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<center>'''For greater success, use all the Wiki Articles in this series:'''</center> | |||
*[[What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?|'''What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?''']] | |||
*[[Determining the Church Your Ancestor Attended|'''Determining the Church Your Ancestor Attended''']] | |||
*[[How to Find Church Records in the United States|'''How to Find Church Records in the United States''']] | |||
*[[United States Church Records#Searching for Church Records by Denomination|'''Searching for Church Records by Denomination''' ]] | |||
*[[United States Church Records#Searching for Church Records by U.S. State|'''Searching for Church Records by U.S. State''']] | |||
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==Historical Background== | |||
Before 1900 the largest religious groups in [[Kentucky, United States Genealogy|Kentucky]] were the [[Baptist Church in the United States|Baptist]], [[Methodist Church in the United States|Methodist]], [[Roman Catholic Church in the United States|Roman Catholic]], and [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]] churches.<ref>Sydney E. Ahlstrom, ''A Religious History of the American People'' (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972). {{FHL|282712|item|disp=FHL Book 973 K2ah}}.</ref> | |||
==Information Found in the Records== | |||
To effectively use church records, become familiar with their content. Click on these links to learn about a specific record type: | |||
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*[[What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?#Baptisms or Christenings|Baptisms or Christenings]] | |||
*[[What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?#Marriages|Marriages]] | |||
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*[[What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?#Funerals or Burials|Funerals or Burials]] | |||
*[[What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?#Membership Lists|Membership Lists]] | |||
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*[[What Can I Find in U.S. Church Records?#Minutes or Historical Narrative|Minutes or Historical Narrative]] | |||
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==Finding the Records== | |||
===Look for online records.=== | |||
'''Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, and MyHeritage.com can be searched free of charge at your local [https://familysearch.org/locations/ family history center] or the [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Family_History_Library Family History Library] in Salt Lake City, Utah. | |||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790250?collectionNameFilter=true Kentucky, Church Records, 1818-1995] - index and images, incomplete | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2790250?collectionNameFilter=true Kentucky, Church Records, 1818-1995] - index and images, incomplete | ||
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=_6zVAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false A History of Kentucky Baptists: From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 800 Biographical Sketches, Volume 2]. | *[https://books.google.com/books?id=_6zVAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false A History of Kentucky Baptists: From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 800 Biographical Sketches, Volume 2]. | ||