Kenton County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Kenton County was named for Simon Kenton. The county is located in the northeastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Kenton County Courthouse 303 Courthouse PO Box 1109 Covington, KY 41012 Phone: 859-491-0702 Kenton 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:

Bible Records

 * 1752-1957 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Kenton County Bible Records at Kentucky Kinfolk

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project
 * Pictorial and Industrial Review of Northern Kentucky. Historical Souvenir, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-three, Kenton and Campbell Counties. 1923. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library. Photographs and short bios of leading citizens of the county.

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * 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
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1840-1930 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1841-1877 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1889 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1850-1885 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1858-1922 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1866-1888 (*); Criminal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1871-1887 (*); Chancery Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1895-1905 (*); Fiscal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases


 * Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Elections at KY.gov
 * Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

Directories

 * 1890-1892 Covington, Kentucky Directories, 1890, 1892 at Ancestry ($)

African Americans

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

Funeral Homes

 * Allison and Rose Funeral Home, Inc. in Covington and Taylor Mill.
 * Chambers and Grubbs Funeral Homes in Independence and Walton.
 * Connley Brothers Funeral Home in Latonia.
 * Don Catchen and Son Funeral Home in Elsmere.
 * Floral Hills Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home and Mausoleum in Covington.
 * Linnemann Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Center in Erlanger.
 * Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home in Erlanger and Ludlow.
 * Newcomer Cremations, Funerals and Receptions in Erlanger.
 * Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home in Ludlow.
 * Serenity Funeral Care in Covington.
 * Swindler and Currin Funeral Homes in Covington and Independence.
 * Walker Funeral Homes in Covington.

Genealogies

 * [Flournoy] Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR - free.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * The KY Land Office

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; 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  - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company M.
 * - 5th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company I.
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company B.
 * - 7th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company E.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L and M.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company G.
 * - 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company B.
 * - 18th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company C.
 * - 37th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Company H.
 * - 53rd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I and K.
 * - 55th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, F, I and K.

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 Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and
 * 1840-1878 [will abstracts in] Kenton County, Kentucky Index #1 : Covington Courthouse; Independence Courthouse. By Hoffman, William W. Florence, Kentucky, 1996. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1840-1900 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1840-1930 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1840-1962 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1877 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1856-1924 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1858-1869 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1858-1922 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1858-1939 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1858-1939 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1867-1965 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images

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.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1859 Kenton County Births 1852-1859 at FamilySearch
 * 1874-1875 - Kenton County Birth Index 1874-1875. 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 - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1840-1850 Kenton County Kentucky Marriages. By Stephen W. Worrel, 1997. See WorldCat.
 * 1840-1856, 1863-1876 Kenton County, Kentucky, index #1 at [./Https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/332244-kenton-county-kentucky-index-1-covington-courthouse-independence-courthouse FamilySearch Digital Library]
 * 1852-1859 Kenton County Marriage Index 1852-1859. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 Kenton County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1973-2000 Searchable KY Marriage Records

Death

 * 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 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 of and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

 * 1962-2005 Kentucky, U.S., Divorce Records, 1962-2005 at Ancestry - index ($)

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Sherrod Library, Room 422 344 J L Seehorn Rd Johnson City, TN 37614 Phone: 423-439-4338 Email: [mailto:archives@etsu.edu archives@etsu.edu] Facebook Website

FamilySearch Centers

 * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
 * Northern Kentucky FamilySearch Center
 * Boone County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society - an affiliate library.
 * Kenton County Library - an affiliate library.

Museums
Behringer-Crawford Museum 1600 Montague Rd Devou Park Covington, KY 41011 Phone: 859-491-4003 Email: [mailto:info@bcmuseum.org info@bcmuseum.org] Facebook Website

Societies
Kenton County Historical Society PO Box 641 Covington, KY 41012 Phone: 859-491-4003 Website

Websites

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