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

.== County Information ==

.=== Description === .=== County Courthouse ===

.=== Letcher County, Kentucky Record Dates ===

.=== Record Loss === .=== Boundary Changes ===

.=== Populated Places ===

.=== History Timeline ===

.== Resources ==

.=== Bible Records ===

.=== Biographies ===


 * KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

.=== Business, Commerce, and Occupations ===

.=== Cemeteries ===

The following web sites have additional information on Letcher county cemeteries.


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

.=== Census Records ===


 * USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
 * The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project
 * Census Online ~ Census Online

.=== Church Records ===


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

.=== Court Records ===


 * Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

.=== Directories ===

.=== Emigration and Immigration ===

.=== Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups ===

.==.== African Americans ==.==

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


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

.=== Funeral Homes ===

.=== Genealogies ===

.=== Guardianship ===

.=== Land and Property Records ===


 * The KY Land Office

.=== Local Histories ===


 * ~ The Archives of Appalachia

.=== Maps and Gazetteers ===


 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

.=== Migration ===

.=== Military Records ===


 * Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War
 * Korean War Memorial Korean War Memorial for Soliders from KY ~ KYGenWeb
 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY ~ Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky

.==.== 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 -v at FamilySearch — index and images


 * - 13th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I.

.=== Naturalization and Citizenship ===

.=== Newspapers ===


 * Kentucky News -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm  -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm

.=== Obituaries ===


 * KY Footsteps Archives ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project
 * KY Obituary Sources ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * Browning Genealogy Database ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project ~  Kentucky Obituary Project
 * 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
 * Nashville Advocate ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate

.=== Other Records ===


 * Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
 * The KYGenWeb Footsteps ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project

.=== Periodicals ===

.=== Probate Records ===

'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774 – 1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1727 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images

1871-1905 - has been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

.=== School Records ===

.=== Tax Records ===

.=== Vital Records ===

.==.== Birth ==.==


 * 1839-1960 - KY Births and Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
 * 1852-1859 - Letcher County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874-1875 - Letcher County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Letcher County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

.==.== Marriage ==.==


 * 1783-1979 - KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1859 - Letcher County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Letcher County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Letcher County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages
 * Kentucky Marriage Records 1973 - 2000  ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000

.==.== Death ==.==


 * 1843-1970 - KY Deaths and Burials ~ KY Deaths and Burials 1843 - 1970
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
 * The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

.==.== Divorce ==.==


 * 1973-1993 - KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

.== Research Facilities ==

.=== Archives ===

.=== Family History Centers ===


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

.=== Libraries ===

.=== Museums ===

.== Societies ==

.== Websites ==

.== Research Guides ==
 * Letcher 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 ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
 * The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Letcher County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Letcher 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

.== References ==