McCracken County, Kentucky Genealogy

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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

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

•  African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records

•  Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Cemeteries

Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.

• Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date.  This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. 
  

• 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,

• 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
• 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 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.

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog