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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- United States Online Census, 1790-1940
- U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, ($), index.
- Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890, ($), index.
- United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890 — index and images
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Online Kentucky indexes and images[edit | edit source]
1880-1840[edit source]
| Online Federal and State Population Schedules of Kentucky | |||||||||||
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Internet Archive[2] | Misc. | Heritage Quest[3] | Fold3[4] | Ancestry FHL[5] | Ancestry Library[5] | Ancestry Home[5] | Archives[6] | Family Link[7] | ||
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1810-1870[edit source]
| Online Federal and State Population Schedules of Kentucky | |||||||||||
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Internet Archive[2] | Misc. | Heritage Quest[3] | Fold3[4] | Ancestry FHL[5] | Ancestry Library[5] | Ancestry Home[5] | Archives[6] | Family Link[7] | ||
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- Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890 at Ancestry.com ($)
Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
| 1940 N/A | 1910 and Soundex | 1870 |
| 1930 | 1900 and Soundex | 1860 |
| 1920 and Soundex | 1880 and Soundex | 1850 |
| 1940 N/A | 1910 T624 Soundex T1266 | 1870 M593 | 1840 M704 |
| 1930 T626 | 1900 T623 Soundex T1047 | 1860 M653 | 1830 M19 |
| 1920 T625 and Soundex M1563 | 1880 T9 Soundex T750 | 1850 M432 | 1820 M33 |
| 1810 M252 |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Kentucky, click here
Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]
Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]
| Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Kentucky | ||||||||||
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| 1890 | Veterans | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1880 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1870 | Mortality | Link | - | - | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
| 1860 | Slave owner | - | - | - | Link[8] | Link | Link | Link | ||
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| 1850 | Slave owner | Link | - | - | Link | Link | Link | Link | ||
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| 1840 | Pensioners | Link | BookLink | BookLink | - | Link | Link | Link | ||
Microfilm images[edit | edit source]
- 1890 Veterans United States. Census Office. 11th Census, 1890. Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0123. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1948. (On 118 Family History Library films, beginning with 338160). Family History Library films for Kentucky are 338160–2. Each schedule may contain the following information: the veteran’s name (or if he did not survive, the names of both the widow and her deceased husband); rank; company; regiment or vessel; date of enlistment and discharge; length of service in years, months, and days; post office and address; and disabilities incurred. The schedule also contains remarks necessary for a complete statement of his term of service. Many Confederate veterans were accidentally enumerated.
| Year | KY Mortality Schedules | FHL Film |
| 1850 | Pendleton-Woodford | 422419 |
| 1860 | Adair-Woodford | 422420 |
| 1870 | Adair-Jefferson | 422421 |
| 1870 | Jessamine-Woodford | 422422 |
| 1880 | [Aaron-Meredith] | 422423 |
| 1880 | [Meridan-Zwicky] | 422424 |
| 1880 | Adair-Jackson | 422425 |
| 1880 | Jefferson-Mason | 422426 |
| 1880 | Meade-Woodford | 422427 |
| Non-Population Schedules | Kentucky Slave Schedules | Film Number |
| 1850 | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey | 442991 |
| 1850 | Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin, Fulton | 442992 |
| 1850 | Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harlan, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jefferson | 442993 |
| 1850 | Jessmine, Johnson, Kenton, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, McCracken, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Meade, Mercer | 442994 |
| 1850 | Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Scott, Shelby, Simpson | 442995 |
| 1850 | Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Whitley, Woodford | 442996 |
| 1860 | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Ballard, Barren, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Campbell, Carroll, Carter, Casey | 803401 |
| 1860 | Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, Edmonson, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, Franklin | 803402 |
| 1860 | Fulton, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Graves, Grayson, Green, Greenup, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Hopkins, Jackson, Jefferson | 803403 |
| 1860 | Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Lawrence, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, McCracken, McLean, Madison, Magoffin, Marion | 803404 |
| 1860 | Marshall, Mason, Meade, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Shelby | 803405 |
| 1860 | Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Trimble, Union, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Whitley, Woodford | 803406 |
Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Kentucky, click here.
State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]
Kentucky often took censuses in the years between the federal censuses, the dates are listed below. State census records may have columns that were different or more unusual than those found on federal censuses. The responses and years of coverage may give additional information on the family.
- 1819-1820 Northern Kentucky town censuses[9] including Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties
School Censuses
- 1870-1936 (mostly 1895-1910) school censuses for many Kentucky counties. School censuses, where they exist, may only be available at local boards of education. A few are at the Kentucky State Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, or Family History Library.[10]
Census Substitutes[edit | edit source]
- 1787-1811 tax lists[11]
- 1800 tax lists[12] - Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- 1795 tax lists[13]
- 1790 tax lists[14]
- 1787 tax lists[15] In 1787 part of Virginia included what is now Kentucky.
Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]
For a list of available and missing Kentucky censuses, click here.
Why use a census?[edit | edit source]
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.
More about censuses[edit | edit source]
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Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FamilySearch, a free online service of the Family History Library, including free images of many federal censuses, including an index of the 1880 federal census of the United States; connected with 1880 census images provided by Ancestry.com, a subscription site.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Internet Archive, a free online service includes free images of most of the federal censuses.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 HeritageQuest has arranged with many subscribing public libraries in the United States to allow users free access on home computers by means of their personal library card numbers. HeritageQuest provides images of all surviving 1790 to 1930 federal censuses, and indexes to many but not all of them.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fold3, formerly known as Footnote.com, a subscription site partnering with the National Archives and includes some federal censuses. Free access is available at many public libraries.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Ancestry.com, a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving federal and many state census records, among other sources. They have three online editions: (1) an FHL edition free only at the Family History Library and a few Family History Centers, (2) a slightly smaller Library edition free only at some public libraries, and (3) a Home edition subscription service for individuals.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Archives.com, a subscription site that provides online indexes and images to all surviving federal census records, among other sources.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 FamilyLink.com, a subscription site that provides online images (and some indexes) to all surviving federal and many state census records, among other sources.
- ↑ HeritageQuest has slave owner schedule images only.
- ↑ Stephen W. Worrel, Northern Kentucky : towns census of 1819 and 1820 ([Falls Church, Virginia] : S.W. Worrel, 1993) [FHL Book 976.9 A1 no. 477].
- ↑ Ann S. Lainhart, State Census Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992)[[FHL book 973 X2Lai]], 47.
- ↑ James F. Sutherland, Early Kentucky householders, 1787-1811 (Baltimore : Genealogical Pub., 1986) [FHL Book 976.9625 R4s].
- ↑ Garrett Glenn Clift, Second census of Kentucky : a privately compiled and published enumeration of tax payers appearing in the 79 manuscript volumes extant of tax lists of the 42 counties of Kentucky in existance in 1800 (1954; reprint, Baltimore, Genealogical Pub., 1966) [FHL Book 976.9 X2p 1800; Film 390838]. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- ↑ T.L.C. Genealogy, The 1795 census of Kentucky (Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, c1991) [FHL Book 976.9 R48t].
- ↑ Charles B. Heinemann, First census of Kentucky, 1790 (1940; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub., 1965) [FHL Book 976.9 X2ph 1790; Film 1440537 Item 17].
- ↑ Netti Schreiner-Yantis, and Florene Speakman Love, The 1787 census of Virginia : an accounting of the name of every white male tithable over 21 years, the number of white males between 16 and 21 years, the number of slaves over 16 and those under 16 years, together with a listing of their horses, cattle and carriages, and also the names of all persons to whom ordinary licenses and physician's licenses were issued, 2 vols. (Springfield, Virginia : Genealogical Books in Print, c1987) [FHL Book 975.5 R4sn].
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