Rowan County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States &gt; Kentucky &gt; Rowan County

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 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, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files etc
[*KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project
 * http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/rowan/family-pages.html 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.
 * 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.
 * 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
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
 * 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,
 * 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
 * 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

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Court

 * Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference
 * 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

Land

 * The KY Land Office

Maps

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * 1895 U.S. Atlas- Rowan County Kentucky 1895

Military

 * 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
 * Rowan County Genealogy Trails Vietam War Casulaties
 * http://www.archive.org/stream/listpensionerso02buregoog#page/n487/mode/1up List of Revelutionary War Pensioners]
 * USGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Kentucky Military Records

Miscellaneous

 * Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
 * The KYGenWeb Footsteps ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project

Newspapers

 * The Morehead News
 * Rowan County Bulletin
 * Kentucky News -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm  -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm

Obituaries

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

Vital Records

 * Kentucky Marriage Project-Rowan County
 * KYGenWeb Archives Project-Rowan County Vital Records
 * Rowan County Births
 * Rowan County Deaths
 * Rowan County Marriages
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
 * KY Births & Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 	Family Search
 * KY Deaths & Burials ~ KY Deaths & Burials 1843 - 1970
 * KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
 * Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths & 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

 * 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


 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Web Sites

 * KYGenWeb Archives-Rowan County
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kencucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
 * The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * KYGenWeb-Rowan County
 * Rowan County KY Genealogy Forum
 * Rowan County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)