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African Ancestry in Kentucky
HISTORY & BACKGROUND It is clear that blacks, both free and enslaved were
present in Kentucky from the very beginning of statehood
(1792) and in Fincastle County and Kentucky Counties, Virginia;
from which Kentucky was formed. There have been several books and
articles written on the subject, some of which are listed below:
Kentucky History: Blacks/African Americans Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and
History-Kentucky's African American Experience We will be posting additional references and their locations
soon !!
Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer - Counties Historical Maps of Kentucky (some from 1870-1912) Kentucky GenWeb Counties (If you don't know your county, click
on the link above to find it) Kentucky Vital Records Index (for looking up relatives) Kentucky Vital Records Information for ordering Jessie Hagan's Homepage (to order photocopies of KY death
certificates) Chester Ward's Homepage (to order photocopies of KY death
certificates) American Local History Network - Kentucky Everton's Genealogy Resources in Kentucky Lexington Kentucky Family History Centers Kentucky Commonwealth Virtural Library (Search the on-line
catalogs of several Ky Libraries and perhaps use the Interlibrary Loan
Program to view in your local library. See your local library for
instructions. University Of Kentucky Libraries Lexington Public Library Paducah Public Library, Special Collections/Genealogy Kentucky Historical Society South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Fulton County Kentucky Genealogy Kentuckiana Genealogy (Indiana & Kentucky) A List of Historical Societies throughout KY Kentucky Research Tips Census Links on the Internet-Kentucky Kentucky African American Census Schedules on-line The Filson Club in Louisville, KY Washington County Kentucky Genealogy Faye Sea Sanders Books on Washington County. KY Barren County, KY Deed Forum Gorin Genealogical Publishing - Books on Warren & Barren
County (including some for African Americans) Cyndi's List- Kentucky Genealogy Resources on the Internet- Kentucky Northern Ky Marriages 1795-1859 American Local History Network - Kentucky Find a Grave By State - Kentucky Cemetery Records of Kentucky by County (not all counties and/or
cemeteries are shown) Internet Funeral Service Directory - Kentucky (not all funeral
Homes/Mortuaries are shown) Commonwealth of Kentucky Homepage Northern Kentucky African American Heritage Task Force Kentucky's United States Colored Troops Civil War - Kentucky Kentucky Yearbooks Kentucky High School Alumni African Americans - 1870 census of Mercer County, KY This area will contain other transcribed African American records
for various KY counties in the very near future. QUERIES, SURNAMES & LOOKUPS Names, and email addresses of volunteers willing to do research and/or lookups will be posted soon. Until then please send queries to Query
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Questions or comments: Mary E. Jewell Copyright © 1999-2002 by AfriGeneas. All rights reserved. |