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African American Genealogy Resources: States/Kentucky

From Christine's Genealogy Website.

AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in Kentucky

Ancestry.com - Search Family & Local History Records

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Brian Harneys WebPages, Emphasis on Genealogy

Kentucky genealogy, history, yearbooks, hotrods and more.

EVANS Family

Information on some of the early families connected to Mingo and Logan Counties in West Virginia. Also includes families from Pike and Martin Counties in Kentucky. Site has many old photos. EVANS, HENSLEY, DAVIS, MAYNARD, JEWELL, CURRY, FARLEY, VINSON.

GEDCOM Index .com - Kentucky

Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.

Kentuckiana Konnections - Biographies

Kentucky Adoption Reunion Registry

Free registry is for Kentucky adoption searchs. Lots of useful search tips and current law regarding Kentucky adoptions. Registry was founded in 1980.

Kentucky African American Griots

Dedicated to assisting all in pursuit of their African American ancestry in Kentucky by being a central depository for African American records of historical proportion such as Emancipation Orders, Deeds, Wills, Family Records, etc. through out the state of Kentucky. Our goal is to provide free genealogical research data pertaining to African American's for all to share in. Proud participant in the KyGenWeb/UsGenweb project.

Kentucky Reunions

Maryland Catholics on the Frontier

Families that first settled in Maryland to escape religious persecution in the British Isles and Ireland. These Catholic families first arrived about 1633. When the Protestants took over Maryland not allowing Catholics to use their churches to practice their faith, these families all moved to Central Kentucky. They built so many Catholic Churches in that area it is known as the Holy Lands of Kentucky. They families still meet for reunions.

Maryland to Kentucky Reunion

[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Melungeon Heritage Page - Melungeon Resource Page

Mingo Genealogy

Early families connected to Mingo and Logan Counties in West Virginia and Pike and Martin Counties in Kentucky. Old photos. EVANS, HENSLEY, DAVIS, MAYNARD, JEWELL, CURRY, FARLEY, VINSON.

Ohio River Valley Families

By Allen David Distler.

Online County and Town Histories - Kentucky

This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

Our Family Tree - Kentucky Genealogy New!

Collection of family trees and resources for the state of Kentucky: Smallwood, Taylor, Cundiff, Hatfield, Siler, Burks, Denton, Smith, Gray, Pope

Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky

Cherokee Nation since the 1800s.

Suing For Freedom In Kentucky

Website for two books about lawsuits for freedom filed by Kentucky slaves, with full name indices allowing family searches.

Tribes and Villages of Kentucky