Research guide for Kentucky

History, Heritage

New Resource: Kyleidoscope: Explore Kentucky History Online

Beyond the Shelf: Serving Historic Kentuckiana Through Virtual Access

County Formation and Court House Disasters

Filson Club  (The Filson Historical Society. Kentucky's oldest, privately supported historical society was named to honor Kentucky's first historian, John Filson. The collections contain such items as original manuscripts, portraits, landscapes, photographs and prints, genealogical materials, printed family histories, local business records, and other primary historical materials with nationally recognized strength in the history of Kentucky, the Ohio Valley, and the Upper South.)

Early Kentucky History Manuscripts Collections

Kentucky as a Commonwealth

Kentucky Encyclopedia

Kentucky Governors

            Grave Locations of Kentucky Governors

            Gubernatorial History

Kentucky’s…

            Capitol Buildings

            County Names (Origins)

            County Seats & Chambers of Commerce

            Covered Bridges

            Elected Officials

                        Provisional Confederate Congress

                        US House of Representatives

                        US Senate

            Flag

            Historian Laureate: Thomas D. Clark

            Poet Laureates

            State Bird

            State Seal

            State Bluegrass Song

            State Song

            State Tree

Kentucky Historical Society  (The Kentucky Historical Society was formed in 1836 by a group of prominent Kentuckians intent on preserving the history of the commonwealth. It was chartered as the state society in 1838 and began to collect books and printed materials. The Society became an agency of Kentucky state government in the early 1950s.)

Kentucky Land Office

Kentucky Vital Records Index

Kyleidoscope: Explore Kentucky History Online

Local History Index (Kentucky)  (The Lexington Public Library's Local History Index is a very selective index to newspaper articles pertaining to significant people, places, events, churches, businesses and organizations in Lexington and Fayette County. The selective citations included in the Lexington Public Library's Local History Index appeared in various Lexington newspapers beginning with the Kentucky Gazette in 1787 and continuing through the current Lexington Herald-Leader.)

Notable Kentucky African Americans (NKAA)  The Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (NKAA) has been developed as a finding aid to bring together a brief description of pertinent names, places, and events, and to list the sources where additional information may be found.

Researching Your African-American Ancestors

Researching Your Civil War Ancestors