Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Livingston County Courthouse 335 Court Street PO Box 40; Smithland, KY 42081-0400 Phone: 270.928.2162

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
For animated maps illustrating Kentucky county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Kentucky County Boundary Maps" (1776-1939) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

[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
The following web sites have additional information on Livingston county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Kentucky cemetery records by county.


 * listing of Livingston Co., Ky Cemeteries


 * 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

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * 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

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — 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 — index and images


 * - 20th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and K.

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
Online Probate Records


 * 1774 – 1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1727 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 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
See also How to order Kentucky Vital Records


 * Livingston County Kentucky Vital Records
 * Livingston County Clerk 335 Court Street Smithland, KY 42081
 * http://kyvitals.com/ Ky Vital Records Project

Birth

 * 1800-1901 - Delayed Livingston Co., Ky. Births 1800-1910
 * 1852-1861 - Livingston County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Livingston County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1911-1930 - Livingston Co., Ky. Births 1911-1930

Marriage

 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1861 - Livingston County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Livingston County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Livingston County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1895 - Livingston Co., Ky. Marriages 1895

Death

 * 1860 - Livingston Co., Ky. 1860 Mortality Schedule
 * 1870 - Livingston Co., Ky. 1870 Mortality Schedule
 * 1911-1963 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1911-2000 - Ky. Death Records 1911-2000
 * Some Livingston Co., Ky. death cert. transcriptions
 * Browning Obits (based in Evansville, In. but some Ky. deaths listed here)

Societies and Libraries
Livingston County Historical and Genealogical Society 117 State St P O Box 138 Smithland, Kentucky 42081 Telephone: 270-928-4656 E-mail:[mailto:livingstonhistorical@windstream.net livingstonhistorical@windstream.net] Website


 * New Library
 * Kentuckiana Digital Library
 * Filson Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Livingston County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * 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 KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * Livingston County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)