This table lists our collections. Click the collection name to visit its homepage.
| Collection ID | Project | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY-001 | KY Biography Collection | Records | This collection brings together biographical sketches from nineteenth and early twentieth century Kentucky history books. |
| KY-002 | KY Military Project | Pointers | Background of Kentucky in the military and how where to research information. |
| KY-003 | KY Footsteps | Records | A volunteer-built archive of Kentucky newspaper clippings—obituaries, announcements, and community news. |
| KY-004 | Remembering the Forgotten | Records | This collection documents and explores the Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, KY. It contains stories, photos, and records of those who were committed to its doors. |
| KY-005 | KY Schools | Photos | Photos from school sources such as Yearbooks or class photos. |
| KY-006 | KY Courts | Records | This collection contains abstracts of early appellate cases involving Kentucky settlers, landholders, and claimants. |
| KY-007 | Lorraine Cemetery | Photos | This collection was created by Maria Troutman, KYGenWeb Archivist and Union County Assistant Coordinator, who documented the Lorraine American Cemetery while living in Germany in 2000. |
| KY-008 | KY African American Griots | Records | This collection contains emancipation orders, deeds, wills, family records, and more from across the state. |
| KY-009 | Enslaved People Records | Records | This small collection brings together references to enslaved individuals found in Kentucky wills,
deeds,
court books, inventories, and other legal documents. Note: This collection is small, see the KY African American Griots project for a larger record collection. |
| KY-010 | 1790 Census Index | Records | Explore reconstructed entries for Kentucky’s earliest households and frontier communities. |
| KY-011 | Penny Postcards | Photos | Explore historic Kentucky postcards that reveal how communities looked when your ancestors lived there. |
| KY-012 | 1886 Business Directory | Records | This is the Kentucky portion of Martindale's Commercial and Legal Guide (Spring 1886), a national directory listing attorneys, courts, banks, merchants, and transportation lines throughout the United States and Canada. |
| KY-013 | KY Kids | Education | This project is being updated. A youth-focused set of genealogy and history materials aimed at introducing children to research skills and Kentucky’s heritage through simple activities and projects. |
| KY-014 | Kentucky Executions | Records | Browse a historical index of documented executions in Kentucky, listed by name, date, and location. |
| KY-015 | Bon Jellico | Documentation | Explore photos, records, and stories from Bon Jellico, one of Kentucky’s historic coal camp communities. Bon Jellico was located in Whitley County, Kentucky, just north of the Tennessee line near the town of Jellico. |
| KY-016 | Early Divorce Records | Records | Explore the documented divorce actions in Kentucky from the late 1700s through the mid-1800s. Unlike today's world, navigating a change in marital status was a little more tricky. |
| KY-017 | Orphans from the 1910 Census | Records | A focused census index revealing orphaned children and the households where they lived. Entries for Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio, and Western Virginia. |
| KY-018 | Bibles | Records | Family bibles are essential to unlocking records from past generations. |
| KY-019 | Delayed Birth Certificates | Records | Kentucky, like many states, did not have consistent birth registration until the early 1900s. When government agencies and employers later required documentary proof of age, many people discovered that no official birth record existed for them. Thus, the delayed birth certificate was born. |
| KY-020 | KY Vitals | Records | This collection was retired after the RootsWeb era, when changes in hosting
and access left parts of the project incomplete or unrecoverable. Although some files
survive, the original database could not be reassembled for active use.
Note: The KY Footsteps collection also contains obituaries. |
| KY-022 | Louisville First Families | Records | Information on the first families of Louisville, Kentucky, including genealogical records and historical context. Note: This collection is being re-worked and updated for accuracy and completeness. Contact us if you need more information. |
| KY-024 | KY Attorneys and Judges 1859 | Records | A snapshot of Kentucky’s legal community in 1859, listing attorneys and judges by county and town. |
| KY-025 | KY Lynchings | Records | Lynchings were hangings of course, but where the citizens took the law into their own hands. This list certainly isn't complete, but counties are shown where known. |
| KY-026 | Original People | Education | Resources on the original Native peoples of eastern Kentucky, including trails, artifacts, tribal presence, and archaeological findings. |
| KY-027 | Maps | Reference | Historic maps of eastern Kentucky and the surrounding region, spanning frontier-era trails through twentieth-century surveys. |