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

County Courthouse
Lewis County Courthouse 514 Second Street Vanceburg, KY 41179 Phone: 606.796.3062

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


 * Interment.net Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction ~  Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten ~ Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
 * ePodunk list of Lewis 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.
 * Linkpendium Cemeteries
 * Lewis County Cemeteries

Census Records

 * Lewis Co. Kentucky 1810 Federal Census Index
 * 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 Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Court Records

 * Lewis Counrty Ky Court of Justice
 * State Board of Elections-Kentucky County Clerks Scroll down the page or use index at top to go to desired county.
 * Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

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


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

Genealogies
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]

Bibliography
 * [Owens] Owens, David Hatfield. Owens Family of Virginia (Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier Counties) and Kentucky (Mason, Lewis, Fleming, Bracken, Mercer, Boyle Counties). Ann Arbor, Mich.: D.H. Owens, 1991.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * ~ The Archives of Appalachia

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * 1895 Atlas-Lewis County Kentucky

Military Records
Army &amp; Air Corp World II Casulty List Lewis County Kentucky World War II Casulties Army and Air Force List of Revolutionary War Pensioners Soldiers of the Great War, Fallen Kentucky Soldiers in WWI, Lewis County

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


 * - 4th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Union), Company I
 * - 16th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company K
 * - 22nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company E

Newspapers
The Lewis County Hearld

Obituaries
GenealogyBuff.com-Miscellaneous Lewis County, Kentucky Obituaries Index of KY, Lewis Co., Obituraries Lewis County Herald-Obituaries Obituary Index Lewis County, Kentucky

Other Records

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

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774 – 1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1727 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * Index of Lewis Co., Ky Probate Records

1807-1930 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Birth

 * 1852-1861 - Lewis County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Lewis County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1892-1910 - Lewis County, KENTUCKY Delayed Births 1892-1910

Marriage

 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1861 - Lewis County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875-1876 - Lewis County Marriage Index 1875-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1876-1878 - Lewis County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Kentucky Marriage Project-Lewis County

Death
Index of Lewis Co. KY, Vitals-Deaths

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Lewis County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * KyGenWeb-Lewis County
 * Lewis County Kentucky History &amp; Genealogy
 * Lewis County Kentucky Archives Project
 * Lewis County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lewis 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