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In May 2017, my daughter-in-law, Michele Norton Mattoon, and I added a research trip to our attendance at the National Genealogical Society Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Saturday, May 6,  we visited the library of the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort.  When we drove into town, we were startled by the large security presence on every street corner.  What could be going on?  Was there some kind  1of national emergency? We didn’t know that Derby Day is a holiday in Kentucky, and we learned later  that the Governor of Kentucky throws a party for the citizens on Derby Day.  Being a Kentucky holiday, admission to the Historical Society Museum and Library were free.  We had not yet learned much about setting research goals, but I had a list of my Kentucky ancestors and we started looking for information about any of them.  Beginners luck! Michele found a microfilm document signed by  Annice Van Hook Jones, my fourth great-grandmother, giving permission for her underage daughter. Ann,  to marry Lewis Mourning along with the marriage bond and marriage license. Ann Jones Mourning and Lewis Mourning are my third great-grandparents. 
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1. Kentucky History Society Museum Image Courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org

2.  Kentucky, Hardin County, Marriage Records, Bonds, consents, licenses, returns 1830, Digital Images, MIC 1321, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY 40601.























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