Laurel County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Laurel County was named for mountain laurel trees. The county is located in the south-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Laurel County Courthouse 101 S Main Street London, KY 40741 Phone: 606-864-5158 Laurel County Website

County Clerk has marriage, land, probate and court records.

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:

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Laurel county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * 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
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

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

Directories

 * Inventory of the county archives of Kentucky: Laurel County at Ancestry ($)

African Americans

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

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; 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 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images.


 * - 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company M
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company E
 * - 7th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company D
 * - 26th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company K

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battle was fought in Laurel County:


 * October 21, 1861 - Camp Wildcat, also known as Wildcat Mountain
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Kentucky.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY, USGenWeb Archives

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 Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
 * 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
 * 1798-1943 - digitized by FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection

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
Laurel County Tax Lists from 1827-1863 are available for purchase as digital images in PDF format on CD from Jeff Renner's Genealogical Resources. When the PDF files are viewed in a program such as Acrobat Pro you can bookmark pages/images with year changes, ancestors names, etc. You can also drag an image/page out of Acrobat Pro and throw it into Photoshop to enhance viewing or you can just save that extracted page/image to be used as an attachment to your ancestor in whatever Record Manager (ie: Legacy, RootsMagic, etc) program you use.
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb

Birth

 * 1839-1960 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Laurel County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874 - Laurel County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Laurel 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 - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1852-1861 - Laurel County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Laurel County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Laurel County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000

Death

 * 1843-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Index
 * - How to Use this Collection
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates

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

 * Beattyville Kentucky Family History Center
 * Corbin Kentucky Family History Center
 * Whitley City Kentucky Family History Center
 * Breathitt County Library - an affiliate library.

Societies
Laurel County Historical Society 310 West 3rd Street London, KY 40741 Phone: 606-864-0607 Website Corbin Genealogical Society 99 Boone Avenue P.O. Box 353 Corbin, KY 40701 Email: [mailto:searcher130@hotmail.com searcher130@hotmail.com] Website

Websites

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