Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Morgan County

Quick Dates
Morgan County's civil records start the following years:

*Many years between 1852 and 1911 are missing

County Courthouse


Morgan County Courthouse 450 Prestonburg Street PO Box 26; West Liberty, KY 41472-1162 Phone: 606.743.3949 County Clerk has birth records1911-1949, marriage, probate and land records.

Parent County
1822--Morgan County was created 7 December 1822 from Floyd and Bath Counties. County seat: West Liberty

Record Loss
1862, 1925--Disasters destroyed most records.

9 March 2012 - Tornadoes destroyed much of West Liberty.

Neighboring Counties

 * Elliott
 * Johnson
 * Lawrence
 * Magoffin
 * Menifee
 * Rowan
 * Wolfe

African American Research
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


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

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files, etc.

 * Sorted by Surname, Morgan County, Kentucky
 * KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Morgan Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
 * The KY Historical Society’s Cemetery Database
 * African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
 * Cemetery Junction ~  Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten ~ 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
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
 * 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 Morgan County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,
 * The Family History Library Catalog lists . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
 * ePodunk list of Morgan 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.
 * Access Genealogy, Morgan County Kentucky Cemetery Records
 * Linkpendium, Morgan County Kentucky
 * Morgan County Cemetery Inscriptions
 * Morgan County Cemetery Records
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project, Morgan County Kentucky

Census

 * Morgan County Census Records
 * USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
 * The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project
 * Census Online ~ Census Online

Church

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

Court

 * Kentucky Court of Justice, Morgan County Office of the Circuit Court Clerk
 * Morgan County Court Records Morgan County Court and Tax Records
 * Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

Land

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * Morgan County History Series Wikipedia-Morgan County Kentucky
 * ~ The Archives of Appalachia

Maps

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

Military

 * 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
 * http://www.archive.org/stream/listpensionerso02buregoog#page/n474/mode/1up List of Revelutionary Pensioners] Morgan County Genealogy Trails Morgan County Kentucky World War II Casualities, Army and Air Corps

Miscellaneous

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

Newspapers

 * Kentucky News -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm  -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm
 * Licking Valley Courier P. O. Box 187 West Liberty, KY 41472

Obituaries

 * Morgan County Obituaries
 * 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
 * Herald &amp; Stewart &amp; Halsey Funeral
 * Potter Funeral Home Inc.

Probate

 * 1866-1963 - has been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

School records
Morgan County School Photos and Yearbooks

Taxation
Morgan County Court and Tax Records

Vital Records

 * Kentucky Marriage Project, Morgan County **Marriage Records of Morgan County, Kentucky 1821-1882
 * Morgan County Genealogy Trails 1870 Mortality Schedule
 * Morgan County Deaths
 * Morgan County Marriages Morgan County Vital Records
 * USGenWeb Archives Project, Morgan County, Kentucky Marriage Index
 * 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

Societies and Libraries

 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies
 * Morgan County Historical Society P.O. Box 900; Route 1 West Liberty KY 41472

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy [USGenWeb-KyGenWeb Site]
 * 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.
 * The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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 * Morgan Co., Kentucky Genealogy Forum
 * Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)