Kentucky Genealogy

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• Kentucky African American Records  
  • Kenton County Slave Schedules 1850 & 1860
  • Mary E. Smith African American Cemetery 1950-1967
• Kentucky Bible Records
• Kentucky Biographies
  • Biographies of Todd County
  • Biography of Gen. James S. Jackson, Christian County, Kentucky
  • Biography of John D. Morris, Christian County, Kentucky
• Kentucky Cemetery Records
  • Linden Grove Cemetery 1868-1998
  • Mary E. Smith African American Cemetery 1950-1967
  • St. Mary Cemetery 1881-1996
  • Anderson County
    • Cemetery Records, Lawrenceburg
    • Sand Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Boyd County
    • Cemetery Records, Catlettsburg
  • Fayette County
    • Cemetery Records, Lexington
  • Franklin County
    • Cemetery Records, Frankfort
• Kentucky Census Records
• Kentucky 1910 Census Edition Map
• Kentucky Church Records
  • Northern Kentucky Church Records Index 1850-2000
  • Salem Association of Baptists, Mead County, Kentucky
  • Otter Creek Association of Regular Baptists, Mead County, Kentucky
  • Phillips  Memorial Baptist Church, Mead County, Kentucky
• Kentucky Court Records
  • The Courts, Mead County, Kentucky
  • Ludlow, Kenton County, Mayor's Court Records Index 1881-1891
• Kentucky County Map
• Kentucky Directories
• Kentucky Forts
  List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
• Kentucky Genealogy
  • Kentucky Family File Index
    Family files are housed at the Covington location of the Library. A Family File may contain information that other genealogical researchers have found on a particular family.
  • Kentucky Genealogy Societies
  • Kentucky Genealogy Lookups
• Kentucky History
  • Kentucky Historical Marker Database
  • Junior Order United American Mechanics Pledge Book 1931-1950
  • Kenton Local History Files
  • L&N Railroad Brakemen 1906-1916
  • Odd Fellows Membership Records
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital Patient Records 1861-
  • St. James Liber Status Animarum
• Kentucky Maps
  • Kentucky County Map
  • Kentucky Civil War Battlefield Map
  • Kentucky Sanborn Maps
    The Kentucky SanbornŽ Maps Collection brings together over 4,500 map sheets representing over 100 Kentucky cities and towns. The maps show property lines, buildings with construction and insurance characteristics and addresses. These maps, used for fire insurance, show in detail how the cities and towns changed over time. Most cities or towns represented in the collection offer maps from multiple years.
• Kentucky Military Records
  • Dunmore's War Rosters
    The only rosters preserved of the companies which were in the battle of Point Pleasant, or arrived with Colonel Christian in the evening after it had been fought and won. Also included, a list of defenders of the frontier in 1774, that did NOT participate in the Battle of Point Pleasant.
  • Revolutionary War
    • Christian County, Kentucky Revolutionary War Soldiers
    • 1840 Pensioners Database
  • Civil War Records
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier's name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier's rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
    • Civil War Union Veterans Burial List
    • Christian County, Kentucky Confederate Soldiers
    • Christian County, Kentucky Union Soldiers
  • Kentucky Mexican War
    • Northern Kentucky Mexican War Veterans 1846-1848
  • Kentucky World War 1
    • Obtaining World War 1 Records
    • Kenton County, Kentucky World War I Service Records
  • Kentucky World War 2
    • Kentucky World War II Casualty List
  • Kentucky Korean War
    • Korean War Casualty List
  • Kentucky Vietnam War
    • Vietnam War Casualty List
• Kentucky Native American Records
  • Kentucky Indian Tribes
• Kentucky Newspapers
  • Historic Kentucky Newspapers
• Kentucky Vital Records
  • Kenton County Birth Records 1852-1859 & 1876-1877
  • Kenton County Death Records 1852-1880 (Incomplete)

Free Kentucky Databases at RootsWeb

• Alumni Lists
  • Barren Co: Glasgow High School Class of 1928, Glasgow, Kentucky
  • Boyle Co: 1941-1942 Danville High School Graduates
  • Calloway Co: Murray State University, Teachers College Class of 1943, Murray, Kentucky
  • Jefferson Co: 1963 Yearbook, Westport High School, Louisville, KY
  • Jefferson Co: Our Lady of Mercy High School, Louisville, KY, 1958 Graduates
  • Jefferson Co: 1964 yearbook, Westport High School, Louisville, KY
  • Kenton Co: Lloyd Memorial High School Class of 1971, Erlanger, Kentucky
• Birth Records
  • Elliott Co: Selected Birth Records of Elliott Co. KY 1874-1876
  • Index to KY births; 1911
  • Index to KY births; 1912
  • Martin Co: BAILEY BIRTHS IN MARTIN CO. KY
  • Mercer Co: Selected Births, 1786-1921
• Cemetery Records
  • Bath Co: Warner Graveyard; Owingsville
  • Boyd Co: USA: Kirk Family Cemetery, Bear Creek, Boyd County, KY
  • Garrard Co: Adams Family Cemetery, Garrard County, Kentucky
  • Hart Co: Polston/Poston Family Cemetery
  • Hart County: Cosby United Methodist Church Cemetery; Horse Cave
  • Knox Co: Jackson Cemetery; Flat Lick
  • Laurel Co: Poynter's Chapel Cemetery
  • Meade Co: Johnson Cemetery
  • Meade: Benham Cemetery
  • Taylor: Elkhorn Cemetery
  • Union County: Bethel Cemetery
  • Union County: Boxville Cemetery
  • Union County: Grangertown Cemetery
  • Union County: Hazel Bend Cemetery
  • Union County: Holeman Cemetery
  • Union County: Oak Grove Cemetery
  • Union County: Old Bethel Cemetery 
  • Union County: Salem Cemetery 
  • Union County: Woodland Baptist Cemetery
  • Whitley: Browns Cemetery
• Census Records
  • Adair Co: 1880 Census
  • Clark Co: 1860 Census, Limited index
  • Jefferson Co: Orphan Asylum, 1860 Census, Ward 1, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY
  • Lyon Co: 1900 Census Indexes
  • Mercer Co: 1810 Census 
  • Mercer Co: 1850 Census
  • Pike Co: BLACKBURN surname, multiple years
  • Whitley Co: 1870 Kentucky Census - FRENCH Surname
• Land Records
  • 1780 VA Land Grants for selected watersheds in KY
• Marriage Records
  • Clay Co: Selected Marriage Records Associated with Clark, Clarkson, Clarkston Surnames
  • Daviess Co: THOMPSON Marriages
  • Harlan Co: Selected Marriages 1818 - 1929, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Hopkins Co: Marriage Records
  • Lewis Co: Aills Marriages in Lewis County, KY
  • Lyon Co: Marriage Index, 1891-1901
  • Leslie Co: Selected Marriages 1879-1927, Leslie County, Kentucky
  • Mason Co: Marriage Book 2; 1806-1817
  • Mason Co: Marriage Book 3; 1818 -1826
  • Mason Co: Marriage Records, 1827-1837, Mason County, KY
  • Mason Co: Marriage Records, 1838-1845, Mason County, KY
  • Mason Co: Mason Co., KY marriage book 1; 1789 - 1805
  • Mason Co: Mason County (KY) Marriage Abstracts, 1852-1856
  • Mason Co: Mason County (KY) Marriages, 1846 - 1852
  • Mason Co: Mason County, Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1857-1862
  • Mercer Co: Mercer Co KyGenWeb Marriage Records - Visitor-submitted
  • Mercer Co: Misc. Early Marriage Records
  • Perry Co: Selected Marriages 1823-1931, Perry County, Kentucky
• Military Records
  • American Civil War:  17th Volunteer Infantry
  • American Civil War:  6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
  • American Civil War:  Union Rosters
  • American Revolution:  Revolutionary Pensioners
• Obituaries
  • Bath Co: Obituaries from Bath County, Kentucky
  • Mercer Co: Obituaries Index, Harrodsburg Herald 1998-1999
  • Rowan Co: Keith Akers Obituary, Morehead Kentucky
• Tax and Voter Lists
  • Henderson Co: 1889 Tax Records, Henderson County, KY

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Cemetery Records
Mason County, Kentucky, Cemetery Records, Volume I

Census
Kentucky Census, Reconstructed, 1790
Kentucky Census, 1810-90
Daviess County, Kentucky Census, 1900
Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900
Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index
Paducah, Kentucky Directory, 1890-91
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Directory, 1832
Franklin County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1790-1815, Volume I
Daviess County, Kentucky Census, 1920

Death Records
Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850

Directories - City Directories
Louisville, Kentucky Directory, 1887
Louisville, Kentucky Directories, 1890
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky Directory, 1886
Covington, Kentucky Directories, 1890, 1892

History
Kentucky History
Kentucky History, 1922
A History of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
Petitions of Kentucky Inhabitants to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769-1792
Christian and Trigg Counties, Kentucky History and Biography
Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, and Scott Counties, Kentucky History

Land Records
Kentucky Land Grants

Marriage Records
Kentucky Marriages to 1850
Bourbon County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1786-1800
Caldwell County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1809-28
Fayette County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1803-14
Fleming County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1798-1851
Jessamine County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1799-1820
Mercer County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1800-1830 Vol. II-III
Montgomery County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1817-50
Clark County, Kentucky Wills 1792-1826, Vol. 1-2
Lincoln County, Kentucky Marriage (1793-1800) & Will (1801-1807) Records
Nelson County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1785-1815
Carroll County, Kentucky Marriages, 1838-1920
Kentucky Marriages, 1769-1850
Mercer County, Kentucky: Marriages (1786-1800) & Wills (1786-1801)
Shelby County, Kentucky Marriage Bonds: 1792-1800

Military - War of 1812 Records
Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812

Military - Civil War Records
Kentucky Confederate Volunteers
Kentucky Civil War Union Volunteers

Newspaper Records
Middlesboro Daily News (Middlesboro, Kentucky)

Surnames - Biographies
Kentucky Biographical Encyclopedia, 19th Century
Kentucky Biographical Dictionary, 1896

Wills
Kentucky Will Index, vol. 1 & 2
Kentucky Will Index, Vol. 2
Barren County, Kentucky Wills, 1800-24
Lincoln County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1781-92
Madison County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1790-1843
Mason County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1804-60 Vol. II-VI
Bath County, Kentucky Wills, 1811-24
Lincoln County, Kentucky Marriage (1793-1800) & Will (1801-1807) Records
Fayette County, Kentucky Wills 1794-1818
Green County, Kentucky Wills 1796-1824
Mercer County, Kentucky Wills 1818-1826
Lincoln County, Kentucky Wills and Administrations, Vol. 1
Shelby County, Kentucky Wills: 1794-1817
Henry County, Kentucky Will Records for 1800 to July 1821
Scott County, Kentucky Wills: 1794-1820
Montgomery County, Kentucky Wills: 1796-1821

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• Kentucky Genealogy and History
  • Christian County, Kentucky Genealogy and History
  • Clay County, Kentucky Genealogy and History
  • Meade County, Kentucky Genealogy and History
  • Todd County, Kentucky Genealogy and History

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