Montgomery County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Montgomery County, is located east of Lexington in the outer Bluegrass region. The county was named for Gen. Richard Montgomery, who was killed at the Revolutionary War battle of Quebec. The current county seat, Mount Sterling, was established in 1793 as "Little Mountain Town" but the surveyor changed the name to Sterling.

County Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouse 1 Court Street PO Box 414; Mount Sterling, KY 40353 Phone: 859-498-8700 Montgomery County Website

Biographies

 * KY Biographies, Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * 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 Montgomery 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 Records

 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

 * The First Presbyterian Church of Mount Sterling, Kentucky 1795 – 1955. Published by church, 1955. “160th anniversary of local organization.” Available at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Main branch library. Call No: 270 FIRS c.1.
 * History of St. Patrick Church, Mt. Sterling Kentucky. Edited by Anne C. Hickey. Published 1982. Available at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Main branch library. Call No:G282 HICK.

Court Records

 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

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


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

 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Finley] Finley, Carmen J. "The John Finleys of Augusta County, Virginia: Correcting the Record," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2002):3-13; Vol. 46, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2002):98-113; Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):171-178; Vol. 46, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2002):268-281. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Hawley] Mack, Ann H. "Hawley/Halley in Seventeenth Century Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):3-7; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):121-125; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):197-203; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):281-292; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):21-28. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Jameson] Bourne, James M. "The Jameson Family," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):199-201; . Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Kirk] Mosher, Merrill Hill. "Origin of the John, Mathew &amp; Robert Kirk Families of Lancaster County, South Carolina," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring 1995):74-79.
 * [McClure] Ancestry of the children of Andrew McClure of Montgomery County, Kentucky at Ancestry ($)
 * [Pritchett] Jones, Thomas W. "Logic Reveals the Parents of Philip Pritchett of Virginia and Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 97 (March 2009):29-38..
 * [Sanders] Helmer, Richard Bryan and Mark L. Lehman. James &amp; Alvin Sanders, Livestock Journalists of the Midwest. Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1985..
 * [Spratt] Pompey, Sherman L. The Moses Spratt Family of Platte, Missouri. Pasadena, Calif., 1965.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * The Archives of Appalachia
 * A history of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, 1792 – 1918. By Carl B. Boyd Jr. and Hazel Mason Boyd. Published 1984. Available at Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Main branch library. Call no: K976.955 Boyd.

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records

 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company J.
 * - 3rd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Companies A, B, and D.
 * - 3rd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate), Companies A, B and D.
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company E.
 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Companies B and G.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 11th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies B, D, E and H.
 * - 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies B, C, D, F and K.
 * - 14th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, B, C and D.
 * - 45th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies D, H and I.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Mount Sterling, Kentucky Library (main branch), The Mt. Sterling Advocate on microfilm. Call No: KFILM MOUN.
 * 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
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * 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 including interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts
 * Mount Sterling, Kentucky Library (main branch), Mt. Sterling Advocate, published since 1890. Mt. Sterling Advocate Obituary Index, compiled by Paula Kelley, pub. 2004. Call No: KG929.3747 KELL.

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1727-1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1797-1874 have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Will Book A: 1797-1812
 * Montgomery County, Kentucky Wills: 1796-1821 at Ancestry ($)
 * Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Montgomery County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Montgomery 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
 * 1852-1861 - Montgomery County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874 - Montgomery County Birth Index 1874. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1875 - Montgomery County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Birth Index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1785-1979 – at FamilySearch
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1817-50 - Montgomery County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1817-50 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1852-1861 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1875 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1876-1878 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1894 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1894. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records
 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000

Death

 * 1843-1970 – at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Index
 * - Searchable
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates

Divorce

 * 1973-1993 - Kentucky Divorce Records 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

 * Mt. Sterling - Montgomery County Library 241 West Locust St. Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 Phone: 859-498-2404 Fax: 859-498-7477

Societies

 * Montgomery County Historical Society 30 East Main St PO Box 861 Mt. Sterling, KY 40353 Telephone: 606-498-1413
 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Montgomery County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Montgomery County KYGenWeb Project.
 * 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.
 * Montgomery County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)
 * Montgomery 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