1: Research and Records
2: Archives and Libraries
3: Vital and Census Records
4: Church and Cemetery Records
5: Emigration and Immigration
6: Military Records
7: Probate, Land and Court
8: Maps and Gazetteers
9: Newspapers
10: Websites
11: Search Records
12: Get Help
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Goal 12: Get help with your Kentucky research.
Choices
AUse Facebook pages to get answers to your questions.
- Visit the Kentucky Genealogy Network page on Facebook.
- Visit the Kentucky History and Genealogy Network page on Facebook.
- Visit the Kentucky Genealogy page on Facebook.
- Visit the Kentucky Genealogy - Just Ask! page on Facebook.
- Visit the U.S. South Genealogy Research page on Facebook.
- See the Genealogy on Facebook list of Facebook groups dedicated to helping with research for Kentucky.
Regional Groups
BJoin a community, mailing list, or message board for Kentucky research.
- Join the RootsChat forum and post questions about Kentucky research.
- Explore the Kentucky research mailing lists on Cyndi's List.
- Explore the
FamilySearch community for help with Kentucky research. - Use the Ancestry message boards to read or post questions about Kentucky research.
- Get personalized help from a research volunteer at the Family History Library.
- Request scans or indexes from catalog records available at the Family History Library.
CLearn about Kentucky genealogy and historical societies.
- Learn about genealogy societies in Kentucky in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Kentucky Societies
- Learn about genealogy societies in Kentucky in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Kentucky Societies - Explore the Kentucky Genealogical Society site.
- Explore Kentucky genealogy society sites on Cyndi's List.
- Get help at a FamilySearch center in Kentucky.
Regional/Local Societies
Exercises
- * Proficient: Make a list of Facebook groups, mailing lists, and genealogy societies of interest, and then join or subscribe to them.
Kentucky Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T=GenealogyTrails; F=Facebook
Get a printable map of counties.
Get an interactive map of counties.