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This invaluable compilation includes abstracts of early wills, deeds and marriages from courthouses, and records of old Bibles, churches, graveyards, and cemeteries from the following Kentucky counties: Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, and Woodford. An extensive surname index contains about 3,750 entries.

"Genealogical Publishing Company . . . has done a real service to genealogists, historians, and the public in reprinting Mrs. McAdams' valuable book . . . The genealogical material was collected from authentic sources in Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, and Woodford counties."--The Filson Club History Quarterly (July 1968).