Caldwell County, Kentucky Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * Caldwell County Courthouse Annex

105 W. Court Square Princeton, Ky. 42445



Parent County
1809--Caldwell County was created 31 January 1809 from Livingston County. County seat: Princeton

Boundary Changes
Was formed from Livingston County in 1809. Before that, modern-day Caldwell County was part of Christian, Logan, and Lincoln Counties--Lincoln County being one of the three original counties in Kentucky.


 * Ky. County Formations http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~harrisonrep/Census/kycounty.htm

Record Loss
The courthouse fire on 15 Dec 1864 destroyed some records

Neighboring Counties

 * Christian
 * Crittenden
 * Hopkins
 * Lyon
 * Trigg
 * Webster

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.
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. African American Griots http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kyafamer/Caldwell/caldwell.htm

Cemeteries

 * Caldwell Co., KY Cemeteries  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/
 * Ken Gilkey list of Caldwell Co., Cemeteries and their location http://www.westernkyhistory.org/crittenden/caldcem.html

Kentucky 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 Caldwell 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
 * Caldwell 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 Caldwell County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Caldwell 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.

Church

 * Some Caldwell Co., Ky. Churches http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Churches   http://princetonky.org/Churches.htm

Court

 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Circuit Court  http://courts.ky.gov/counties/Caldwell/
 * Fiscal Court  http://www.caldwellcounty.ky.gov/departments/fiscal.htm
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Clerk  http://www.caldwellcounty.ky.gov/elected/coclerk.htm
 * US GenWeb Archives 1810 Court Records http://files.usgwarchives.org/ky/caldwell/court/court-004.txt
 * 1835 Court Minutes http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldcocourtrecs.html

Military

 * Military Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemeteries  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/
 * WW II Memorial- Caldwell  http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&amp;subpage=search&amp;drawtable=YES&amp;Lastname=&amp;firstname=&amp;hometown=Princeton&amp;state=KY&amp;dbcode=&amp;curpage=1
 * WWII Memorial- Fredonia  http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&amp;subpage=search&amp;drawtable=YES&amp;Lastname=&amp;firstname=&amp;hometown=Fredonia&amp;state=KY&amp;dbcode=&amp;curpage=1
 * Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb Military Research http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/cindexmilitary.htm

Newspapers
Times Leader Newspaper  http://www.timesleader.net/articles/sections/main/

Taxation

 * 1857-58 Delinquent Tax List http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldcocourtrecs.html

Vital Records

 * Birth Records 1911-1930   Caldwell Co., KyGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/cldwellbths.html
 * KY Death Records  http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/death/search.cgi
 * KY Vital records Project  http://kyvitals.com/index.php
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Unmarked Burials http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/unmarkedburials.html
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. County Court Records http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycaldw2/clerkrecordsearch.htm
 * Ky Vital records Index   http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Message Board http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.caldwell/mb.ashx
 * Morgan's Funeral Home (Recent Obits)  http://www.morgansfuneralhome.com/?pagetype=memlist

Societies and Libraries

 * George Coon Public Library   http://www2.youseemore.com/georgecoon/Default.asp?
 * Glenn Martin Genealogy Research Library  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/genealogycenter.html
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Historical Society http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/cldwellhistsoc.html
 * Caldwell Co., Ky. Genealogy Society  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/caldgensoc.html
 * Fredonia Valley Heritage Society  http://westernkyhistory.org/caldwellcemetery/fredvalleyhertsoc.html

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog