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Genealogy Research in Mason 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

African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky

​Access Genealogy - Kentucky African American Genealogy


Genealogy Trails History Group - Kentucky African American Records

Kentucky African American Griots - Mason County, KY

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY 1879 Tax List, African-Americans

Mason County, Kentucky African Americans - FamilySearch

Mason 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 - Mason County, KY

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Kentucky Digital Library - Mason County, KY

Kentucky Tombstone Transcription Project - Mason County 

Library of Congress - Mason County, KY

Mason County Public Library

Open Library - Mason County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, Kentucky

Bible Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Family Bibles

Mason County, Kentucky Bible Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Bible Records

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Biographies

Kentucky Biographies - Mason County, KY 

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Biographies

Mason County, Kentucky Biographies - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Biographies

Cemeteries

Access Genealogy - Mason County, KY Cemetery Records

Billion Graves - Mason County, Kentucky 

Find A Grave - Mason County, KY

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Cemeteries

GNIS Search Results - Mason County, KY Cemeteries

Histopolis - Mason County, KY Cemeteries

Histopolis - Mason County, KY Graves

Interment.net - Mason County, KY Cemetery Records

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Cemeteries

KYGenWeb Project - Mt. Gilead Cemetery Photos

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Cemetery Records

Mason County, Kentucky Cemeteries - FamilySearch

McPherson Cemetery Project - Mason County, KY

Mt. Gilead Cemetery - Mason County, KY

Pioneer Graveyard - Mason County, KY 

The Political Graveyard - Mason County, KY

Shannon Cemetery Photos - Mason County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Cemetery Records

WorldCat.org - Mason County, Kentucky 

Census Records

Access Genealogy - Mason County, KY Census Records

GenealogyInc - Mason County, KY Census Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Census Data

Index to the 1810 U.S. Census for Mason County, KY 

KYGenWeb Project - 1790 Census Substitute - Mason County, KY 

KYGenWeb Project - Linked Mason County 1850 US Census Surname Index (Image-Linked)

KYGenWeb Project - Linked Mason County 1850 US Census Surname Index (Text Version)

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Census Records

Mason County, Kentucky Census Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Census Records

Mason County, Kentucky Federal Census Index

1810 Census Images on CD - Mason County, KY

1890 Veterans Census - Mason County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Census Records

Church Records

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Church Records

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Church Records

Mason County, Kentucky Church Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Churches

Court Records

GenealogyInc - Mason County, KY Courthouse & Government Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Court Records

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Court Order Book 67

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Court Records

Mason County, Kentucky Court Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Courthouse Records

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Court Records

Directories

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY City Directories

Mason County, Kentucky Directories - FamilySearch

​Mason County, Kentucky Free Public Records Directory

Telephone Directory of Dover, KY. 41034

Telephone Directory of Mayslick, KY. 41055

Telephone Directory of Maysville, KY. 41056

Telephone Directory of Washington, KY. 41096

Disasters

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Train Plunges Over Embankment, May 1907

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Area Steamboat HORNET Capsizes, Jun 1832

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Area Steamer A. N. JOHNSTON Explosion, Dec 1847

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Opera House & Library Fire, Jan 1898

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Saloon Fire, Mar 1909

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Sawmill Fire, July 1911

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Struck by Train, Jun 1912

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Train Wreck, Drownings, June 1890

GenDisasters.com - Maysville, KY Train Wreck, May 1907

GenDisasters.com - Mayville, KY Boiler Lighting Accident, Mar 1937

Estate Files

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

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Probate Records


Mason County, Kentucky Probate Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Wills

History

American Ancestors - Mason County, KY

Digital Commonwealth - Mason County, KY

ExploreKYHistory - Mason County 

History & Heritage - Kentucky Tourism

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Histories & Genealogies

Lists of National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

Living Places - Mason County, KY

Mason County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

Mason County, Kentucky Local Histories - FamilySearch

National Register of Historical Places - Mason County, KY

New England Historic Genealogical Society - Mason County, KY

People from Mason County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY History

Immigration and Naturalization Records

Immigration Ships - Mason County, KY

​Mason County, Kentucky Immigration Records - FamilySearch

Land Records

BLM GLO Records

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Deeds

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Land Records

Mason County, Kentucky Land and Property Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Deeds

Maps

Digital Commonwealth - Mason County, KY Maps/Atlases

Histopolis - Mason County, KY Map

Historic Map Works - Mason County, KY

Kentucky Digital Map Library

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Map Records

Mason County, Kentucky Maps and Gazetteers - FamilySearch

State and County Maps of Kentucky

USGS Topographic Maps - Mason County, Kentucky 

Miscellaneous Records

Digital Commonwealth - Mason County, KY Postcards/Cards

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY County Records & Information

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Family Records

KYGenWeb Project - The Mason County Attic

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County Connections

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Queries, Mail Lists and Lookups

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Miscellaneous Records

Mason County, Kentucky External Links

Mason County, Kentucky Resources

Mason County, Kentucky Research Guides - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Miscellaneous Records

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Military Records

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Military Records

Mason County, Kentucky Military Records - FamilySearch

New Horizons Genealogy - Mason County, KY Military Records

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Military Records

WWII Army Casualties: Mason County, Kentucky - National Archives

WWII Army Casualties: Mason County, Kentucky - National Archives (Cont'd)

Municipalities 

Histopolis - Mason County, KY Cities

LDS Genealogy - Mason 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

A Native History of Kentucky - Kentucky Heritage Council

Newspapers

Digital Commonwealth - Mason County, KY Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY News Articles

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Newspapers

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Newspaper Records

Ledger-Independent

Mason County, Kentucky Newspapers - FamilySearch

Mason County, KY References in Out-of-Area News Articles

Names of Deceased Maysville Citizens Published in the Daily Republican 1887

Genealogical Gleanings from the Maysville Eagle - Mason County, KY

Newspaper Abstracts - Mason County, KY

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Newspaper Records

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Obituaries

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Obituary Records

Ledger-Independent - Obituaries

Mason County, Kentucky Obituaries - FamilySearch

Obituary Index - Mason County, KY 

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Obituaries

Photographs

Digital Commonwealth - Mason County, KY Photographs

FamilyOldPhotos.com - Mason County, KY

Kentucky High School and College Yearbooks Online

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Photographs

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Photos

School Records

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY School Records

Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks - Mason County 

Mason County, Kentucky School Records - FamilySearch

Societies

GenealogyInc - Mason County, KY Societies and Family History Resources

Kentucky Gateway Museum Center

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Kentucky Genealogical Society

Kentucky Historical Society

Tax Records

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY 1792 Tax List

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY 1793 Tax List

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY 1879 Tax List

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY 1879 Tax List, African-Americans

KYGenWeb Project - Early Mason County Tithables

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Tax Records

Mason County, Kentucky Tax Records - FamilySearch

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Tax Records

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Taxlists

Vital Records

FamilyHart - Mason County, Kentucky 

GEDCOM Index - Mason County, Kentucky

GenealogyInc - Mason County, KY Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Death Certificates

Genealogy Trails History Group - Mason County, KY Marriages

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Births 1911-1920 By Child Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Births 1911-1920 By Mother Surname


KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Births 1921-1930 By Child Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Births 1921-1930 By Mother Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Death Certificates

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 1, 1789-1805 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 1, 1789-1805 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 2, 1806-1817 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 2, 1806-1817 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 3, 1818-1826 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 3, 1818-1826 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 4, 1827-1837 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts ​4, 1827-1837 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 5, 1838-1845 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 5, 1838-1845 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 6, 1846-1852 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 6, 1846-1852 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 7, 1852-1856 Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 7, 1852-1856 Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 8, 1857-1862, Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 8, 1857-1862, Bride's Surname


KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 9A, 1863-1864, Groom's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 9A, 1863-1864, Bride's Surname

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 9B, 1865-1867

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 10, 1868-1873 

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 11, 1873-1878

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 12, 1878-1882

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 13, 1883-1887

KYGenWeb Project - Mason County, KY Marriage Abstracts 14, 1888-1892

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Birth Records

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Death Records

LDS Genealogy - Mason County, KY Marriage Records

Mason County, Kentucky Birth Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Death Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Divorce Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Marriage Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Vital Records - FamilySearch

Mason County, Kentucky Vital Records

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Marriage Records

USGenWeb Archives - Mason County, KY Vital Records

VitalRec.com - Mason 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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