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[[Category: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]]
''This entry was originally written by [[Wendy Bebout Elliott]], Ph.D., [[FUGA]],  for [[Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources]].''
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==[[Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives]]==
Public Records Division<br>
300 Coffee Tree Rd.<br>
Frankfort, KY 40601	<br>
[http://kdla.ky.gov/ kdla.ky.gov/]

The department serves as the statewide repository for microfilmed county records from the earliest date for all 120 counties. Some counties, without sufficient space, store either their original early or modern records here as well. Consequently research using original records for many counties can be conducted entirely at this repository. Correspondence with the department and the appropriate counties is recommended to clarify specific holdings.

A valuable research tool is the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives' ''The Guide to Kentucky Archival and Manuscript Repositories'' (Frankfort, Ky.: Public Records Division, 1986). This compilation, available online, is based on data gathered by the Kentucky Guide Project. It contains an overview of 285 Kentucky repositories and their holdings.

==[[Kentucky Historical Society]]==
100 W. Broadway<br>
Frankfort, KY 40601	<br>
[http://history.ky.gov http://history.ky.gov]

For a detailed description of some holdings in the Kentucky Historical Society Library, consult Joan E. Brookes-Smith, ''Kentucky Historical Society Microfilm Catalog'', vols. 3'4 (Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1981) or see descriptions online.

An older and outdated finding aid for names and addresses of over 300 Kentucky genealogical and historical societies is the Kentucky Historical Society's ''Directory of Historical Organizations and Speakers Bureau'' (Frankfort, Ky.: Historical Confederation of Kentucky and Kentucky Historical Society, 1988). A reprinted edition is expected. 

==[[Kentucky Genealogical Society]]==
P.O. Box 153<br>
Frankfort, KY 40602-0153	<br>
[http://www.kygs.org www.kygs.org]

==[[University of Kentucky]]==
Division of Special Collections and Archives<br>
Margaret King Library<br>
Lexington, KY 40506	<br>
[http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/Special www.uky.edu/Libraries/Special]

==[[Filson Library]]==
1310 S. Third St.<br>
Louisville, KY 40205	<br>
[http://www.filsonhistorical.org www.filsonhistorical.org]