This is a list of every Kentucky County and gives tips on some of the records that are available.  Some of these

    Kentucky Counties have additional information (obituaries), transcribed Kentucky Archive Records, Newspaper              Abstracts, etc..,) ~ just click the appropriate link.

Quite often people want to know what birth or death records are available prior to 1911.  I hope the information

    here will help!  I am available to research these earlier records for a reasonable fee.  I accept checks, money orders or

    payment through PayPal. 

Kentucky Archive Records (1852-1910 Birth, Marriage & Death Information) can be faded and they are not

    complete records.  (Ex: 50 births may have occurred in the county for 1876 but only 10 were recorded in the ledgers).  On

    the up side they can be in good condition and are truly treasured when documentation of an ancestor is actually found!  I

    give dates of what years are availalbe in the records below.

For these major cities, Louisville, Covington, Newport and Lexington there's also birth and death information        prior to 1911 (see more information in appropriate county below) some beginning as early as 1866.

Tax records were generally kept for each county at the time the county was formed / created.  These records can

    give information such as land, number of acres, water course it was on, number of cattle, horses, mules, carriages, etc..,

    that the resident was taxed on.

Kentucky began to officially record births and deaths, as they do today, in 1911.  I can obtain death certificate

    copies for the years 1911-1955 (for a fee).  To look up a Death Certificate Number click here.

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Adair (Established 1801)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Allen (1815)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1878-1879, 1899-1901, 1903-1904, 1908-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1878-1879, 1900, 1903-1904, 1908-1910, 1911, 1913, 1914

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1878-1879, 1899-1900, 1903-1904, 1908-1911

Anderson (1827)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878

Ballard (1842)

Births 1852-1853, 1856-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893, 1894

Marriages 1852-1854, 1856-1859, 1874-1878, 1893, 1913-1914

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893

Barren (1798)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1878-1879

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1877-1879

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1877-1879

Bath (1811)

Births 1852-1859, 1875-1876, 1878, 1901

Marriages 1852-1859, 1875-1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1875-1878, 1901

Bell (1867)

Births 1874-1878

Marriages 1874-1878

Deaths 1874-1878

Boone (1798)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1879

Bourbon (1785)

Births 1852-1859, 1874, 1876, 1878-1879

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874, 1876-1879

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1879

Boyd (1860)

Births 1859, 1875-1876, 178, 1903-1904, 1906-1909

Marriages 1875-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909

Deaths 1859, 1875-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1909

Boyle (1842)

Births 1852-1859, 1875-1876, 1878, 1904

Marriages 1852-1859, 1875-1876, 1878, 1901, 1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1875-1879, 1904

Bracken (1796)

Births 1852, 1854-1859, 1861, 1875-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1904

Marriages 1852, 1854-1859, 1861, 1875-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904

Breathitt (1839)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1879

Breckinridge (1799)

Births 1852-1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904

Marriages 1852-1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904

Bullitt (1796)

Births 1852-1859, 1874, 1878-1879, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Marriages  1852-1859, 1861, 1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874, 1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Butler (1810)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1902-1904, 1906-1910

Marriages 1852-1860, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1906-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1903-1904, 1906-1910

Caldwell (1809)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1878

Calloway (1822)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1906-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1873-1878, 1902-1904, 1908-1909

Campbell (1795)

Births 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1878-1879, 1906-1907

Marriages 1852-1859, 1877-1878, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1877-1879, 1906-1907

Newport Births 1907-1911

Newport Deaths 1884-1928

Carlisle (1886)

Births 1893-1894, 1901, 1904, 19807, 1910

Marriages 1893-1894, 1901, 1904, 1907

Deaths 189-1894, 1901, 1904, 1907, 1910

Carroll (1838)

Births 1852-1859, 1875, 1876, 1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1875-1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1875-1878

Carter (1838)

Births 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1875-1878, 1900-1901, 1904, 1906-1907

Marriages 1853-1859, 1861-1862, 1875-1878, 1901, 1903-1905

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1862, 1875-1878, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905

Casey (1806)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1906-1909

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1907-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1906-1910

Christian (1797)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904, 1906-1907

Clark (1792)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1904

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1904

Clay (1806)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1904, 1906-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1904, 1908, 1909

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874, 1876, 1878, 1904, 1908, 1909-1910

Clinton (1835)

Births 1852-1859, 1878, 1903, 1908-1909

Marriages 1852-1859, 1878, 1893-1894, 1903

Deaths 1852-1859, 1878, 1903-1906

Crittenden (1842)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1907-1909

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1908-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1894, 1900-1901, 1907-1909

Cumberland (1796)

Births 1852-1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1909-1910

Daviess (1815)

Births 1853-1857, 1859, 1861, 1874

Marriages 1852-1857, 1859, 1861-1862, 1874

Deaths 1853-1857, 1859, 1861, 1874

Edmonson (1825)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1893

Marriages 1852, 1854-1859, 1874-1879, 1893

Deaths 1852-1860, 1874-1879, 1893

Elliott (1869)

Births 1874-1876, 1878, 1909-1910

Marriages 1874-1878, 1909-1910

Deaths 1874-1878, 1909-1910

Estill (1808)

Births 1852-1861, 1874, 1878, 1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874, 1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874, 1878, 1910

Fayette (1780)

Births 1852-1859, 1861

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1903-1905

Deaths 1852-1856, 1858-1859, 1861

Lexington Births 1907-1910

Lexington Deaths 1881-1910

Fleming (1798)

Births 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1874-1876, 1878-1879

Marriages 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1907-1908

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878

Floyd (1799)

Births 1852, 1854-1859, 1874-1878, 1894, 1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1907-1910

Marriages 1855-1859, 1874-1878, 1894, 1903-1904

Deaths 1853-1859, 1874-1878, 1894, 1900-1901, 19063-1904, 1909-1910

Franklin (1794)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903

Fulton (1845)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1902-1904, 1908-1909

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1902-1904, 1907-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1873-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904

Gallatin (1798)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874, 1876-1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1879

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Garrard (1796)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1879

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878

Grant (1820)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1904, 1907, 1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874, 1876, 1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1904, 1910

Graves (1823)

Births 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1909

Marriages 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1874-1879, 1903-904, 1907-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1908, 1909

Grayson

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1900-1904, 1906-1907

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1901-1904, 1906-1907

Green County (1792)

Births 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1904, 1906

Marriages 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893, 1903

Deaths 1852-1862, 1874-1878, 1904, 1906

Greenup (1803)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878

Hancock (1828)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1893-1894, 1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Marriages  1853-1859, 1861, 1874-1879, 1892-1893, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1904, 1907-1910

Hardin County (1792)

Click here to view some Newspaper Abstracts (compiled by Carolyn Wimp)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1875

Marriages 1852-1859

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874

Harlan (1819)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903-1904

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1879, 1903-1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1878, 1903-1904

Harrison (1793)

Births 1852-1859, 1876, 1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1879, 1903-1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1876-1878

Hart County (1819)

Click here to view some Newspaper Abstracts and Birth Records from Kentucky Archives

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1872-1876, 1892-1893, 1903-1904, 1907

Marriages 1852-1854, 1856-1859, 1861, 1874-1877, 1892-1893, 1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1892-1893, 1903, 1904, 1907

Henderson

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903-1904, 1907

Marriages 1852-1860, 1874-1878, 1903-1905, 1907

Henry County (1798)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874, 1875-1877

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1877

Hickman (1821)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1900-1901, 1904, 1907-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1900-1901, 1904, 1908

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1900-1901, 1904, 1908-1910

Hopkins (1806)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1907-1908, 1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1908, 1910

Jackson (1858)

Births 1858-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1900-1901, 1904, 1909-1910

Marriages 1857-1859, 1874-1879, 1900-1901, 1904, 1909-1910

Deaths 1858-1859, 1874-1879, 1900-1901, 1904, 1909-1910

Jefferson County (1780)

Click here for a partial list of Early Marriage Records for Jefferson County (as early as 1781)

              & Newspaper Clippings for Marriages and Deaths  as early as 1868

Jefferson Co. Births 1852, 1854-1859, 1900-1906, 1908-1909

Jefferson Co. Marriages 1852, 1854-1860, 1892-1894, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908-1909

Jefferson Co. Deaths 1852-1859, 1893-1894, 1900-1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909

Louisville Births May 1898-Dec. 1910

Louisville Deaths Feb. 1866-Dec. 1910

Jessamine (1798)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1898, 1904, 1907, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1877, 1898, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1898, 1904, 1907, 1909-1910

Johnson (1843)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1902-1904, 1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1902-1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1891, 1902-1904, 1909-1910

Kenton (1840)

Kenton Co. Births 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Kenton Co. Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Kenton Co. Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Covington Births 1896-1911

Covington Deaths 1881-1915

Knott (1884)

Births 1902-1903, 1907-1910

Marriages 1902-1903, 1907-1908

Deaths 1902-1903, 1907-1908, 1910

Knox

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1894

Larue County (1843)

Click here for portions of Newspaper Abstracts and Kentucky Archive Records Transcribed

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903, 1906-1908

Deaths 1852-1861, 1874-1879, 1903

Laurel (1825)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1879, 1900-1901, 1904

Mqrriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1900-1901, 1904

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Lawrence (1821)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1908

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1908

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1908

Lee (1870)

Births 1874-1876, 1878-1879, 1902-1904

Marriages 1874-1879, 1902-1904, 1907-1908, 1910

Deaths 1874-1878, 1900-1904

Leslie (1878)

Births 1878, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Marriages 1878-1879, 1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1914

Deaths 1878-1879, 1901, 1903-1904

Letcher (1842)

Births 1852-1857, 1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1906-1910

Marriages 1852-1856, 1859, 1874-1878, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1857, 1859, 1874-1878, 1906-1907

Lewis (1806)

Births 1852-1856, 1858-1859, 1861, 1876-1876, 1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1878

Lincoln (1780)

Births 1852-1859, 1875-1876, 1878, 1904-1906

Marriages 1852-1859, 1875-1878

Deaths 1852-1859, 1875-1878, 1905-1906

Livingston (1798)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1876, 1878, 1903, 1907, 1909, 1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1878, 1903, 1907, 1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1875-1878, 1903, 1907, 1909-1910

Logan (1792)

Births 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1861, 1874, 1875-1876, 1878

Marriages 1854-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878

Deaths 1853-1859, 1861, 1873-1875, 1878

Lyon (1854)

Births 1853-1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1878, 1893, 1903, 1908,1910

Marriages 1853-1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1878, 1893, 1903, 1906-1907

Deaths 1853-1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1878, 1893, 1903, 1908, 1910

McCracken (1824)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1908-1910

McCreary (1912)

McLean (1854)

Births 1854-1859, 1861, 1876, 1900

Marriages 1854-1859, 1861, 1876, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Deaths 1854-1859, 1861, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Madison (1785)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1902-1904, 1907

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1894, 1903-1904, 1907

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1902-1904, 1907

Magoffin (1860)

Births 1859, 1861-1862, 1874-1875, 1907

Marriages 1861, 1874

Deaths 1859, 1861, 1874, 1877

Marion County (1834)

Click here to view Newspaper Abstracts (compiled by Carolyn Wimp)

Births 1852-1858, 1874-1876, 1893-1894, 1903-1904

Marriages 1852-1858, 1874-1876, 1893-1894, 1901, 1904

Deaths 1852-1858, 1874-1876, 1893-1894

Marshall (1842)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1913-1914

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1909-1910

Martin (1870)

Births 1874-1876, 1878, 1900-1901, 1905-1906, 1909-1910

Marriages 1874-1878, 1900-1901, 1901-1910, 1914

Deaths 1874-1878, 1900-1901, 1905-1906, 1909-1911

Mason (1788)

Births 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1861, 1874, 1903-1904, 1907-1908

Marriages 1852-1853, 1855-1859, 1861, 1874, 1904, 1907-1908, 1914

Deaths 1852-1861, 1873-1874

Meade (1824)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1894, 1900-1901, 1904, 1906-1909

Marriages 1853-1859, 1861, 1874-1877, 1894, 1900-1901, 1906-1909

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1894, 1900-1901, 1904, 1906-1909

Menifee (1869)

Births 1874-1878

Marriages 1874-1878

Death 1874-1878

Mercer (1785)

Births 1874

Deaths 1852-1853, 1855-1858, 1874

Metcalfe (1860)

Births 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Marriages 1861, 1874-1878, 1906-1907

Deaths 1861, 1874-1878, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Monroe (1820)

Births 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1906-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1894, 1906

Deaths 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1894, 1906-1910

Montgomery (1796)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1894

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Morgan (1822)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893-1894, 1900-1901, 1904-1906, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1893, 1900-1901, 1903-1904, 1909-1910

Deaths 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1893, 1900-1901, 1904-1906, 1909-1910

Muhlenberg (1798)

Births 1852-1855, 1857-1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878

Deaths 1852-1861, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1907, 1909-1910

Nelson County (1784)

Click here to view Newspaper Abstracts 1807-1890 (compiled by Carolyn Wimp)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Deaths 1852-1858, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907

Nicholas (1799)

Births 1852-1859, 1876-1878

Marriages 1852-1859, 1876-1878

Deaths 1852-1858, 1876-1878

Ohio (1799)

Births 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1910

Marriages 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1906-1909