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1787-1854 Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854 at Ancestry — index ($)
1899-2012 United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
Rootsweb Kentucky Counties Obituary Index
Genealogy Buff Obituary Files Scroll down to databases
Kentucky Obituary Sources
ObitsArchive.com Kentucky
Rootsweb Kentucky County Obituary Index
Genealogy Buff Obituary Files Scroll down to databases.
Free Obituary Look Ups - Facebook group of volunteers that will search through many sources to try and locate obituaries for free

Overview

Obituaries provide such information as the deceased’s name; age; birth date and place, including foreign town and country of birth; and parents’ names. They also contain the names and residences of living children, relatives, or other family members; maiden name; and occupation. Previously deceased family members are frequently mentioned. Obituaries have been published in Kentucky since the late-1700s. They may also indicate previous places of residence, immigration information, religion, and any social organizations or activities the deceased was involved in. For a publication on early Kentucky obituaries, see:

Additional Resources

Clift, Garrett Glenn. Kentucky Obituaries, 1787–1854. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Pub., 1977. FS Catalog book 976.9 V28c. This includes obituaries from several newspapers reprinted in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volumes 39 to 40. It is indexed.

Eastern Kentucky University Library Special Collections and Archives has compiled an index to obituaries and death notices from Madison County newspapers, beginning with 1823.

The United States Obituaries and United States Newspapers list sources for finding obituaries and the newspapers that published them.

Obituary files may be kept in local public libraries and by newspaper publishers. Some obituaries have also been published and indexed in genealogical periodicals that are available in the FamilySearch Library. These are referenced in the "Places" section of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), which is described in the "Periodicals" section.

Obituaries and indexes from a few individual newspapers may be found in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

KENTUCKY - OBITUARIES

KENTUCKY, [COUNTY] - OBITUARIES

KENTUCKY, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS

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-Obituaries provide such information as the deceased’s name; age; birth date and place, including foreign town and country of birth; and parents’ names. They also contain the names and residences of living children, relatives, or other family members; maiden name; and occupation. Previously deceased family members are frequently mentioned. Obituaries have been published in [[Kentucky]] since the late-1700s. They may also indicate previous places of residence, immigration information, religion, and any social organizations or activities the deceased was involved in. For a publication on early Kentucky obituaries, see:
+==Online Resources==
+*'''1787-1854''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48036 Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854] at Ancestry — index ($)
+*'''1899-2012''' {{RecordSearch|2367299|United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
+*'''1980-2014''' {{RecordSearch|2333694|United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images<br>
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obitsindex/obits_ky_01.htm Rootsweb Kentucky Counties Obituary Index]
+*[http://www.genealogybuff.com/ky/ Genealogy Buff Obituary Files] Scroll down to databases
+*[http://www.kygenweb.net/other/obits.html Kentucky Obituary Sources]
+*[http://www.obitsarchive.com/oa-search/we/Archives/?p_action=keyword&p_product=OBAR&p_theme=obar&d_sources=location&d_place=Kentucky&p_nbid=&kbid=10435 ObitsArchive.com Kentucky]
+*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obitsindex/obits_ky_01.htm Rootsweb Kentucky County Obituary Index]
+*[http://www.genealogybuff.com/ky/ Genealogy Buff Obituary Files] Scroll down to databases.
+*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/FREEOBITUARYLOOKUPS/ Free Obituary Look Ups] - Facebook group of volunteers that will search through many sources to try and locate obituaries for free
-Clift, Garrett Glenn. ''Kentucky Obituaries, 1787–1854''. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Pub., 1977. (Family History Library&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1990&disp=Kentucky+obituaries%2C+1787%2D1854%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.9 V28c; fiche 6048872<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1225403409707_552"></span>].) This includes obituaries from several newspapers reprinted in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volumes 39 to 40. It is indexed.
+==Overview==
+Obituaries provide such information as the deceased’s name; age; birth date and place, including foreign town and country of birth; and parents’ names. They also contain the names and residences of living children, relatives, or other family members; maiden name; and occupation. Previously deceased family members are frequently mentioned. Obituaries have been published in [[Kentucky, United States Genealogy|Kentucky]] since the late-1700s. They may also indicate previous places of residence, immigration information, religion, and any social organizations or activities the deceased was involved in. For a publication on early Kentucky obituaries, see:
+==Additional Resources==
+*Clift, Garrett Glenn. ''Kentucky Obituaries, 1787–1854''. Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Pub., 1977. {{FSC|1990|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.9 V28c}}. This includes obituaries from several newspapers reprinted in The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volumes 39 to 40. It is indexed.
 Eastern Kentucky University Library Special Collections and Archives has compiled an index to obituaries and death notices from Madison County newspapers, beginning with 1823.
-The "Obituaries" and "Newspapers" sections of the United States Research Outline list sources for finding obituaries and the newspapers that published them.
+The [[United States Obituaries]] and [[United States Newspapers]] list sources for finding obituaries and the newspapers that published them.
-Obituary files may be kept in local public libraries and by newspaper publishers. Some obituaries have also been published and indexed in genealogical periodicals that are available in the Family History Library. These are referenced in the "Places" section of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), which is described in the "Periodicals" section.
-Obituaries and indexes from a few individual newspapers may be found in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:
-KENTUCKY- OBITUARIES
+Obituary files may be kept in local public libraries and by newspaper publishers. Some obituaries have also been published and indexed in genealogical periodicals that are available in the FamilySearch Library. These are referenced in the "Places" section of the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI), which is described in the "Periodicals" section.
-KENTUCKY, [COUNTY]- OBITUARIES
+Obituaries and indexes from a few individual newspapers may be found in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
-KENTUCKY, [COUNTY]- VITAL RECORDS
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+{{Block indent|KENTUCKY, [COUNTY] - OBITUARIES|2}}
+{{Block indent|KENTUCKY, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS<br><br>|2}}
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-= '''Relevent Web Sites:'''  =
-http://www.genealogybuff.com/ky/<br>
+{{Kentucky|Kentucky}}
-[[Category:Kentucky|Obituaries]]
+[[Category:Kentucky, United States|Obituaries]]