The Road to Answers
By Jeannette Holland Austin
The road to discovering answers about our ancestors is long and winding.
It is a journey which requires years upon years of TIME and PATIENCE.
It seems as though relatives are disinterested or cannot remember names
or events. And the records require hours upon hours to locate and study.
Even if we find abstracted records, such as deeds, wills, estates and
even marriages, to gain the full picture demands locating the record
itself and reading it for oneself. All the names surrounding our
families must be examined, remembered and researched separately before a
picture begans to appear on the page. One snifts it out, gets a "feel"
for that which applies to his ancestors and their times. We complete
family group sheets and pedigrees with names and dates, yet still do not
have the story. For the story of the past includes the history and
economy of their times, and their part in it. When we have those
answers, we begin to know our kin and understand them. Too, given the
duplication of names, it is important to make certain that we are
dealing in the proper era. 33-1/3 years comprises one generation. In
past eras, marriages occurred between 16 and 20 years of age. Death
claimed many women during child birth, so there were second and third
marriages. It is a good idea to consider that a woman in her fifties
was probably not bearing children. Researching census records is
important, but cannot help you too much before 1850. Thus, everything
needs to be double-checked with the county records. Deeds, Marriages,
Wills, Estates, Civil Court and Inferior Court Records, Pensions (yes,
there pensions of soldiers and their widows at court houses), Tax
Digests. The search at the court house is tedious, but oh so important
to piecing together information. Anytime that one can save themselves a
drive to the court house or archives and hours of research time by
paying for a service online, they have saved themselves "money". It is
true that the internet helps genealogists, however, the task is still
daunting. Sometimes, I have to sit down, study old and recent research
findings, then think it out. The ancestors took this road for good
reason.
Muhlenberg County Wills, Estates, Deeds

Muhlenberg County was founded in 1798 and was named for General Peter
Muhlenberg, of Revolutionary War fame. The county seat is Greenville,
Kentucky.
Muhlenberg County Probate Records available to members of
Kentucky Pioneers
Images of Muhlenberg County Wills and Estates 1801 to 1814
- Abott, John
- Alcock, Richard Nelson
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Allison, William
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Anderson, Robert
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Bailey, Thomas
- Biggerstaff, Benjamin
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Bowman, Peter
- Butler, Gilbert
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Byrd, John
- Campbell, Patrick
- Campbell, William
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Cockrum, James
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Combs, Thomas
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Cooley, Susanna
- Davis, Henry
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Deboyn, Batten
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Deboyn, John
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Durall, Skinner
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Durelle, John
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Fisher, John
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Forker, Thomas
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Gish, Christian
- Goodman, Silvy
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Groves, Jonathan
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Harrison, Jesse
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Herrin, David
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Hunsinger, Mathias
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Hussley, Jacob
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Kinchelow, Lewis
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Lesley, Valentine
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Lewis, Charles
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McCartney, James
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McKinney, John
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McLane, John
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McNary, William
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Naught, George Sr.
- Noftzinger, Jacob
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Penrod, John
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Penrod, Tobias
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Perrel, John
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Prowse, Thomas
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Reno, Lewis
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Rhoades, Daniel
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Rhoades, Henry
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Rhoades, Joseph
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Rhoades orphans
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Rose, Lenox
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Sever, Frederick
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Smith, John
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Stom, Leonard
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Stump, Francis
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Talbert, John
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Tyler, Richard
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Vought, John
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Ward, Thomas
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Ward, William
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Ware, Thomas
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Wills, Francis
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Wilson, Elijah
- Wootton, Elijah
- Young, William Sr.
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