Bath County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Medicinal springs located within the county. The County has Owingsville as its seat and the County was created 1811. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Bath County Courthouse PO Box 609 Owingsville, KY 40350 Phone: 606.674.2613 Bath County Website

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:

Biographies

 * KY Biographies, Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * 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
 * ePodunk list of Bath 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.

Census Records
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Bath 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.


 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions, USGenWeb
 * Census Online

Church Records

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

Court Records

 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

African Americans

 * African American Cemeteries
 * The Kentucky African American Griots Project
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

 * [Breckenridge] Kennedy, Mary Selden. Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families. New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., c1911. Digital versions of Vol. 1 at Google Books; Internet Archive | Vol. 2 at ;Internet Archive;.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * | The Archives of Appalchia

Maps and Gazetteers

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military Records

 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — 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 — index and images


 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.
 * - 9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company F.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial, 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

 * KY Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * KY Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * Browning Genealogy Database, A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * USGenWeb Archives 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, Ancestry
 * Nashville Advocate, Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records

 * 1852-1945 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Bath County, Kentucky Wills, 1811-24 at Ancestry ($)
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records at Ancestry ($)

'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774–1999 - Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images

Tax Records

 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records at Ancestry ($)

Vital Records

 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages

Birth

 * 1839-1960 - Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1852-1859 - Bath County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Bath County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1783-1979 - Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1979 at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1860 - Bath County Marriage Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Bath County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Bath County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death

 * 1843-1970 - Kentucky Deaths and Burials 1843-1970 at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch — index
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of KY Death Certificates

Divorce

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Owingsville Kentucky Family History Center

Societies

 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Bath County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Bath County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Bath 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