Barren County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Barren County

Guide to Barren County Kentucky genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, military records, and immigration records.



Barren County Kentucky Courthouse
Barren County Courthouse 1st Fl; Glasgow, KY 42141-2812; Phone: 270.651.3783

Parent County
1798-- Barren County was created 20 December 1798 from Green and Warren Counties. County seat: Glasgow

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen
 * Edmonson
 * Hart
 * Metcalfe
 * Monroe
 * Warren

African Americans
United States African Americans Kentucky African Americans


 * the KY African American Griots Project ~ The Kentucky African American Griots Project
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips ~ Hangings in Kentucky 1792 - 1900

Archives, Libraries, and Internet Sites

 * Barren County Kentucky Archives
 * KYGenWeb-Barren County
 * RootsWeb's Barren Co., KY

Bibles
Barren County Kentucky Family Bibles

Biographies

 * KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project
 * Brooks, James P. The Biography of Eld. Jacob Locke of Barren County, Ky. Glasgow, Ky.: Times Print., 1881. ; digital version of Locke's The Baptist Encyclopaedia bio at Internet Archive.

Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Barren County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,


 * Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net
 * TheFamily History Library Catalog lists . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Barren County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project-Barren County, Kentucky usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.

Census
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Barren County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * Barren County Kentucky Census Records
 * Census Records Online, Barren Co., Kentucky
 * USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
 * The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project

Church
Sandra Gorin published a detailed list of Barren County churches from 1799 through the early 1900s. Her book is available - free.


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

Court
Barren County Kentucky Court Records


 * Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General
Barren Co., KYGenWeb site includes a list of links for online family histories:


 * Barren County Kentucky Family Histories

Eugenia Helen Bowles- my great-grandmother- of Barren County, Kentucky, was born the fourth child of John Brown Bowles and Margaret Ellen Jarvis. She was born June 9th 1874 in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, and died 23rd of March 1958 in Burlington, Carroll, Indiana. Eugenia was the sister of Mary Ann (“Mollie”) Bowles. In my research, I did a census report for Mary Ann Bowles from 1870 to 1940. She was listed in the 1870 and 1880 census reports as Mary Ann Boles*, a child in the household of her parents John Brown Boles and Margaret Ellen Jarvis. On December 7th, 1892, Mary Ann married Jesse Wininger. The 1900 census thus listed her as Mary A. Wininger, spouse of Jesse Wininger. I found information for them in the 1900, 1910, and 1930 censuses. I found no information for the couple in the federal census of 1920, listing them in Kentucky. However, I did find information in the 1920 California voting registration for Mary Ann Bowles Wininger. Apparently the couple were residing in California during the 1920 census. I would like to find more information about why Mary Ann and Jesse moved to California, in addition to how long they remained there, before returning to Kentucky in time to show up in the 1930 census.

*In my research, I struggled to find information on the John Brown Bowles family prior to 1900. I discovered this was due to the fact that before 1900 the family surname was spelled “Boles”. Any additional information as to why this was changed near the turn of the century would be helpful.

Land

 * Barren County Kentucky Deeds
 * Barren County Kentucky Land Records 1799-1909
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * The Archives of Appalachia

Maps

 * Detailed Map of Barren County Kentucky
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military

 * Barren County Kentucky Military Records
 * Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War
 * Korean War Memorial Korean War Memorial for Soliders from KY ~ KYGenWeb
 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY ~ Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky

Civil War

 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, C, D, E and I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Wolford's Cavalry) (Union), Company E.
 * - 37th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I and K.
 * - 47th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies I and K.
 * - 49th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H and K.
 * - 49th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H and K.

Miscellaneous

 * KY Postcards Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
 * The KYGenWeb Footsteps ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project

Newspapers

 * Barren County Kentucky Glasgow Times Misc. Articles
 * Kentucky News -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm  -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm

Probate

 * 1798-1943 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Barren County Kentucky Wills

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Barren County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) Will Book 1: 1799-1815

Obituaries

 * Barren County Kentucky Family Histories
 * KY Footsteps Archives ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project
 * KY Obituary Sources ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * Browning Genealogy Database ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project ~  Kentucky Obituary Project
 * 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 Advocate ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate

Taxation

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Barren County, Kentucky is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).

The ARGUS of WESTERN AMERICA

Birth

 * 1852-1862 - Barren County Birth Index 1852-1862. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1852-1862 - Barren County Marriage Index 1852-1862. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1877-1878 - Barren County Marriage Index 1877-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Unsorted

 * BARREN COUNTY, KY ARCHIVES DEATHS &amp; OBITUARY TRANSCRIPTIONS INDEX
 * Barren County, KY Births
 * Barren County Kentucky Death Certificates
 * Barren County Kentucky Marriage Records
 * Barren Co, KY USGen Web Archives
 * CensusDiggins.com, Barren Co, KY Death Certificates
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
 * KY Births &amp; Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
 * KY Deaths &amp; Burials ~ KY Deaths &amp; Burials 1843 - 1970
 * KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
 * Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages
 * Kentucky Marriage Records 1973 - 2000  ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000
 * KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
 * The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

Barren County Kentucky Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Barren County Kentucky Genealogy Websites

 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kencucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Barren County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Barren County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)