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Local History
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The Kentucky Room, located on the third floor of the Central Library, contains a wealth of information about Kentucky and Fayette County. The collection features books on all...
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Lexington Public Library’s Kentucky Room is a special collection and a reading room that houses the library's local history and genealogy collection. The Kentucky Room is part of...
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Vital Records in Kentucky
The Government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky kept no birth, marriage, or death records prior to 1852. The first vital statistics law, passed by the...
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Death certificates are of particular interest to genealogists and family historians. These records often contain the names of the parents of the deceased, the place of burial, and...
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Lexington Public Library’s Kentucky Room is partnering with institutions throughout central Kentucky to provide online access to digital collections. The Kentuckiana Digital...
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The Elmer L. Foote Collection is a group of 190 lantern slides. Lantern slides, glass positive transparencies, were in common use for many years all over the world. Lexington...
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African Cemetery No. 2
Seventh St, Lexington KY
History of the Lexington Cemetery by Burton Milward p. 17-18
Lexington Herald 01/23/80 A-3 col. 5-6
Lexington Herald 06/03/80 A-3...
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The following is a brief alphabetical list of microfilmed newspapers housed in Lexington Public Library’s Kentucky Room. This list provides a quick guide to the various...
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Lexington city directories, cross-reference directories, and telephone books are housed in the Kentucky Room and Kentucky Room closed stacks. In addition, 1864-1882 city...
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The Kentucky Room collection includes census records for various years in various formats, including microfilm of original records, indexes, transcriptions, and reconstructions...
