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Webster County, Kentucky Genealogy (view source)
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| county = Webster County | | county = Webster County | ||
| adoption_sign = Adoption KYGenWeb | | adoption_sign = Adoption KYGenWeb | ||
| custom_text = <center> | | custom_text = <center>and its representative<br>'''[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywebste/ Webster Co. KYGenWeb]'''</center> | ||
| county_map = Ky-webster.png | | county_map = Ky-webster.png | ||
| state = Kentucky | | state = Kentucky | ||
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}} | }} | ||
''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kentucky]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kentucky]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Webster_County,_Kentucky|Webster County]]'' | ||
== County Courthouse == | == County Courthouse == | ||
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==== Cemeteries ==== | ==== Cemeteries ==== | ||
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation | Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. | ||
*Kentucky Historical Society [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp Cemetery Search] can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. <br> | *Kentucky Historical Society [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp Cemetery Search] can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. <br> | ||
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==== Census ==== | ==== Census ==== | ||
{{Historical populations | |||
|type = USA | |||
|heading = Census | |||
|footnote = Source: [http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en "American FactFinder".] United States Census Bureau. | |||
|1860 |7533 | |||
|1870 |10937 | |||
|1880 |14246 | |||
|1890 |17196 | |||
|1900 |20097 | |||
|1910 |20974 | |||
|1920 |20762 | |||
|1930 |20534 | |||
|1940 |19198 | |||
|1950 |15555 | |||
|1960 |14244 | |||
|1970 |13282 | |||
|1980 |14832 | |||
|1990 |13955 | |||
|2000 |14120 | |||
}} | |||
1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Webster County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Kentucky Census|Kentucky Census]]. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes. | |||
See [[Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book|Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes. | |||
*[http://www.usgwcensus.org/states/kentucky/ USGenWeb Census Project] ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930 | *[http://www.usgwcensus.org/states/kentucky/ USGenWeb Census Project] ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930 | ||