Henderson County, Kentucky Genealogy

Guide to Henderson County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Henderson County was named for Richard Henderson. The county is located in the northwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Henderson County Courthouse 232 1st St PO Box 374 Henderson, KY 42420-3146 Phone: 270-827-5671 Henderson County Website

County Clerk has birth and death records 1911-1949.

County Pronunciation

 * Hear it spoken

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Henderson County, Kentucky Family Bible Records at Access Genealogy
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Henderson county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * African American Cemeteries Online, Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Census Records

 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

List of Churches and Church Parishes


 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1816-1945 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1887-1977 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases


 * Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Elections at KY.gov
 * Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

African Americans

 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records available
 * The African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

 * [Baker] Chapman, Peggy Brown. Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties &amp; Jackson Purchase, Kentucky. Lubbock, Texas: P.B. Chapman, 1995.
 * [Bethell] Bethell, John Pinckney. Some Descendants of James Bethell, Who Came from England to Jamestown, Virginia in 1625 ... and of Union Bethell, 1826-1907, of Newburg, Indiana to Henderson County, Kentucky. Des Arc, Ark.: Bethell, 1975.
 * [Crowley] Crowley, Ariel L. Benjamin Harrison Crowley of Henderson, Kentucky, an Account of His Maternal Ancestry. Typescript. 1969. ; Supplement:
 * [Hart] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Jones] Jones, Otey Sherman. The History of the Jones Family of Henderson, Kentucky. St. Louis, Mo.: O.S. Jones, 1974.
 * [Tippin] Tippin, James Jackson. English Tipping Ancestry of Sanford Lathadeus Tippin Family of Henderson Co., Kentucky (U.S.A.). Typescript. 1900 (?).
 * [Tippin] Tippin, James Jackson. Ancestry of Sanford Lathadeus Tippin Family of Henderson County, Kentucky. Shreveport, La.: J.J. Tippin, 1940.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * Henderson County Historical and Biographical Notes. 1967. Henderson, Kentucky : Henderson County History Genealogical Society. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.


 * History of Henderson County, Kentucky. [1887]. By Edmund Lyne Starling. N.p: n.p. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Ancestry ($); . Index: EveryNameIndex.com.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
Online Records


 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (Free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (Free)
 * 1912-1950 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Confederate soldiers


 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company L.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's) (Confederate), Company L.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Johnson's) (Confederate), Company L.

Union soldiers


 * -8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies B, E, H and L.
 * -35th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company K

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb


 * Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas, African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
 * Obituary Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1798-1851 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1851 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1872 Kentucky Genealogy and Images of Old Wills, Estates, Inventories, Annual Returns, Marriages at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1799-1946 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1799-1966 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1840-1954 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1931 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1932 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1871-1977 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1875-1909 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1875-1977 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1887-1977 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Henderson County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1859 - Henderson County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874 - Henderson County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1876 - Henderson County Birth Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1912 Searchable KY Birth Index
 * 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 Kentucky, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
 * 1785-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1797-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1852-1861 - Henderson County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Henderson County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Henderson County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1911-2000 Searchable KY Death Index
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * - How to Use this Collection
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

 * 1973-1993 Kentucky Divorces 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Website

Family History Centers

 * Evansville Indiana Family History Center
 * Madisonville Kentucky Family History Center
 * Owensboro Kentucky Family History Center
 * Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library - Indiana - an affiliate library.
 * Henderson County Kentucky Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Willard Indiana Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Henderson County Historical and Genealogical Society 132-B South Green Street P.O. Box 303 Henderson, KY 42419-0303 Phone: 270-830-7514 Website

Websites

 * Henderson County KYGenWeb
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Henderson County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Henderson County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records