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Genealogy Research in Lincoln County, Kentucky

Kentucky is a great place to do research because of the state's large number of archives, libraries and other repositories. In addition to state-level resources in Frankfort, a variety of records can also be found locally at county courthouses, public libraries, historical societies and elsewhere. Websites like Ancestry.com and FamilySearch also offer access to online databases that contain billions of records relating to Kentucky genealogy.
 In addition to these great resources, we have compiled a large number of links that should prove helpful to your search. Many of these are listed below and on our other pages relating to Kentucky's 120 counties. If you would like a professional genealogist to help you with your quest, please click below.
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African American Genealogy

Access Genealogy - Kentucky African American Genealogy

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African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky

Genealogy Trails History Group - Kentucky African American Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky African Americans - FamilySearch

Lincoln County (KY) Slaves, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870 

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Archives and Libraries

Hathi Trust Digital Library - Lincoln County, KY

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Library of Congress - Lincoln County, KY

Open Library - Lincoln County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, Kentucky

Bible Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Bible Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Bible Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Bible Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Bible Records

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Biographies

Kentucky Biographies - Lincoln County 

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Biographies
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Lincoln County, Kentucky Biographies - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Biographies

Cemeteries

Access Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Cemetery Records

Billion Graves - Lincoln County, Kentucky 

Find A Grave - Lincoln County, KY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Cemeteries

GNIS Search Results - Lincoln County, KY Cemeteries

Histopolis - LIncoln County, KY Cemeteries

Histopolis - Lincoln County, KY Graves

Interment.net - Lincoln County, KY Cemetery Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Cemetery Locations

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Funeral Homes

Kentucky Tombstone Transcription Project - Lincoln County 

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Cemetery Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Cemeteries - FamilySearch

The Political Graveyard - Lincoln County, KY 
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USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Cemetery Records

WorldCat.org - Lincoln County, Kentucky 

Census Records

Access Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Census Records

GenealogyInc - Lincoln County, KY Census Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Census Data

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Census Maps of Kentucky

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Census Online

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Census Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Census Records - FamilySearch

Lincoln County, Kentucky Census Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Federal Census Index

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Census Records

Church Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Churches

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Church Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Church Records - FamilySearch

Court Records

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Court Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Courthouse Records

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Court Records

Directories

Lincoln County, Kentucky Directories - FamilySearch
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Lincoln County, Kentucky Free Public Records Directory

Telephone Directory of Crab Orchard, KY. 40419

Telephone Directory of Hustonville, KY. 40437

Telephone Directory of Kings Mountain, KY. 40442

Telephone Directory of Stanford, KY. 40484

Telephone Directory of Waynesburg, KY. 40489

Estate Files

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Wills & Legal Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Settlement of Estate Papers

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Will Index

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Probate Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Probate Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln  County, KY Wills

History

American Ancestors - Lincoln County, KY

Digital Commonwealth - Lincoln County, KY

ExploreKYHistory - Lincoln County 

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Histories & Genealogies

Lincoln County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

Lincoln County, Kentucky Genealogies - FamilySearch

Lists of National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County Kentucky - Wikipedia

National Register of Historical Places - Lincoln County, Kentucky 

New England Historic Genealogical Society - Lincoln County, KY

People from Lincoln County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Immigration Records - FamilySearch

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Deeds

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Land Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Land and Property Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Deeds

Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Lincoln County, KY Maps/Atlases

Histopolis - Lincoln County, KY Map

Historic Map Works - Lincoln County, KY

Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer - Lincoln County, KY 

Kentucky Digital Map Library

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Map Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Maps and Gazetteers - FamilySearch

State and County Maps of Kentucky

USGS Topographic Maps - Lincoln County, Kentucky 

Miscellaneous Records

Digital Commonwealth - Lincoln County, KY Postcards/Cards

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Brick Walls

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Family Files

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Genealogy Links

KYGenWeb Project - Letters Written by Lincoln County Residents: Documents of Elizabeth Ryan Wall

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Resource Page 

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Index of Surnames 

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Miscellaneous Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky External Links 

Lincoln County, Kentucky Resources

Lincoln County, Kentucky Research Guides - FamilySearch

Military Records

Battle of Logan's Fort - Lincoln County, KY 

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Military Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Military Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Pensions

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Military Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Military Records - FamilySearch

New Horizons Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Military Records

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Military Records

WWII Army Casualties: Lincoln County, Kentucky - National Archives

Municipalities 

Histopolis - Lincoln County, KY Cities

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County Records by City/Town

Native American Genealogy

Access Genealogy - Kentucky Indian Tribes

American Indian Records in the National Archives - National Archives

Ancient Life in Kentucky - University of Kentucky

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FamilySearch.org - Indigenous Peoples of Kentucky

Kentucky Indian Tribes and Languages

Native American History - Lincoln County, KY

A Native History of Kentucky - Kentucky Heritage Council

Newspapers

Chronicling America - Lincoln County, KY

Digital Commonwealth - Lincoln County, KY Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Newspaper Articles

The Interior Journal - Lincoln County, Kentucky

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Newspaper Articles

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Newspaper Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Newspapers - FamilySearch

Newspaper Abstracts - Lincoln County, KY

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Obituaries

The Interior Journal - Obituaries

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Obituary Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Obituaries - FamilySearch

Obituary Index - Lincoln County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Obituaries

Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Lincoln County, KY Photographs

Kentucky High School and College Yearbooks Online

KYGenWeb Project - Photos of Lincoln County, KY Bicentennial Celebration 1775-1975 

KYGenWeb Project - Photos of Old Homes in Lincoln County, Kentucky 

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Photos

KYGenWeb Project - Scenic Views of Lincoln County, Kentucky

KYGenWeb Project - Waynesburg, Kentucky Yearbook for 1939

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Photos

School Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY School Index

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY School Records

Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks - Lincoln County 

Lincoln County, Kentucky School Records - FamilySearch

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY School Records

Societies

GenealogyInc - Lincoln County, KY Societies 

Historic L & N Depot & Museum - Stanford & Lincoln County

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Kentucky Genealogical Society

Kentucky Historical Society

Lincoln County Historical Society - Facebook 

Lincoln Museum - Lincoln County, KY 

McDowell House Museum - Lincoln County, KY 

William Whitley House State Historic Site - Lincoln County, KY 

Tax Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY County Records 1789 Tax Roll

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Tax Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Tax Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, Kentucky Taxes

Vital Records

FamilyHart - Lincoln County, Kentucky 

GEDCOM Index - Lincoln County, Kentucky

GenealogyInc - Lincoln County, KY Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lincoln County, KY Marriage Records

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Birth Index

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Death Index

KYGenWeb Project - Lincoln County, KY Marriages

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Lincoln County, KY Marriage Records

Lincoln County, Kentucky Birth Records - FamilySearch

Lincoln County, Kentucky Death Records - FamilySearch

Lincoln County, Kentucky Divorce Records - FamilySearch

Lincoln County, Kentucky Marriage Records - FamilySearch

Lincoln County, Kentucky Vital Records - FamilySearch

Lincoln County, Kentucky Vital Records

USGenWeb Archives - Lincoln County, KY Vital Records

VitalRec.com - Lincoln County, KY 

Kentucky County Records

Many Kentucky family records can be found online and at various archives and libraries located throughout the state of Kentucky. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, county clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in Kentucky. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in Kentucky. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in Kentucky have changed over the past two hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of Kentucky's 120 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.

County

Adair County
Allen County
Anderson County

Ballard County
Barren County
Bath County
Bell County
Boone County
Bourbon County
Boyd County

Boyle County
Bracken County
Breathitt County
Breckinridge County
Bullitt County
Butler County
Caldwell County
Calloway County
Campbell County
Carlisle County
Carroll County

Carter County
Casey County
Christian County
Clark County
Clay County
Clinton County
Crittenden County
Cumberland County
Daviess County
Edmonson County
Elliott County

Estill County
Fayette County
Fleming County
Floyd County

Franklin County

Fulton County
Gallatin County
Garrard County

Grant County
Graves County
Grayson County
Green County
Greenup County
Hancock County

Hardin County
Harlan County
Harrison County
Hart County
Henderson County
Henry County
Hickman County
Hopkins County
Jackson County

Jefferson County
Jessamine County
Johnson County

Kenton County
Knott County

Knox County
LaRue County
Laurel County

Lawrence County
Lee County

Leslie County
Letcher County
Lewis County
Lincoln County
Livingston County
Logan County
Lyon County
McCracken County
McCreary County
McLean County

Madison County
Magoffin County
Marion County
Marshall County
Martin County

Mason County
Meade County
Menifee County

Mercer County
Metcalfe County


Monroe County
Montgomery County
Morgan County
Muhlenberg County
Nelson County
Nicholas County
Ohio County
Oldham County
Owen County
Owsley County
Pendleton County
Perry County
Pike County
Powell County

Pulaski County
Robertson County

Rockcastle County

Rowan County
Russell County

Scott County
Shelby County
Simpson County
Spencer County
Taylor County
Todd County
Trigg County
Trimble County
Union County
Warren County
Washington County
Wayne County
Webster County

Whitley County
Wolfe County

Woodford County

Formation Date

1802
1815
1827

1842
1798
1811
1867
1798
1785
1860

1842
1796
1839
1799
1796
1810
1809
1822
1794
1886
1838

1838
1806
1796
1792
1807
1835
1842
1798
1815
1825
1869

1808
1780
1798
1800

1794

1845
1798
1796

1820
1824
1810
1792
1803
1829

1792
1819
1793
1819
1798
1798
1821
1806
1858

1780
1798
1843

1840
1884

1799
1843
1825

1821
1870

1878
1842
1806
1780
1799
1792
1854
1825
1912
1854

1785
1860
1834
1842
1870

1788
1823
1869

1785
1860


1820
1796
1822
1798
1784
1799
1798
1823
1819
1843
1798
1820
1821
1852

1798
1867

1810

1856
1825

1792
1792
1819
1824
1848
1819
1820
1837
1811
1796
1792
1800
1860

1818
1860

1788

County Seat

Columbia
Scottsville
Lawrenceburg

Wickliffe
Glasgow
Owingsville
Pineville
Burlington
Paris
Catlettsburg

Danville
Brooksville
Jackson
Hardinsburg
Shepherdsville
Morgantown
Princeton
Murray
Alexandria & Newport
Bardwell
Carrollton

Grayson
Liberty
Hopkinsville
Winchester
Manchester
Albany
Marion
Burkesville
Owensboro
Brownsville
Sandy Hook

Irvine
Lexington
Flemingsburg
Prestonsburg

Frankfort

Hickman
Warsaw
Lancaster

Williamstown
Mayfield
Leitchfield
Greensburg
Greenup
Hawesville

Elizabethtown
Harlan
Cynthiana
Munfordville
Henderson
New Castle
Clinton
Madisonville
McKee

Louisville
Nicholasville
Paintsville

Covington and Independence
Hindman

Barbourville
Hodgenville
London

Louisa
Beattyville

Hyden
Whitesburg
Vanceburg
Stanford
Smithland
Russellville
Eddyville
Paducah
Whitley City
Calhoun

Richmond
Salyersville
Lebanon
Benton
Inez

Maysville
Brandenburg
Frenchburg

Harrodsburg
Edmonton


Tompkinsville
Mount Sterling
West Liberty
Greenville
Bardstown
Carlisle
Hartford
La Grange
Owenton
Booneville
Falmouth
Hazard
Pikeville
Stanton

Somerset
Mount Olivet

Mount Vernon

Morehead
Jamestown

Georgetown
Shelbyville
Franklin
Taylorsville
Campbellsville
Elkton
Cadiz
Bedford
Morganfield
Bowling Green
Springfield
Monticello
Dixon

Williamsburg
Campton

Versailles

Parent County

Green County
Barren  & Warren
Franklin, Washington & Mercer
Hickman & McCracken
Green & Warren
Montgomery County
Harlan & Knox
Campbell County
Fayette County
Greenup, Carter & Lawrence
Lincoln & Mercer
Mason & Campbell
Clay, Perry & Estill
Hardin County
Jefferson & Nelson
Logan & Ohio
Livingston County
Hickman County
Harrison, Mason & Scott
Hickman County
Gallatin, Trimble & Henry
Greenup & Lawrence
Lincoln County
Logan County
Bourbon & Fayette
Madison, Floyd & Knox
Cumberland & Wayne
Livingston County
Green County
Ohio County
Hart, Grayson & Warren
Morgan, Lawrence & Carter
Clark & Madison
Kentucky County
Mason County
Fleming, Montgomery & Mason
Mercer, Shelby & Woodford
Hickman County
Franklin & Shelby
Madison, Lincoln & Mercer
Pendleton County
Hickman County
Hardin & Ohio
Lincoln & Nelson
Mason County
Ohio, Breckinridge, & Daviess
Nelson County
Knox County
Bourbon & Scott
Hardin & Barren
Christian County
Shelby County
Christian County
Henderson County
Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, Rockcastle
Kentucky County
Fayette County
Floyd, Lawrence & Morgan
Campbell County
Perry, Letcher, Floyd & Breathitt
Lincoln County
Hardin County
Rockcastle, Clay, Knox & Whitley
Greenup & Floyd
Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, & Wolfe
Clay, Harlan & Perry
Perry & Harlan
Mason County
Kentucky County
Christian County
Lincoln County
Caldwell County
Hickman County
Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley
Daviess, Muhlenberg &  Ohio
Lincoln County
Floyd, Johnson, Morgan
Washington County
Calloway County
Floyd, Johnson, Pike, & Lawrence
Bourbon County
Breckinridge & Hardin
Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell & Wolfe
Lincoln County
Barren, Hart, Green, Adair, Cumberland & Monroe
Barren & Cumberland
Clark County
Bath & Floyd
Christian & Logan
Jefferson County
Mason & Bourbon
Hardin County
Henry, Jefferson, Shelby
Franklin, Gallatin, Scott
Breathitt, Clay, Estill
Campbell & Bracken
Floyd & Clay
Floyd County
Clark, Estill & Montgomery
Green & Lincoln
Bracken, Harrison, Mason & Nicholas
Lincoln, Madison, Knox & Pulaski
Fleming & Morgan
Adair, Wayne & Cumberland
Woodford County
Jefferson County
Allen, Logan, Warren
Nelson, Shelby, Bullitt
Green County
Logan & Christian
Christian & Caldwell
Gallatin, Henry, Oldham
Henderson County
Logan County
Jefferson County
Pulaski & Cumberland
Henderson, Hopkins & Union
Knox County
Breathitt, Owsley & Powell
Fayette County

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