John,
Thanks for the lookup offer, but I doubt there will be any Chronister
marriages. There are a number of Kentucky marriage transcript books at the
DAR Library here, and they don't include any Chronisters. We don't know of
any living in KY, but there is one who was allegedly born in KY, according
to a later census. We are trying to prove his attachment to Revolutionary
James Cronister, a NC soldier, whose bounty land is there in Robertson Co.,
TN, at the disputed line between TN and KY. An alleged brother and a son of
James have "unknown" wives, and we are looking at associated families in the
area for wife suspects. Cato is a big suspect. There has to be a
Cato-Chronister marriage at some point, but we have not yet been able to
find it.
I, too, like to find the transcript books first, because they often give the
exact citation of the needed record, telling you with certainty which
courthouse it is in, which book and page, case number, etc... so you can
order the exact item. Trusting a clerk to look at indexes for you at the
courthouse to see if there is anything pertaining to your search is shaky at
best. I know what NARA does with vague requests--they chuck them.
Very interesting about the Congressional records. I don't so a lot of work
with those, but I have had occasions when I knew something was there that I
needed, and when the legislative people chased it down in the stacks for
me...it would be missing. I could never understand why there would be
citations in the journals, but so many times they would tell me the records
no longer exist, and probably weren't saved. I figured they were using it
as a convenient excuse for not going to search for the items. That is their
strategy for some other things, especially when there is a bus trip there
and they are busy. I can never really know for sure.
Peggy Reeves
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 1:53 AM
Subject: Re: [CATO] Christian County Ky Marriages
Peggy,
Sorry but I do not have marriages for Chronister or Cronister but will be
glad to check the marriage records for your surnames during my next visit
to
Sutro Library in San Francisco. The resource is a transcript rather than a
microfilm of the original records. My procedure is to use such resources
as a
tool for writing to the Clerk of Court and obtaining a copy of the
original
document. You will be hearing back from me soon and hope this will meet
your
needs.
Thanks so much for your informative messages and you are so right about
researching RG 49 records at NARA and the related land claims. Even after
the
ordeal of successfully tracking down a claim that was denied and finding
an
entry of the filing of a petition with Congress for relief is no
guarantee. Twice
I have done so only to find that the petitions are missing. It does not
necessarily mean that they do not exist as "out" cards were not used in
those
days to maintain intellectual control and a Congressional aid or member of
the
Committee could have simply misplaced the documents. I have also seen
central
office files needed for a Congressional hearing on a pending Bill that
never
made it back to its rightful home; instead the file just stayed with the
records of the Committee. The personal papers of Congressional
subcommittee
members can be likely suspects for such "missing" documents. Oh, well!
Thanks again and best wishes,
John
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