Barren County, Kentucky Genealogy

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



Description
Barren County was named for The Barrens, a region of grassland in Kentucky. The county is located in the south central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Barren County Courthouse 1st Floor Glasgow, KY 42141-2812; Phone: 270.651.3783 Barren County Website

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:

Bible Records

 * Barren County Bible Records at Kentucky African American Griots
 * Barren County Bible Records at Kentucky Genealogy
 * Barren County Bible Records at USGenWeb - Kentucky
 * Barren County Kentucky Family Bible Records at Access Genealogy

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project
 * Brooks, James P. The Biography of Eld. Jacob Locke of Barren County, Ky. Glasgow, Ky.: Times Print., 1881. ; digital version of Locke's The Baptist Encyclopaedia bio at Internet Archive.

Census Records
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Barren County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * Barren County Kentucky Census Records
 * Census Records Online, Barren Co., Kentucky
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb

Church Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Baptist
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Mill Creek aka Old Mulkey. Church minutes and membership lists (1799-1953) are available online. (now located in Monroe County)
 * Early records have been published and indexed: church minutes (1798-1820) and membership lists (through 1890s): FHL Book 976.9685 K2g.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1799-1802 (*); Court of Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1813 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1903 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1813-1866 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1813-1931 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases


 * Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Elections at KY.gov
 * Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov
 * Moses - A Man of Color : [Freedom of a Slave of William Wilcoxon in the 1830s], South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 4. 1976. Glasgow, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

African Americans

 * 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

 * [Adwell] Meredith, Mikel Ray. The Adwells of the Barrens. Cave City, Ky.: M.R. Meredith, 1995..
 * [Allee] Allee, Ginger Rae. David Allee's Children. Friendswood, Texas: V.R.M. Allee, 1988. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Alley] Stever, Frank. Our Common Heritage: The Descendants of: Wiley Alley (1823-1906) and Charlottie Shelton Alley (1820-1906) & Horotio Gower (1809-1869) and Leah McCarty Gower (1819-1897). Odessa, Mo.: F. Stever, 1986-1987. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Bailey] Bailey, Alice Lemira Morrey. Callam Holman Bailey, Planter, Early Settler of Barren County, Kentucky. Fort Wayne, Ind.: A. Bailey, 1983. ; additional research notes (1990s): ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Barbour] Barber, Woodrowe. Barbours to Barbers. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, [2000?].
 * [Bates] Bates, Edmond Franklin and Bates B. Witt. Virginia Line of Bates. ~1950..
 * [Beard] Snow, Joy L. Descendants of John Beard (1759-1814) and Margaret (Kirk) Beard (1758-1850)..
 * [Beatty] Beatty, Oren A. History and Genealogy of Helen Huffman Beatty and Alexander Van Beatty. 1971..
 * [Bewley] Franklin, Eva L. Bewley-Buley-Buly: Jess Bewley Sr. and Wife, Mary Huckeby, of Kentucky. 1976?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Bewley] Franklin, Eva L., Shelby Jackson Bewley, and Ron Bewley. Bewley Roots in Barren County, Kentucky. Rineyville, Ky.: S.J. Bewley, [1985?]..
 * [Boian] Edwards, Eva Dean Boian. Boians of Kentucky. Irvine, Ky.: E.D.B. Edwards, 1995..
 * [Boston] Fellows, Juanite Ann Boston. Eugene Preston Boston: Ancestors, Descendants, and In-laws: From Richmond County VA to Orange County VA to Barren County KY to Laclede County MO: In-law Names Includes Mott, Robinett and Whelchel. 2010. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Brenton] Brenton, Chester F. Descendants of Henry Brenton Sr. Spokane, Wash.: C.F. Brenton, 1987..
 * [Britt] Conner, Cheyanne Britt. The Life and Times of Obadiah Britt and Sarah Wheeler Britt. Indianapolis, Ind.: C.B. Conner, 1981. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Buford] Buford, Marcus Bainbridge. A Genealogy of the Buford Family in America, With Records of a Number of Allied Families. San Francisco, Calif., 1903. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * [Campbell] Wheeler, Alma Jean Enloe. Campbell: James Campbell and Sophia Downing of Cole County, Missouri. Ozark, Mo.: Dogwood Printing, 1988..
 * [Cooney] Cooney: Family Records. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * [Crenshaw] Peden, Henry C. The Crenshaws of Kentucky, 1800-1995: A Genealogy of the Crenshaws in South-central Kentucky, Primarily the Counties of Barren and Metcalfe, Including the Related Families of Allen, Arnett, Beard, Bird, Bradshaw, Dearing, Dickey, Duke, Franklin, Goad, Hord, Jackson, Love, Maupin, Mitchell, Munday, Pace, Parrish ... Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1995.
 * [Davis] Janes, Ray H. GTT: Gone to Texas: A Davis/Janes Family History. Denton, Texas: Ronjon, 2000..
 * [Drake] McMellon, Judith C. Drake: De[s]cendants of Greenberry & Nancy "Lane" Drake & Associated Families. 1979.
 * [Drake] Drake, Michael E. The Search for the Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Brasater Drake of Coles County, Illinois. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1996..
 * [Edmunds] Edmunds, Mary W. Edmunds History, 1710-1971. Thomson, Ga.: M.W. Edmunds, 1971?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Edwards] Edwards, Cyrus. The Edwards Family of Barren County, Kentucky: History and Traditions. Louisville, Ky. Geo. G. Fetter Co., 1924. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Ennis] Johnson, Eddis. The Skaggs Family. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Ennis] Ennis, Wendell. The Ennis Family of Green, Barren, and Hart Counties Kentucky. [Boston, Ky.]: W. Ennis, 1990.
 * [Estes] Alexander, Lucille Dillinger. The Estes Family of Virginia, Southern Kentucky, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas and Their Ancestor Families: Yates, Marshall, Stockton. Wayne, New Jersey: L. Alexander, 1990. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Garrison] Garrison, Vernon W. The Family of David Garrison and Elizabeth Taylor of Hamilton County, Illinois: A Working Paper. Houston, Texas: V.W. Garrison, 1982..
 * [Garrison] Garrison, Vernon W. The Family of Samuel Garrison and Martha Conley of Wayne County, Illinois: A Working Paper. Houston, Texas: V.W. Garrison, 1982..
 * [Garrison] Garrison, Vernon W. James Garrison of White County, Illinois, Who Married Rachel Looper &amp; Selah Pierce. Houston, Texas: V.W. Garrison, 1983..
 * [Gates] Wall, Lilly Alice Gates et al. Autobiographies of Lillie Alice Gates Wall &amp; William Henry Wall and Their Ancestors and Posterity. 2000..
 * [Gausnell] Gausnell, Patricia. Family History of Reuben Gausnell and Sylvia May Thompson. Roseburg, Ore.: P. Gausnell, 1984. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Goode] Goode, Cecil E. Kentucky Cousins: The Goode Family of Barren County, Kentucky and Related Families; Accounts of the Goode, Anderson, Baker, Cary, Combs, Cozzart, Jones, Mulkey, Sherfey, Starr, White and Wren Families. Glasgow, Ky.: C.E. Goode, 1982..
 * [Gorin] Gorin, Sandra K. John Gorin, 1763-1837. 3 vols. Glasgow, Ky.: S.K.L. Gorin, 1988-..
 * [Gorin] Gorin, Sandra K. Henry Gorin, 1768-1838. 2 vols. Glasgow, Ky.: S.K. Gorin, 1989, 1991..
 * [Haley] Nelson, George H. Haley [ca. 1781-1961]. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * [Hall] Letters of James Hall, of Barren Co., Ky., Mainly to His Wife Prudence (Stockton) Hall, Whom He Had Married April 29, 1809: James Hall was Captain of a Company in 3rd Regiment, Ky. Detached Militia, During the War of 1812. MSS..
 * [Hall] Conner, Henry Clay. The Life and Times of Leonard Hall. Indianapolis: H.C. Conner, Jr., 1981..
 * [Hamilton] Simmons, Clyde Clayton. The Hamiltons and Allied Families. MSS., National Library D.A.R. Microfilmed 1971:.
 * [Hamilton] Wall, Lilly Alice Gates et al. Autobiographies of Lillie Alice Gates Wall &amp; William Henry Wall and Their Ancestors and Posterity. 2000..
 * [Harris] Harris, Martha Vilate DeLand and Roy Elmore Harris. Harris and DeLand Family Records, 1797-1955. 6 vols. 1955..
 * [Harris] Hoffman, Lela Harris. John Harris of Lincoln County, North Carolina: and His Descendants. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * [Hatridge] Hatridge, Marilyn Jeanette Smith. Hatridge ... in the Beginning Hardwitch. Camden, Ark.: M.J.S. Hatridge, 1988..
 * [Hicks] Rutherford, Dolores Crumrine. "Hicks Family of Goochland County, Virginia, and Barren County, Kentucky," Abstracts of Virginia Families: Vol. 1. Microfilmed 1990: {{FHL|543271|item|disp=FHL Film
 * [Holder] Reneau, Martha Powell. The Holder Family of Barren and Allen Counties, Kentucky. [Glasgow, Ky.]: M. Reneau, [1972?]. {{FHL|648064|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 H711rm}}.
 * [Howell] Howell, Ted R. The De[s]cendants of James Howell and Martha Denny. DeSoto, Mo.: T.R. Howell, [1986?]. {{FHL|379756|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 H839ht}}.
 * [Jones] Button, Martha Jones et al. The Diary of Martha Jones Button; Her Journal of 1866-1872: The Life of a Girl of South Central Kentucky. Glasgow, Ky.: Gorin Genealogical Pub., 1993. {{FHL|649101|item|disp=FHL Book 921.73 B983g}}.
 * [Kelsay] Kelsay, Carl G. Moses Kelsay, 1741-1812, of Barren County, Kentucky and Some of His Descendants. Typescript. Microfilmed 1976. {{FHL|12063|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 K299Lk}}.
 * [Lawrence] Moulder, Victor. Lawrence--Beckham Family History, Since 1701. 1938. {{FHL|568656|item|disp=FHL Film 1481375 Item 14}}.
 * [Locke] Brooks, James P. The Biography of Eld. Jacob Locke of Barren County, Ky. Glasgow, Ky.: Times Print., 1881. {{FHL|268750|item|disp=FHL Film 1232}}.
 * [McAdoo] Lemons, Nova A. John McAdoo of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Dallas, Texas: N.A. Lemons, 1991. {{FHL|404782|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M115L}}.
 * [Martin] Martin: Family Records, ca. 1755-1844. Microfilmed 1868: {{FHL|167164|item|disp=FHL Film 547078 Item 8}}.
 * [Morehead] Morehead Revolutionary War Soldiers. Microfilmed 1987: {{FHL|572674|item|disp=FHL Film 1481378 Item 3}}.
 * [Moss] Moss, T.C. The David Moss Family: Green, Adair, Boyle, Barren, Hart, and Warren Co., Ky.; Williamson and Maury Co., Tenn.; Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn.: T.C. Moss, 1968. {{FHL|443361|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M855mo}}.
 * [Murray] Miller, Gilbert L. and Sonia J. Murray. Murray - Davidson - Turner: A Family History: With Related Names, Anderson, Baird, Bridges, Cox, Donaldson, and Dunaway, Durning, Ellis, Glasgow, Gunn, Hammett, Lewelling - Lewallen [i.e. Luallen] - Lewallen, Miller, Mitchell, Moore, Stanton, Stephens, White and Whitwell ... MSS. Microfilmed 1982: {{FHL|44835|item|disp=FHL Film 1033847 Item 9}}.
 * [Payne] Peden, Eva Coe and Martha Powell Reneau. My Payne Ancestors: Barren County. 1969? {{FHL|985593|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P293pec}}.
 * [Peden] Peden, Henry C. The Pedens of Southwest Virginia and Southcentral Kentucky: Descendants of John Peden (1734-1815) and Mary Smith (1734-1806). Edgewood, Md.: H.C. Peden, Jr., 1978. Digital version at {{FHL|322155|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P341ph}}.
 * [Pennington] Wilson, Duane Earl. Our Pennington Family: Being Some of the Descendants of Richard and Hannah (Boone) Pennington and Related Maternal Lines, Including the Morgan, Gist, Cromwell, Murray, Howard, Jarrett, Webb, Dame, Oyler, Arndt, and Ramsey Families. Naperville, Ill.: D.E. Wilson, 1998. {{FHL|824806|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P384w}}.
 * [Perry] Perry, Cortes Lee. Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Thomas Perry, 1893-1950 and Pearl May Greenup, 1895-1983. Huntsville, Ala.: C.L. Perry, 1990. {{FHL|486585|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P429pc}}.
 * [Pettypool] Hartsough, Carolyn S. "The William Pettypool Family of Southside Virginia: Lineage Reconstruction Based on Current Review of Evidence," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2003):57-75; Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2003):139-146. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($); {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg}}.
 * [Poynter] Poynter, Irma Lee and Harold Poynter. Poynter Cousins. Maysville, Mo.: I.L. and H. Poynter, 1993. {{FHL|756659|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P877pi}}.
 * [Proctor] Fahrni, Margie Procter. Nathan Procter/Proctor and His Descendants 1786-1981. 1981. {{FHL|479846|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 P942f}}.
 * [Randel] Malone, Royleta Clopton. Moses Randel and His Descendants, 1776-2001: With Allied Lines of Horner, Broadaway, Whitwell, Hufstedler, Kelly, Dabbs and Others. Hemet, Calif.: R.C. Malone, 2001. {{FHL|1011490|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R158m}}.
 * [Reynolds] Reynolds, Barry. A Genealogy of the Joshua Reynolds Family. Lubbock, Texas: B. Reynolds, [1987?]. {{FHL|527351|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 R335r}}.
 * [Reynolds] Beals, Kathleen C. "Thomas Reynolds of King William County, Virginia, With Cotterell, Mitchell and Quarles Connections," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):29-36. {{FHL|33159|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 46 (2002)}}.
 * [Short] Short, Donald Paul. The Prairie Shorts: Descendants of Thomas and Mary Hurt Short. Andover, Kan.: D. Short, 1995. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Skaggs] Johnson, Eddis. The Skaggs Family. Microfilmed 1987:.
 * [Stone] Calhoun, Logan E. John and Janetta Moore Stone of Fayette Co. Kentucky. Utica, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 2000. {{FHL|971724|item|disp=FHL Collection}}.
 * [Turner] Martin, John Robert. Lile-Turner: Descendants of John Martin Lile (1795-1870) of Clark County, Kentucky and Macon County, Missouri. Morton, Ill., 1970. {{FHL|424019|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 L627m}}.
 * [Warriner] Mireles, Dana Ann. "Jacob Warriner, Sr., of Buckingham County, Virginia: His Children and His Parents," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):83-93. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($).
 * [Wheeler] Wheeler, Dennis. The Life and Times of William Wheeler &amp; Nancy Puckett of Albemarle County, Virginia and Barren County, Kentucky Whose Descendants Came to Missouri: With a Genealogy of the Grandfather of William Wheeler, Micajah Wheeler of Albemarle County, Virginia. Jackson, Mo.: D. Wheeler, 1996. {{FHL|787426|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W569w}}; digital version at Family History Archives.
 * [Whitwell] Malone, Royleta Clopton. William Whitwell, His Ancestors and Descendants 1774-1994. Hemet, Calif.: R.C. Malone, 1994, 1998.
 * [Wilkinson] Park, Imogene. The Wilkinson Family. 2009. {{FHL|2026570|item|disp=FHL Collection}}.
 * [Wilson] Jones, Frances Y. "Wilson/Yancey Connection in Barren County, Kentucky," Yancey Family Genealogical Records. Microfilmed 1995: {{FHL|730189|item|disp=FHL Film 1598294 Item 29}}.
 * [Wright] Title, Barbara Dobbins. My Kentucky Wright-Helm Line: Including Jacob &amp; Miriam Helm Wright, Joseph & Margaret Enoch Higdon, James D. & Rebecca Higdon Smith, Uberto and Susannah Jane Smith Wright, John Preston B. & Narcissa Wright McConnell and Descendants. Orange, Calif.: B.D. Title, 1996. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * [Yancey] Jones, Frances Y. "Wilson/Yancey Connection in Barren County, Kentucky," Yancey Family Genealogical Records. Microfilmed 1995: {{FHL|730189|item|disp=FHL Film 1598294 Item 29}}.
 * [Yancey] Orr, Sarah Y. "Descendants of Robert and Jane Yancey of Barren Co., Kentucky," Yancey Family Genealogical Records. Microfilmed 1995: {{FHL|730315|item|disp=FHL Film 1598293 Item 32}}.
 * [Yancey] Yancey, Dennis J. Yancey Family Genealogical Collection. 1995. {{FHL|761276|item|disp=FHL Film 1598378 Item 14}}.
 * [Yancey] Yancey, Dennis J. "Joel Yancey (1773-1839) of Barren Co., Kentucky and Joel Yancey (1774-1833) of Bedford Co., Virginia," Yancey Family Genealogical Collection. 1995. {{FHL|761339|item|disp=FHL Film 1598378 Item 2}}.

Land and Property Records

 * Barren County Kentucky Deeds
 * Barren County Kentucky Land Records 1799-1909
 * Barren County Deed and Land Record Index
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * The Times of Long Ago : Barren County, Kentucky. 1929. By Franklin Gorin. Louisville, Ky. : John P. Morton. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Detailed Map of Barren County Kentucky
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Barren County Kentucky Military Records
 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection


 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, C, D, E and I.
 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Wolford's Cavalry) (Union), Company E.
 * - 37th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I and K.
 * - 47th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies I and K.
 * - 49th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H and K.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky

Korean War

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

Newspapers

 * Barren County Kentucky Glasgow Times Misc. Articles
 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Barren County Kentucky Family Histories
 * Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb


 * 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 including interactive search function (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 ($) — index and images
 * 1797-1884 Indexes to Barron County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1798-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1798-1960 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1799-1903 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1800-1824 Barren County, Kentucky Wills at Ancestry.com, ($)
 * 1800-1824 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1835-1865 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1848-1882 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1865-1943 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Oldham Wills : (Barren County, Kentucky); South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 3. 1975. By Wilson, Gladys Benedict. Glasgow, Kentucky : South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Richard Wood vs Wm Wood : Case No 1976 - Filed 12 Oct 1853 - Barren County Ky Circuit Court; South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 5. 1977. By Wilson, Gladys Benedict. Glasgow, Kentucky : South Central Kentucky Historical and Genealogical Society. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

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

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Barren County, Kentucky is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1862 - Barren County Birth Index 1852-1862. Batch at FamilySearch
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 Kentucky, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
 * 1785-1979 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1797-1954 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1862 - Barren County Marriage Index 1852-1862. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1877-1878 - Barren County Marriage Index 1877-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * Barren County Marriages, USGenWeb
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection — index
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * Barren County, KY Archives Deaths and Obituary Transcriptions Index
 * CensusDiggins.com, Barren Co, KY Death Certificates
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * - How to Use this Collection

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

 * Bowling Green Kentucky Family History Center
 * Sulphur Well Kentucky Family History Center
 * Tompkinsville Kentucky Family History Center
 * Green County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * The Kentucky Historical Society Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Barren County Historical Society Glasgow, KY Facebook

Websites

 * KYGenWeb-Barren County
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Barren County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Barren County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * RootsWeb's Barren Co., KY
 * . 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