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Records

List Of Microfilm/Fiche Records

Census Records:

1800: DE, DC, MD, NC, PA, SC
1810: DE, KY, LA, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA
1820: DE, DC, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 & 1930: KY

Kentucky census index books are available for 1810-1870, microfilm soundex for 1880.
Kentucky Soundex 1880-1930
Kentucky Slave schedules for 1850 & 1860.

Kentucky County Records

Daviess County:

Daviess County: Administrator Bonds, 1834-1904
Circuit Court Case Files Index, 1816-1954
Commissioners Deeds, 1854-1937
County Court Orders, 1837-1903
Criminal Case Files Index, 1875-1981
Deeds, 1815-1995
Deed - Index, 1815-1989
Executor Bonds, 1878-1904
Fiscal Court Orders, 1888-1988
Guardian Bonds, 1834-1901
Marriages, 1815-1992
Marriages for Blacks, 1842-1914
Marriage - Index, 1815-1985
Mortgages, 1846-1946
Oil & Gas Leases, 1907-1950
Owensboro Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1913-1916
Pauper’s Fund Ledger - Poor House Keeper’s Record, 1914-1943
Plats, 1815-1934, 1969-1990
Postmaster Appointments, 1832-1971
Power of Attorney, 1890-1974
Road Orders, 1871-1966
Settlements of Estates, 1848-1902
Tax Lists, 1815-1875, 1880-1892
Veteran’s Graves Registration by WPA
Wills, 1815-1992
Will - Index, 1815-1980

McLean County:

Administrator Bonds, 1867-1880, 1898-1908
Buck Creek Baptist Church Records, 1824-1973
Calhoun Baptist Church Records, 1889-1975
Circuit Court Orders, 1854-1897
County Court Orders, 1854-1899
Deeds, 1854-1901
Inventory & Appraisements, 1854-1895
Marriages, 1854-1911
Settlements of Estates, 1847-1892
Tax Lists, 1855-1875
Veteran’s Graves Registration by WPA
Wills, 1849-1911

Ohio County:

Circuit Court Suits, 1800-ca1900
Postmaster Appointments, 1832-1971
Tax Lists, 1799-1875
Veteran’s Graves Registration by WPA

Kentucky Military Records

1890 Census schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War

Kentucky rejected pensions for Revolutionary War & War of 1812

WPA’s registration of veteran’s graves for counties of Crittenden thru Elliott, Greenup thru Hart, McCreary thru Pike

Indexes to the Compiled service records of the Confederate Soldiers (units from the state of Kentucky). Donated by the Mollie Morehead Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Compiled service records of Confederate Soldiers (KY). Donated by the Mollie Morehead Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Index to compiled service records of Union Soldiers (KY)

Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers (157 rolls, not complete set)

Kentucky Newspapers

Beaver Dam (Ohio County) 1934-1950
Calhoun (McLean County) 1919, 1928, 1930-1931, 1946-1960, 1962-1992
Central City (Muhlenberg County) 1894, 1926-1927
Hartford (Ohio County) 1875-1950
Hawesville (Hancock County) 1853-1854, 1900-1950 (may have issues missing)
Louisville (Jefferson County) 1971-1974
Owensboro (Daviess County) 1842-1844, 1862-1867, 1874-present
Whitesville (Daviess County) 1990-1991
note: some years have scattered issues

Kentucky County Tax Lists

Adair 1802-1878 Jefferson 1789-1840
Allen 1815-1878 Jessamine 1799-1875
Ballard 1843-1884 Knox 1800-1829
Barren 1799-1872 Larue 1843-1875
Boone 1799-1846 Laurel 1827-1875
Bourbon 1787-1848 Lincoln 1787-1811
Boyle 1849-1876 Livingston 1800-1875
Bracken 1797-1836 Logan 1792-1875
Breckinridge 1800-1875 Lyon 1863-1875
Bullitt 1797-1875 Madison 1787-1829
Butler 1811-1875 Marion 1834-1875
Caldwell 1809-1848 Marshall 1843-1875
Calloway 1823-1875 Mason 1790-1809
Campbell 1795-1808 McCracken 1824-1875
Casey 1807-1841 McLean 1855-1875; 1879-1887; 1889-1891
Christian 1797-1875 Meade 1824-1867
Clark 1793-1850 Mercer 1789-1875
Clay 1807-1875 Metcalfe 1860-1875
Crittenden 1842-1875 Monroe 1820-1875
Cumberland 1799-1875 Montgomery 1797-1826
Daviess 1815-1875; 1879-1883; 1885-1892 Muhlenberg 1799-1860; 1886-1891
Daviess 1880-1892 Nelson 1792-1875
Edmonson 1825-1875 Nicholas 1800-1853
Estill 1808-1840 Ohio 1799-1875; 1880; 1882; 1884-1891
Fayette 1787-1848 Oldham 1824-1875
Franklin 1795-1836 Pendleton 1799-1842
Fulton 1846-1875 Pulaski 1799-1824
Gallatin 1799-1857 Scott 1794-1851
Garrard 1797-1819 Shelby 1792-1852
Graves 1824-1875 Simpson 1819-1875
Grayson 1810-1875 Spencer 1824-1875
Green 1795-1875 Todd 1820-1875
Hancock 1829-1875; 1880-1882; 1884-1888; 1891-1892 Trigg 1820-1875
Hardin 1793-1875 Union 1811-1875
Harrison 1794-1845 Warren 1797-1844
Hart 1819-1875 Washington 1792-1875
Henderson 1799-1875 Wayne 1801-1829
Henry 1800-1837 Webster 1861-1875
Hickman 1822-1875 Woodford 1790-1842
Hopkins 1807-1875  

Kentucky Vital Statistics

Index to Deaths, 1911-1995
Index to Births by child's name, 1911-1988
Index to Births by mother’s maiden name, 1911-1988
Index to Marriages, 1973-1989
Index to Divorces, 1974-1989
Death Certificates, 1911-1953
Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880
Vital Statistics (births, deaths & marriages), 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1893-1894, & various years for 1901-1910

Special Collections

Kentucky Postmaster Appointments, 1831-1971, for counties of Casey thru Graves and Martin thru Pike

Church Records: Dawson Baptist, Pleasant Ridge Baptist, Providence Methodist, St. Lawrence Catholic, St. Mary’s Catholic, South Hampton Baptist - all in Daviess County, KY; Goshen Baptist in Breckinridge County, KY; Blackford Baptist in Hancock County, KY; Buck Creek Baptist & Calhoun Baptist in McLean County, KY

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