Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Caldwell County

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

*Many years between 1852 and 1911 are missing

County Courthouse

 * Caldwell County Courthouse 100 East Market Street Room 3 Princeton, Ky 42445-1675 Phone: 270.365.6754 County Clerk has marriage, land and probte records from 1809 military discharge records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

History

 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Wikipedia   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell_County,_Kentucky
 * Caldwell Co., Ky Cemeteries    http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/

Parent County
1809--Caldwell County was created 31 January 1809 from Livingston County. County seat: Princeton

Boundary Changes
Was formed from Livingston County in 1809. Before that, modern-day Caldwell County was part of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties--Lincoln County being one of the three original counties in Kentucky.


 * Ky. County Formations http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/Census/kycounty.htm

Record Loss
The courthouse fire on 15 Dec 1864 destroyed some records

Neighboring Counties

 * Christian
 * Crittenden
 * Hopkins
 * Lyon
 * Trigg
 * Webster

African Americans
United States African Americans Kentucky African Americans


 * Caldwell Co., Ky. African American Griots

Cemeteries

 * Caldwell Co., KY Cemeteries  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/
 * Ken Gilkey list of Caldwell Co., Cemeteries and their location http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden/caldcem.html

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 Caldwell 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
 * Caldwell 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.


 * TheFamily History Library Catalog lists . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Caldwell 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.

Churches

 * Some Caldwell Co., Ky. Churches http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/


 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Churches   http://princetonky.org/Churches.htm

Court

 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Circuit Court  http://courts.ky.gov/counties/Caldwell/
 * Fiscal Court  http://www.caldwellcounty.ky.gov/departments/fiscal.htm
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Clerk  http://www.caldwellcounty.ky.gov/elected/coclerk.htm
 * US GenWeb Archives 1810 Court Records http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/caldwell/court/court-004.txt
 * 1835 Court Minutes http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldcocourtrecs.html
 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Archives   http://www.usgwarchives.org/ky/caldwell/caldwell.html

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]

Maps

 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Reference Map     http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&amp;-geo_id=05000US21033&amp;-_yp=1997%20Economic%20Census&amp;-tree_id=961&amp;-_lang=en
 * United States Digital Map Library  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/maps/
 * Department of Revenue  http://revenue.ky.gov/taxpro/CountyInformation/caldwellco/

Military

 * Military Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemeteries  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/
 * WW II Memorial- Caldwell  http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&amp;subpage=search&amp;drawtable=YES&amp;Lastname=&amp;firstname=&amp;hometown=Princeton&amp;state=KY&amp;dbcode=&amp;curpage=1
 * WWII Memorial- Fredonia  http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&amp;subpage=search&amp;drawtable=YES&amp;Lastname=&amp;firstname=&amp;hometown=Fredonia&amp;state=KY&amp;dbcode=&amp;curpage=1
 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Military Research http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/cindexmilitary.htm
 * KyGenWeb Archives  http://www.usgwarchives.org/ky/caldwell/caldwell.html

Newspapers
Times Leader Newspaper  http://www.timesleader.net/articles/sections/main/

Probate

 * 1809-1968 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

 * US GenWeb Archives Tax Lists http://www.usgwarchives.org/ky/caldwell/caldwell.html
 * 1857-58 Delinquent Tax List http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldcocourtrecs.html

Vital Records

 * Birth Records 1911-1930   Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/cldwellbths.html
 * KY Death Records  http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/death/search.cgi
 * KY Vital records Project  http://kyvitals.com/index.php
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Unmarked Burials http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/unmarkedburials.html
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/clerkrecordsearch.htm
 * Ky Vital records Index   http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Message Board http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.caldwell/mb.ashx
 * Morgan's Funeral Home (Recent Obits)  http://www.morgansfuneralhome.com/?pagetype=memlist
 * Census Records

Societies and Libraries

 * George Coon Public Library   http://www2.youseemore.com/georgecoon/Default.asp?
 * Glenn Martin Genealogy Research Library  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/genealogycenter.html
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Historical Society http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/cldwellhistsoc.html
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Genealogy Society  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldgensoc.html
 * Fredonia Valley Heritage Society  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/fredvalleyhertsoc.html

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.