Daviess County, Kentucky Genealogy

Guide to Daviess County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Daviess County was named for Joseph Hamilton Daviess. The county is located in the western area of the state.

County Courthouse
Daviess County Courthouse 212 St Ann Street Owensboro, KY 42303 Phone: 270-685-8434 Daviess County Website

County Pronunciation

 * Hear it spoken

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Biographies

 * KY Biographies, Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Daviess county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.

Census Records

 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records
 * Daviess County, Kentucky Census, 1900 at Ancestry ($)
 * Daviess County, Kentucky Census, 1920 at Ancestry ($)

Church Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel

Baptist

 * Whitesville. Church minutes and membership lists, etc. (1826-1932) are available online.
 * Yelvington. Church minutes (1813-1833) are available online.

Catholic
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1824-1841 - St. Lawrence Catholic Church Baptism Index 1824-1841. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1831-1841 - St. Lawrence Catholic Church Marriage Index 1831-1841. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

African Americans

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

Genealogies

 * [Bauman] Bauman, William A. Baumann / Bauman Family of Daviess County, Kentucky: Including a Genealogy of the Related DeLashmutt, Elliott, Higdon, Kuhn, Powell, Trammell and Wilkerson Families: With a Summary of Christian Heinrich Baumann's Descendants in the Luttrell, Melhiser, Mercer, Peterson, and Taylor Families. 2011. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * [Beall] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Nathaniel and Eli Beall (Bell), Brothers and Early Settlers of Knottsville Precinct, Daviess County, Kentucky. Donated 1959. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * [Bransford] Bransford, Clifton Wood. "Jacob Ammonet of Virginia: and a Part of His Descendants," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1899):35-40. Digitized by Internet Archive. Copy:.
 * [Clay] Smith, Zachary F. and Mary Rogers Clay. The Clay Family. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton and Company, 1899. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Cottrell] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Rev. Reuben Cottrell, Shelby and Daviess Counties, Kentucky. Microfilmed 1968:.
 * [Howard] Hamilton, Anna L. The Genealogy of the Howards of Daviess County, Kentucky and Their Ancestors: English Ancestors, Maryland Emigrants, Kentucky Pioneers, and Early American Catholic Heritage. Whitesville, Ky.: A. Hamilton, 1984. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * [Shoemaker] Edgeworth, M.J. Some Descendants of Price Allen Shoemaker, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1760-1936. Microfilmed 1987:.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * History of Daviess County, Kentucky . 1883. Chicago : Inter-state Pub. Co. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Internet Archive;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * Kentucky.gov for Current and Historical Maps
 * Historical Maps of Daviess County (Circa 1876)
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (free)
 * 1912-1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Confederate Soldiers
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry. Companies E and H.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Diamond's), Companies E and H.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Johnson's), Companies E and H.

Union Soldiers
 * - 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Companies A, C, D, E, F, G, H and K.
 * - 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Companies I and K.
 * - 35th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry, Companies A, C, D, E, F, G, H and I.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
 * 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 (Ancestry)
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1812-1872 Kentucky Pioneers ($) Images of Wills and Estates (destroyed documents refiled at court house)
 * 1812-1936 have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 - Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch
 * 1853-1861 - Daviess County Birth Index 1853-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874 - Daviess County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Birth Index
 * 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1785-1979 - Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 at FamilySearch
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1853-1861 - Daviess County Marriage Index 1853-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1843-1970 - Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970 at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Index
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * The Social Security Death Index - Searchable
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

 * 1973-1993 - Kentucky Divorces 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Archives

 * Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Website

Family History Centers

 * Owensboro Kentucky Family History Center

Societies

 * Daviess County Historical Society 2020 Frederica St Owensboro, KY 42301
 * Society of Kentucky Pioneers 11129 Pleasant Ridge Road Utica, KY 42376
 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Daviess County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * USGenWeb Project USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Davies County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Daviess County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records