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Guide to Pulaski County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Somerset
Organized: December 10, 1798
Parent County(s): Lincoln, Green[1]
Neighboring Counties
Casey • Laurel • Lincoln • McCreary • Rockcastle • Russell • Wayne
See County Maps
Courthouse
Pulaski County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
Location Map
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County Information

Description

Pulaski County was named for Kazimierz Pułaski. The county is located in the south-central area of the state.[2]

County Courthouse

Pulaski County Courthouse
100 N. Main Street, #208
Somerset, KY 42502
Phone: 606-679-3652[3]
Pulaski County Website

Pulaski County, Kentucky Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1852 1799 1852 1799 1799 1801 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

1838, 1871--A disaster destroyed some records.

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[6]

Cities
Unincorporated communities
  • Estesburg
  • Etna
  • Faubush
  • Floyd
  • Goochtown
  • Goodwater
  • Grundy
  • Hail
  • Hargis
  • Haynes Knob
  • Hislope
  • Hogue
  • Ingle
  • Keno
  • Kingbee
  • Mangum
  • Mark
  • May
  • Meece
  • Mount Victory
  • Mount Zion
  • Nancy (aka Logans Crossroads)
  • Naomi
  • Norfleet
  • Northfield
  • Norwood
  • Oak Hill
  • Oil Center
  • Omega
  • Piney Grove
  • Plato
  • Pointer
  • Poplarville
  • Pulaski
  • Quinton
  • Ringgold
  • Ruth
  • Sandy Gap
  • Sardis
  • Shafter
  • Shepola
  • Shopville
  • Sinking Valley
  • Sloans Valley
  • Squib
  • Stab
  • Sugar Hill
  • Tateville
  • Trimble
  • Ula
  • Valley Oak
  • Vanhook
  • Walnut Grove
  • Welborn
  • Whetstone
  • Woodstock


History Timeline

  • 1800, May - "First landing, for loading and unloading merchandise shipped by flatboats on the Cumberland River, was the James Montgomery landing."[7]
  • 1802 - Road from Somerset (Pulaski County) to Danville (Lincoln County) started.
  • 1812 - By 1812 Goose Creek Salt Works was in existence, along with a road from Somerset to it that passed over a bridge at Flat Lick.[8]
  • 1818 - Road from Somerset to the Mount Vernon viewed. (Intersecting a road named Tall Works, in direction of Henry James mill, and passing by Hughes mill.)[9]
  • 1844, March 2 - River port town of Waitsboro was incorporated.

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

  • Girdler Brothers. Girdler Brother Ledger, 1898-1900. See WorldCat.
  • Pulaski County (Ky) County Clerk. Account Ledger Books of Mercantile Establishments, 1849-1897. Available at Kentucky State Archives.
  • Pulaski County (Ky), County Clerk. General Ledger No 1. (Somerset Deposit Bank), 1866-1869. Available at Kentucky State Archives.
  • Wilson, John Truesdell. History of Banking in Pulaski County, 1818-1970. Somerset, Ky. : First and Farmers National Bank, 1970. Available at Filson Club Library in Louisville, Ky. Call No. 332.1 W749.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Pulaski, Kentucky online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Kentucky Cemeteries for more information

The following web sites have additional information on Pulaski county cemeteries.

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1800 3,161 —
1810 6,897 118.2%
1820 7,597 10.1%
1830 9,500 25.0%
1840 9,620 1.3%
1850 14,195 47.6%
1860 17,201 21.2%
1870 17,670 2.7%
1880 21,318 20.6%
1890 25,731 20.7%
1900 31,293 21.6%
1910 35,986 15.0%
1920 34,010 −5.5%
1930 35,640 4.8%
1940 39,863 11.8%
1950 38,452 −3.5%
1960 34,403 −10.5%
1970 35,234 2.4%
1980 45,803 30.0%
1990 49,489 8.0%
2000 59,200 19.6%
2010 63,063 6.5%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Pulaski County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

The Jr vs Sr notations in 1830 are a bit difficult to tell apart, so for a side by side comparison see page 37 (image 75) here.

For a 1890 census substitute see 1890 Pulaski Co, Kentucky Taxpayers and Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widow, etc.

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Kentucky denominations, view the Kentucky Church Records wiki page.

The most comprehensive collection of Pulaski County Church Records is found at the Pulaski County Historical Society. Upon arriving at the Pulaski County Historical Society, request a current "Church" list which will contain a listing of church records and histories and their call numbers. Not all their listings have dates of coverage or location within Pulaski county stated so the reader will do well to be prepared with the known specific locality and dates of the ancestor being researched--and then approach the staff as to which church records on the list might be more likely to serve the ancestors area. Some, but not all of the Pulaski County Historical Society's collection is referenced on the wiki.

The Pulaski County Historical Society is not the only repository of church records. Many additional and/or original records still exist in the respective churches located in Pulaski county and in other repositories including denominational regional libraries and the Kentucky Historical Society, etc.

For more information see one of the following wiki pages:


List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records

Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases
Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.
  • Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov
  • Pulaski County, Kentucky Deeds, 1799-1803 : [Continued from V. 6., P. 50]; The Kentucky Genealogist - V. 6, No. 3 (Jul/Sep 1964). 1964. By John Frederick Dorman. Pulaski County, Kentucky : Pulaski County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.


A variety of courts serve Pulaski county, Kentucky. Court types include: Chancery Court, Circuit Court, County Court, Court of Common Pleas, and Quarterly Court. Each of these courts have some common record types such as Order Books and Judgements; but some have records unique to their court such as the deeds and wills found in the County Court. Hence, for Deeds see Land Records and for wills, guardianship, and inventories see Probate Records.

Includes divorce records and Chancery sittings of the Circuit Court.
Missing deeds and probate.

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

More information about African American resources in Kentucky can be found on the Kentucky African Americans and the United States African Americans Wiki pages.

Pulaski county specific resources:

American Indians

  • "Resource list, Cherokee research," Pulaski County HIstorical Society Newsletter May 2002.
  • Cherokee Research

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

The internet is perhaps the easiest starting point for compiled genealogies. Many sites have user pedigrees and there are people who have put their family history on their own genealogical websites. Pedigrees found on user sites are often lacking in documentation. Individual websites tend to do a bit better with documentation. For search strategies of compiled genealogy internet sites see Genealogy Search Tips & Strategies or watch the video Finding Your Ancestors Online: Search Engine Tips and Tricks.

Two major sources of compiled genealogies specific to Pulaski county, Kentucky are the FamilySearch wiki page Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy - Bibliography of Surname Books and the surname vertical file material at the Pulaski County Historical Society and the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS).

The Pulaski County Historical Society maintains vertical files on each Pulaski county surname. Often there will be several files for one surname. On the outside of the vertical file surname folders are references to any books found in the Pulaski County Historical Society's collection that are about that surname---most of which are not presently represented in the wiki. The Pulaski County Historical Society will search the vertical file and surname books for $5 per family.

The material in the vertical files is often the source material (although not cited) that was used for the compiled genealogies you will find on the internet in public trees of various companies and institutions; and in private individuals websites. This came about for two reasons. First, because the society was collecting genealogies long before the internet came into being. Second, because the average lay genealogist was (and often still is) uneducated as to the great importance of context and documentation.

If you find a compiled tree on the internet of your ancestors and the compiler is not able to provide you with documentation, nor are you able to find primary source documents to prove the tree, consider reviewing the vertical material at the Pulaski County Historical Society and Kentucky State Historical Society. There you may find the documents of a distant cousin, now deceased, who in his submission to the society included information gathered from his personal family records and/or family interviews. It is also possible that you may find a submission of work (old or recent) pertaining to your ancestor that is not published anywhere else---not everyone is internet savy. Both societies have taken great care to preserve the submitters name on his material. It will be the researchers job to carefully document, not only the ancestor and submitter, but also to credit the society from which the information was obtained.

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Kentucky Land and Property for additional information about early Kentucky land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Online Land Indexes and Records


Local Histories

Local histories are available for Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Kentucky Local Histories.

  • Pulaski County Historical Research. N.d. By Woodrow Allen, Somerset Community College. N.p: n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; At various libraries (WorldCat).
  • Ramey, Clarice Payne. History of Pulaski County. (Lexington, Ky. : s.n., 1935). This thesis is available at University of Kentucky Library.
  • Tibbals, Alma. A History of Pulaski County Kentucky. Bagdad, Ky. : G. O. Moore, 1952. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.963 H2t. Also at Filson Club Library.
  • Jillson, Willard Rouse, A Bibliography of Pulaski County, Kentucky: Citations of Printed and Manuscript Sources Touching upon its History. Frankfort, Ky. : Roberts Print. Co., 1954. Available at Filson Historical Society in Louiseville, Ky.
  • Davenport, Lawrence C. Local Historical Research by a Class in Local Historical Research. Somerset, Ky. : Somerset Community College, 1966. Available at Filson Historical Society in Louiseville, Ky. Call No. 976.973 D247.

Maps and Gazetteers

Casey CountyLincoln CountyRockcastle CountyLaurel CountyWhitley CountyMcCreary CountyWayne CountyRussell CountyKY PULASKI.PNG
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Migration

In early days, migration into Pulaski county was via the Wilderness Road and Zane's Trace. Early settlers typically came from North Carolina and Virginia. The county seat of Somerset was settled by folks from Somerset, New Jersey. In the early 1800s, the Flat Lick area had many settlers from Caswell, North Carolina.

By 1818 and formation of the National Road many left Pulaski county for the west (Indiana, Ohio, Missouri).

In the mid to late 1830s there was a migration pattern out of Pulaski to Indiana; and later there was a quite a bit of migration to Missouri. There is an 1836 diary of a lady who went from Virginia via Mt Vernon and on to Indiana and Missouri. Map of her journey.

Military Records

In deciding if your ancestor might have served in a war, keep in mind his age and place of residence at the date of a given war. And also his place of residence when war pensions were filed.

The FamilySearch wiki has the following Pulaski county, Kentucky military record pages:

Revolutionary War

War of 1812

A reference to a War of 1812 soldier was found in Deed Book 2. A father was appointing a son as an agent to receive any money that another son (deceased) was entitled. The deceased soldier was part of Col Richard M Johnsons Regiment of mounted volunteer belonging to Capt James Davidson's company.[11] There may be other fathers who did likewise. Suggest searching by surname rather than given name of a soldier.

War with Mexico

Civil War

Spanish-American War

World War I

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War

Persian Gulf War

  • Pulaski County Historical Society, Twentieth Century war veterans, Pulaski County, Kentucky (Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Pub. Co., c1999). FS Catalog book 976.963 M2t.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Newspapers are used in genealogy to find obituaries, community news items (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and to provide historical content that document and enrich family history.

Pulaski county, Kentucky Newspaper Resources details sources available. Some sources have been microfilmed and/or digitized and are available at various repositories or on-line. Still others are in their original form at various repositories.

See also obituaries.

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

Obituaries

  • The Pulaski County Historical Society has several excellent collections of obituaries in various binders from the earlier Pulaski County newspapers, and is the most comprehensive place to start for obituaries in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
  • Pulaski County Historical Society Newsletter. ca 2008. Death records 1887+.
  • Somerset Ky Obits (Feb 2001-present)
  • Pulaski County, Kentucky Obituaries, Death Certificates and Funeral Notices at KYKinfolk, index
  • The Commonwealth-Journal (8/5/2008-current) is available through GenealogyBank.

Other Records

Collections: Manuscripts/Papers/Misc

  • Draper Manuscript Collection contains some information on Pulaski County, Kentucky residents. Search by surname or locality in various extent calendars, especially:
  • Mitchell, Bernice. Bernice Mitchell Papers, 1941-1988. See Filson Library.
  • Jillson, Willard Rouse. Willard Rouse Jillson Papers, 1918-1963.See University of Kentucky Library.
  • John Brazillia Lewis Papers, 1927-1978. Farm life in 1880s. See University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • Owens, Joseph M. Papers : Letters and documents, 1849-1914. Available at Filson Club Library Special Collections.
  • Tibbals, Alma Owens. Alma Owens Tibbals papers, 1806-1940. See University of Kentucky. Alma Owens Tibbals served as regent for the Somerset, Ky. chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the 1930s.

Message Boards

Periodicals

Probate Records

Probate records are held by the Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy Clerk of Court and are housed at the Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records can be found online at Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977 for Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. See the wiki page Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.

Online Probate Indexes and Records


As there is variation among counties in how probate records are organized, the reader will find it helpful to know that in Pulaski county the early will books include wills, administrations, inventories, bills of sale, and settlements; but by 1864 these things started being kept in separate books.
Index and Abstract Resources

There are several sources available to make your search of Pulaski County probate records easier. No single source is all inclusive. Each offers it own help that the others don't.

Pulaski County Kentucky Index to Wills 1800 to 1950 (FS Library US/CAN Book 976.963 P22p) was published by the Pulaski County Historical Society in 1991 and replaces it 1977 edition (FS Library US/CAN Book 976.963 P22pu). In creating the index, the compilers searched the original will books at the Somerset Courthouse, the courthouse's 1935 typed index and microfilms. The powerful index found in the 1991 edition contains two sections. The first is an index to the wills, inventories and appraisements, settlements, sale of land, dower allotment, etc. The second is an index to the loose original wills that exist; Page 79 states, "the Pulaski County Historical Society has zerox [sic] copied all early original documents from the will files at the Pulaski County Courthouse. These documents are in the actual hand writing of the person who prepared the document. This list also includes some wills that were rejected by the court and were not recorded in the will books."

Abstracts of wills in Pulaski County, Kentucky, vol. 1 (FS Library US/CAN Book 976.963 P2b) compiled by Annie Walker Burns doesn't give the will book volume and page number of the wills abstacted, but it's index does include executors and witnesses, which is something Pulaski County Kentucky Index to Wills 1800 to 1950 does not. Abstracts of wills in Pulaski County, Kentucky, vol. 1 only covers 1803-1850.

Abstract of will book one of Pulaski County, Kentucky prepared by Margaret Dunn Frye is available at the Martin F Schmidt Research Library in Frankfort. (976.902 P981f) This work created a devisee index to Will Book 1 in addition to the abstracts, thus making it one of the most powerful resources to be found for early Pulaski county research.

Pulaski County, Kentucky Will Book Number Two (1817-1829) compiled by Margaret Dunn Frye includes an index to "deceased persons and their heirs". So she has created a devisee index for us, which again is something "Pulaski County Kentucky Index to Wills" didn't do. Additionally, in her typescript abstracts she includes the names of buyers, executors, commr, etc. Although these buyers are not indexed, her book (FS Library US/CAN Film 855,033 item 4) is only 37 pages of typescript and so it is a relatively easy read if you want to know if your ancestor was a buyer in an estate sale during this time period.

The General Index made by the county court is also available. (FS Library US/CAN FILM 1,912,828)

Probate Records Indexes (microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see  Some of the microfilms may be available at the state archives and also at the state and county historical societies. Most have already been discussed in this wiki section, however, new and/or additional resources may be found there.

Will Books

Bonds, Inventories, Appraisements, Settlement

  • 1864-1902 - Administrators bonds. See FamilySearch Catalog.
  • 1864-1871 - Inventory, Appraisement and Settlement Book at Kentucky State Archives.
  • 1870-1909 - Inventories, Appraisements and Sale Bills on microform at Kentucky State Archives.
  • 1871-1909 - Inventories, appraisements. See FamilySearch Catalog.
  • 1870-1907 - Settlements, v 8-12. See FS Library catalog.
  • 1865-1901 - Guardian Bonds. Available at KDLA on microfilm.
  • 1865-1901 - See FamilySearch Catalog.

Probate Files (Estate Packets)

  • 1800-1850 - Are not extant according to the Pulaski County Historical Society. County Clerk says these records would be found in the Circuit Clerks Office. Clerk of the Circuit Court does not think they exist. Loose original wills do exist. See content under wills.
  • 1993-present - Contact Pulaski County Clerk of the Circuit Court, 100 N Main St #302, PO Box 664, Somerset, KY 42502
  • Misc
  • 1922-1925 - Pulaski County, County Clerk. Probate Order Stub Book. Available at Kentucky State Archive.

Probate Records (microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see . Some of the microfilms may be available at the state archives and also at the state and county historical societies. Most, if not all, have already been discussed in this wiki section, but some new sources may be there.

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district. For more background information and state-wide resources see the wiki page Kentucky Taxation.

  • 1799-1801 Kentucky, U.S., Tax Lists, 1799-1801 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
  • 1799-1829 Pulaski County Historical Society. Pulaski County, Kentucky Tax List Index 1799-1829. (Somerset, Ky. : Pulaski County Historical Society, 1982). See WorldCat.
  • 1800 1800 Tax List of Pulaski County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800.[12] Online at Ancestry ($).
  • 1800-1830 1800-1830 Line Creek Tax Lists
  • 1882-1884 Kentucky Treasury Dept. Withdrawal Reports: Tax Bills, 1882-1884. Description of this archival material located at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort can be found on WorldCat. Taxation for whiskey.
  • 1888-1916 Pulaski County, County Clerk. List of Non-Residents' Land, 1888-1916. See Kentucky State Archives.
  • 1888-1934 Pulaski County, County Clerk. Record of Land Sold for Taxes, 1888-1934. See Kentucky State Archives.
  • 1900-1934 Pulaski County, County Clerk. Supervisors' Revised Tax Assessment Lists. See Kentucky State Archives.

Kandie Adkinson's "Researching Early Kentucky Tax Lists: 1792-1840" is a must read. The beginning tax list researcher will find the second half of her article especially helpful and for the serious researcher she covers the legislation involved in the tax process in the first part of her article. She continues her work to 1880 in the 2011 editions of the periodical Kentucky Ancestors.

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Kentucky enacted a statute in 1852-1862 requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1874-1879, and 1892-1910 but, again, was not always followed. By 1911, the law was more clearly defined and kept by 1920. Any existing births 1852-1960 and death records 1852-1953 can be accessed online. See How to Find Kentucky Birth Records and How to Find Kentucky Death Records for links to indexes and images.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Pulaski County Clerk, with divorce records 1849-1958 located with the Pulaski County Circuit Court. For more information see How to Find Kentucky Marriage Records. For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records.

If you can't find your ancestor in the collections referenced above, consider locating, from the list below, abstracted sources created prior to the microfilming or digitalizing dates of the respective collections. Sometimes original records were lost between the time of an early abstractor's compilaton and the date of the first microfilming or digitialization of the original records. It is also of note that variation in indexing quality exists among collections. Lastly, the sources listed below identify extant dates, scope and alternative resources for missing dates.

Birth

Marriage

  • 1609-2016 Kentucky, United States Marriages at Findmypast - index($)
  • 1785-1979 Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, index
  • 1785-Onward Kentucky Marriages at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
  • 1787-1860 - Slevin, Ruth M. and Barbara Jordan. Marriage Bonds of Pulaski County, Kentucky, 1787-1860: with additional notes as obtained from the "consents". (Indianapolis, Ind., 1956). See Indiana State Library.
  • 1797-1954 Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
  • 1798-1910 Kaurish, Mary Weddle. Pulaski County, Kentucky Marriage Records. (Somerset, Kentucky : Pulaski County Historical Society, 1974). FS Library US/CAN Book 976.963 V2p bk 1-4. Also note that the Pulaski County Historical Society will provide duplicated and certified photo copies of original marriage bonds and consent forms for the years 1799-1871 for a small fee.
  • 1799-1848 "Minister returns, marriages, 1799-1848," Pulaski County Historical Society Newsletter May 2007.
  • 1799-1850 Masley, Betty, et al. Pulaski County, Kentucky Records #1: Marriages, 1799-1850. (Indianpolis, IN : Researchers, 1997). See WorldCat.
  • 1799-1850 Gloe, Joan Gilbert. Pulaski County, Kentucky Marriages, 1799-1850. (Indianapolis, Ind. : Researchers, 1991). See WorldCat.
  • 1802-1850 Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 at Ancestry - index($); Completeness of this collection is unknown, but Pulaski is picked up. Index appears to be made from county government records.
  • 1852-1859 Birth, marriages, deaths, 1852-1859. Microfilm of original records. (FS Library US/CAN Film 216838 item 5)
  • 1852-1861 Pulaski County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch M517911 at FamilySearch
  • 1852-1855, 1857, 1874-1878 Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914, Ancestry ($). This collection contains index to and images of the county government marriage register. Only dates given in bold are found in collection. In the 1850s both parties were asked for the county and state of birth. In the 1870s, the birth place was dropped, but both parties were asked for their father and mother names.
  • 1852-1914 Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852-1914 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
  • 1864-1924 County Clerk, Pulaski county, Kentucky, Marriage Books 2-65. Available on microfilm at Kentucky State Libraries and Archives in Frankfort.
  • 1875 Pulaski County Marriage Index 1875. Batch M517914 at FamilySearch
  • 1876-1878 Pulaski County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch M517915 at FamilySearch
  • 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
  • 1973-2000 Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
  • Gayle Triller, coordinator, KYGenWeb Team, Pulaski County Marriages, KYGenWeb.
  • Bell, Annie Walker Burns. Marriage Records of Pulaski County, Kentucky Typescript written in 1936. Filmed in 1973. FS Library US/CAN Film 928,021 items 3-4. See also WorldCat.
  • 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Pulaski County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

Archives of Appalachia
East Tennessee State University
Sherrod Library, Room 422
344 J L Seehorn Rd
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: 423-439-4338
Email: archives@etsu.edu
Facebook
Website

FamilySearch Centers

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  • FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Pulaski County. For state-wide library facilities, see Kentucky Archives and Libraries.

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Pulaski County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Kentucky Societies.

Pulaski County Historical Society
304 S Main St
PO Box 36
Somerset, KY 42501
Phone: 606-679-8401
Email: pchs1799@gmail.com
Website

Websites

Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pułaski County, Kentucky" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Kentucky.
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pulaski County, Kentucky page 274, At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pulaski County, Kentucky. Page 268-276 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 251-254.
  5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Pulaski County, Kentucky," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Kentucky, accessed 10 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Lyman Allen, transcriber,"Pulaski County Fact Book II, Chapter 5 Trade" Pulaski County Historical Society Newsletter. Date ca 2012. Page 9.
  8. ↑ Pulaski County, Kentucky. Circuit Court Order Book, 1810-1815, p. 267. FS Library US/CAN Film 800,722 item 2.
  9. ↑ Pulaski county, Kentucky. County Court Order Book 3. Page 171.FS Library US/CAN Film 804,647.
  10. ↑ Pulaski County Historical Newsletter, ca 2008, no volume number given.
  11. ↑ County Clerk, Pulaski county, Kentucky, Deed Book 2, p 320-1. Kentucky State Archive microfilm box no. 7004801.
  12. ↑ G. Glenn Clift, Second Census of Kentucky 1800: A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the 79 Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the 42 Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800 (1954; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005).
  13. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/img_auth.php/7/75/Igikentuckymz.pdf.
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