Checklist for Citing Sources
We have all been cautioned to "cite your sources," but do you remember to do it? If you don't, maybe the following checklist will be helpful in reminding you to do this necessary task.1. Have I listed a source for each fact not of common knowledge?2. Have I used the proper format for the source, therefore providing a clear path so other researchers can find that source? Did I include the title of the book or article, name of author, date of publication and the name of the publishing company? If it was an original source, did I include the book title and page number and location of the record (i.e. Caldwell County, Kentucky Will Book B, p. 25, Caldwell County Cle

Tombstone Tuesday - James Crane
James CraneBornDec. 9, 1833DiedJan. 11, 1873He has gone from our midstThe dear husband and father of our homeAnd our once happy heartsAre cheerless and loneBuried at Uniontown Cemetery, Uni

First Missionary Baptist Church
First Missionary Baptist Church, 20 South Elm Street, Henderson, Kentucky. The church was founded from the First Baptist Church, when African American worshipers formed their own congregation in 1845. P

Capture of the Alice Dean
Western Kentucky genealogists and historians are familiar with John Hunt Morgan and his activities on land during the Civil War. Fewer of us are familiar, though, with his capture and destruction of the steamboat Alice Dean. The following account is found in the Henderson Reporter of Thursday, 16 July 1863.From Captain James H. Pepper, who was in command of the Alice Dean at the time she was captured and burnt by the rebels under John Hunt Morgan, and who arrived in this city yesterday, we learn particulars of the occurrence.The Alice Dean was on her way form Mound City to Cincinnati and when, on Tuesday last, she near Brandenburg, Kentucky

Tombstone Tuesday - A. Barret Dade
A. Barret Dade1865 – 1923Erected By Friends,Horsemen and BreedersOf the United StatesAnd CanadaA. Barret Dade is buried at Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Kentucky. His tombstone was photographed 10 November 2009.