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
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Wikipedia
 * Caldwell Co., Ky Cemeteries

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

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
 * Ken Gilkey list of Caldwell Co., Cemeteries and their location

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


 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Churches

Court

 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Circuit Court
 * Fiscal Court
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Clerk
 * US GenWeb Archives 1810 Court Records
 * 1835 Court Minutes
 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Archives

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

 * United States Digital Map Library
 * Department of Revenue

Military

 * Military Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemeteries
 * WW II Memorial- Caldwell
 * WWII Memorial- Fredonia
 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Military Research
 * KyGenWeb Archives

Newspapers
Times Leader Newspaper

Probate

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

Taxation

 * US GenWeb Archives Tax Lists
 * 1857-58 Delinquent Tax List

Vital Records

 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Birth Records 1911-1930
 * KY Death Records
 * Vital records Project
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Unmarked Burials
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Records
 * Ky Vital records Index
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Message Board
 * Morgan's Funeral Home (Recent Obits)

Societies and Libraries

 * George Coon Public Library
 * Glenn Martin Genealogy Research Library
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Historical Society
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Genealogy Society
 * Fredonia Valley Heritage Society

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.