Bibles |
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Kentucky
Bibles  |
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KY
USGenWeb Bible Archives  |
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KY
Footsteps Archives
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USGenWeb
Archives |
Biographies |
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Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies
Project
~ now
searchable and on the KyGenWeb
site. |
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KY
USGenWeb Archives |
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USGenWeb Archives |
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The
Political Graveyard
~ The
Internet's Most Comprehensive
Source of U.S. Political
Biography |
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 Famous
Kentuckians |
Births |
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See
Vital Statistics |
Black
History, Slaves, Slavery
Etc
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Kentucky African American Griots
Project |
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UNC Chapel
Hill Collection
19th
Century Autobiographies
Slave
Narratives
The
Fascinating Life of William
Brown~ Louisville,
Ky |
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Africana
Heritage Project ~
hosted
by the University of South
Florida |
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Slave
Entries in Wills, Deeds,
Etc. ~
by Jo Thiessen |
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Kentucky
Collection Laws
~ Includes lists of Kentucky attorneys, bankers, etc. |
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Afrigeneas ~ ~
Probably the best-known Black
American genealogy site. |
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How
Slavery Helped Build a World
Economy ~ National
Georgraphic Website |
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The
Freedmen's Bureau Online |
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African
American Griots Project |
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Amistad
Research Center |
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African
American Research by Roseann
Reinemuth Hogan, Ph.D |
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Born
in Slavery ~Slave Narratives
from the Federal Writer's
Project 1936-1938 |
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The
Britannica Guide to Black
History |
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The
Library of Congress Resource
Guide for the Study of Black
History and Culture |
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Notable
KY African Americans |
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Notable
Kentucky African Americans
Database |
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Free
African Americans of VA,
SC, NC, DE & MD |
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KY
Historical Society Civil
Rights Database |
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The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Database |
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Black Civil War Soldiers buried at Alexandria National Cemetery
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Biographical Sketches of Prominent Negro Men & Women of KY
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Books |
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Books
Publishers,
Sellers, County Books |
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First
Families of Louisville ~
Book
Transcription |
Cemeteries |
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Some
Gave All ~
Soldiers
KIA in France during WWII
buried at Saint Avold, France |
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KY
USGenWeb Archives |
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Kentucky
Tombstone Transcription Project |
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USGenWeb
Archives |
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USGenWeb
Tombstone Transcription Project |
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Kentucky
Historical Society ~
Kentucky
Cemetery Records Database |
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Kentucky Cemetery
Laws
Kentucky
Revised Statutes relating
to cemeteries
Opinions
of the Kentucky Attorney
General relating to cemeteries
Some
Court Decisions Related
to Cemeteries
Regulations
for Moving Burials from
a cemetery
More
from P J DiBlasi ~ Professor of Anthropology at University of Louisville |
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Veterans Administration
Symbols
on Headstones
Obtaining
Veterans Records, Medals,
etc
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Political
Graveyard ~
Graveyards
in Kentucky containing politicians |
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Dowsing
for Graves? ~
Interesting
site |
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ABMC
WAR DEAD |
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RootsWeb
Message Boards ~
Search
the message boards for cemetery
information! |
Census |
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US
Census Transcription Project |
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USGenWeb
Census Project |
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USGenWeb
Census Images |
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Census
Online ~
Links to Online
Census Records |
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Census
Online - Kentucky |
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Comprehensive
guide to the 1930 census
by NARA.
|
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Search
1940 US Census |
Churches,
Church Archives, etc |
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Mennonite
Connections on the Web |
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Deseret
Book ~ A Mormon Site
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Family
History Library
~An official
site of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints |
City
Directories |
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City
Directories Online - Ky |
Coal
Mining in Kentucky |
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Coal mining is big business
in Kentucky and an important
part of our economy. You'll find
information and photos on mines,
miners, disasters, fatalities,
etc. on the following KyGenWeb
county pages.
Bell |
Carter |Johnson
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Harlan |
Leslie |
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Kentucky
Coal Education Website |
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Kentucky
Coal Heritage |
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KY Mining Institute |
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Kentucky Coal Council |
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Kentucky Coal Mining Museum |
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A Pictoral History of Coal
Mining |
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The Coal Information Network |
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Coal Mining Artifacts |
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Kentucky Department of Natural
Resources |
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Remembering
Bon Jellico Coal Mine & Mining
Community |
Courts
in Kentuky |
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Kentucky
Court of Justice |
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County
Court Clerks -
Contact
info |
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Courts & Laws from the State
of Kentucky |
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KY
Supreme Court Extracts 1785-1792 |
DNA
Testing |
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Family
Tree DNA |
Deaths |
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See Vital Statistics |
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Epidemics
and when they occurred |
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Narrative of the Cholera Epidemic
of 1873 |
Fraternal
Organizations |
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I.O.O.F.
Website |
Gedcoms |
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Genealogy
Online ~ Over 300
Gedcom files and 250,000
individuals, plus more. |
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World Connect
~ Thousands of GEDCOM files.
Use RootsWeb's PostEm Notes to
attach a note to any file. |
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OneGreatFamily ~
Subscription Site |
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Search
the World's Largest Pedigree-linked
Database at MyTrees.com  ~ Subscription Site |
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USGenWeb
Family Group Sheet Project |
Genealogy
Gateways |
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The
USGenWeb Project |
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Genealogy
Gateway (TM) to the Web |
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ALHN |
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USGenNet ~ A
nonprofit historical-genealogical
web-hosting service supported
solely by tax-deductible
contributions. |
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Genealogy
Sources on the Internet ~ Chris
Gaunt Website |
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Genealogy
Today |
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KindredKonnections.com~Subscription
required |
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Genealogy
Links |
| |
Search
the World's Largest Pedigree-linked
Database at MyTrees.com |
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Discover
your family history! ~ Genealogy.com |
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Ancestors
Website ~ A companion
site to the PBS history & genealogy
television series |
| |
Linkpendium |
Genealogy/Historical
Societies |
| |
Kentucky
Historical Society |
| |
Genealogy & Historical
Societies |
Governmental
Links |
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Kentucky
State Government Pages |
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Ky
Secretary of State |
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Kentucky
State Flag |
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Defense
Link |
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Official
Government Gateway |
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C.I.A. |
| |
National
Assn of State Directors of
Veterans Affairs |
| |
Military
Locator Service ~ "This
information can help you
to locate active, reserve,
and retired Department of
Defense (DOD) military personnel". |
| |
Unclaimed
Property ~ Millions
of dollars of unclaimed property
sit in the state treasurers
offices all over the country
just waiting for the owner. |
Handwriting |
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Deciphering
Old Handwriting |
| |
Old
Handwriting Samples ~
The Olive Tree |
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How
To Read A 200-Year-Old Document
and Other FAQs
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How
to Date a Postcard |
How
To's, Tutorials, etc. |
| |
Cyndi's
Home Page Construction Kit ~ Tips,
hints, links and more to
help you create your personal
genealogy home page! |
Immigration
Links |
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Immigrant
Ships Transcribers Guild |
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Ellis
Island immigration database |
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Naturalization
Records Website |
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Children
Ordered Sent to Virginia
1618-1642 |
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Castle
Garden |
| |
Castle
Garden Ships Passenger Lists,
1855-1890 |
Land
Records |
| |
Kentucky
Land Records ~ Ky
Secretary of State |
| |
Where
to obtain Land Patents/Warrants |
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Ellis
L. Bullis Land Patents - are you related? |
Legal
Terms, etc. |
| |
Legal
Terms in Land Records |
Libraries
& Archives |
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KYGenWeb
Digital Archives |
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USGenWeb
Digital Archives |
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Kentucky
Commonwealth Virtual Library |
| |
Kentucky
Libraries and Archives |
| |
American
Memories ~ Historical
Collections for the National
Digital Library |
| |
Making
of America
~ a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the
antebellum period through reconstruction. |
| |
Public
Libraries - Kentucky |
| |
Archival
Databases (AAD),from the
National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). |
| |
Primitive
Baptist Library, Carthage,
Illinois ~ includes church
records and membership lists
from 30 states, including KY |
| |
Western
KY University's Kentucky
Library |
| |
Daughters of the American Revolution
(DAR) National Library |
| |
Sons of the American Revolution
(SAR) National Library |
Lineage
Societies |
| |
SAR
National Society Homepage |
| |
Kentucky SAR Society Website |
| |
DAR National Society Homepage |
| |
The
Kentucky Society, NSDAR ~
with
links to all chapters in
Kentucky. |
Lookups |
| |
Statewide
Lookup Volunteers |
| |
Random
Acts of Genealogical Kindness
- Genealogy Research Tool |
| |
Paid
Researchers
~
KYGenWeb
does not endorse any of these
researchers, the info is provided
as a service. |
Mail
Lists |
| |
Kentucky
Mail Lists
- Counties,
State, Special Interest |
| |
KY
Footsteps Mail List - is
now in the
KyGenWeb
Archives ~ |
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Rootsweb's
List Finder ~ Search
for surname mail lists |
Maps,
Atlases, Gazatteers, etc. |
| |
Kentucky
Atlas and Gazetteer at the
University of Kentucky |
| |
Alabama
Historical Map Archive ~ Wonderful
site for maps, including
Kentucky! |
| |
GNIS ~ Find
anyplace in the United States |
| |
County
Highway Maps - Warning:
these are huge |
| |
Kentucky
County Locations - Geocoded
locations in each county,
includes cemeteries, libraries,
museums and more! |
| |
Census
Maps - Wonderful maps |
| |
County
formation maps - Wonderful
maps |
| |
Color
Landform Maps of Kentucky |
| |
Historical
County Lines |
| |
Panoramic
Maps 1847-1926 |
| |
Mapquest |
| |
Jackson
Purchase Images ~
If
you are researching in the
Jackson Purchase area, you
must visit this site... it
is wonderful!
Additional Images |
| |
Naval
Postgraduate School Maps Lots
of great stuff. Check it
out.
|
| |
National Parks Service Interactive Map
Center |
| |
David
Rumsey Map Collection |
| |
Kentucky
Civil War Map of Battles |
| |
Phelps'
Travellers Guide Through the United
States
, published in 1850 |
| |
Animated
Movie, "The Growth of a Nation" |
Migrations |
| |
KY
Migrations Project |
| |
Cumberland
Gap National Park |
| |
Brethren
Migrations |
Military
Links |
| |
Kentucky
Military Page ~ Lots of Civil
War links! plus Revolutionary War,
Mexican War and War of 1812 Links. |
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World
War II Stories ~ Read others stories
and post yours. |
| |
History
of the KY National Guard
|
| |
Militias
and Wars ~ KY and US |
| |
Military.com ~ Very
interesting site... check it out.
|
| |
Search-Beat ~ Check
it out! Great site with lots of info
and even more links.
|
| |
MIA
- Korean War
|
| |
MIA
- Vietnam War
|
| |
American
WWII Orphans Network (AWON) |
| |
Patriot
Index Lookup Service |
| |
NARA
Archival Research Catalog
(ARC) Searchable.
WOW! Check it out! Click
on Standard Search |
| |
Kentucky
Civil War Map of Battles |
| |
Making
of America
~ Cornell University |
| |
The
American Revolution |
| |
U.S.
Army Center of Military History
|
| |
Military
Roots Project |
| |
KY
National Guard History eMuseum
|
Miscellaneous
Links |
| |
The
Olive Tree - Glossary of Old Diseases
|
| |
KYGenWeb Kidz - genealogy for kids in
Kentucky |
| |
Genealogy
for Kidz
|
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Lewis & Clark
Corp of Discovery |
| |
Lewis & Clark Trail |
| |
Kentucky
Explorer Magazine
|
| |
Early
Words in Deeds & Other Records |
| |
1870
KY Post Offices |
| |
10,000
Year Calendar ~ Figure out what
day of the week an event occurred
on. Try it - it works! |
| |
Behind
the Name ~ Ever wonder where a name
came from or the meaning of it?
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| |
Kentucky
Family Group Sheets Project
|
| |
Courthouse
Experiences ~ To help you prepare
for Courthouse research, read the
experiences of others and post your
own.
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Nicknames & Naming
Traditions |
| |
Eye
Witness to History |
| |
Blacksheep
Ancestors |
| |
Ray's
Place ~ History, biographies,
vital records and more. http://blacksheepancestors.com/ |
| |
Brigham
Young University's Family History
Archive ~ Database containing
.pdf files of family histories.
|
| |
Documenting
the American South ~ A digital
publishing initiative that offers
digitized primary materials focusing
on history and culture in the South.
|
| |
Parish
Chest ~ Family History & Genealogy
Shop |
Naturalization
Records |
| |
Naturalizationrecords.com
|
Newspapers |
| |
Kentucky
Newspapers on Microfilm~ Microfilm available for purchase or interlibrary loan from University of
Kentucky |
| |
Index
to Lexington Herald-Leader |
| |
US
Newspapers Online.com |
| |
Online
Newspapers.com |
| |
|
| |
Christian
Sciene Monitor |
| |
Cincinnati.com ~ The
Cincinnati Enquirer or the Cincinnati
Post.
|
| |
New
York Times ~ Receive Daily
Headlines in a Newsletter
|
| |
Times-Leader, Princeton,
Webster Co, Ky
|
| |
Chronicaling
America Newspaper Archive
|
| |
Newspaper
Database (with Genealogy Columns)
|
| |
Gebbie.Inc ~
Daily Online Newspapers
|
| |
Newspapers
- USA & Worldwide
|
| |
The
Stars & Stripes ~The American
Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I,
1918-1919
|
| |
KY
Statewide Newspaper Listing |
Obituaries |
| |
Browning
Obituary Database |
| |
KY
Footsteps Archives - Many obituaries
here! |
| |
KY
in the USGenWeb Archives
|
| |
USGenWeb
Archives
|
| |
KY in the USGenWeb Obituaries Project |
| |
USGenWeb Obituaries Project |
| |
Obituary Sources by KY County |
| |
Obituaries
of KY, VA and WV |
| |
RootsWeb
Message Boards ~
Many obits are posted on the message boards. |
| |
Cincinnati.com ~ The
Cincinnati Enquirer or the Cincinnati
Post. Obituaries online since 2000.
Search keyword: Obituary
|
| |
Genealogy
Today |
| |
National
Obituary Archive |
| |
Obituary
Links at LibrarySpot.com |
| |
Newspaper Obituaries on the Net |
Orphans,
Orphanages & Poor Houses |
| |
Kentucky
Poorhouses ~ Attempting to
document all Poorhouses
|
| |
Adoption
Agencies/Orphanages |
Photos |
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Photo Restoration
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River City Image Works
Care,
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Political
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Kentucky
Electors, 1793-1833
|
Queries |
| |
Message
Boards - Rootsweb & Genconnect
~~ Also
be sure to check
each county website
since some of them use other means
to handle the queries for their
county. |
Railroad
Information |
| |
Railroad
Historical Information |
Schools
& School Records |
| |
KY
School Photos & Yearbook Project |
Search
Engines, Links, etc. |
| |
Cyndi's
List
~ More than 175,200 links! |
| |
There are thousands
of free databases available. A good
place
to start is
Search Systems. It claims
to search nearly 12,000 free public databases. |
| |
Genealogy
Buff ~ Family Tree & Surname Resource
Tool |
| |
Google |
| |
Hotbot |
| |
The
Ultimate
~ Online phone books |
| |
US
Internet Yellow Pages |
Software,
Genealogy, Forms, Photos, etc. |
| |
The
Tree Maker ~ Display your genealogy
on an elegant family tree chart.
|
| |
Family
History Supplies, Software, etc
|
| |
Legacy
Family Tree ~ Legacy Family
Tree 4.0 is a full-featured professional
genealogy program.
|
| |
RootsMagic ~
Replaces the old Family Origins software.
|
| |
GedHTree
~ Gedcom to
HTML |
| |
Ged2HTML |
| |
Ancestor
Charts ~ Free, downloadable
charts
|
Subscription
or For Fee |
| |
ProQuest |
| |
Ancestry |
| |
Search
the World's Largest Pedigree-linked
Database at MyTrees.com |
Surname
Registries, etc. |
| |
Kentucky
Surname Registry |
| |
Yates
Publishing ~ Family Group Sheet
Exchange
|
| |
OneGreatFamily ~ GET
CONNECTED to the largest growing family
tree available online! Discover your
ancestry with the help of others.
For Fee Site
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Utilities |
| |
Calculate
DOB |
| |
Soundex
Converter
|
Vital
Statistics - Birth, Death,
Marriages, etc. |
| |
Kentucky
Vital Statistics
~ Births, Marriages, Deaths etc. |
