Our Kentucky genealogists are available to research on location. They will find and analyze the best records available to further your family history research. They can search the archives and libraries in Kentucky, as well as help you with other special requests.
Kentucky genealogy resources include birth, marriage and death records. Some towns kept birth and death records as early as 1852, while marriage records were kept as early as 1785. Federal census records were recorded every 10 years in Kentucky, beginning in 1810. State, territorial and colonial censuses were recorded every 10 years from 1840 to 1890. Land, probate and church records are also available. Newspapers, military records, local histories, tax lists and ship passenger lists were created in many areas and time periods as well.
Our researchers are available to visit local archives and libraries to access unique record collections to help with your research. Below is a list of a few of the archives our New York researchers have access to
The Lexington Public Library contains sources on state and local history and genealogy. These sources include family histories and census records. It also holds a collection of Lexington newspapers and an extensive newspaper index. The Kentucky Room at the Central Library contains records of Kentucky and Fayette County. Central Kentucky cemetery maps and a collection of funeral notices are also held at the library.
The Kenton County Public Library is home to extensive statewide and local family history materials. The library contains in-depth collections for northern Kentucky. The local newspaper index comprises titles from 1835 to 1931, and 1984 to the present. This newspaper index includes an obituary index. The library also holds nearly 30 volumes of records of the Covington Protestant Children’s Home (now the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky). Collections of photographs, oral histories and maps are held at the library as well.
The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) is a repository for Kentucky city, county and state records. Their collection of birth and death records comprise the years 1852-1862, 1874-1879, and 1891-1910. Our Kentucky Genealogists can access birth and death city registers for Covington, Lexington, Louisville and Newport. Census, military and judicial records are held in the archives as well.
The Margaret I. King Library is located at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. The collections at the library include church records, government records and biographies. The library also contains Appalachian collections and historical manuscript collections.
Main Building at the University of Kentucky