All available census schedules for Kentucky 1810-1920. MICROFILM 
(The U.S. 1890 census records were damaged in a fire; all that remains for Kentucky is an enumeration of Civil War Union veterans for some counties.) 

Census indexes.
The indexes for 1810-1870 are in books.
The indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 are Soundex indexes on microfilm.

Louisville City Directories, 1832 to the present.   MICROFILM AND/OR PAPER.

Louisville Suburban Directories, 1957 to the present. MICROFILM AND/OR PAPER.

Lexington city directories.
New Albany/Jeffersonville City Directory.  1880, 1882, 1895, 1899 to the present.

Louisville (Ky.):   Executive budget, 1956 to present.

Louisville (Ky.):  General ordinances of the city of  Louisville, 1869 to present, some years.

Louisville (Ky.)   Annual communication of the mayor and reports of departments of  the city of Louisville, 1866

Louisville (Ky.):   Department of Finance City of Louisville Annual Report, 1868-1916.

Louisville Water Co. Annual Report.  1862-1900, some years. 1901-1989.

Annual reports for various city agencies such as Parks, Health Department, Civil Service Board etc.

Military Service Records

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union/Confederate Soldiers from Kentucky.  MICROFILM.  There is an index. MICROFILM

County Records

Compilations of transcribed county records for some counties. These include records of wills, marriages, court proceedings and cemeteries.

Draper Manuscripts:

Series A, B, C, J, K, L, M, N, O, W, Y, BB, CC, NN, QQ which relate to Kentucky.  MICROFILM

There is an index, "Guide to  the Draper Manuscripts." PAPER Histories of Kentucky counties and cities.

Histories of many but not all of Kentucky's major cities and 120 counties.  Some include biographical sketches. Congregational and denominational histories:  Many Louisville congregations.

Kentucky Adjutant General Reports

War of 1812
Mexican War
Civil War-- These are rosters of volunteers who served from Kentucky.

Manuscripts (other than literary)

Congregational and denominational histories.  Many Louisville congregations.
Directory of the Louisville Public Schools.  1904-1972.

Maps and atlases

a few county atlases.
maps of Kentucky and Louisville.  
all the topographical maps for Kentucky that are published by  the U.S. Geological Survey.  Place names that appear on the  topographical maps are indexed in a gazetteer that is keyed to the maps, "Guide to Kentucky Place Names."

County and city atlases:

• Jefferson, 1879  PAPER

• City of Louisville, 1876 and 1884  MICROFILM

•  Ohio River Valley (Pittsburgh to Cincinnati), 1877  MICROFILM

•  Oldham, 1879  PAPER

• Shelby, 1882  MICROFILM AND PAPER

• Spencer, 1882  MICROFILM AND PAPER

Sanborn Maps of Louisville, 1975 - 1988.  Paper.

Newspapers   ( Look for Obituaries! )

• Louisville Public Advertiser    July 1818-1832, 1834-Oct. 1841.  MICROFILM

• Louisville Daily Journal    Nov. 1830-Jan. 1832, May 1836-  Nov. 1868.

• Catholic Advocate  Feb. 1841-July 1849, June 1869-1899.

• Louisville Morning Courier   1844-1861, 1866-1868.

• Louisville Daily Democrat    1851-April 1869.

• Courier-Journal    Nov. 1868-present.

• Evening Post    May 1878-Oct. 1925.

• Record     1879-1973.

• Louisville Times    May 1884-Feb. 1987.

• Kentucky Irish American    1898-1968.

• Herald     April 1903-Oct. 1925.

• Louisville Leader    Nov. 1917-Sept. 1950.

• Herald-Post (evening)    Nov. 1925-Oct. 1936.

• Herald-Post (morning)    Nov. 1925-Feb. 1927.

• Louisville Defender    1951-present.

Other miscellaneous Louisville newspapers

The Library also has these Lexington and Cincinnati newspapers on microfilm:

• Kentucky Gazette    1787-1910.

• Kentucky Evening Gazette    1907-1910.

• Cincinnati Enquirer    1841-1863.

School Records

       Louisville (Ky.). Board of Trustees.  Report of the Board of
               Education of Louisville, Kentucky.  1911-1939
            Louisville Public Schools. Board of Trustees.  Report. 
               1860-1954, some years.
            High school/college yearbooks: Some local high schools, UK and U of L.

Vital Records

 Kentucky Birth, Death and Marriage Records, 1852-1910.  MICROFILM 
     These are incomplete records.
             Directory of Births and Deaths Registered in Kentucky.
             Births and deaths:  1911-1954.  MICROFILM
             Births:   1911-1959.  PAPER
             Deaths:   1911-1969.  PAPER
             Death Certificate Index, 1911-1986.  MICROFICHE
     Kentucky Marriages.  MICROFICHE
             Marriage index for brides, 1974-1989.
             Marriage index for grooms, 1975-1989.
             Kentucky Divorces.  MICROFICHE
             Divorce index for wife, 1974-1989.
             Divorce index for husband, 1974-1989.

Special Indexes and Vertical Files

       Indexes to the Courier-Journal for the years 1901 to mid
               August 1902 and 1918 to the present.
            an index to articles in Kentucky historical and genealogical
               magazines.
            newspaper clipping files about Louisville and Kentucky
               subjects.

Other Resources:

Some family histories.
Indexes to Kentucky land grants.
Magazines concerning Kentucky genealogy.
State documents and Louisville city reports.
Proceedings of religious and professional groups.
A variety of materials about life in Kentucky from the Devonian age to the present.