Kentucky Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

{{Adoption KYGenWeb}} Many archives and libraries have maps, gazetteers, and other place-finding aids about Kentucky. They frequently have collections of previous research such as family and local histories and biographies. Many have record-finding aids such as guides to their own collections or inventories of records housed elsewhere. Archives and libraries located near state boundaries usually collect records relating to the adjacent states. The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections and services useful to genealogical researchers:  

The Department for Libraries and Archives is the central repository for city-, county-, and state-level records. It has two facilities of particular interest to genealogists.  

Mailing address: <br>P.O. Box 537<br>Frankfort, KY 40601-0537<br>  

[[National Archives at Atlanta|National Archives at Atlanta]]  

Internet: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/index.html  

A resource for locating archives in Appalachia is:  

*''Archives in Appalachia'': A Directory. Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985. {{FHL|497048|item|disp=FHL book 975 A3a}} The record covers the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection. There are two indexes: Record type, and Subject, with reference numbers corresponding to the repository. Also included is a list, under “Coming Attractions,” of agencies that do not currently collect manuscript materials but plan to do so in the future. <br>

Located on the second floor of the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. The library is a FamilySearch Affiliate, and as such, library patrons may order microforms from the vast collection held by the Salt Lake City-based Family History Library for temporary use at the Kentucky Historical Society. The library is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.<br><br>The card catalog for the Martin F. Schmidt library is available on-line, as is the Society's [http://205.204.134.47:2005/ digital collections database], which includes images of manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for the collections at Kentucky Historical Society. The Society also hosts an on-line [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp database of cemetery records] that contains over 150,000 names transcribed by volunteers from gravestones across Kentucky.  

<br>[http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 Margaret I. King Library]<br>Department of Special Collections and Archives<br>University of Kentucky<br>179 Funkhouser Dr.<br>Lexington, KY 40506-0039<br>Telephone: 859-257-8611 <br>Fax: 859-257-6311<br>Internet: [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13]  

While the Margaret I. King Library does not specialize in genealogical records, the Department of&nbsp; Special Collections and Archives maintains many items that lend themselves to the study of family and local history. The materials include church records; genealogical collections; historical manuscript collections; the Draper manuscripts, described in [[Kentucky History]]; county and local histories; county, state, and federal records; and a biographical file.<br>  

[http://www.wku.edu/library/ Western Kentucky University Library]<br>1906 College Heights Blvd., #11067<br>Bowling Green, KY. 42101-1067<br>Phone (270) 745-6125. <br>Fax' (270) 745-6422<br>E-Mail [mailto:library.web@wku.edu library.web@wku.edu]<br>Internet: [http://www.wku.edu/library http://www.wku.edu/library]  

The Kentucky Library has significant genealogical records, church histories, and biographical files relating to south central Kentucky.  

[http://www.library.eku.edu/ Eastern Kentucky University Library]<br>Crabbe Library<br>Special Collections and Archives<br>521 Lancaster Ave.<br>Richmond, KY 40475<br>Telephone: 1-859-622-1790<br>Fax: 1-859-622-1174<br>TTY: 1-859-622-6594<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives.library@eku.edu?subject=From University Archives Website archives.library@eku.edu]<br>Internet:&nbsp;[http://www.library.eku.edu/ http://www.library.eku.edu/]  

This university library has many records about Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, with an emphasis on Kentucky records.  

Kentucky Room<br>[http://www.lexpublib.org/ Lexington Public Library]<br>140 East Main Street<br>Lexington, KY 40507<br>Telephone: 859-231-5520 <br>Internet: [http://www.lexpublib.org/ http://www.lexpublib.org/]  

The Kentucky Room of the Lexington Public Library houses many secondary sources on state and local history and genealogy, family histories, census indexes, and some census microfilm. It also has an excellent collection of Lexington newspapers and the Local History Index, an extensive index to newspapers. More detailed information on the collection can be found on the library’s web site.  

[http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index Forrest C. Pogue Special Collections Library]<br>Murray State University<br>208 Waterfield Library<br>Murray, KY 42071-3307<br>Telephone: 270-809-4295 or 866-774-6612<br>E-mail: [mailto:Specialcollections@murraystate.edu Specialcollections@murraystate.edu][mailto:library.webmaster@murraystate.edu .]<br>Internet: [http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index]  

The Pogue library has records on all areas of Kentucky, with an emphasis on the western portion of the state.  

[http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us Kenton County Public Library]<br>502 Scott Blvd<br>Covington, KY 41011<br>Telephone: 859-962-4070<br>Internet: [http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us]  

The Kenton County Public Library has extensive statewide, local, and family history materials and in-depth collections for northern Kentucky. It has a local newspaper index for the years 1835 to 1931 and 1984 to the present. This includes an obituary index. The catalog of the Kenton library is available on its web site. You can also access the Kenton County Historical Society from the Library’s web site.  

'''[[Bristol Public Library]]''' <br>701 Goode Street <br>Bristol, Virginia 24201-4199 <br>Telephone: 540-645-8780 <br>Fax: 276-669-5593 <br>E-mail: [mailto:bplref@yahoo.com bplref@yahoo.com]<br>Internet: http://www.bristol-library.org/ <br>  

:They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' &nbsp;along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref><br><br>

'''[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]''' <br>224 Church Street<br>Santa Cruz, California 95060 <br>Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext.&nbsp;5794<br>E-mail: [http://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/askscpl/ E-mail reference service] form<br>Internet: http://www.santacruzpl.org/branches/14/<br>  

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