Might not be a bad idea to at least check it out. It could be a
nightmare, but it could also be so good you'll be wishing you had more time.
And then maybe it would be worth another one of us making the
pilgrimage. Plus, you might find something really, really cool!
Roll the dice....
Jim
On 8/22/2012 6:59 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
> Good info about all the lost records, etc. That explains a lot. John
> almost certainly left a will; it would explain all the family's activity
> in 1811. But, unless a family bible or such shows up, we'll never be able
> to prove it. :( Certainly, many brick walls are due to destroyed
> courthouses, including, it seems, the Perrin dilemma.
>
> I vote for you at least peeking behind the dungeon door. :)
>
> Good work!
>
> -Michael
>
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Curt, on the road from Phoenix
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