Allen County, Kentucky Genealogy


 * This article is about a south Kentucky county. For other uses, see Allen.

United States &gt; Kentucky &gt; Allen County

Parent County
1815--Allen County was created 11 January 1815 from Barren and Warren Counties. County seat: Scottsville

Record Loss
1902--A disaster destroyed many records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Barren
 * Macon County, Tennessee
 * Monroe
 * Simpson
 * Sumner County, Tennessee
 * Warren

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


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Bible Records
Allen County Bible Records

Allen County Kentucky Bible Records

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files etc.
Allen County Biography Bibliography at World Cat

Kentucky Biographies-Allen County

Cemeteries
Access Genealogy-Allen County, Kentucky Cemetery Records

C. L. Weaver Cemetery, Halifax, Allen Co., KY

Find A Grave-Allen County Kentucky

Interment.net-Allen County Kentucky

The Tombstone Transcription Project-Allen County Kentucky

Census
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Court
Allen County, KY Courthouse Records

Land
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Local Histories
History of Allen County by B.Y. DeWitt

Military
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Probate
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Vital Records
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Early Allen County Marriage Records 1815-1889

Societies and Libraries
ALLEN COUNTY, KY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Web Sites

 * Allen County Kentucky Web Site (Contact information for county officials)
 * KYGenWeb-Allen County Site. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * AllenCounty, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)