Kentucky Vital Records: Difference between revisions

{{Adoption KYGenWeb}}[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Kentucky.htm Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services - Department of Public Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&countryId=36 Kentucky Statewide Indexes and Collections] at the Family History Library.  

[[Kentucky Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Kentucky Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>  

<br>The Department of Archives and Libraries and the Kentucky Historical Society have copies of some of these city records. The Lexington Public Library also has copies of the Lexington records. The Filson Club and the Family History Library have copies of the Louisville and Newport records.<br>  

'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' Many '''eloping couples '''went to Maysville, [[Mason County, Kentucky|Mason County]] and [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike County]], Kentucky to be married avoiding the waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage. Others may have crossed the Ohio River and gone to places like [[Brown County, Ohio|Aberdeen]] or [[Hamilton County, Ohio|Cincinnati]] in Ohio, or even to [[Vanderburgh County, Indiana|Evansville, Indiana]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/"http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref><ref>Arlene H. Eakle, "Charles H. Browning and Your Genealogy" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at a href="http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/11/30/charles-h-browning-and-your-genealogy/"http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/11/30/charles-h-browning-and-your-genealogy/ (accessed 8 January 2011)</ref><br>  

== Death Records  ==

[[Image:Kentucky death certificate amanda pitt.jpg|thumb|right|Kentucky death certificate amanda pitt.jpg]]Because much of the information about the availability of death records in Kentucky is similiar to birth records, see the discussion about these records under the heading ''[[Kentucky Vital Records#Birth_and_Death_Records|Births and Deaths]].''