United States Resources: Kentucky

    Kentucky Chain quilt square, based on a drawing by my Mom. (Hi, Mom!) (She did the RootsWeb Tree of Life drawing, too.)

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Kentucky Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Kentucky Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-ky: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Kentucky--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-ky: Where to write for Kentucky vital records, Kentucky genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check Kentucky Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.
  • Fort Boonesborough Settlers: The references and surnames from A to G are in genealog.ftboon1. A second file, genealog.ftboon2, includes the remaining surnames from H to Z

    Other Kentucky Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Kentucky Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Kentucky County Links
  • Kentucky Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Kentucky
  • The Kentucky GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • A Guide to Kentucky Genealogy Resources from GeneaSearch

    General Resources

  • Kentucky Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: Kentucky
  • LDS Research Outline for Kentucky
  • Kentucky Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1810 U. S. Census
    • 1820 U. S. Census
    • 1830 U. S. Census
    • 1840 U. S. Census
    • 1850 U. S. Census
    • 1860 U. S. Census
    • 1870 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
    • 1930 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Kentucky
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War
    • Selections from the Southern Historical Collection
      • Tennessee and Kentucky
  • The Southeastern Kentucky Corner
  • Surnames of Kentucky
  • Census Online: Kentucky
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of Kentucky
  • Kentucky Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Ohio River Valley Families Genealogical Database
  • Kentucky Covered Bridges
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Ghost Towns of Kentucky
  • Kentucky Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Historic House Museums of Kentucky
  • WHAS History/HamHocks Louisville, Kentucky
  • Kentucky Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • East Kentucky Genealogy

    Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections

  • Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives with an excellent overview of the records available
  • The International Museum of the Horse
  • Lexington History Museum
  • Kentucky Archives and Special Collections at Kentucky universities, including (for example) a pointer to Centre College Archives Family/Local History Collections
  • Northern Kentucky University Special Collections and Archives
  • The Kentucky Library at Western Kentucky University
  • Mountain Homeplace - Explore an 1850-1875 Appalachian settlement and working farm
  • University of Kentucky Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Kentucky Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • T Point Cemetery transcription for Clayhole, Kentucky, courtesy of Daniel P. Downard

    Ethnic and Religious

  • African Ancestry in Kentucky
  • Cherokee History up to the Trail of Tears and through the present
  • Chickasaw History
  • Illinois History
  • Iroquois History

    Local History and Information

  • John Swift's Lost Silver Mine
  • Adair County at Linkpendium
  • Allen County at Linkpendium
  • Anderson County at Linkpendium
  • Ballard County at Linkpendium
  • Barren County at Linkpendium
  • Bath County at Linkpendium
  • Bell County at Linkpendium
  • Boone County at Linkpendium
  • Bourbon County at Linkpendium
  • Boyd County at Linkpendium
  • Boyle County at Linkpendium
  • Bracken County at Linkpendium
  • Breathitt County at Linkpendium
  • Breckinridge County at Linkpendium
  • Bullitt County at Linkpendium
  • Butler County at Linkpendium
  • Caldwell County at Linkpendium
  • Calloway County at Linkpendium
  • Campbell County at Linkpendium
  • Carlisle County at Linkpendium
  • Carroll County at Linkpendium
  • Carter County at Linkpendium
  • Casey County at Linkpendium
  • Christian County at Linkpendium
  • Clark County at Linkpendium
  • Clay County at Linkpendium
  • Clinton County at Linkpendium
  • Columbia & Adair County Local History
  • Crittenden County at Linkpendium
  • Cumberland County at Linkpendium
  • Daviess County at Linkpendium
  • Edmonson County at Linkpendium
  • Elliott County at Linkpendium
  • Estill County at Linkpendium
  • Fayette County at Linkpendium
  • Fleming County at Linkpendium
  • Floyd County at Linkpendium
  • Franklin County at Linkpendium
  • Fulton County at Linkpendium
  • Gallatin County at Linkpendium
  • Garrard County at Linkpendium
  • Grant County at Linkpendium
  • Graves County at Linkpendium
  • Grayson County at Linkpendium
  • Green County at Linkpendium
  • Greenup County at Linkpendium
  • Hancock County at Linkpendium
  • Hardin County at Linkpendium
  • Harlan County at Linkpendium
  • Harrison County at Linkpendium
  • 1820 Hart County Census
  • Hart County at Linkpendium
  • Henderson County at Linkpendium
  • Henry County at Linkpendium
  • Hickman County at Linkpendium
  • Hopkins County at Linkpendium
  • Jackson County at Linkpendium
  • Jefferson County at Linkpendium
  • Jessamine County at Linkpendium
  • Johnson County at Linkpendium
  • Kenton County at Linkpendium
  • Knott County at Linkpendium
  • Knox County at Linkpendium
  • LaRue County at Linkpendium
  • Laurel County at Linkpendium
  • Lawrence County at Linkpendium
  • Lee County at Linkpendium
  • Leslie County History
  • Leslie County at Linkpendium
  • Letcher County at Linkpendium
  • Lewis County at Linkpendium
  • Lincoln County at Linkpendium
  • Livingston County at Linkpendium
  • Logan County at Linkpendium
  • Old Louisville Guide
  • Lyon County at Linkpendium
  • Madison County at Linkpendium
  • Magoffin County at Linkpendium
  • Marion County at Linkpendium
  • Marshall County at Linkpendium
  • Martin County at Linkpendium
  • Mason County at Linkpendium
  • McCracken County at Linkpendium
  • McCreary County at Linkpendium
  • McLean County at Linkpendium
  • Meade County at Linkpendium
  • Menifee County at Linkpendium
  • Mercer County at Linkpendium
  • Metcalfe County at Linkpendium
  • Monroe County at Linkpendium
  • Montgomery County at Linkpendium
  • Morgan County at Linkpendium
  • Muhlenberg County at Linkpendium
  • Nelson County at Linkpendium
  • East Row Historic District Newport, Kentucky
  • Nicholas County at Linkpendium
  • Ohio County at Linkpendium
  • Oldham County at Linkpendium
  • Owen County at Linkpendium
  • Owsley County at Linkpendium
  • Pendleton County at Linkpendium
  • Perry County at Linkpendium
  • Pike County at Linkpendium
  • Powell County at Linkpendium
  • Pulaski County at Linkpendium
  • Robertson County at Linkpendium
  • Rockcastle County at Linkpendium
  • Rowan County at Linkpendium
  • Russell County at Linkpendium
  • Scott County at Linkpendium
  • Shelby County at Linkpendium
  • Simpson County at Linkpendium
  • Spencer County at Linkpendium
  • Taylor County at Linkpendium
  • Todd County at Linkpendium
  • Trigg County at Linkpendium
  • Trimble County at Linkpendium
  • Union County at Linkpendium
  • Warren County at Linkpendium
  • Washington County at Linkpendium
  • Wayne County at Linkpendium
  • Webster County at Linkpendium
  • Whitley County at Linkpendium
  • Wolfe County at Linkpendium
  • Woodford County at Linkpendium
  • From Brian Mavrogeorge:
    • FAYETTE.TXT: The 1788 Fayette County taxlist
    • BENNETT.TXT: Marriages from Ohio County performed by Rev. Bennett from 1876-1908
    • MUHLEN.TXT: Mother Murphy's Muhlenberg County marriages from 1799 to 1850. See Mother Murphy's Home Page for more information and also for the marriages from 1851 to 1874.
    • SHELBY.TXT: Shelby County marriage records from 1792 to 1800

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Kentucky locations
  • Kentucky from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Kentucky Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • An Electronic Guide to Kentucky Place Names
  • Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer -- Counties
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Roster of Kentucky units at the Battles of Frenchtown
  • Civil War Sites in Kentucky
  • Kentucky Civil War Map of Battles
    Message Boards
    • Civil War, Kentucky RootsWeb
    • Kentucky in the Civil War history-sites.com
  • Civil War Rosters: Kentucky Links
  • Union Regimental Index: Kentucky
  • The wild riders of the first Kentucky cavalry
  • First Kentucky (Orphan) Brigade Hompage
  • 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
  • History of the First Kentucky brigade
  • History of the First Kentucky brigade (1868) CSA
  • Sketch of the First Kentucky brigade (1874) - CSA
  • History of the Orphan Brigade CSA regiments1861 - 1865
  • Reminiscences of a soldier of the Orphan brigade
  • 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Company "D"
  • Second Regiment Kentucky Infantry, CSA The Orphan Brigade
  • 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
  • 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
  • 3rd KY Infantry
  • Diary of Captain John W. Tuttle, Monticello, Kentucky Third Kentucky Volume Infantry, Company H
  • The 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment USA
  • 6th Kentucky Cavalry
  • 7th Kentucky Infantry, Company K
  • History of the Eighth regiment Kentucky vol. inf.
  • 9th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
  • Company B, 9th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry The Scalawag Mess
  • 11th Kentucky Cavalry CSA
  • 11th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
  • 14th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, USA
  • Roster of the Twenty Second Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
  • 24th Kentucky Infantry
  • 27th Kentucky Infantry Regiment
  • 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment
  • The 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
  • Roster of the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
  • Roster of the Fortieth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry
  • The 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Kentucky
  • Northern Kentucky Views A collection of hundreds of vintage postcards showing scenes from Boone County, Kenton County, Campbell County, Gallatin County, Owen County, Grant County, Pendleton County, Bracken County, Mason County, Carroll County, and Trimble County

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • The Kentucky Genealogical Society
  • Kentucky Historical Society

      Lineage

    • Kentucky Society, Children of the American Revolution
    • The Kentucky Society, NSDAR
      • Mary Ingles Chapter - Fort Thomas, Campbell County
      • Captain William Rowan Chapter - Livermore, McLean County
      • John Marshall Chapter - Louisville
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans, Kentucky Division
      • Edward F. Arthur Camp #1783 - Corbin
      • The John Washington Payne Camp #268 - Frankfort
      • Col. Ben E. Caudill Camp #1629 - Hazard
      • Capt. Hiram H. Stamper Camp #1715 - Hindman
      • Gen. John Hunt Morgan Camp 1342 - Louisville
      • Pvt. John P. McGuire Camp #1843 - Pikeville
    • Kentucky Department - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
      • Brigadier General Theophilus T. Garrard Camp #4 - Manchester
      • Sgt. Elijah P. Marrs Camp #5 - Nicholasville

      Regional

    • Ancestral Trails Historical Society
    • KYOWVA Genealogical Society Lawrence and Boyd Counties, Kentucky; Lawrence and Gallia Counties, Ohio; Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, and Mason Counties, West Virginia
    • West-Central Kentucky Family Research Association

      Local

    • Adair County Genealogical Society
    • Ballard-Carlisle Historical-Genealogical Society
    • Boone Co. Historical Society
    • Bracken County Historical Society
    • Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • The Filson Historical Society
    • Floyd County Historical & Genealogical Society
    • Harrodsburg Historical Society
    • Hart County Historical Society
    • Henderson County Historical & Genealogical Society
    • Hopkins County Genealogical Society
    • Jessamine County Historical Society
    • Johnson County Genealogical and Historical Society
    • The Kenton County Historical Society
    • Knott County Historical and Genealogical Society and Library, Inc.
    • Laurel County Historical Society
    • Letcher County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Louisville Genealogical Society
    • The Madison County Historical Society
    • Magoffin County Historical Society
    • Pulaski County Historical Society
    • Simpson County Kentucky Historical Society
    • Trimble County Kentucky Historical Society
    • Union County Historical Society
    • Webster County Historical & Genealogical Society
    • Whitley County Historical and Genealogy Society
    • Woodford County Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Kentucky Vital Records Index (searchable!)
  • Kentucky Vital Statistics Information from the Kentucky Department for Archives and Libraries
  • Kentucky Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Kentucky Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Genealogy-Books.com
  • The Gregath Publishing Company
  • Higginson Book Company
  • SK Publications Kentucky Census Books and CDs
  • Strictly by Name Copies of Public Domain Records related to genealogy
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