe of France to Bardstown (cont.)
Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Holy Cross Baptisms, Marion Co. through 1881
Descendants of Thomas Downs
Sol Thompson and Henry Spalding
Queries
Index Volume 21, Number 3

Volume 21, May 2005, Number 4

Bardstown 225 years, 1780 – 2005
Baptisms, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bardstown
Nelson Co., KY Deed Book 12 pgs. 241 – 308
We Are the Story Tellers
The Register of St. Thomas Orphan Asylum
Letter to Thomas O Conner 1848
An Extraordinary Kinship
Marguerite D’Youville – Timothy Demonbreun Connection
Invitation from Pope Paul II to Canonization of St. Marguerite D’Youville
Canonization at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
Refuse to Pass by the Poor
Pilgrimage to Rome
Holy Cross Baptisms
Queries
Index Volume 21, Number 4

In Memoriam
Two Broken Arms & Two Broken Legs
It Takes All Kinds of People
Holy Cross Baptisms, Including Washington County
Unrecorded Tombstones, Beech Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
Ancestry & Descendants of Benjamin Gore
Nelson County KY Will Book 2 pgs. 329 – 446
Guerillas in Kentucky
Nazareth Appoints Attorney to Collect Funds in Maryland, 1830
Ways to Find a Maiden Name
History of Big Spring Cemetery
Camp Nelson
Burial of Civil War Soldier J.H. Mitchel, Co. C, 33, Miss.
Queries
Froman’s Station Finally Gets Historical Marker
This old House .. Langsford property
Index Volume 21, Number 4

Volume 22, November 2005, Number 2

TOC \o "1-1" \u Letter from the President of NCGR
Coming of Age
The Mullican Family Bible
Funeral Invitation of Matthew Dupin 1883
Abstracts of Wills - Book 2 pages 446 - 500
Ancestry and Descendants of Benjamin F. Gore
Baptisms
Recollections of Survivors from Kincheloe’s Station
Fairfield Diary
Biography of David Huston
Outlaw Wife
Huston Family Bible
Queries
Index Volume 22, Number 2

Volume 22, February 2006, Number 3

Letter from the President of NCGR
NCGR Christmas Party
Biography of Dr. Joseph I. Greenwell of New Haven
First Automobile in New Haven
Nelson County, KY Deed Book 12 – pages 309 – 400
From the cemetery at St. John’s Church, Cecilia. Kentucky
Preview of new Marriage Book 1900 – 1910
Nelson County, KY Will Book 2 – pages 501 – 542
Frances Jane Coomes, First School Teacher in Kentucky
Diary of Rebecca Prince (Wells) Wootton of Fairfield – Part 2
Cottage Grove Plantation, …….
SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Careful choices were made when Thomas Speed house was altered
Index Volume 22, Number 3

Volume 22, May 2006, Number 4

Kentucky Formation
Some Old Trails, Traces and Paths to Get Grandpa from Here to There
Tidbits
Oldest Cemetery Stones in Nelson County
Early Forts, Stations and Settlements - Part 1 - A - G
Abstracts of Will Book 2 pages 544 - 561 (end)
McIntyre Family Reunion 1932
From the Circuit Court Docket
The Century Old Frog?
Biography of Henry A. Humphrey
Abstracts of Deed Book 12 pages 401 - 461
1980 Letter to Mrs. Ledford, re: Whalen Family
Fairfield Diary by Rebecca Prince (Wells) Wootton - Part 3
The Stone Enigma
Searching for Pieces of Nelson's Stone Fort
Some Kentucky "Firsts"
Index Volume 22, Number 4

Volume 23, August  2006, Number 1

 

Early Forts, Stations and Settlements -  Part 2 – H – M

Adam’s Underwear (cute story)

Where is my Father (a funny)

Dear Abby

New Haven and the Civil War

Archaeologists ‘Privy”to Treasures

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 12 (pages 462 – END)

Holy Cross Baptisms

The Parish of St. Michael, Fairfield, KY

What is a genealogist?

Fairfield Diary by Rebecca Prince (Wells) Wootton

Lacy corn cakes

From out of the Dark Past Their Eyes Implore Us

Queries

 


 

Volume 23, November  2006, Number 2

 

Early Forts, Stations and Settlements -  Part 3 – N-W

Howardstown

St. Ann’s Catholic Church Cemetery

From the New Haven Echo – July 18, 1907

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 13 – pages 1- 65

Excerpt from a Diary by Jesse Phillips Kennedy

Botland

Holy Cross Baptisms

Fairfield Diary by Rebecca Prince (Wells) Wootton 1865

Fairfield visited regularly by Guerillas & Federals

Charles Haydon – 3 generations

Shaking the Family Tree

Klan Activities in Pre-War Shelby County

 


 

Volume 23, February  2007, Number 3

Brent Woods, A Forgotten Hero

13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

The History and Origins of Black History Month

The Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Front

            1866: Congress creates the first peace time African American Units

Fairfield Diary by Rebecca Prince (Wells) Wootton

            Confederate Soldiers Surrender to Federals in Bloomfield

The Court Martial of James Henry Spalding

Isaac Johnson – from Slave to Stone Mason

Civil War Timeline

Excerpt from a Diary by Jesse Philips Kennedy 1854-1862

 

 


 

Volume 23,  May  2007, Number 4

 

In Memoriam,  Marie Smith Greenwell

Abstracts of Deed Book 13, pages 66 – 153

Nelson Co. Illustrated Record, C.R.  & R.W. Barnes, Henry Turner

Administrators, Executors & Guardian Bonds, 1792 – 1803, Adams thru Curts

Fairfield Diary – Rebecca’s brother-in-law murdered by Ed Terrell

Abstracts of Will Book 3, pages 1 – 52

Photos of the new Nelson County Public Library & Genealogy room

Letter from Thompson Randolph to his son, William R. Randolph

Anthony Litsey

A Little Genealogy Humor

A Look at Kentucky Marriages

Grave Houses & Annual Funerals

Queries

Reunion

 

 


Volume 24 – Number 1, August 2007,

 

Table of Contents.....................................................................................................................
Letter from the President of NCGR................................................................................................
Historical Atlas of KY and her counties by Wendall H. Rone...............................................................
Abstracts of Nelson Co., KY Will Book 3 pgs 53-101.........................................................................
Fairfield Diary by Pebecca Prince (Wells) Wooten..........................................................................
     Rebecca Rides Home on Stage with Returning Rebel Soldiers
Kentucky Governors from Nelson County........................................................................................
Abstracts of Nelson Co., KY Deed Book 13, pgs 154-203..................................................................
Quakers & Rev. William Taylor, Founder &1st Pastor of Cox's Creek Baptist Church................................
Some Interesting  Events in our Town & County in the Past Few Years...............................................
Confusion Surrounds Camp's Name, A History of the Civil War in Nelson County.....................................
Union Soldier Murdered Local Farmer, A History of the Civil War in Nelson County..................................
From the D.V. Taylor FamilyBible..................................................................................................
My Father's Stories, by Hattie Clements........................................................................................
Abstracts of Larue County Newspaper, 1899-1903..........................................................................
History of Poplar County Newspaper 1899-1903..............................................................................
List of Pastors 1851-1980...........................................................................................................
Queries...................................................................................................................................
Index......................................................................................................................................
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Volume 24 - Number 2, November 2007
 

Table of Contents.....................................................................................................................
Letter from the President of NCGR................................................................................................
Outline History, from Historical Sketches of Kentucky.......................................................................
A Chronological Table of Important Events in the History of Kentucky.................................................
Kentuckians in the War with Spain 1898-1899................................................................................
Presidential Candidate has Nelson County Roots.............................................................................
Abstract of Deed Book 13, pages 204-238....................................................................................
A Salute to Some of our Country's Protectors
Pension Abstracts of Nelson Co. Soldiers of the Revolutionary War......
War of 1811-1812, from History of Northeast Nelson Co., by Robt. P. Moore........................................
Civil War 1861-1865, Roll of Honor................................................................................................
Civil War 1861-1865, Courtesy of Porter Harned..............................................................................
Sisters Move Quickly to Provide Care for Ailing Rebels and Yanks.......................................................
The Orphan Brigade..................................................................................................................
The Civil War and the John Taylor Family......................................................................................
One from 107th Regiment Infantry -Colored Troops of Nelson County..................................................
Maryland to Kentucky Reunion, June 6-8, 2008...............................................................................
World War I  1914-1918, France Wants To Pin Croix-de-Guerre on Nelson County Boy............................
Home Folks Went Wild November 11, 1918.....................................................................................
World War II  1941-1945............................................................................................................
Those Who Did Not Make It Home, A Time to Recognize...................................................................
Nelson County Sailor Gives Graphic Description of Lexington Sinking....................................................
Korean War 1950-1953...............................................................................................................
Vietnam, Men Who Serves...........................................................................................................
Gulf War..................................................................................................................................
From the Mail Bag......................................................................................................................
Queries.................................................................................................................................... Index
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Volume 24 -Number 3,  February 2008

 

Table of Contents....................................................................................................................
Letter from the President of NCGR............................................................................................
Diocese of Bardstown, The First Inland Diocese of America...........................................................
Holy Land
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The Early Years, Diocese of Bardstown, Archdiocese  of Bardstown.........................................
Fairfield Diary, by Rebecca Prince Wells Wooten......................................................................
Could This be an Entry from Frances "Jane" Coomes Diary......................................................
Abstracts of Nelson County Deed  Book 13, pages 239-293.............................................................
Black History Month, by Emma American Poet and Scholar...............................................................
Joseph S. Cotter, African American Poet and Scholar......................................................................
Abstract of Nelson County Will Book 3, pages 102-153....................................................................
Heroes Who Gave up Their Lives for the Southern Confederacy........................................................
Youngest Confederate Soldier..............................................................................................
Come on By and Sit Awhile, Tea to Drink and Stories to Tell, by Hattie Thompson Clements...................
Queries..................................................................................................................................
Index.....................................................................................................................................
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Volume 24 – Number 4, May 2008

 

Letter from the President of NCGR................................................................................................... i

Wilderness Road............................................................................................................................... 1

Nelson County Will Book 3, pages 153 – 200.................................................................................. 5

Fairfield Diary, by Rebecca Prince Wells Wooton, Confederated return to Fairfield as the war ends.................. 9

Dream of Having Own Plane Bursts Like Bubble, First Local Woman Pilot................................... 10

The Old Mill at Bardstown, Kentucky............................................................................................ 11

Philip Crume Family Bible.............................................................................................................. 12

Nelson County Deed Book 13, pages 295 – 340............................................................................ 14

Wanted – Forman and Glascocke Families Families, 1897............................................................. 18

Reply Regarding “Jane Coomes?” Diary Article............................................................................. 18

Robert Able, 1794 – 1840, An Early Cabinet Maker in Bardstown................................................ 19

Come on in and sit a spell, I have coffee to drink and stories to tell, by Hattie Thompson Clements 21

Sarah Smith was “Privy” to History of the outdoors, from Historic Nelson County, Its Towns and People.......... 24

Queries..........................................................................................................................................25

Index.............................................................................................................................................26

 


 

Volume 25 – Number 1, August 2008

 

Letter from the President of NCGR................................................................................................... i

Come on in and sit a spell, I have a pitcher of Tea and more stories to tell, by Hattie Thompson Clements. 2

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 13, pages 342 – 405.......................................................... 6

James Smith of Charles Co., MD, By Mary Annette Jones Wimsatt............................................... 11

Obituary of Faye Sea Sanders, from the Louisville Courier – Journal............................................ 12

List of Books written by Faye Sea Sanders..................................................................................... 13

The Abell House at Cox’s Creek, by Katherine L. House............................................................... 14

Fairfield Diary, by Rebecca Prince Wells Wootton......................................................................... 17

Abstracts of Nelson County Will Book 3, pages 206 – 288............................................................ 18

Queries................................................................................................................................. 24

The Old Mill Revisited.................................................................................................................... 26

Index..........................................................................................................................................27

City of Bardstown, 1824 Plat Map.................................................................................................. 34

 


 

Volume 25 – Number 2, November 2008

 

Letter from the President of NCGR................................................................................................... i

Come on in and sit a spell, by Hattie Thompson Clements .............................................................. 1

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 13, pages 407 – 466.......................................................... 3

Uncle Jimmie Culver........................................................................................................................ 8

Unique Old Man – Lewis Jupin........................................................................................................ 9

Queries from our members............................................................................................................. 10

Wm. Culver – Oldest Man in Nelson.............................................................................................. 11

Fairfield Diary, by Rebecca Wells Prince Wooten.......................................................................... 12

Abstracts of Will Book 3, pages 358 – 387.................................................................................... 13

Finding Grandma Harned’s Home Place, by Marilyn Mowery Bryant............................................ 16

The John Gilkey Bible.................................................................................................................... 18

Tribute to Mary Louise Donnelly.................................................................................................... 19

Deaths Prior to 1911 – Martin Blanford, Geo. W. Brady................................................................ 21

Deaths Prior to 1911 – Killing of Mrs. Martin Hill.......................................................................... 22

Historic Homes of Nelson County, an update................................................................................. 23

Index.......................................................................................................................................... 26


 

Volume 25 – Number 3, February 2009

 

Letter from the President of NCGR................................................................................................... i

The Great Depression in Nelson County, by Hattie Thompson Clements......................................... 1

A Forgotten Grave, from The Kentucky Standard, 1903, transcribed by Ellen Tatum Smith............ 2

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 13, pages 342 – 405.......................................................... 3

Queries from our members............................................................................................................... 8

Donations through November and December, 2008......................................................................... 8

Masterson and Related Family & Friends Reunion......................................................................... 10

Fairfield Dairy, by Rebecca Prince Wells Wootton......................................................................... 11

Abstracts of Nelson County Will Book 3, pages 206 – 288............................................................ 12

Owsley/Ousley/Housley Reunion................................................................................................... 16

Historic Homes of Nelson County, an update.................................................................................16

Ancestral Trails Book Fair.............................................................................................................. 19

Do you know any of these people?................................................................................................ 20

Ruth Green’s Life History, or, My Name is “Corn and Beans”....................................................... 20

Descendants of Christian Miller, by Ronald Miller Sr..................................................................... 25

Index...................................................................................................................................... 29

 


 

Volume 25 – Number 4, May 2009

 

Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................. i

Letter from the President of NCGR.................................................................................................. ii

Queries from our Members............................................................................................................... ii

The Moonshine Days in Nelson County, by Hattie Thompson Clements.......................................... 1

Nelson County Processioner’s Book, abstracted from microfilm by Betty R. Darnell...................... 3

Cover Story: Shadowlawn.............................................................................................................. 10

Ruth Green’s Life History, or, Ruth Rowland, Chief Collector....................................................... 11

Abstracts of Nelson County Will Book 3, pages 453 – 496............................................................ 17

Donations for January through April 2009..................................................................................... 21

Nelson County Archives Research Room Registration Form.......................................................... 23

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 13, pages 512 – 536........................................................ 24

The Mysterious Book B.................................................................................................................. 26

Index............................................................................................................................................27

Unidentified Photo from the collection of Dr. Robert Payne Moore....................... Inside back cover


 

 Volume 26 – Number 1, August 2009

 

1st Greer Reunion Photo from Anne Greer Denner, 1934....................................... Inside front cover

Letter from the President of NCGR.................................................................................................. ii

Wash Day in Early America, by Hattie Thompson Clements............................................................ 1

Shortest Will ever probated, from the Hodgenville Herald News...................................................... 1

Nelson County Processioner’s Book, abstracted from microfilm by Betty R. Darnell...................... 2

Cover Story: Abraham Lincoln......................................................................................................... 5

Ruth Green’s Life History, or, Ruth’s Hair on Fire!.......................................................................... 7

News Flash: Nelson County Pioneer Again Available..................................................................... 11

Private Wigginton Writes a Letter of Soldier Life at Chickamauga, from the Nelson County Record........... 12

Abstracts of Nelson County Will Book 3, pages 496 – 512............................................................ 13

Queries from our members............................................................................................................. 14

Donations and Acquisitions for May, June and July 2009.............................................................. 15

Queries from our members............................................................................................................. 16

Campground (Beech Fork) Methodist Church, A Hidden Kentucky Idol, by Anne Greer Denner........... 17

Ben Johnson Tells History of Old Seven Star Inn, from The Kentucky Standard........................... 19

Fairfield Dairy, by Rebecca Prince Wells Wootton......................................................................... 22

Abstracts of Nelson County Deed Book 13, pages 542 – 567........................................................ 23

Queries from our members............................................................................................................. 25

Bardstown Jail Haunted by the Ghosts of Martin Hill..................................................................... 26

75th Greer Reunion......................................................................................................................... 27

Index.............................................................................................................................................28