Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Robert Livingston. The County has Smithland as its seat and the County was created 2 December, 1798. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Livingston County Courthouse 335 Court Street PO Box 40 Smithland, KY 42081-0400 Phone: 270-928-2162 Livingston County Website

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Biographies

 * KY Biographies, Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

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


 * Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
 * Livingston Co. KY Cemeteries List
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * ePodunk list of Livingston 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

 * Livingston Co. KY Churches
 * Listing of churches

Baptist

 * Baptist Church at Salem. Church minutes (1805-1902) are available online.

Court Records

 * Livingston Co. Wills and Probate Records
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

African Americans

 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records available
 * The African American Griots Project
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

 * [Baker] Chapman, Peggy Brown. Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties &amp; Jackson Purchase, Kentucky. Lubbock, Texas: P.B. Chapman, 1995.
 * [Lacey] Moore, Maurice Augustus. The Life of Gen. Edward Lacey: With a List of Battles and Skirmishes in South Carolina During the Revolutionary War. Spartanburg, S.C.: Douglass, Evins &amp; Co., 1859..
 * [Lacey] Draper, Lyman C. King's Mountain and Its Heroes. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, Publishers, 1881. Pages 463-464. Digital version at Google Books.
 * [Lacey] Owen, Thomas McAdory. "Colonel Edward Lacey of the Revolution and Some of His Descendants," The Gulf States Historical Magazine, Vol. 1 (July 1902):41-44. Digital version at Google Books.

Land and Property Records

 * Bureau of Land Management
 * Kentucky Land Grants, Ancestry ($)
 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * Livingston Co. KY History
 * National Register of Historic Places - Livingston Co. KY

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
 * Old Fire Maps
 * 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


 * - 20th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and K.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * Livingston Ledger
 * University of KY Libraries newspapers on microfilm
 * 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

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1799-1873 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * 1799-1832 - The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Livingston 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:
 * Will Book A: 1799-1832
 * Livingston Co. Wills and Probate Records

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
 * 1837 Deliquent Tax List for Livingston Co., KY
 * Present Tax Rates
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Vital Records

 * Livingston County Kentucky Vital Records
 * Livingston County Clerk 335 Court Street Smithland, KY 42081
 * KY Vital Records Project

Birth

 * 1800-1901 - Delayed Livingston Co. KY Births 1800-1910
 * 1839-1960 – at FamilySearch
 * 1852-1861 - Livingston County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875 - Livingston County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1911-1930 - Livingston Co. KY Births 1911-1930

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1785-1979 – at FamilySearch
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1861 - Livingston County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1875 - Livingston County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1876-1878 - Livingston County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1895 - Livingston Co. KY Marriages 1895
 * 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records

Death

 * 1843-1970 – at FamilySearch
 * 1860 - Livingston Co. KY 1860 Mortality Schedule
 * 1870 - Livingston Co. KY 1870 Mortality Schedule
 * 1911-1965 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Index
 * Some Livingston Co. KY death certificate transcriptions
 * The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Libraries

 * New Library
 * Kentuckiana Digital Library
 * Filson Library

Societies

 * Livingston County Historical and Genealogical Society 117 State St P O Box 138 Smithland, KY 42081 Telephone: 270-928-4656 Email: [mailto:livingstonhistorical@windstream.net livingstonhistorical@windstream.net] Website
 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Livingston County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Livingston Co., KyGenWeb
 * 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.
 * Livingston County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Livingston 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