Records & Data: Jefferson County

I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors. If you have more that you consider helpful, please let me know. You can also check out the Jefferson County files at the USGenWeb Archives

AFRICAN-AMERICAN

• Louisville African American Oral History Archive - University of Louisville
• American Baptist Newspaper: Issues from 1903-1904 - African-American newspaper digitized and online at ChroncilingAmerica.gov
• Louisville Leader Collection - extant issues from 1917-1950
• Simmons College of Kentucky - photos, catalogs, and yearbooks of this historically black college
• Book: African-American life in Louisville by Bruce Michael Tyler - [Find in a Library]
• Book: African Americans in and around Jefferson County by Jefferson County Historical Society
• Book: Louisville's Historic Black Neighborhoods by Beatrice S. Brown, PhD - [Find in a library]
• Kentucky African-American Newspapers
• Kentucky, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 - (FamilySearch.org)

BIBLE

• Montgomery Family Bible Record

BIRTHS

• Jefferson County Delayed Birth Records, 1893-1910 - 50 page PDF document
• Baptisms of the Jeffersontown Evangelical Church, 1818-1872 - pdf document
• Order birth certificates from the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services

BIOGRAPHIES

• Jefferson County Biographies - archived at the Internet Archive
• Biographies of the KYGenWeb Project- Jefferson County biographies

BUSINESSES

• Ghost Signs of Louisville - historical ads painted on buildings (Univ. of Louisville)
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Records - Univ. of Louisville collection
• Louisville Storefronts & Saloons Album (ca. 1912) - album of images (Univ. of Louisville)
• Book: The industries of Louisville, Kentucky, and of New Albany, Indiana (1886) - book online at the Internet Archive

CEMETERIES

• Jefferson County Cemeteries at the USGenWeb Archives
• Jefferson County Cemeteries - at FindAGrave.com
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Jefferson County

CENSUS & Tax Lists

• 1789 Tax List
• 1837 Western Address Directory for Louisville
• USGenWeb Census Project: Jefferson County
• Census Records (Free at FamilySearch.org) - 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940

DEATHS/OBITUARIES

• Misc. Jefferson County deaths - USGenWeb Archives
• Misc. Jefferson County obituaries - USGenWeb Archives
• Kentucky Death Index, 1911-1986 - University of Kentucky
• Kentucky Death Index, 1987-1992 - University of Kentucky
• Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 - (FamilySearch.org)
• Kentucky Footsteps Archives - collection of obituaries, 1997-present
• Social Security Death Index - (FamilySearch.org)

EDUCATION

• Simmons College of Kentucky - photos, catalogs, and yearbooks of this historically black college
• University of Louisville - digitized yearbooks
• Univ. of Louisville Kornhauser Health Sciences Library Collection - images from the dental, nursing, and medical schools

FAMILIES

• Ancestry of Joseph and Reuben Field of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
• Land of Abraham Field
• John B. Southard, Jr
• John McCurdy Williamson - Family & Descendants

HISTORY

• Book: Louisville Remembered by Gary Falk - [Find in a Library]
• Book: Old Louisville by David Domine & Ronald Lew Harris - [Find in a Library]

MAPS

• Bird's eye view of Louisville, Kentucky 1876
• Louisville from the river front and Southern Exposition, 1883
• Interactive maps of Louisville
• Kentucky Maps - collection of the Univ. of Louisville

MARRIAGES/DIVORCES

• Marriage Bonds, 1781-1849
• 1852-1910 Marriage Records of Jefferson County
• Jefferson County Marriages - USGenWeb Archives
• Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 - (FamilySearch.org)
• Kentucky Marriage Index, 1973-1993 - University of Kentucky
• Kentucky Divorce Index, 1973-1993 - University of Kentucky

MILITARY

• Jefferson County WWII Casualty List - USGenWeb Archives
• Jefferson County WWII Casualty List - National Archives
• Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - (FamilySearch.org)
• Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - (FamilySearch.org)
• Revolutionary Land Warrants

NEWSPAPERS

• American Baptist Newspaper: Issues from 1903-1904 - African-American newspaper digitized and online at ChroncilingAmerica.gov
• American Baptist Newspaper - current site
• Examiner: Issues from 1847-1849 - digitized and online at ChroncilingAmerica.gov
• Kentucky Irish American: Issues from 1898-1921 - digitized and online at ChroniclingAmerica.gov
• Kentucky African-American Newspapers
• Louisville Leader Collection - extant issues from 1917-1950
• Courier-Journal - current site

PHOTOGRAPHS

• Furnas Family Photos - more than 600+ photos (Univ. of Louisville)
• Herald-Post Photo Collection - more than 3800+ photos from the newspaper (Univ. of Louisville)
• Images of Kentucky and Environs - Louisville-related images (Univ. of Louisville)
• Newton OWEN Postcard Collection - 500+ postcards from 1900-1940 (Univ. of Louisville)
• Souvenir of Louisville, Kentucky (1900) - book at the Internet Archive

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