Clark County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States&#160;  &#160;Kentucky&#160;  &#160;Clark County Guide to Clark County, Kentucky ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.   Clark County Kentucky Courthouse  Clark County Courthouse 34 S Main Street Rm 103 Winchester, KY 40391-2600 Phone: 859.745.0282Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clark County, Kentucky page 269, ;. Clark County Kentucky History Parent County 1792--Clark County was&#160;created 6 December 1792&#160;from Bourbon and Fayette</a> Counties. County seat:&#160;Winchester <span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="Handybook">The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002). Boundary Changes For animated maps illustrating Kentucky county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Kentucky County Boundary Maps"</a> (1776-1939) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website. Record Loss For a list of record loss in Kentucky counties see: Kentucky Counties with Burned Courthouses</a> Clark County Kentucky Places / Localities Populated Places Neighboring Counties <ul><li>Bourbon</a> </li><li>Estill</a> </li><li>Fayette</a> </li><li>Madison</a> </li><li>Montgomery</a> </li><li>Powell</a> </li></ul> Clark County Kentucky Genealogy Resources <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/0/0d/Kyclark.png" _fck_mw_filename="Kyclark.png" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="400" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="width: 400;" /> African Americans United States African Americans</a> <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b1/Gotoarrow.png" _fck_mw_filename="Gotoarrow.png" alt="" /> Kentucky African Americans</a> <ul><li>the KY African American Griots Project</a> ~ The Kentucky African American Griots Project </li><li>Sandi Gorin's Tips</a> ~ Hangings in Kentucky 1792 - 1900 </li></ul> Biographies <ul><li>KY Biographies</a> ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project </li></ul> Cemeteries Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. <ul><li>Clark Co. KY&#160;USGenWeb Tombstone Project</a> usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.&#160; </li><li>The KY Historical Society’s Cemetery Database</a> </li><li><a href="http://africanamericancemeteries.com/">African American Cemeteries Online</a>&#160;~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries </li><li><a href="http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-KY-NDX.html">Cemetery Junction</a>&#160; ~&#160; Links to cemetery transcriptions </li><li><a href="http://kykinfolk.com/esh/">Naming the Forgotten</a> ~ Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project </li><li><a href="http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~xander/kentucky.htm">Kentucky Cemeteries</a> lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky&#160;Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net </li><li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs&amp;">Find A Grave</a> can be searched by the&#160;name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.&#160; Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.&#160; May&#160;give obituaries,&#160;names of&#160;family members and links to their information in Find A Grave. </li><li>Find A Grave also gives&#160;a <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&amp;CScn=&amp;CScntry=4&amp;CSst=19&amp;CScnty=1013">list of cemeteries in&#160;Clark County</a> and links to the &#160;information&#160;for the&#160;individuals buried there, </li><li>The <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FamilySearch">Catalog/frameset_fhlc.asp FamilySearch Catalog</a> lists <span class="fck_mw_template"> .&#160; Some of the books or others may be on <a href="http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search">Google Books</a> or available at public libraries. </li><li><a href="http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=3851&amp;locTGroup=Cemeteries&amp;direction=down&amp;sec=0&amp;qty=19&amp;stateAbbv=&amp;stateName=">ePodunk&#160;list of&#160;Clark County cemeteries</a> gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site. </li></ul> Census <span class="fck_mw_template"> <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22787">Third census of the United States (1810 census), Clark County, Kentucky</a> at Ancestry.com (Free<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">May be used for free at Family History Center. To locate a center near you, click here. /$) </li></ul> Church <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a href="http://www.churchangel.com/kentucky.htm">Kentucky Christian Church Directory</a> ~ ChurchAngel </li><li><a href="http://www.cdlex.org/index.cfm/NewsItem?ID=54078&amp;From=Home">Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.archlou.org/Parishes">Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville</a> </li></ul> Court <ul><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kygenweb/court/court.htm">Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases</a> Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project </li><li><a href="http://courts.ky.gov/research/">Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference</a> </li></ul> Genealogy It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to: <ul><li>Locate publications about direct ancestors </li><li>Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family </li><li>Identify publications, to quote <a href="Elizabeth Shown Mills">Elizabeth Shown Mills</a>, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors] </li></ul> Bibliography <img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/c/c5/Khp.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Khp.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="300" _fck_mw_height="290" alt="Kentucky Horse Park" class="fck_mw_right" style="width: 300; height: 290;" /> <ul><li>[Hall] Hayden, Richard A. "Early Hall Family Pioneers of Frederick County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1993):163-174. Digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">American Ancestors</a> ($). <span class="fck_mw_template">. </li><li>[Hickman] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others. Albany, N.Y.:&#160;Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1891.&#160;Digital versions at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7B1WAAAAMAAJ">Google Books</a>; <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/captainrogerjone00jone">Internet Archives</a>. 1911 edition: <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; 1985 reprint:&#160;<span class="fck_mw_template">. </li><li>[Hickman] Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America, With Records of a Number of Allied Families. San Francisco, Calif., 1903. Digital version at <a href="http://archive.org/details/genealogyofbufor00bufo">Internet Archive</a> - free. </li><li>[Hickman] Fay, Mary Smith. "The Three James Hickmans: Identifying Revolutionary War Veterans," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1997):52-54. Digital version at <a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/Search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285">American Ancestors</a> ($). <span class="fck_mw_template">. </li><li>[Jones] Jones, L.H. Captain Roger Jones of London and Virginia, Some of His Antecedents and Descendants: With Appreciative Notice of Other Families, viz.: Bathurst, Belford, Browning, Carter, Catesby, Cocke, Graham, Fauntleroy, Hickman, Hoskins, Latane, Lewis, Meriwether, Skelton, Walker, Waring, Woodford, and Others. Albany, N.Y.:&#160;Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1891.&#160;Digital versions at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=7B1WAAAAMAAJ">Google Books</a>; <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/captainrogerjone00jone">Internet Archives</a>. 1911 edition: <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; 1985 reprint:&#160;<span class="fck_mw_template">. </li><li>[Lampton] Keith, Clayton. Sketch of the Lampton Family in America, 1740-1914. Louisiana, Mo.: C. Keith, 1914. <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at <a href="http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13599">Ancestry</a> ($). </li><li>[Price] American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers, 1898. Vol. 9:128-129. Digital version at <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=Tqs8AQAAIAAJ&amp;pg=PA128">Google Books</a> - free. </li><li>[Price] Price, Benjamin Luther. John Price the Emigrant, Jamestown Colony 1620, With Some of His Descendants. Alexandria, La.: B.J. Price, 1910; digital version at <a href="http://archive.org/details/johnpriceemigran00pric">Internet Archive</a> - free. </li><li>[Quisenberry] Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault. Memorials of the Quisenberry Family in Germany, England and America. Washington, D.C.: Gilson Bros., Printers, 1900. Digital version at <a href="http://archive.org/details/memorialsofquise00quis">Internet Archive</a> - free. </li><li>[Stafford] Stafford, Carolyn Joy. The Biography of Thomas Moore Stafford, 1841-1910 of City of Louisville, Clark, and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky and Citrus and Lee Counties, Florida: Saddler, Soldier, Settler. Brandon, Fla.: C.J. Stafford, 2007. <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at <a href="https://dcms.lds.org/view/action/ieViewer.do?from_proxy=true&amp;dps_pid=IE50149&amp;dps_dvs=1344458429614~448&amp;dps_pid=IE50149&amp;change_lng=en">Family History Archives</a>. </li><li>[Watts] Heinemann, Charles Brunk. John Watts Family of Clark County, Kentucky: (Watts Family No. 2). 1934?. <span class="fck_mw_template">. </li></ul> Land <ul><li><a href="http://www.sos.ky.gov/land/">The KY Land Office</a> </li></ul> Local Histories <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a href="http://www.etsu.edu/cass/archives/">~ The Archives of Appalachia</a> </li><li><a href="http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=kyetexts;cc=kyetexts;view=toc;idno=B92-116-28170966">Hand-book of Clark County and the City of Winchester (1889)</a> </li></ul> Maps <ul><li><a href="http://www.kygenweb.net/other/maps.html">KYGenWeb compiled list of maps</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.kygenweb.net/counties/kymap.html">Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site</a> </li></ul> Military <ul><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymil/">Military Resources</a> ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War </li><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kybath/korea.htm">Korean War Memorial</a> Korean War Memorial for Soliders from KY ~ KYGenWeb </li><li><a href="http://usgwarchives.net/ky/military/wwi/">Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY</a> ~ Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky </li></ul> Civil War <span class="fck_mw_template"> Confederate <dl><dd>- <a href="2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's). (Confederate)">2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's)</a> - CSA - Company A. </dd><dd>- <a href="11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate)">11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate)</a> - CSA - Company C. </dd></dl> <ul><li>1912-1950 <span class="fck_mw_template"> at <a href="https://familysearch.org">FamilySearch</a> — index and images </li></ul> Union <dl><dd>- <a href="22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Enrolled Militia)(Union)">22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Enrolled Militia)</a>, Companies A, B, C, F, and G </dd><dd>- <a href="39th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union)">39th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry</a>, Company A, B, C, D, F, G, I, and K </dd><dd>- <a href="45th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union)">45th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry</a>, Company K </dd><dd>- <a href="6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union)">6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry</a>, Company E </dd></dl> Miscellaneous <ul><li><a href="http://www.kykinfolk.com/postcards/KyPostCards/KyPostCards.html">KY Postcards</a> Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project </li><li><a href="http://kykinfolk.com/kyfootsteps/">The KYGenWeb Footsteps</a> ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project </li></ul> Newspapers <ul><li><a href="http://www.usnpl.com/kynews.php">Kentucky News</a>&#160; -&#160; Kentucky Newspaper Index with links </li><li><a href="http://www.world-newspapers.com/kentucky.html">Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.kygenweb.net/counties/ukfilm.html">Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm</a>&#160;&#160; -&#160;&#160; Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm </li></ul> <span class="fck_mw_template"> Obituaries <ul><li><a href="http://kykinfolk.com/kyfootsteps/">KY Footsteps Archives</a> ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project </li><li><a href="http://www.kygenweb.net/other/obits.html">KY Obituary Sources</a> ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project </li><li><a href="http://www.ancestorhunt.com/kentucky_newspaper_obituaries.htm">Links to research and locate obituaries</a> </li><li><a href="http://browning.evcpl.lib.in.us/">Browning Genealogy Database</a> ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning. </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/ky/obitsky.htm">USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project</a>&#160;&#160;~&#160; Kentucky Obituary Project </li><li><a href="http://www.afrigeneas.com/drdb/">Afrigeneas</a> ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources </li><li><a href="http://www.daddezio.com/obituary/depot/OB-KY-NDX.html">Obituary Depot&#160;</a> ~&#160; Kentucky Newspaper Citations </li><li><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary/">Obituary Daily Times&#160;</a> ~&#160; Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function </li><li><a href="http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/smith/jktsmith.htm#nca">Nashville Advocate</a> ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate </li></ul> Probate <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li>1793-1868 - <span class="fck_mw_template"> have been digitized by FamilySearch - free. </li><li><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=36">Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records</a>&#160; ~&#160; Ancestry.com&#160; (subscription) </li><li><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5721">Clark County, Kentucky Wills 1792-1826, Vol. 1-2</a> at Ancestry.com (Free<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">May be used for free at Family History Center. To locate a center near you, click here. /$) </li></ul> Online Probate Records <ul><li>1774 – 1999 <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9066">Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999</a> at <a href="http://home.ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a> — index and images $ </li><li>1727 – 1990 <span class="fck_mw_template"> at <a href="https://familysearch.org">FamilySearch</a> — images </li></ul> Taxation <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li>1792 - Burbridge, Sandra, submitter. <a href="http://www.kykinfolk.com/clark/burbridge/1792tax.htm">"1792 Tax Roll for Clark County, Kentucky"</a>, Clark County KyGenWeb. </li></ul> <ul><li>1800 - 1800 Tax List of <span class="fck_mw_template"> is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800,<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref">G. Glenn Clift, Second Census of Kentucky 1800: A Privately Compiled and Published Enumeration of Tax Payers Appearing in the 79 Manuscript Volumes Extant of Tax Lists of the 42 Counties of Kentucky in Existence in 1800 (1954; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005). digitized by <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3720">Ancestry</a> ($). </li></ul> Vital Records <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/kentucky/ky-vital-records/">How to order Kentucky Vital Records</a> </li></ul> Birth <ul><li>1852-1861 - Clark County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/f/f1/Igikentuckyaf.pdf. </li><li>1874 - Clark County Birth Index 1874. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li><li>1875-1876 - Clark County Birth Index 1875-1876. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li></ul> Marriage <ul><li>1829-1853 - Clark County Marriage Index 1829-1853. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li><li>1852-1859 - Clark County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li><li>1875 - Clark County Marriage Index 1875. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li><li>1876-1878 - Clark County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li><li>1895 - Clark County Marriage Index 1895. Batch <span class="fck_mw_template"> at FamilySearch - free.<span class="fck_mw_ref" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="ref" name="vr" /> </li></ul> Unsorted <ul><li><a href="http://kyvitals.com">The Kentucky Vital Records Project</a> Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project </li><li><a href="https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1674843&amp;hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D">KY Births &amp; Christenings</a> ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search </li><li><a href="https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1674848&amp;hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D">KY Deaths &amp; Burials</a> ~ KY Deaths &amp; Burials 1843 - 1970 </li><li><a href="https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1674849&amp;hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D">KY Marriage Records</a> ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search </li><li><a href="http://www.kygenweb.net/vitals/index.html">Searchable KY Vital Records</a> ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages </li><li><a href="http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/marriage/search.cgi">Kentucky Marriage Records&#160; 1973 - 2000</a>&#160; ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000 </li><li><a href="http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/">KY Divorces 1973 - 1993</a> ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases </li><li><a href="http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi">The Social Security Death Index</a> The Social Security Death Index - Searchable </li></ul> Clark County Kentucky Genealogy Societies and Libraries <ul><li><a href="http://www.kygenweb.net/contact/kysocieties.html">Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies</a> </li></ul> Family History Centers <span class="fck_mw_template"> <ul><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">Introduction to LDS Family History Centers</a> </li></ul> Clark County Kentucky Genealogy Websites <ul><li><a href="http://www.genealogyinc.com/kentucky/clark-county/">Clark County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy</a> </li><li><a href="http://kykinfolk.com/clark/">Clark County KYGenWeb</a> </li><li><a href="http://kygenweb.net/">KYGenWeb project</a>. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select&#160;the county. </li><li><a href="http://kentucky.gov/Pages/home.aspx">State of Kencucky Website</a> </li><li><a href="http://usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html">USGenWeb Kentucky Archives</a> ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records. </li><li><a href="http://usgenweb.org">USGenWeb Project</a>. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county. </li><li><span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li><a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KY/Clark/">Clark County,&#160;Kentucky Genealogy and Family History</a> (Linkpendium) </li></ul> Clark County Kentucky Genealogy References <span class="fck_mw_references" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="references" /><span class="fck_mw_template"> <span class="fck_mw_template"> <span class="fck_mw_template">

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