Kentucky Cemetery Records
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA, for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Many collections of cemetery records are available for Kentucky. A Kentucky cemetery records database is available through the Kentucky Historical Society website. In 1977 the Kentucky Historical Society began computerizing extant cemetery records for the state. Cemetery tombstone transcriptions are included in the Ardery collection (see Kentucky Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections). The main repositories for cemetery compilations are the Kentucky Historical Society, University of Kentucky Library, Filson Library, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library in Washington, D.C., local libraries, and the FHL. Kentucky regional libraries and some other large genealogical libraries outside the state have collections of Kentucky cemetery transcriptions. In addition, publications pertaining to Kentucky and Kentuckians frequently contain cemetery records for the state. Many cemetery inscriptions are located online and are organized by county and town at Kentucky Cemetery Records .
- Coyle, Malle B., and Lorena Eubanks. Kentucky Cemetery Records. Lexington, Ky.: Kentucky Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1960.
- Johnson, Robert Foster. Wilderness Road Cemeteries in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Owensboro, Ky.: McDowell Publications, 1981.
- Wilson, V., M. B. Coyle, L. C. Mallows, and I. B. Gaines. Kentucky Cemetery Records. 5 vols. Florence, Ky.: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1960'72. The Coyle and Eubanks volume cited above is part of this series.
