McCracken County, Kentucky Genealogy

McCracken County, Kentucky
Map
Location in the state of Kentucky
Location of Kentucky in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 17, 1824
County Seat	Paducah
Courthouse
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United States    Kentucky    McCracken County

County Courthouse

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History

Parent County

1824--McCracken County was created 17 December 1824 from Hickman County.  County seat: Paducah

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Avondale Heights	Future City	Lone Oak	Riverview
Camelia	Grahamville	Massac	Rossington
Cecil	Hardmoney	Maxon	Rowlandtown
Chiles	Heath	Maxon Crossing	Saint Johns
Cimota City	Hendron	Melber	Shady Grove
Concord	High Point	Oakdale	Stiles Crossing
Epperson	Ingleside	Oaks	Tyler
Forest Hill	Krebs	Paducah	West Paducah
Freemont	Lamont	Ragland	Woodlawn
Futrell	Littleville	Reidland	Woodville

Neighboring Counties

• Ballard
• Carlisle
• Graves
• Livingston
• Marshall
• Massac County, Illinois
• Pulaski County, Illinois

Resources

African American Research

The following have information concerning African American research.  Both should be used:

• the KY African American Griots Project ~ The Kentucky African American Griots Project
• Sandi Gorin's Tips ~ Hangings in Kentucky 1792 - 1900
•  African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
•  Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans. 

Biographies

• KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries

Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

• McCracken Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks. 
• The KY Historical Society’s Cemetery Database
• African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
• Cemetery Junction  ~  Links to cemetery transcriptions
• Naming the Forgotten ~ Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project
• Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net
• Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in McCracken County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there,
• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in McCracken  County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
• ePodunk list of McCracken  County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1830	1,297		—
1840	4,745		265.8%
1850	6,067		27.9%
1860	10,360		70.8%
1870	13,988		35.0%
1880	16,262		16.3%
1890	21,051		29.4%
1900	28,733		36.5%
1910	35,064		22.0%
1920	37,246		6.2%
1930	46,271		24.2%
1940	48,534		4.9%
1950	49,137		1.2%
1960	57,306		16.6%
1970	58,281		1.7%
1980	61,310		5.2%
1990	62,879		2.6%
2000	65,514		4.2%
http://ukcc.uky.edu/~census/21145.txt

• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky  Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
• The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
• Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project
• Census Online ~ Census Online

Church

• Kentucky Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
• Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Court

• Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
• Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference

Land

• The KY Land Office

Local Histories

• ~ The Archives of Appalachia

Maps

• KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
• Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military

• Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War
• Korean War Memorial Korean War Memorial for Soliders from KY ~ KYGenWeb
• Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY ~ Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky

Miscellaneous

• Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
• The KYGenWeb Footsteps ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project

Newspapers

• Kentucky News  -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
• Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
• Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm   -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm

Obituaries

• KY Footsteps Archives ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project
• KY Obituary Sources ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project
• Links to research and locate obituaries
• Browning Genealogy Database ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project  ~  Kentucky Obituary Project
• Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot  ~  Kentucky Newspaper Citations
• Obituary Daily Times  ~  Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
• Nashville Advocate ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate

Vital Records

• The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
• KY Births & Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
• KY Deaths & Burials ~ KY Deaths & Burials 1843 - 1970
• KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
• Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths & Marriages
• Kentucky Marriage Records  1973 - 2000  ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000
• KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
• The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

Societies and Libraries

• Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Web Sites

• McCracken County KYGenWeb
• KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
• State of Kencucky Website
• USGenWeb Kentucky Archives ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
• The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• McCracken County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)