If you like a touch of Broadway for cheap The Paramount theatre is great. Though it's been recently added on to the Paramount still maintains the building originally built as one of only 12 studios commisioned in the U.S. by the Paramount in California. Only 6 were built & ours is the only one still in use. Why they picked our small town is a question lost to history. But it's been well taken care of. Plus it has it's own place in Shadowlands Haunted America.

Since so many celebrities are from this region Ky. Highlands Museum not only gives you a glimpse into our Appalachian history but a special section devoted to all the musicians from this area like Billy Ray Cyrus, Ricky Scaggs, The Judds, etc. with lots of memorabilia donated personally by the stars. If you have a museum membership anywhere that includes other museums across the U.S. the Ky. Highlands Museum is included so it's free. Even if not it's only $4. for adults. They even have a hands on section for the kids. You can check out this one before going to a show at the Paramount. They are only 4 blocks away from each other. Or visit both on the web at this link or the one above.

	If you're into genealogy you know it can be expensive but this is a freebie to a whole bunch of free sites. Of course it has links to ones that charge but I've found most of the things I need here. This is my grandbaby Endymion Malachi. His pappa just calls him Butch. :-) This one is another freebie for genealogy. You can find a lot of births, marriages, death, etc. Plus they have a research room. If you have a local library of theirs you can get most of the pedigree files to look at for free. If you had ancestors in Ohio that got lost try this site. The region of Ky. were I live just about everybody that lived in southern Ohio or western W.Va. passed through at one time or another in the 1800s. But many here also moved to Lawrence County, Ohio. I found lots of people from Scioto County ended up there. At one time they were part of Scioto County. That's how close they are. In any case it's a good place to look for missing kin. What a job!   I might describe my job in a little more detail here. I'll write about what I do, what I like best about it, and even some of the frustrations. (A job with frustrations? Hard to believe, huh?)    I can't really call genealogy a job since I don't get regular paychecks. But have you ever tried to find a relative named John that has 50 cousins in town with the same name? You kinda get the idea.    But it's fun. You almost come to know these strangers as if family. It's the next best thing to a time tunnel.