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Some of the most valuable sources for family history research are local histories. Published histories of towns, counties, and states usually contain accounts of families. They describe the settlement of the area and the founding of churches, schools, and businesses. You can also find lists of pioneers, soldiers, and civil officials. Even if your ancestor is not listed, information on other relatives may be included that will provide important clues for locating your ancestor. A local history may also suggest other records to search. Local histories are extensively collected by the <ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library]</ref> FamilySearch Library public and university libraries, and state and local historical societies. An index of the pioneer histories and genealogies of Kentucky is: *''Calendar of The Kentucky Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. 1925'' &lt;ref&gt;State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Library. Calendar of The Kentucky Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. 1925 Reprint, Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 1983. &lt;/ref&gt; This work lists documents in date order, giving the author, an abstract of the document, and the reference to the series, with volume and page number. A name index gives the book page number where the document is abstracted. Series CC (the code used by the Draper Collection for the Kentucky Papers)  

*''A Bibliography of American County Histories'' <ref>Filby, P. William.  A Bibliography of American County Histories  Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1985. </ref>

*''United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress'' <ref>Kaminkow, Marion J.United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress. 5 vols. Baltimore: Magna Charta Book, 1975-76.</ref> <ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=United+States+Local+Histories+in+the+Library+of+Congressqt=results_page"  Worldcat] </ref>  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13219 The Irvins, Doaks, Logans, and McCampbells of Virginia and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc">May be used for free at FamilySearch Center. To locate a center near you, [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ click here].</ref>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49129 Early 19th-Century German Settlers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Other States. Parts 1, 2, 3, 4A, 4B, and 4C] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28850 Sketches of early life and times in Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26510 The mountain people of Kentucky : an account of present conditions with the attitude of the people toward improvement] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29926 Genealogy of the Hill family, Kentucky and Virginia] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26160 A history and genealogy of the Warder family in Virginia, Kentucky and Illinois] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26510 The mountain people of Kentucky : an account of present conditions with the attitude of the people toward improvement] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22668 The anti-slavery movement in Kentucky, prior to 1850] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22682 A description of Kentucky in North America : to which are prefixed miscellaneous observations respecting the United States] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=20481 A Web of family : letters from a Kentucky family, 1816-1865.] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24718 The Stout family of New York City and in the state of Kentucky ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=19926 The McChords of Kentucky and some related families ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22480 The pioneer to the Kentucky emigrant : a brief topographical &amp; historical description of the state of Kentucky : to which are a] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28993 Background of genealogical research in Kentucky and Indiana] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22678 The centenary of Kentucky ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21074 Kentucky descendants of Thomas Norris of Maryland, 1630-1953 and allied families] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29610 Kelion Franklin Peddicord of Quirk's Scouts, Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A. : biographical and autobiographical : together] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22913 The Roy family of Virginia and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24657 Pioneer life in Kentucky : a series of reminiscential letters from Daniel Drake, M.D., of Cincinnati, to his children] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22931 The Stamm family of Ohio and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22718 Life and times of Judge Caleb Wallace : some time a justice of the Court of Appeals of the state of Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=23306 Polish pioneers of Virginia and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29172 The glacial boundary in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25206 Kentucky, a pioneer commonwealth] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25332 Tipton family of Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=23033 Nativism in Kentucky to 1860] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22776 A sketch and bibliography of the Kentucky Historical Society, 1836-1943] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24658 The political beginnings of Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22805 The Wilderness Road to Kentucky : its location and features] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22748 The political beginnings of Kentucky ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24935 Smyth Tandy, 1741-1823, Virginia gentleman &amp; Kentucky pioneer] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24587 A history of the Kentucky and Missouri Stiles ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24621 Kentucky, designs for her future] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29299 The personal narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22741 Old Kentucky architecture : colonial, federal, Greek revival, Gothic, and other types erected prior to the War Between the Stat] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26483 The Kentucky River navigation] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=23022 Kentucky : a pioneer commonwealth] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28678 Kentucky pioneer women : Columbian poems and prose sketches] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27151 Mammoth Cave and the cave region of Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=24304 A Kentucky pioneer] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22667 Ante-bellum Kentucky ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22757 Report of the Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commission to the 1936 General Assembly of Kentucky and appendix : addresses, "Daniel B] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*''A Bibliography of Kentucky History'' <ref>John Winston Coleman.  A Bibliography of Kentucky History . Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1949. </ref> This bibliography lists sources of Kentucky history by subject and by the repositories that contain copies.

*''A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians'', by E. Polk Johnson. 3 vols. 1912. Includes biographical sketches. <ref>[http://books.google.com/books/about/A_history_of_Kentucky_and_Kentuckians.html?id=ZXMUAAAAYAAJ A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians Vol. I]</ref> <ref>[http://books.google.com/books/about/A_history_of_Kentucky_and_Kentuckians.html?id=FXQUAAAAYAAJ A_history_of_Kentucky_and_Kentuckians Vol. II]</ref>;, <ref>http://books.google.com/books/about/A_history_of_Kentucky_and_Kentuckians.html?id=E2m43HWFcrMC A_history_of_Kentucky_and_KentuckiansVol. III]</ref>

*''A New History of Kentucky'' <ref>Harrison, Lowell H.  A New History of Kentucky . Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1998.   </ref> This book contains chapters on the history of the economy, education, politics, slavery, and social changes in Kentucky. It is indexed.

*''History of Kentucky'' <ref>Kerr, Charles.  History of Kentucky  5 vols. Chicago, Illinois: American Historical Society, 1922. </ref>Volumes 3 through 5 contain several hundred biographical sketches. An index is included with volume one of this record.

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22695 History of Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27331 The descendants of Peter Beghtol of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Illinois : by his first wife Polly Bruner, by his second wife Ca] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

 

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7675 Kentucky History, 1922] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22772 A Sesqui-centennial history of Kentucky : a narrative historical edition, commemorating one hundred and fifty years of statehood] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48418 Kentucky Colonization in Texas] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=18672 Hawkins of Virginia, the Carolinas and Kentucky ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=20488 A Massie family history : descendants of James R. Massie of Virginia and Kentucky and his sons William Redman Massie (born 1800] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17239 Kentucky Brights and their kin ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=20142 William McMurtry of Kentucky and Alabama and his descendants] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=14927 DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia, 1794-1935 : descendants and allied families] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17275 Eastern Kentucky papers : the founding of Harman's Station : with an account of the Indian captivity of Mrs. Jennie Wiley and] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13271 Snatches of O'Daniel, Hamilton, and allied ancestry and history in Maryland and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22694 The history of Kentucky : from its earliest discovery and settlement, to the present date, embracing its prehistoric and aborig] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22714 Kentucky : a history of the state, embracing [a concise] account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony, its [exp] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=12599 Genealogies and sketches of some old families who have taken prominent part in the development of Virginia and Kentucky especia] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17242 Origins of Clements-Spalding and allied families of Maryland and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29480 Chronicles of a Germany family, or, Heiners of Germany, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Texas] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=15741 Annals of the Fowler family with branches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississipp] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=18300 History of the Gilbert family of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky et al.] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=20631 The Moores of Virginia and Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28656 The family of Rev. John Tanner, Baptist preacher : Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri.] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=16294 Governor Garrard of Kentucky ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=12188 Park of Kentucky, 1747-1929 ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=19070 Genealogy of Hollon and related families : early settlers of eastern Kentucky and their descendants] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22687 First explorations of Kentucky : Doctor Thomas Walker's journal of an exploration of Kentucky in 1750, being the first record ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=15662 The Bowmans, a pioneering family in Virginia, Kentucky and the northwest territory] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22717 The life and adventures of Daniel Boone, the first settler of Kentucky : interspersed with incidents in the early annals of the] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22792 Three Kentucky pioneers ] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27837 Our Southern family : the Greens, Malcolms, Thomas, Cooper, Williams and Magness families of Kentucky and Tennessee.] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27379 An early Barrickman line in the state of Kentucky.] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=27132 John Filson, the first historian of Kentucky : an account of his life and writings, principally from original sources] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26482 The Kentuckie country : an historical exposition of land interest in Kentucky prior to 1790, coupled with facsimile reproductio] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26765 The history of Methodism in Kentucky] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7633 Kentucky History, 1872] at Ancestry.com (Free<ref name="fhc"/>/$)

*''The Almanac of American History'', <ref>Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur M.  The Almanac of American History.  Greenwich, Conn.: Bison Books, 1983.  </ref> This provides brief historical essays and chronological descriptions of thousands of key events in United States history.

*''Dictionary of American History, Revised ed'' <ref> Dictionary of American History, Revised ed., 8 vols  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976.  </ref> This includes historical sketches on various topics in U.S. history, such as wars, people, laws, and organizations. A snippet view is available at <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=Lz9WC9EyF08Cq=9780684138565;dq=9780684138565;ei=F4GxSbisHpDMlQSW3Z36BQ Google books]</ref>.

*''Writings on American History'' <ref> Writings on American History  By American Historical Association, Library of Congress, United States National Historical Publications Commission, Published by KTO Press, 1921  </ref> Has the full text available at <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=mgEPAAAAYAAJ;dq=United+States+Local+Histories+in+the+Library+of+Congress;ei=N3yxSd6pI4K0kATC-qRu Google Books]</ref>