Kentucky Public Records: Difference between revisions

<u>'''Kentucky - Correctional Institutions, 1848-present&nbsp;: Prison Records'''</u><br>Prisoner registers begin in 1848. They contain name, type of crime, sentence received, county of crime, term of court, age, education, place of birth, marital status, physical description.  

Available on microfilm from the KY Department of Libraries and Archives.

At the Family History Library:<br>''Traces'', vol 30, issue 2, Summer 2002. FHL 976.9 B2s<br>FILED UNDER<br>PLACE - Kentucky<br>TOPIC - Court<br>TOPIC - Public records<br><br>Prison Records can also be viewed at [http://stategovrecords.com/ StateGovRecords.com] $$<br><br><u>'''Kentucky - Public Records 1769 - 1792&nbsp;: Petitions of the Early Inhabitants'''<br></u>The index in James Rood Robertson's Petitions of the Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769 to 1792, gives the names of the people with a page number. However, the number is frequently the page on which the petition begins. Therefore, if you do not find the person's name on the page, the person was a signer of the petition.&nbsp; [Information from<br>Beth Longley]