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''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Portal:Kentucky|Kentucky]] > Kentucky Vital Records'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] > [[Portal:Kentucky|Kentucky]] > Kentucky Vital Records'' | ||
= Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online = | |||
== Kentucky Vital Records Online Links == | |||
= Introductiton to Vital Records = | |||
Civil governments have created records of births, marriages, and deaths. Records containing this information are commonly called "vital records" because they refer to critical events in a person’s life. These are the most important documents for genealogical research, but the births, marriages, and deaths of many people have never been recorded by civil authorities. | Civil governments have created records of births, marriages, and deaths. Records containing this information are commonly called "vital records" because they refer to critical events in a person’s life. These are the most important documents for genealogical research, but the births, marriages, and deaths of many people have never been recorded by civil authorities. | ||
Birth Records | |||
=== Birth and Death Records Prior to 1852 === | === Birth and Death Records Prior to 1852 === | ||
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''Index, Kentucky Mortality Records, for the Year ending June, 1850, 1860, 1870''. [N.p.], 1949–1950. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=87427&disp=Index%2C+Kentucky+mortality+records%2C+f%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.9 V23di; film 873777].) These records are arranged by year and list the name of the deceased and the page number in the original records. | ''Index, Kentucky Mortality Records, for the Year ending June, 1850, 1860, 1870''. [N.p.], 1949–1950. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=87427&disp=Index%2C+Kentucky+mortality+records%2C+f%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.9 V23di; film 873777].) These records are arranged by year and list the name of the deceased and the page number in the original records. | ||
Ancestry.com a subscription web site has [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=20&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1852-1910] indexed with images available online. | Ancestry.com a subscription web site has [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=20&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1852-1910] indexed with images available online. | ||
=== Birth and Death Records, 1911–Present === | === Birth and Death Records, 1911–Present === | ||
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''Kentucky Vital Records Index''. In the University of Kentucky [Internet site] Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky. [cited 25 October 1999]. Available at http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/ . This contains indexes to selected vital records including: Death Index for 1911–1986, Death Index for 1987–1992, Marriage Index for 1973–1993, and Divorce Index for 1973–1993. | ''Kentucky Vital Records Index''. In the University of Kentucky [Internet site] Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky. [cited 25 October 1999]. Available at http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/ . This contains indexes to selected vital records including: Death Index for 1911–1986, Death Index for 1987–1992, Marriage Index for 1973–1993, and Divorce Index for 1973–1993. | ||
Ancestry.com a subscription website has [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=20&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records 1911-1953] indexed with images. | Ancestry.com a subscription website has [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=20&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and Death Records 1911-1953] indexed with images. | ||
=== Birth and Death Records Kept by Cities before 1911 === | === Birth and Death Records Kept by Cities before 1911 === | ||
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Louisville (Kentucky). ''Registrar. Births and Index, 1898–1910; Deaths and Index, 1866–1910''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960. (On 23 Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=436879&disp=Births+and+index%2C+1898%2D1910%3B+Death%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films, beginning with 209687].) The birth indexes are on films 209687–8. The death indexes are on films 209694–9. | Louisville (Kentucky). ''Registrar. Births and Index, 1898–1910; Deaths and Index, 1866–1910''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960. (On 23 Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=436879&disp=Births+and+index%2C+1898%2D1910%3B+Death%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films, beginning with 209687].) The birth indexes are on films 209687–8. The death indexes are on films 209694–9. | ||
=== Marriage Records | == Adoption Records == | ||
= Marriage Records = | |||
County marriage records are the earliest and most complete vital records for Kentucky. The records that have survived usually begin within a few years of each county’s organization. Lincoln, Fayette, and Jefferson Counties have marriage records dating from the 1780s. | County marriage records are the earliest and most complete vital records for Kentucky. The records that have survived usually begin within a few years of each county’s organization. Lincoln, Fayette, and Jefferson Counties have marriage records dating from the 1780s. | ||
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Office of Vital Statistics. ''Marriage Indexes, 1973–1995''. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, 1997. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=725423&disp=Marriage+indexes%2C+1973%2D1995%20%20&columns=*,0,0 fiche 6118875–6 [set of 173]].) This record has separate bride and groom indexes. | Office of Vital Statistics. ''Marriage Indexes, 1973–1995''. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, 1997. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=725423&disp=Marriage+indexes%2C+1973%2D1995%20%20&columns=*,0,0 fiche 6118875–6 [set of 173]].) This record has separate bride and groom indexes. | ||
Many '''eloping couples '''went to Maysville, Mason County and Pike County, Kentucky to be married avoiding the waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage. | Many '''eloping couples '''went to Maysville, Mason County and Pike County, Kentucky to be married avoiding the waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage. | ||
== Divorce Records == | |||
= Death Records = | |||
= Lost or Missing Records = | |||
'''Counties with record loss:''' | |||
Ballard (1880) | |||
= Substitute Records = | |||
*[[Kentucky_Church_Records|Kentucky Church Records]] | |||
*[[Kentucky_Cemeteries|Kentucky Cemetery Records]] | |||
*[[Kentucky_Census|Kentucky Census Records]] | |||
*[[Kentucky_History|Kentucky History]] | |||
*[[Kentucky_Newspapers|Kentucky Newspapers]] | |||
*[[Kentucky_Military_Records|Kentucky Military Records]] | |||
= Analyzing Records = | |||
= Archives, Libraries and Societies = | |||
== Guide to Vital Records == | |||
You can learn more about Kentucky vital records in: | You can learn more about Kentucky vital records in: | ||