Genealogy and History

• Cyndi's List

  Thousands of genealogy links categorized and cross-referenced.

• Duff's Funeral Notices

  LPL's collection of 676 Lexington funeral notices dating from 1806 to 1887, digitized by the Kentuckiana Digital Library

• Familysearch

  One of the largest genealogical information sources on the internet. Created and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

• 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.

• Find A Grave

  Find a Grave's mission is to find, record and present final disposition information from around the world as a virtual cemetery experience.  Thousands of contributors submit new listings,...

• GENUKI

  A large collection of genealogy information from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

• Herald-Leader Online Obituaries

  Archived daily from the Lexington Herald-Leader.

• History Detectives

  Background information on historical research and investigative techniques, including a "do it yourself" section, from the PBS show of the same name.

• 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 and Archives

  Reference information about Kentucky history, genealogy, and links to other Kentucky libraries on the Internet.

• 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...

• Kentucky Vital Records Index

  Indexes to selected Kentucky vital records.

• Lexington Cemetery

  Find burial records for those interred in the historic Lexington Cemetery

• 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.

• 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.

• UK Libraries Master Negative Microfilm Database

  Listing of Kentucky newspapers available on microfilm at the University of Kentucky.

• 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.