Adair County, Kentucky Genealogy


 * This article is about a central Kentucky county. For other uses, see Adair.

United States   Kentucky    Adair County

Parent County
1801--Adair County was created 11 December 1801 from the southern part of Green County. County seat: Columbia

Neighboring Counties

 * Casey
 * Cumberland
 * Green
 * Metcalfe
 * Russell
 * Taylor

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.
USGenWeb Archives-Adair County Kentucky Biographies (You may need to scroll down the page,)

Census
USGenWeb Archives-Adair County Kentucky Census Records (Scroll down to find desired topic.)

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 Adair 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
 * Adair 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 Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Adair County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Adair 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.
 * Adair County Cemeteries at KYGenweb
 * Adair County Cemeteries at www.so-ky.com
 * Adair County page at
 * Kentucky Tombstone Transcription Project. 
 * Adair County Kentucky Cemetery Records at Access Genealogy
 * Bennett Cemetery
 * Cane Valley Cemetery
 * Cemeteries of Adair County at Interment.net
 * Hiter Cemetery
 * Mt Vernon Cemetery
 * Parnell Cemetery
 * USGenWeb Archives-Adair County Cemetery Records (Scroll down to find desired topic.)

Church
Adair County Church Records

Court
Kentucky Court of Justice-Adair County (contact information for Adair County Circuit Court Clerk)

Kentucky: State Board of Elections-County Clerks has contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.

Land
Adair County Entries on the Kentucky Table of Contentat Strictly By Name. To view the indexes it is free. If you want a copy of a document there is a fee.

Local Histories
Adair County, Kentucky at Wikipedia

Our History at Adair County page of KYGenWeb

Maps
Adair County Kentucky 1895 at 1895 US Atlas

Adair County Kentucky Yellow Pages

Military
Adair County, Kentucky World War II Casualties Army and Airforce

Newspapers

 * Many Kentucky newspapers are filmed and available at the Kentucky State Library. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Adair County click here. This is not a complete list. Several major Kentucky papers are not included in this database but may be found in the Library catalog Infokat: http://infokat.uky.edu Some of these major newspapers are: Lexington Herald, Lexington Leader, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal.


 * The Adair Progress 98 Grant Lane - Columbia, Kentucky 42728 Ph (270) 384-6471 Fax (270) 384-6474


 * USGenWeb Archives has some newspaper articles for the years 1897, 1898, &amp; 1901 online.

Probate
"Adair County Clerk of the Circuit Court has Probate Records from 1804 and Court Records from 1802..

Adair County, Last Will and Testament

Vital Records
USGenWeb Archives has the following files online:

Death Records

Marriage Records

Societies and Libraries
ADAIR COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P.O. BOX 613 COLUMBIA, KENTUCKY 42728

Websites

 * Family History Library Catalog


 * Adair County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)


 * Kentucky.gov, Adair County Kentucky