Rowan County, Kentucky Genealogy

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Parent County
1856--Rowan County was created 15 March 1856 from Fleming and Morgan Counties. County seat: Morehead

Record Loss
1864--A disaster destroyed most of the records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bath
 * Carter
 * Elliott
 * Fleming
 * Lewis
 * Menifee
 * Morgan

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


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files etc
Rowan County Family Pages Relatives of Truby Petitt &amp; Florence Hall of Rowan County, Kentucky Sorted by Name, Rowan County, Kentucky

Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky.


 * 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 Rowan County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,


 * 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
 * Rowan 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.


 * ePodunk list of Rowan 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.
 * Access Genealogy-Rowan County Kentucky Cemeteries
 * KYGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Cemetery Records
 * Linkpendium-Rowan Co., Cemeteries
 * Rowan County Cemeteries

Census
Linkpendium Census Records &amp; Indexes- Rowan County Kentucky Rowan County Census Records Rowan County Genealogy Trails-1870 Census Index

Courts
Kentucky Court of Justice-Rowan County Office of the Circuit Court Clerk

History
Rowan County Kentucky History Records The Alexander Stewart Family of Rowan County Kentucky Wikipedia-Rowan County, Kentucky

Maps
1895 U.S. Atlas- Rowan County Kentucky 1895

Military
Rowan County Genealogy Trails Vietam War Casulaties

List of Revelutionary War Pensioners USGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Kentucky Military Records

Newspapers
The Morehead News Rowan County Bulletin

Obituaries
Lane/Stucky/Gray Funeral Home Obituraries USGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Kentucky Newspaper Records

Vital Records
Kentucky Marriage Project-Rowan County KYGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Vital Records Rowan County Births Rowan County Deaths Rowan County Marriages

Societies and Libraries
Rowan County Historical Society P. O. Box 60 Morehead, KY 40351

Rowan County Public Library 185 East First Street Morehead, KY 40351 (606) 784-7137

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog
 * KYGenWeb Archives-Rowan County
 * KYGenWeb-Rowan County
 * Rowan County KY Genealogy Forum