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1895 U.S. Atlas - Kentucky (Wayback Machine)

Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.

American History & Genealogy Project

American Local History Network

Ancestry - Kentucky County Message Boards

Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Collection

Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription.

Ancestry.com Wiki - Kentucky Family History Research ^FREE

The Ancestry.com Wiki includes helpful content from two classic genealogical publications--The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, and the Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - Kentucky

County Histories of Kentucky

The County Histories of Kentucky consist of photocopies of historical surveys of Kentucky counties written by the Federal Writers’ Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1939.The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, rare publications and oral histories on county and community histories written by regional and local authors. The surveys contain brief county histories, field reports, notes, preliminary and corrected drafts of essays, oral testimony, folklore and other miscellaneous materials. Added to the collection are county histories collected by researchers Stuart Sprague and Robert Rennick, special edition newspapers and other publications on county and community histories.

FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: Kentucky

From FamilySearch.org - Find a FamilySearch Center

FamilySearch Catalog - Kentucky

Find a Grave - Browse Cemeteries by US County - Kentucky

Information for over 300,000 cemeteries in over 170 different countries. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave. You can also try the Find A Grave Search Form.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer - Kentucky Counties

Provides historic information and a searchable online database of geographic features such as cemeteries.

Kentucky County Formations - Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office

The Political Graveyard: Index to Cemeteries in Kentucky

USGenWeb - Kentucky

USGenWeb Archives - Kentucky

vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - Kentucky

Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS Database - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)