<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18943"></HEAD> <BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV>I just wanted to announce the publication of the second volume of my series of books transcribing the records of the Slave Claims Commissions, held by the National Archives in Washington, D.C.:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>RECORDS OF THE SLAVE CLAIMS COMMISSIONS, 1864-1867</DIV> <DIV>Volume Two:  Register of Claims of the Kentucky Commission</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>The <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Register of Claims of Kentucky Commission</I> contains 2,475 claims entered before the Kentucky Slave Claims Commission between 26 November 1866 and 6 April 1867.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>The claims were recorded in a tabular register which has been reproduced in this volume.  </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3>The claims in this volume have been indexed by the names of the claimants and by the names of the slaves.</FONT></SPAN> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> <P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 13pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3>This 316-page book is available for $19.99 paperback and $15.99 downloadable PDF e-book.</FONT></SPAN> <P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT size=3>For more information and purchasing information, visit  <A title="http://haitfamilyresearch.com/SlaveClaims.aspx
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