Breckinridge County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Breckinridge County was named for John Breckinridge. The county is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Breckenridge County Courthouse Courthouse Square PO Box 538 Hardinsburg, KY 40143 Phone: 270-756-2246 Breckenridge County Website

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 Breckinridge 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

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

Baptist
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Goshen. Constituted 1808.
 * Wendell Holmes Rone, A 190 Year History 1808-1998: The Goshen Story (1998) includes membership rolls.
 * New Hope. Constituted 1813.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb

Directories

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

African Americans

 * The KY African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * [Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

 * [Kasey] Schorn, Catherine Scott. "Kaseys in Bedford County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):243-248; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):24-32. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [May] Coke, Ben H. John May, Jr. of Virginia: His Descendants and Their Land, with an Account of Some Early Descendant Families, Including Cocke, Coke, Joplin, Love, Percefull, Perrin, Tompkins. Baltimore, Md., 1975.
 * [Seaton] Katheder, Thomas. "Seaton of Fauquier County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2000):83-102. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 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 — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

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 (Ancestry)
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1774 - 1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1798-1943 -  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1800 - 1893 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Book No. 1 Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1894 - 1935 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Book No. 2 Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1936 - 1966 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Book No. 3 Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1966 - 1975 Images of Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Guardianships, Book No. 4 Kentucky Pioneers ($)

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Breckinridge County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee.

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

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Breckinridge County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1861 - Breckinridge County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Breckinridge 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 — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1862 - Breckinridge County Marriage Index 1852-1862. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1874-1876 - Breckinridge County Marriage Index 1874-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1878 - Breckinridge County Marriage Index 1875-1878. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

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

Divorce

 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Divorces 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Archives
Breckinridge County Archives Courthouse P.O. Box 538 Hardinsburg, KY 40143 Phone: 270-756-6112 Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Website

Family History Centers

 * Brandenburg Kentucky Family History Center
 * Owensboro Kentucky Family History Center
 * Daviess County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Perry County Public Library - Indiana - an affiliate library.

Societies
Breckinridge County Historical Society P.O. Box 498 Hardinsburg, KY 40143-0498 Phone: 270-756-2876 Website Breckinridge County, KY History and Genealogy Website Ancestral Trails Historical Society P.O. Box 1796 Elizabethtown, KY 42702-1796 Phone: 270-982-0881 Website

Websites

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