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This Family Archive CD is composed of four essential Kentucky reference works published by the Genealogical Publishing Company. Naming approximately 150,000 individuals, information provided in these books includes number of acres owned in Kentucky, entry date of record, nearest watercourse, and landholder's official place of residence. For those individuals who were granted land based on their service in the French and Indian War or the Revolutionary War, information pertaining to military service is also provided. The following books are included on this CD:

The Kentucky Land Grants: A Systematic Index to All of the Land Grants Recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924, by Willard R. Jillson. Usually the first book used by anyone researching Kentucky ancestors, this standard two-volume reference work contains abstracts of approximately 150,000 Kentucky land grants. Arranged alphabetically according to the type of grant, it provides the full name of the grantee, number of acres, date of survey, name of county, watercourse, and the volume and page number of the original entry.

Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds and Wills of . . . Kentucky, by Willard R. Jillson. This is a complete index to the earliest land records of Kentucky, alphabetically arranged under the names of the grantees, giving the number of acres, dates, locations, and page references in the original records. The bulk of the 50,000 entries derive from the records of Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson counties which had been turned over to Kentucky by Virginia in 1792. Also included are Military Warrants, 1782-1793; Grantees and Grantors, 1783-1909; and Wills, 1769-1850.

Early Kentucky Landholders, 1787-1811, by James F. Sutherland. This volume lists 17,000 landholders whose names appeared in the annual tax lists for Lincoln County, Kentucky between 1787 and 1811. Information given includes the date of the tax list, the number of the tax book, the page number of the original entry, the amount of acreage, the nearest watercourse, and the name of the prior assignee.

A Calendar of the Warrants for Land In Kentucky, Granted for Service in the French and Indian War, by Philip F. Taylor. This is a complete list of the land surveys made in Kentucky (at the time still a part of the Virginia Colony) on behalf of men who fought in the French and Indian War. Each entry gives the name of the soldier, his rank, acreage, date of survey, and various notes by the surveyor indicating where the land was situated and, when available, to whom it was subsequently assigned.

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.