Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy

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Parent County
1822--Morgan County was created 7 December 1822 from Floyd and Bath Counties. County seat: West Liberty

Record Loss
1862, 1925--Disasters destroyed most records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Elliott
 * Johnson
 * Lawrence
 * Magoffin
 * Menifee
 * Rowan
 * Wolfe

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.

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files, etc.
Sorted by Surname, Morgan County, Kentucky

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


 * ePodunk list of Morgan 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.
 * Access Genealogy, Morgan County Kentucky Cemetery Records
 * Linkpendium, Morgan County Kentucky
 * Morgan County Cemetery Inscriptions
 * Morgan County Cemetery Records
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project, Morgan County Kentucky

Census
Morgan County Census Records

Church
Church Records

Court
Kentucky Court of Justice, Morgan County Office of the Circuit Court Clerk Morgan County Court Records Morgan County Court and Tax Records

Local Histories
Morgan County History Series Wikipedia-Morgan County Kentucky

Maps
Morgan County, Kentucky Map

Military
List of Revelutionary Pensioners Morgan County Genealogy Trails Morgan County Kentucky World War II Casualities, Army and Air Corps

Newspapers
Licking Valley Courier P. O. Box 187 West Liberty, KY 41472

Obituaries
Herald &amp; Stewart &amp; Halsey Funeral Morgan County Obituaries Potter Funeral Home Inc.

School records
Morgan County School Photos and Yearbooks

Taxation
Morgan County Court and Tax Records

Vital Records
Kentucky Marriage Project, Morgan County MARRIAGE RECORDS OF MORGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY 1821-1882 Morgan County Genealogy Trails 1870 Mortality Schedule Morgan County Deaths Morgan County Marriages Morgan County Vital Records USGenWeb Archives Project, Morgan County, Kentucky Marriage Index

Societies and Libraries
Morgan County Historical Society P.O. Box 900; Route 1 West Liberty KY 41472

Websites

 * Family History Library Catalog 
 * Morgan County, Kentucky Genealogy [USGenWeb-KyGenWeb Site]
 * Morgan Co., Kentucky Genealogy Forum