Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Livingston County

Quick Dates
Livingston County's civil records start the following years:

*Many years between 1852 and 1911 are missing

County Courthouse


Livingston County Courthouse 335 Court Street PO Box 40; Smithland, KY 42081-0400 Phone: 270.928.2162 County Clerk has marriage records from 1799, Probate and land records from 1800. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; records through 1865 have been microfilmed.

History
[http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston/ Livingston Co., Ky. GenWeb]

Parent County
1798--Livingston County was created 13 December 1798 from Christian County. County seat: Smithland

Boundary Changes
[http://www.westernkyhistory.org/livingston/ Livingston Co., Ky. from Christian Co., Ky.]

Record Loss
A loss of some records occurred due to a fire in 1804

Neighboring Counties

 * Crittenden
 * Hardin County, Illinois
 * Lyon
 * Marshall
 * Massac County, Illinois
 * McCracken
 * Pope County, Illinois

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


 * Ky African American Griots
 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Cemeteries
Kentucky Cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * cemetery photos of various cemeteries
 * listing of Livingston Co., Ky 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 Livingston 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
 * Livingston 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 of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
 * ePodunk list of Livingston 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

 * 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

 * Livingston Co., Ky. GenWeb Churches
 * Listing of churches

Court

 * Livingston Co. Wills and Probate Records
 * Abstracts of Early KY Supreme Court Cases KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Land

 * Bureau of Land Management
 * Ancestry.com Kentucky Land Grants
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * Livingston Co., Ky. History
 * National Register of Historic Places - Livingston Co., Ky.

Maps

 * Old Fire Maps
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military

 * Livingston Co., KyGenWeb
 * 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

Miscellaneous

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

Newspapers

 * Livingston Ledger
 * University of Ky. Libraries newspapers 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

Probate

 * 1799-1873 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.


 * 1799-1832 - The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Livingston County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:
 * Will Book A: 1799-1832


 * Livingston Co. Wills and Probate Records

Taxation

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * 1837 Deliquent Tax List for Livingston Co., Ky.
 * Present Tax Rates

Vital Records

 * Livingston County Kentucky Vital Records
 * Livingston County Clerk

335 Court Street Smithland, KY 42081


 * Ky. Death Records 1911-2000
 * Livingston Co., Ky. Marriages 1895
 * Some Livingston Co., Ky. death cert. transcriptions
 * Livingston Co., Ky. 1860 Mortality Schedule
 * Livingston Co., Ky. 1870 Mortality Schedule
 * Browning Obits (based in Evansville, In. but some Ky. deaths listed here)
 * Livingston Co., Ky. Births 1911-1930
 * Delayed Livingston Co., Ky. Births 1800-1910
 * http://kyvitals.com/ Ky Vital Records Project

Societies and Libraries

 * Livingston Co. Historical &amp; Genealogical Society
 * The Little Cabin Research Center
 * New Library
 * Kentuckiana Digital Library
 * Filson Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Livingston Co., KyGenWeb
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kencucky 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.
 * Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)