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Digital Library of Appalachia

Provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. The contents of the DLA are drawn from special collections of Appalachian College Association member libraries.

Digital State Archives - Kentucky

Documenting the American South

Sponsored by the University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, this is a a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes sixteen thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.

FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: Kentucky

From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.

FamilySearch Catalog

From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

Filson Historical Society Library

Louisville, Kentucky.

Kentucky Archives and Special Collections

Kentucky Center for African American Heritage

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Kentucky Digital Library

The Kentucky 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 Historical Society

Main site for the Kentucky Historical Society. Includes free access to several catalogs and databases, including digital images, oral histories, and library collections. On-site we house the largest genealogy collection in the state.

Kentucky Library

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

LibDex - The Library Index - Kentucky

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

Library of Congress - Search results for Kentucky

Louisville and Nashville Company Records

From the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections. Chartered in 1850, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad was a major contributor to the development of the southeastern United States. The growth of the steel industry and the development of the eastern Kentucky coal fields were in fact dependent upon the services and financial support of the railroads, including the L&N.

National Archives and Records Administration

Newberry Library - Kentucky Genealogy

Public Libraries in the United States - Kentucky

A directory with detailed information for public libraries in each state.

PublicLibraries.com - Kentucky

Smith's Master Index to Maritime Museum Websites - Kentucky (Wayback Machine)