Rowan County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States &gt; Kentucky &gt; Rowan County

Parent County
1856--Rowan County was created 15 March 1856 from Fleming and Morgan Counties. County seat: Morehead

Record Loss
1864--A disaster destroyed most of the records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bath
 * Carter
 * Elliott
 * Fleming
 * Lewis
 * Menifee
 * Morgan

Archives &amp; Libraries
Rowan County Public Library 185 East First Street Morehead, KY 40351

(606) 784-7137

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files etc
Rowan County Family Pages Relatives of Truby Petitt &amp; Florence Hall of Rowan County, Kentucky Sorted by Name, Rowan County, Kentucky

Cemeteries
Access Genealogy-Rowan County Kentucky Cemeteries KYGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Cemetery Records Linkpendium-Rowan Co., Cemteries Rowan County Cemeteries

Census
Linkpendium Census Records &amp; Indexes- Rowan County Kentucky Rowan County Census Records Rowan County Genealogy Trails-1870 Census Index

Courts
Kentucky Court of Justice-Rowan County Office of the Circuit Court Clerk

History
Rowan County Kentucky History Records The Alexander Stewart Family of Rowan County Kentucky Wikipedia-Rowan County, Kentucky

Maps
1895 U.S. Atlas- Rowan County Kentucky 1895

Military
Rowan County Genealogy Trails Vietam War Casulaties

Newspaper
The Morehead News Rowan County Bulletin

Obituaries
Lane/Stucky/Gray Funeral Home Obituraries USGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Kentucky Newspaper Records

Military
List of Revelutionary War Pensioners USGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Kentucky Military Records

Vital Records
Kentucky Marriage Project-Rowan County KYGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Vital Records Rowan County Births Rowan County Deaths Rowan County Marriages

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * KYGenWeb Archives-Rowan County
 * KYGenWeb-Rowan County
 * Rowan County KY Genealogy Forum