Other popular features found in our magazine each month pertain to items that our readers have for sale. These generally appear in our Kentucky Explorer Classified Ads and Kentucky Explorer Book Page, but occasionally are found in Letters To The Editor or other pages, too.

Childers Family Book

A History of Our Family, 1797-1999, is about the Childers family. It covers the descendants of Abraham and Elizabeth Preston Childers, who settled in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in the early 1800s. It has many stories and old photos. The book is softbound, has over 500 pages, and costs $36, includes shipping. For more information, contact: Donna S. Cox, 1720 Phillip Street, Ironton, OH 43638; or coxd@zoomnet.net

Professional Genealogy, A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians by Elizabeth Shown Mills is a manual by professionals for everyone serious about genealogy. For family historians who want to do their own study, reliably, it describes the standards. For hobbyists, attorneys, and medical scientists who seek professional researchers, it's a consumer guide that defines quality and facilitates choices. For academics as they increasingly cross over into genealogy, as well as librarians who struggle to help a whole new class of patrons, it provides a bridge to the methods, sources, and minutiae of "history, up-close and personal."

This book's 29 powerfully-packed chapters are a thoroughly researched and expertly presented treatment of a subject that has truly come of age. The book has 680 pp., is indexed, comes in hardcover form, and is priced at $44.95. Shipping rates are $3.50 for first book and $1.25 each additional book. Maryland residents, please add 5% sale tax; Michigan residents add 6% sales tax. UPS Ground Service: $5 for first book, $2 each additional book.

To order, contact: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1001 N. Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202; call: 800/296-6687; or visit their website at: www.genealogical.com

Book For Sale: "The Debt: A Promise Honored," is a suspenseful novel set in Lexington and Eastern Kentucky. It is about a foxhole promise in the Korean War, an obsession, and finally resolution in a courtroom. Trade paperback, 221 pages. Cost is $20. Contact: Ralph Bevins, 812 Price Court, Deltona, FL 32738-8844. Book will be sent Priority Mail.