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Vital Records Births Kentucky, Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Index only. Kentucky, Birth Records, 1852-1910 Index and images ($) Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999 Index only ($) Marriages University of Kentucky Marriage Index for 1973-1993 Rootsweb Kentucky Marriage Records, 1973-2000. Kentucky Marriage Records Abstracts ($) Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965 ($) Index and images Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979 Index only. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 Index and images. Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850 ($) Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 Abstracts ($) Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 Abstracts ($) Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 Abstracts ($) Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914 Index and images ($) Kentucky, Marriage Index, 1973-1999 ($) Kentucky, Wills, Deeds, and Marriages, 1700-1909 (Published 1929), ($), index. Deaths Kentucky, Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970 Index only. University of Kentucky Death Index for 1911-1986. University of Kentucky Death Index for 1987-1992. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 Index and images ($) Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-1961 Index only Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 ($) Rootsweb Kentucky Death Records index,1911-2000. Kentucky Death Index 2000-2012 Index only. Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854 ($) United States Social Security Death Index. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ($) U.S., Social Security applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Incomplete, ($). Online Kentucky Death Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries Divorce University of Kentucky Divorce Index for 1973-1993. African Americans Kentucky, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 Images only. Kentucky Historical Society, Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Oral History Project African American Cemeteries, Kentucky Access Genealogy Slave Narratives Biographical Sketches of Prominent Negro Men and Women of Kentucky, e-book Bible Records Kentucky Bible Archives at KYGenWeb  Additional Kentucky Bibles at KYGenWeb Kentucky Bible Records on Kentucky Genealogy.org Kentucky Bible Records at Kentucky Pioneers ($) available to members only Biographies County and Town Histories with biographies Sandi Gorin's Kentucky Biographies. Kentucky Biographical Encyclopedia, 19th Century, ($), index. Kentucky Biographical Dictionary, 1896, ($), index. Notable men of Kentucky at the beginning of the 20th century (1901-1902), e-book A Sesqui-Centennial History of Kentucky - A Narrative Historical Edition...and Chronicling the Genealogical and Memorial Records of its Prominent Families and Personages, e-book, Vol. 4 A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians - The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, by E. Polk Johnson, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 History of Kentucky, Judge Charles Kerr, editor, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5 Collins Historical Sketches of Kentucky, Vol. 1, e-book, Vol. 2 Cemetery Records Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search Findagrave.com Kentucky Cemetery Records at Interment.net BillionGraves Kentucky Cemeteries BillionGraves Index Tennessee Valley Cemetery Relocation Files, 1933-1990, ($). Index. Kentucky Cemeteries, The Tombstone Transcription Project, index. Kentucky Cemeteries at D'Addezio Kentucky Cemeteries at I Dream of Genealogy Online Kentucky Death Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries Kentucky Cemetery Records Census United States Online Census, 1790-1940 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, ($), index. Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890, ($), index. United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images Church Records A History of Kentucky Baptists: From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 800 Biographical Sketches, Volume 2. The Ministerial Directory of the Baptist Churches in the United States of America with biographies The history of Methodism in Kentucky, ($), index. Vol. 2 Compiled Genealogies Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. III, ($), index. Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. II, ($), index. Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. I, ($), index. Virginia and Kentucky, Genealogies and Sketches Of Some Old Families (Published 1901), ($), index. GEDCOM Index Kentucky North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, index and images, ($). Court Records Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 ($) Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I Abstracts ($) Kentucky pioneer and court records, ($), index. Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. II, ($), index. Petitions of the early inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia : 1769-1792, ($), index. Petitions of Kentucky Inhabitants to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1769-1792, ($), index Directories US City Directories, Kentucky Kentucky Online Historical Directories - listed by county History Kentucky History, 1922, ($), index. County and Town Histories A Sesqui-centennial history of Kentucky : a narrative historical edition, commemorating one hundred and fifty years of statehood, ($), index. History of Kentucky, ($), index. Fort Boonesborough Settlers, index. Land Records Kentucky Land Grants, 1782-1924 Abstracts ($) Kentucky Land Office Revolutionary War Land Warrants. Virginia Patents in Kentucky and Old Kentucky Patents search. Various land patent searches Bureau of Land Management Land Patents U.S., Tennessee Valley, Family Removal and Population Readjustment Case Files, 1934-1953, ($), index. Kentucky, Wills, Deeds, and Marriages, 1700-1909 (Published 1929), ($), index. Genealogy Trails History Group, Early Kentucky Land Records, 1773-1780, index.

Land Records continued Kentucky Land Office website also has the following collections online: West of Tennessee River Military Patents database. Certificates of Settlement and Preemption Warrants database. Virginia Treasury Warrants Register, Lincoln Entries database. County Court Order Patents database. Jackson Purchase database. West of Tennessee River Non-Military Patents Database Kentucky Land Records and Deeds Directory, index. Maps Maps of Kentucky from MapofUS.org. Includes boundary changes map. Kentucky Sanborn Maps. Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Military Records General Records U.S., Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 Index and images. U.S., Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926 Index and images. U.S., General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Partial index and images. U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index and images. U.S., Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Index and images. U.S., Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Index and images. Indian Wars, dates vary U.S., Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Index and images Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783 — images U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications Index (free) and images ($) Kentucky Land Office Revolutionary War Land Warrants, 1800-1900. U.S., Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783 Index (free) and images ($) U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Images only. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872 Images only. Kentucky Pension Roll for 1835 Abstract ($) Abstracts of pensions, soldiers of the Revolution, 1812 & Indian wars, who settled on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River. War of 1812, 1812-1815 Kentucky, Soldiers of the War of 1812 List ($) Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812 List ($) U.S., War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 Index and images Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky: Also a Roster of the Virginia Navy Mexican War, 1846-1848 U.S., Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848 Index and images U.S., Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 Index and images Civil War, 1861-1865 Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database. U.S., Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 Index (free) and images ($); INCOMPLETE U.S., Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 Index (free) and images ($) Kentucky, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 Images only. U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Images only. Kentucky, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 Index and images. Kentucky, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 Index and images. U.S., Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865 Images only. U.S. Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 Images of index cards. U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index and images Kentucky, Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950 Index and images. United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images Kentucky Confederate Volunteers List ($) Kentucky, Civil War Union Volunteers, 1861-1865 List ($) Kentucky, Confederate Pension Records, 1912-1930 Index and images ($) Kentucky's German Americans in the Civil War Kentucky Civil War Links Civil War Governors of Kentucky (Docs from citizens to Governors: Searchable database with images) Spanish-American War, 1898 U.S. Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 Index and images World War I, 1917-1918 U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Index and images U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Index and images World War II, 1941-1945 U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Index only World War II Casualties (Army and Air Force) Kentucky World War II Casualties – Navy, Marines, Coast Guard United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Index and images United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Images with partial index United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945 Index only Korean War, 1950-1953 U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Kentucky Vietnam, 1964-1972 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Kentucky U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Kentucky Naturalizations Kentucky, Naturalization Records, 1906-1991 ($) Selected U.S. Naturalization Records - District Courts in the Southeast, 1790-1958 – covers Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee ($) Newspapers Kentucky Online Historical Newspapers Kentucky Digital Library Historic Kentucky Newspapers Chronicling America - Kentucky Newspapers TheOldenTimes.com - Historic Newspapers Online Kentucky Newspapers ($) Kentucky's Digitized Newspapers Kentucky Newspaper Archives (1794–1982) at Genealogy Bank The Ancestor Hunt, Kentucky Online Historical Newspapers Summary Kentucky Newspapers Obituary Records Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854, ($) Rootsweb Kentucky Counties Obituary Index Genealogy Buff Obituary Files Scroll down to databases Kentuckiana Obituaries ObitsArchive.com Kentucky United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 Index and images Probate Records Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, ($), index and images, incomplete. Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories, ($), index. Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 Index and images. Kentucky Will Index ($) Kentucky Will Index, vol. 2 ($) Kentucky Land Office Wills (found in patent files) Kentucky, Wills, Deeds, and Marriages, 1700-1909 (Published 1929), ($), index. Online Kentucky Death Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries Tax Records Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801 ($) U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874 Images only.

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