Fleming County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Fleming County

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

*Many years between 1852 and 1911 are missing

County Courthouse
Fleming County Courthouse Courthouse Square Flemingsburg, KY 41041-1399 Phone: 606.845.8461 County Clerk has marriage, probate and land records from 1798.

Parent County
1798--Fleming County was created 10 February 1798 from Mason County. County seat: Flemingsburg

Boundary Changes
Effective 1/1/1824 Nicholas County was created from Fleming County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bath
 * Lewis
 * Mason
 * Nicholas
 * Robertson
 * Rowan

African American Research
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.

Biographies

 * Various biographies concerning citizens of Fleming County
 * KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * USGenWeb's Fleming County site has numerous cemetery transcriptions as well as tombstone photos and information on current cemetery restoration projects
 * Fleming County Poor Farm Cemetery
 * Fleming 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 KY Historical Society’s Cemetery Database
 * African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
 * Cemetery Junction ~ Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten ~ Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * 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
 * 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 Fleming County and links to the information for the individuals buried there
 * 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 Fleming 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

 * 1840 Heads of Households and Revolutionary War Pensioners for Fleming County
 * 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

 * Churches in Fleming County ~ Information on a few of Fleming County's oldest churches.
 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Court

 * Various Legal Matters in Fleming County
 * Various Court Orders of early Fleming County
 * Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early 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

 * Various Land Records of Fleming County
 * Various Deeds of Fleming County
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * History of Elizaville, Fleming County
 * Early Settlers of Flemingsburg, Fleming County
 * Lost Town of Gath, Fleming County
 * ~ The Archives of Appalachia
 * Condensed History of Fleming County, Kentucky (1908)

Maps

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

Military

 * Confederate Solders' Grave Locations in Fleming County
 * Battle of Blue Licks Centennial Monument, Fleming County
 * Battle of Hillsboro, from an 1861 article in a newspaper from Springfield, MA
 * 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

 * Newspapers and Magazines of Fleming County
 * Kentucky News -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm  -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Various obituaries of citizens of Fleming County
 * 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
 * Fleming County, Kentucky Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From various funeral homes in the Flemingsburg, Ewing, Elizaville, Hillsboro, Plummers Landing, and Wallingford areas.

Probate

 * 1798-1966 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.


 * Various wills filed in Fleming County at KY Kinfolk

Taxation

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).

Vital Records

 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
 * KY Births &amp; Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
 * KY Deaths &amp; Burials ~ KY Deaths &amp; Burials 1843 - 1970
 * KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
 * Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages
 * Kentucky Marriage Records 1973 - 2000  ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000
 * KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
 * The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

Societies and Libraries

 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Fleming County KYGenWeb
 * Fleming County KY, USGenWeb Archives
 * Fleming County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * State of Kentucky Website