Breckinridge County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Breckinridge County was named for John Breckinridge. The county is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Breckenridge County Courthouse Courthouse Square PO Box 538 Hardinsburg, KY 40143 Phone: 270-756-2246 Breckenridge 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

 * Breckinridge County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives-Kentucky
 * Kentucky Bible Records -Breckinridge County at Access Genealogy- Kentucky
 * Kentucky Bible Records-Breckinridge County at Kentucky Genealogy

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries

 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project

Census Records

 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

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
 * Goshen. Constituted 1808.
 * Wendell Holmes Rone, A 190 Year History 1808-1998: The Goshen Story (1998) includes membership rolls.
 * New Hope. Constituted 1813.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1803-1885 (*); Court of Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1813-1835 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1851-1928 (*); County 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

Directories

 * Inventory of the County Archives of Kentucky: Breckinridge County at Ancestry ($)

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

Funeral Homes

 * Alexander Funeral Home in Irvington.
 * Cloverport Funeral Home in Cloverport.
 * Trent-Dowell Funeral Home in Hardinsburg.

Genealogies

 * [Kasey] Schorn, Catherine Scott. "Kaseys in Bedford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):243-248; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):24-32. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [May] Coke, Ben H. John May, Jr. of Virginia: His Descendants and Their Land, with an Account of Some Early Descendant Families, Including Cocke, Coke, Joplin, Love, Percefull, Perrin, Tompkins. Baltimore, Md., 1975.
 * [Seaton] Katheder, Thomas. "Seaton of Fauquier County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):83-102. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 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

 * 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

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


 * 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 Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries (Ancestry)
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1796-1825 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & image
 * 1798-1943  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1800-1965 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1800-1975 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1851-1928 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Record of Wills in Breckenridge County, Kentucky, for the Period of Years 1800-1825. 1935. By Burns, Annie Walker. Breckinridge County, Kentucky : Breckinridge County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

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.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Breckinridge County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Breckinridge County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Breckinridge County Birth Index 1875. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 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 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1797-1954 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1862 - Breckinridge County Marriage Index 1852-1862. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1874-1876 - Breckinridge County Marriage Index 1874-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1878 - Breckinridge County Marriage Index 1875-1878. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 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 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-2000 Searchable KY Death Index
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * - How to Use this Collection
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

 * 1962-2005 Kentucky, U.S., Divorce Records, 1962-2005 at Ancestry - index ($)

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Sherrod Library, Room 422 344 J L Seehorn Rd Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: 423-439-4338 Email: [mailto:archives@etsu.edu archives@etsu.edu] Facebook Website Breckinridge County Archives Courthouse PO Box 538 Hardinsburg, KY 40143 Phone: 270-756-6112 Website

FamilySearch Centers

 * Brandenburg Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Owensboro Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Daviess County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Perry County Public Library - Indiana - an affiliate library.

Societies
Ancestral Trails Historical Society PO Box 1796 Elizabethtown, KY 42702-1796 Phone: 270-982-0881 Website Breckinridge County Historical Society 204 3rd St PO Box 498 Hardinsburg, KY 40143-0498 Phone: 270-668-2802 Email: [mailto:breckcohistoricalsocietyky@gmail.com breckcohistoricalsocietyky@gmail.com] Facebook Breckinridge County, KY History and Genealogy Website

Websites

 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * USGenweb USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Boone County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Breckinridge 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