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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.
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{{Adoption KYGenWeb}} This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research.  
== Record Finder Table for Kentucky ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


#In column 1 select a research goal.
== List of Topics ==
#In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
This Record Finder table links to the Kentucky topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
#In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
#Then look in the section of this article that corresponds to the record type you chose. It explains what the records might tell you, how to search them, and how to find the records in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog. Some records are not at the library.


<br>'''Note: '''Records of previous research (genealogies, biographies, histories, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful. <br>
===Vital Events ===
 
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Adoptions
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]], [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Guardianship|Guardianship]]  
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| [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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*[[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
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| Age
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| Birth date  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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*[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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| Birth place
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Kentucky Maps|Maps]], [[Kentucky Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky History|History]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| Children
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]],[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Guardianship|Guardianship]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]], [[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]  
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
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|-
| City or parish of foreign birth
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]
*[[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
*[[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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| Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]],[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky History|History,]] [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]] [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Death information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Kentucky Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Kentucky Taxation|Tax Records]]
*[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
*[[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
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| Divorce
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| [[Kentucky Divorce Records|Divorce Records]], [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records,]] [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
*[[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
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| Emigration
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky History|History]], [[Kentucky Minorities|Minorities]], [[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| Ethnic background
| align="left" | Residence
| Native Races, [[Kentucky Minorities|Minorities]], [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Societies|Societies]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
*[[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]
*[[Kentucky Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
*[[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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| Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Kentucky History|History]], [[Kentucky Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Kentucky Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Kentucky Maps|Maps]], [[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Immigration date
| align="left" | Nationality or ethnicity
| [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky History|History]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[African American Record Finder]]
*[[African American Resources for Kentucky|African Americans]]
*[[Indigenous Peoples of Kentucky|Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Kentucky Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
*[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Kentucky Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]
 
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| Living relatives
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]],[[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
*[[Kentucky Census|Census]]
*[[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]
*[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| Maiden name
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
*[[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Divorce Records|Divorce Records]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]
|-
|-
| Migration
| align="left" | Physical description
| [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Kentucky Maps|Maps]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Kentucky History|History]], [[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Minorities|Minorities]]
*[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
*[[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]  
| Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Voting Registers|Voting Registers]]
*[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
| [[Kentucky Court Records|Court Records]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky History|History]]
*[[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]]
|-
*[[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Occupations
|-  
| [[Kentucky Occupations|Occupations]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]
| [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| Other family members
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]],[[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]], [[Kentucky Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
|-
| Parents
| [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Guardianship|Guardianship]]
| [[Kentucky Probate Records|Probate Records, ]][[Kentucky Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Bible Records|Bible Records]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky History|History]]
|-
| Place-finding aids
| [[Kentucky Maps|Maps]], [[Kentucky Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Kentucky History|History]]
| [[Kentucky Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
|-
| Places of residence
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
| [[Kentucky Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], Public Records
|-
| Place of residence when you know only the state
| [[Kentucky Census|Census]], [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Kentucky Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Kentucky Taxation|Taxation]]
|-
| Previous research
| [[Kentucky Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]], [[Kentucky Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Kentucky Societies|Societies]]
| [[Kentucky History|History]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
|-
| Record-finding aids
| [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| [[Kentucky Societies|Societies]], [[Kentucky For Further Reading|For Further Reading]]
|-
| Religion
| [[Kentucky Church Records|Church Records]], [[Kentucky Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
| [[Kentucky History|History]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Kentucky Funeral Homes|Funeral Homes]]
|-
| Social activities
| [[Kentucky Societies|Societies]], [[Kentucky Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Kentucky Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Kentucky Biography|Biography]]
| [[Kentucky History|History]], [[Kentucky Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Kentucky Directories|Directories]]
|}
|}
=== Adoption ===
For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: [[United States Adoption Research|United States Adoption Research]].


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Latest revision as of 19:51, 15 April 2024

Kentucky Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Kentucky Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources
This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. 

Record Finder Table for Kentucky

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics

This Record Finder table links to the Kentucky topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
City or Country of foreign birth

Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nationality or ethnicity
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Adoption

For information about adoptees and their biological families, please refer to: United States Adoption Research.