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Online Kentucky indexes and images
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Federal population schedules
Microfilm images
| 1940 N/A | 1910 and Soundex | 1870 |
| 1930 | 1900 and Soundex | 1860 |
| 1920 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex | 1850 |
| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624 Soundex T1266 | 1870 M593 | 1840 M704 |
| 1930 T626 | 1900 T623 Soundex T1047 | 1860 M653 | 1830 M19 |
| 1920 T625 and Soundex M1563 | 1880 T9 Soundex T750 | 1850 M432 | 1820 M33 |
| 1810 M252 |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Kentucky, click here
Federal non-population schedules
Online indexes and images
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Kentucky | ||||||||||
| Free | Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) | Pay | ||||||||
| Year | Type | Record Search | Census Bureau | Google Book | Heritage Quest | Ancestry FHL | Ancestry Library | Ancestry Home | ||
| 1890 | Veterans | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1880 | Mortality | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1870 | Mortality | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1860 | Slave owner | - | - | - | Link[1] | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1860 | Mortality | - | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1850 | Slave owner | Link | - | - | Link[1] | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1850 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1840 | Pensioners | - | BookLink | BookLink | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
Microfilm images
- 1890 Veterans United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0123. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1948. (On 118 Family History Library films, beginning with 338160). Family History Library films for Kentucky are 338160–2. Each schedule may contain the following information: the veteran’s name (or if he did not survive, the names of both the widow and her deceased husband); rank; company; regiment or vessel; date of enlistment and discharge; length of service in years, months, and days; post office and address; and disabilities incurred. The schedule also contains remarks necessary for a complete statement of his term of service. Many Confederate veterans were accidentally enumerated.
| Year | KY Mortality Schedules | FHL Film |
| 1850 | Pendleton-Woodford | 422419 |
| 1860 | Adair-Woodford | 422420 |
| 1870 | Adair-Jefferson | 422421 |
| 1870 | Jessamine-Woodford | 422422 |
| 1880 | [Aaron-Meredith] | 422423 |
| 1880 | [Meridan-Zwicky] | 422424 |
| 1880 | Adair-Jackson | 422425 |
| 1880 | Jefferson-Mason | 422426 |
| 1880 | Meade-Woodford | 422427 |
| Non-Population Schedules | Kentucky Slave Schedules | Film Number |
| 1850 | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey | 442991 |
| 1850 | Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton | 442992 |
| 1850 | Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jefferson | 442993 |
| 1850 | Jessmine, Johnson, Kenton, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, McCracken, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Meade, Mercer | 442994 |
| 1850 | Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson | 442995 |
| 1850 | Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, Woodford | 442996 |
| 1860 | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey | 803401 |
| 1860 | Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin | 803402 |
| 1860 | Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jefferson | 803403 |
| 1860 | Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, McCracken, McLean, Madison, Magoffin, Marion | 803404 |
| 1860 | Marshall, Mason, Meade, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Shelby | 803405 |
| 1860 | Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Whitley, Woodford | 803406 |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Kentucky, click here.
State, territorial, and colonial censuses
Kentucky often took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.
- 1819-1820 Northern Kentucky town censuses[2] including Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties
School Censuses
- 1870-1936 (mostly 1895-1910) school censuses for many Kentucky counties. School censuses, where they exist, may only be available at local boards of education. A few are at the Kentucky State Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, or Family History Library.[3]
Census Substitutes
- 1787-1811 tax lists[4]
- 1800 tax lists[5]
- 1795 tax lists[6]
- 1790 tax lists[7]
- 1787 tax lists[8] In 1787 part of Virginia included what is now Kentucky.
Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Kentucky censuses, click here.
Why use a census?
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.
More about censuses
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Sources and footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ Stephen W. Worrel, Northern Kentucky : towns census of 1819 and 1820 ([Falls Church, Virginia] : S.W. Worrel, 1993) [[Template:WorrKY19]].
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[Template:Lainha]], 47.
- ↑ James F. Sutherland, Early Kentucky householders, 1787-1811 (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub., 1986) [[Template:Suth8711]].
- ↑ Garrett Glenn Clift, Second census of Kentucky : a privately compiled and published enumeration of tax payers appearing in the 79 manuscript volumes extant of tax lists of the 42 counties of Kentucky in existance in 1800 (1954; reprint, Baltimore, Genealogical Pub., 1966) [[Template:Clif1800]].
- ↑ T.L.C. Genealogy, The 1795 census of Kentucky (Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, c1991) [[Template:TLCGeneKY95]].
- ↑ Charles B. Heinemann, First census of Kentucky, 1790 (1940; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub., 1965) [[Template:Hein1790]].
- ↑ Netti Schreiner-Yantis, and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 census of Virginia : an accounting of the name of every white male tithable over 21 years, the number of white males between 16 and 21 years, the number of slaves over 16 and those under 16 years, together with a listing of their horses, cattle and carriages, and also the names of all persons to whom ordinary licenses and physician's licenses were issued, 2 vols. (Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print, c1987) [[Template:SchrLove]].
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