Genealogy and History

Online Reference Room

Ancestry Library Edition Available only at library locations
Large genealogy database includes census images, vital statistics, family trees and historic records.
Available only to customers inside the library.
Biography Resource Center
Biographies of hundred of thousands of individuals, from all fields of interest and throughout history.
HeritageQuest Online
Research your family's history online using census records and rare published family and local histories. Includes PERSI, Periodicals Source Index, for genealogical and local history research magazines.

A Lexington Public Library card is required to access some of the above resources outside the library.

Internet Links

National

Cyndi's List
Thousands of genealogy links categorized and cross-referenced.
Familysearch
One of the largest genealogical information sources on the internet. Created and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
GENUKI
A large collection of genealogy information from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
History Detectives
Background information on historical research and investigative techniques, including a "do it yourself" section, from the PBS show of the same name.
Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
Site devoted to the Library of Congress local history and genealogy holdings.
National Archives Genealogy Page
Provides many of the finding aids, guides, and research tools useful in preparing for a visit or requesting records from NARA.
USGenWeb Project
Websites for genealogical research organized by county and state, created and maintained by volunteers throughout the nation.
Vital Records State Index
Information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
War of the Rebellion
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, from Cornell University Libraries.

State and Local

Duff's Funeral Notices
LPL's collection of 676 Lexington funeral notices dating from 1806 to 1887, digitized by the Kentuckiana Digital Library
Fayette County, Kentucky Genealogy and History
Local site for the USGenweb Project.
Filson Club Historical Society
Guide to the publications, activities and collections of Kentucky''s oldest historical organization.
Kentucky Civil War Query page
From Rootsweb - find answers to your Kentucky Civil War questions, as well as links to other sites about Kentucky in the Civil War.
Kentucky Department for Libraries Archival Reference Service
Useful information for researchers and genealogists from the Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives.
Kentucky Historical Society
Kentucky's home for history.
Kentucky Land Office
The Kentucky Secretary of State''s Land off includes numerous database of interest to historical researchers, including the Virginia Treasury Warrants, Military Registers & Land Records and other useful land records.
Kentucky Vital Records Index
Indexes to selected Kentucky vital records.
Lexington Cemetery
Find burial records for those interred in the Historic Lexington Cemetery
Lexington-Herald Leader Obituaries
Lexington and Kentucky obituaries for the past 365 days.
Notable Kentucky African Americans Database
The Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA) is finding aid to with brief descriptions of African Americans with Kentucky roots and ties.
Rootsweb Kentucky Death Records, 1911-2000 (index)
Provides useful search options, like limits by year or searching by Soundex name variants. MANY POP-UPS.
UK Libraries Master Negative Microfilm Database
Listing of Kentucky newspapers available on microfilm at the University of Kentucky.

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