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[[Portal:Kentucky|Portal:Kentucky]] | [[Portal:Kentucky|Portal:Kentucky]] | ||
Newspapers publish notices of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals, and they publish obituaries. Notices include names of the persons involved and the date of the event, and they may contain maiden names and the names of parents and other living relatives. | Newspapers publish notices of marriages, divorces, deaths, and funerals, and they publish obituaries. Notices include names of the persons involved and the date of the event, and they may contain maiden names and the names of parents and other living relatives. | ||
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The Family History Library also has some Kentucky newspapers on microfilm, especially for the cities of Henderson, Louisville, Lexington, and Paducah. For example, see: | The Family History Library also has some Kentucky newspapers on microfilm, especially for the cities of Henderson, Louisville, Lexington, and Paducah. For example, see: | ||
''Henderson Daily Gleaner. 1892–1911''. Reprint, Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 1959. (On 14 | ''Henderson Daily Gleaner. 1892–1911''. Reprint, Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 1959. (On 14 Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=449072&disp=Henderson+daily+gleaner%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films, beginning with 215412].) Many issues are in fragmentary condition, and some years are missing. | ||
Many marriage, death, and obituary notices have been extracted and published. For example, see: | Many marriage, death, and obituary notices have been extracted and published. For example, see: | ||
Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Kentucky Gazette: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Maryland.: Gateway Press, 1983–. ( | Green, Karen Mauer. ''The Kentucky Gazette: Genealogical and Historical Abstracts''. 2 vols. Baltimore, Maryland.: Gateway Press, 1983–. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.9+B38g book 976.9 B38g].) Volume one covers 1787 to 1800. Volume 2 covers 1801 to 1820. It is indexed. | ||
See the "Newspapers" and "Obituaries" sections of the United States Research Outline for help in locating other newspapers published in Kentucky. | See the "Newspapers" and "Obituaries" sections of the United States Research Outline for help in locating other newspapers published in Kentucky. | ||