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Webster County, Kentucky Genealogy (view source)
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==== Boundary Changes ==== | ==== Boundary Changes ==== | ||
==== County Pronunciation ==== | ==== County Pronunciation ==== | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ky-webster.ogg Hear it spoken]<ref>Voice of Dorothy Murphy (b. 1927), life-long resident of Central City, Ky. (2011)</ref> | *[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ky-webster.ogg Hear it spoken]<ref>Voice of Dorothy Murphy (b. 1927), life-long resident of Central City, Ky. (2011)</ref> | ||
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==== Cemeteries ==== | ==== Cemeteries ==== | ||
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. | Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. | ||
*Kentucky Historical Society [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp Cemetery Search] can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. <br> | *Kentucky Historical Society [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp Cemetery Search] can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. <br> | ||
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==== Census ==== | ==== Census ==== | ||
{{Historical populations | {{Historical populations | ||
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1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Webster County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Kentucky Census|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. | 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Webster County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Kentucky Census|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|Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes. | See [[Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes. | ||
*[http://www.usgwcensus.org/states/kentucky/ USGenWeb Census Project] ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930 | *[http://www.usgwcensus.org/states/kentucky/ USGenWeb Census Project] ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930 | ||
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kygenweb/court/court.htm Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases] Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kygenweb/court/court.htm Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases] Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project | ||
*[http://courts.ky.gov/research/ Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference] | *[http://courts.ky.gov/research/ Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference] | ||
==== Genealogy ==== | |||
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to: | |||
*Locate publications about direct ancestors | |||
*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family | |||
*Identify publications, to quote [[Elizabeth Shown Mills|Elizabeth Shown Mills]], about an ancestor's "FAN Club" ['''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors] | |||
===== Bibliography ===== | |||
*'''[Baker]''' Chapman, Peggy Brown. ''Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties & Jackson Purchase, Kentucky''. Lubbock, Texas: P.B. Chapman, 1995. {{FHL|751704|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B171cp}} | |||
==== Land ==== | ==== Land ==== | ||