Lewis County, Kentucky Genealogy

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Parent County
1806--Lewis County was created 2 December 1806 from Mason County. County seat: Vanceburg

Boundary Changes
There has been no boundary changes since the county was formed.

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams County, Ohio
 * Carter
 * Fleming
 * Greenup
 * Mason
 * Rowan
 * Scioto County, Ohio

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.

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files etc.
Sorted by Name-Lewis County Kentucky

Cemeteries
cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * 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 Lewis 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
 * Lewis 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.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Lewis County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Lewis 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.
 * Linkpendium Cemeteries
 * Lewis County Cemeteries

Census
Lewis Co. Kentucky 1810 Federal Census Index

Court
Lewis Counrty Ky Court of Justice

State Board of Elections-Kentucky County Clerks Scroll down the page or use index at top to go to desired county.

History
Wikipedia-Lewis County Kentucky

Maps
1895 Atlas-Lewis County Kentucky

Military
Army &amp; Air Corp World II Casulty List Lewis County Kentucky World War II Casulties Army and Air Force List of Revolutionary War Pensioners Soldiers of the Great War, Fallen Kentucky Soldiers in WWI, Lewis County

Newspaper
The Lewis County Hearld

Obituaries
GenealogyBuff.com-Miscellaneous Lewis County, Kentucky Obituaries Index of KY, Lewis Co., Obituraries Lewis County Herald-Obituaries Obituary Index Lewis County, Kentucky

Probate
Index of Lewis Co., Ky Probate Records

Vital Records
Index of Lewis Co. KY, Vitals-Deaths Kentucky Marriage Project-Lewis County Lewis County, KENTUCKY Delayed Births 1892-1910 Lewis County Marriages

Societies and Libraries
Lewis County Kentucky Historical Society

Lewis County Public Library

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * KyGenWeb-Lewis County
 * Lewis County Kentucky History &amp; Genealogy
 * Lewis County Kentucky Archives Project
 * Lewis County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)