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These repositories house sources, lists, and indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Kentucky. | |||
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==Major Repositories in Kentucky== | |||
'''Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Kentucky''' | |||
[[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution]] • [[National Archives at Atlanta]]{{·}} [http://kdla.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives]{{·}} [https://filsonhistorical.org/library/ Filson Historical Society Library]{{·}} [[Kentucky Historical Society]]{{·}} [http://thebookplace.org/ Boyd County Public Library]{{·}} [https://www.dcplibrary.org/ Daviess County Public Library]{{·}} [[Eastern Kentucky University Library]]{{·}} [https://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy Kenton County Public Library]{{·}} [https://www.lexpublib.org/kyroom Lexington Public Library]{{·}} [https://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index Murray State University Pogue Library]{{·}} [http://libraries.uky.edu/lib.php?lib_id=13 University of Kentucky King Library]{{·}} [https://www.wku.edu/library/information/departments/dlsc/ Western Kentucky University Library Special Collections]{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Bristol Public Library]]{{·}} [[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]{{·}} [[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]{{·}} [[University of Chicago Library]]{{·}} [[Virginia Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] | [[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution]] • [[National Archives at Atlanta]]{{·}} [http://kdla.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives]{{·}} [https://filsonhistorical.org/library/ Filson Historical Society Library]{{·}} [[Kentucky Historical Society]]{{·}} [http://thebookplace.org/ Boyd County Public Library]{{·}} [https://www.dcplibrary.org/ Daviess County Public Library]{{·}} [[Eastern Kentucky University Library]]{{·}} [https://www.kentonlibrary.org/genealogy Kenton County Public Library]{{·}} [https://www.lexpublib.org/kyroom Lexington Public Library]{{·}} [https://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index Murray State University Pogue Library]{{·}} [http://libraries.uky.edu/lib.php?lib_id=13 University of Kentucky King Library]{{·}} [https://www.wku.edu/library/information/departments/dlsc/ Western Kentucky University Library Special Collections]{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Bristol Public Library]]{{·}} [[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]{{·}} [[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]{{·}} [[University of Chicago Library]]{{·}} [[Virginia Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] | ||
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===Online Records of Kentucky=== | ===Online Records of Kentucky=== | ||
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*[http://kdl.kyvl.org/?f%5Bformat%5D%5B%5D=archival+material Kentucky Digital Library]—daybooks, journals, letters, and manuscripts. | *[http://kdl.kyvl.org/?f%5Bformat%5D%5B%5D=archival+material Kentucky Digital Library]—daybooks, journals, letters, and manuscripts. | ||
*[http://kdl.kyvl.org/ Kentucky Digital Library], Search digital images of more than a million items from the Bluegrass State, including books, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, oral histories, yearbooks and pictures. | *[http://kdl.kyvl.org/ Kentucky Digital Library], Search digital images of more than a million items from the Bluegrass State, including books, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, oral histories, yearbooks and pictures. | ||
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==National Repositories== | ==National Repositories== | ||
=== [[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library]] | === Sons of the American Revolution === | ||
[[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library]] | |||
809 West Main St. | 809 West Main St. | ||
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===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
[[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|thumb|right|243x243px|National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow)]]'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta] | [[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|thumb|right|243x243px|National Archives at Atlanta (in Morrow)]]'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta] | ||
:National Archives at Atlanta has records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Kentucky''', Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrivals, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | :National Archives at Atlanta has records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Kentucky''', Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrivals, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
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====Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA)==== | ====Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA)==== | ||