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• Family History Library Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.

  • Kentucky

• FamilySearch - FamilySearch Centers in Kentucky

  A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.

• Filson Library

  Louisville. Operated by the Filson Historical Society.

• Kentuckiana Digital Library

  The Kentuckiana Digital Library is built to enhance scholarship, research and lifelong learning through the establishment of access to shared digital archival collections in the state of Kentucky. Collections and subsets of collections selected will have a strong Kentucky orientation as well as broad appeal on geographic, content and study levels. The materials will be unique or not widely available.

• Kentucky Archives and Special Collections

• Kentucky Baptist Convention Archives

• Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

  • Birth Record Request Form

  • Death Record Request Form

  • Deed Record Request Form

  • Genealogical Reference Correspondence Policy

  • Marriage Record Request Form

  • Researching Your African-American Ancestors

  • Researching Your Civil War Ancestors

• Kentucky Library

  Bowling Green. From the Department of Special Collections, Western Kentucky University.

• LIBCAT: US - Kentucky

  A directory of library resources on the Internet.

• LibDex - The Library Index - Kentucky

  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

• National Archives and Records Administration

  • NARA | Locations | Southeast Region (Atlanta)

    Records for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

    • Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta)

    • Services for the Public

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  • Resources for Genealogists and Family Historians

• Newberry Library - Kentucky Genealogy

• PublicLibraries.com - Kentucky

• Repositories of Primary Sources: Kentucky

  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.

• The Samuel May House Archive

  Archive project of The Friends of the Samuel May House Living History Museum.
  [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

• United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives

  List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.

• WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog

  WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos, and many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public. Special features include the ability for you to create lists of library items and build biblilographies.

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