Genealogy
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Genealogy
Ancestry.com - Library Edition
Access is free, but only available to users located inside the library building
Cemeteries & Graves
Census
National Archives - 1940 Census Search Page
Census Bureau - 1940 United States Census
Ethnic & Religious Sites
This site is devoted to African ancestry in the Americas. It is a community of researchers with mail lists, message boards, and chats. Most notable is its surname database that can connect genealogists with others who are researching the same surname in the same town and/or county during specific time periods.
A site dedicated to African American genealogy
Includes many different sources of information for people doing their German genealogy, including links to ship and passenger lists
JewishGen®, Inc. is the primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide
Researching Ancestors from the United Kingdom
Tips on researching ancestors of British ancestry
Genealogy Research in Kentucky
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Hosted by a group of volunteers, this site is a good starting point for Kentucky genealogical research. It also provides information on Kentucky history and Kentucky counties.
Kentucky genealogical information from Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative
Revolutionary War Warrants - KY Secretary of State
Index to 4,748 land warrants that Virginia issued to Revolutionary War veterans. It also provides access to digitized images of the warrants.
General Genealogy Sites
Ancestry.com - Library Edition
Access is free, but only available to users located inside the library building
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Cyndi’s list is a starting point for genealogical research online. The site has more than 250,000 links that point users to genealogy web pages. The links are categorized and cross-referenced.
Sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this site has a large collection of free family history, family tree, and genealogical records. You can also go here to learn more about the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reference Services
Find resources by country. Each country has its own site, which may provide you with online resources, email lists, query boards, contact information for local libraries and archives, maps, local histories, and more.
United States’ page for the WorldGenWeb Project. The goal of the site is “to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.”
Immigrants
Official website of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. Visitors to this site can set up a free user account and then login to search passenger records.
National Archives - Immigration Records
Site explains where to find passenger lists and immigration records and provides several links to immigration resources
American immigrant Wall of Honor
Search a database of names inscribed on the wall at Ellis Island
Castle Garden offers access to a database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened
Military
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War
Military Personnel Records Center
Repository for military records for all discharged and deceased veterans who served during the 20th Century, from the National Archives and Records Administration
Online Veterans and Military Documents
Description of military records available through the National Archives and Records Administration
Military Records section has information from the Indian War to Vietnam
Rootsweb project with information on Kentucky in the Revolutionary War, Mexican War, War of 1812 and the Civil War
Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications
Korean War Casualties from Kentucky
from the National Archives and Records Administration
Vietnam War Casualties from Kentucky
from the National Archives and Records Administration
Newspapers
National Digital Newspaper Program - Kentucky Edition
Kentucky chose 37 newspapers that were representative of the state's six unique geographic regions. As each new NDNP phase expands its date, those 37 original titles continue to be digitized if they are available on microfilm. Meanwhile, new titles are introduced.
Kenton County Public Library’s Northern KY Newspaper Index
KCPL staff maintains this index to Northern Kentucky Newspapers, which covers 1835-1932 and 1984 to the present. Newspapers indexed include the Kentucky Post, Kentucky Enquirer, Daily Commonwealth, Covington Journal, Sunday Challenger, Newport Local, Kentucky State Journal, Ticket, and others.
Lexington Public Library’s Local History Index
The selective citations included in the Lexington Public Library’s Local History Index appeared in various Lexington newspapers beginning with the Kentucky Gazette in 1787 and continuing through the current Lexington Herald-Leader.
List of Online Historical Newspapers
Extensive list of online historical newspapers, arranged by state, with links to each website, compiled by the University of Pennsylvania
Obituaries
Searches obituaries from more than 400 U.S., Canadian & U.K. newspapers and the U.S. Social Security Death Index to provide the most accurate and timely obituary information available. Recently published obituaries can be accessed at no charge, as can Social Security Death Index information. Obituaries from their archive can be accessed for a small fee.
Organizations
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Passenfer Lists
Find passengers on ships that landed at Ellis Island between 1892-1924
Researching Immigrant and Passenger Arrival Records
Tips from USGenWeb
From the National Archives and Records Administration
Vital Statistics
Online database of select Kentucky vital statistics information. Users can search Kentucky Deaths from 1911-1992, Kentucky Marriages from 1973-1993, and Kentucky Divorces from 1973 to 1993. Hosted by the University of Kentucky.
Office of Vital Statistics - Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services
The Office of Vital Statistics has no records of marriages and divorces prior to that date. Copies of marriage certificates prior to June 1958 may be obtained from the county clerk in the county where the license was issued. Records of divorce proceedings are available from the clerk of the circuit court that granted the decree.
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Statewide records for pre-1911 birth and death records and 1911-1955 death records.
Facts from the Department for Health Services. Vital statistics from 1996-2004 are also included.
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