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[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Kentucky.htm Kentucky Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=E&Juris1=363 Kentucky Statewide Indexes and Collections] at the Family History Library.  
[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Kentucky.htm Kentucky Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=E&Juris1=363 Kentucky Statewide Indexes and Collections] at the Family History Library.  


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Kentucky's civil records start the following years:  
Kentucky's civil records start the following years:  


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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Kentucky_Vital_Records#Birth_Records Birth]'''  
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Earliest  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Earliest  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1852
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1852
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1785
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1785
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1852
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1852
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Statewide Registration  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Statewide Registration  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1911
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1911
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1958
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1958
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1911
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1911
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | General Compliance  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | General Compliance  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1920
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1920
| align="center" width="16.6%" | From county inception date   
| width="16.6%" align="center" | From county inception date   
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1920
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1920
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'''Kentucky Cities with Early Birth and Death Records'''
'''Kentucky Cities with Early Birth and Death Records'''  


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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | '''City'''  
| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Birth'''  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | '''Birth'''  
| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''Death'''
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | '''Death'''
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Louisville  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Louisville  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1898-1911  
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1898-1911  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1866-1911
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1866-1911
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Lexington  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Lexington  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1906-1911  
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1906-1911  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1898-1911
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1898-1911
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Covington  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Covington  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1896-1911  
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1896-1911  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1880-1911
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1880-1911
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Newport  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Newport  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1890-1911  
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1890-1911  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1884-1911
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1884-1911
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| align="center" width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Bellvue  
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" width="16.6%" align="center" | Bellvue  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1896
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1896
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1899
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1899
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*''Kentucky Marriages, Early to 1800: A Research Tool''. <ref>Bountiful, Utah: Precision Indexing, 1990. ({{FHL|627577|titleno}})Book, {{FHL|CD-ROM no. 186}} CD_ROM copy 2 )</ref>The names are arranged in alphabetical order.
*''Kentucky Marriages, Early to 1800: A Research Tool''. <ref>Bountiful, Utah: Precision Indexing, 1990. ({{FHL|627577|titleno}})Book, {{FHL|CD-ROM no. 186}} CD_ROM copy 2 )</ref>The names are arranged in alphabetical order.


*''Marriage Records''. <ref>Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1994. (Family History Library compact disc no. 9 part 2.)</ref> This does not circulate to Family History Centers. It contains marriage records for many Kentucky counties from the late 1700s to the early 1900s as well as marriage records from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee. Dates vary with the county. It is also indexed in FamilyFinder Index and Viewer (see the "[[Kentucky Census|Census]]" section of this outline).
*''Marriage Records''. <ref>Orem, Utah: Automated Archives, 1994. (Family History Library compact disc no. 9 part 2.)</ref> This does not circulate to Family History Centers. It contains marriage records for many Kentucky counties from the late 1700s to the early 1900s as well as marriage records from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee. Dates vary with the county. It is also indexed in FamilyFinder Index and Viewer (see [[Kentucky Census]]).


*''Kentucky, 1851–1900''. <ref>Liahona Research (Orem, Utah), 1998. (Family History Library compact disc no.9 part 233 [on 4 discs].) </ref>This does not circulate to Family History Centers. These are images of the original records. It contains approximately 318,000 names. It is also indexed in FamilyFinder Index and Viewer (see the "[[Kentucky Census|Census]]" page).
*''Kentucky, 1851–1900''. <ref>Liahona Research (Orem, Utah), 1998. (Family History Library compact disc no.9 part 233 [on 4 discs].) </ref>This does not circulate to Family History Centers. These are images of the original records. It contains approximately 318,000 names. It is also indexed in FamilyFinder Index and Viewer (see the "[[Kentucky Census|Census]]" page).
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