Louisville History Resources
See also LFPL Genealogy Resources, Genealogy Databases and Internet Genealogy Resources.
Adoption and Apprenticeship Records
JHPA (see key)
Adoption and Apprenticeship books-Religious Institutions and Index, c.1879-1945, (Louisville Baptist Orphans Home, Christian Church Widows and Orphans Home, Methodist Episcopal Church South Widows and Orphans Home, German Baptist Orphans Home), hard copy.
Adoption papers filed in the Criminal Division of the Circuit Court, 1875-1904, and Index, hard copy,
Adoption Case Files-Jefferson County Court, and index, #1-#580, 1940-1946, hard copy. (restricted).
Before 1940, adoption case files are included in the civil division case files of Jefferson Circuit Court. The case number may be found in the Plaintiff Index under the name of the petitioner. Post 1946 files are also in the Circuit Court, but they are restricted.
Cemetery and Funeral Records
FILS (see key)
- Maas Funeral Home
- Schildt Funeral Home (Louisville)
- Pearson Funeral Home (Louisville)--1890-1920
- Cave Hill Cemetery (Louisville)--1848-
- Eastern Cemetery (Louisville)--some in book form
- McDaniel Funeral Home (Louisville)
- Bits and pieces from several other cemeteries in various sources.
Census Records
FILS (see key)
- All available census schedules for Kentucky 1810-1920. MICROFILM.
- The indexes for 1810-1870 are in books.
- The indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 are Soundex indexes on microfilm.
- We also have many county abstracts of census in book form.
LFPL (see key)
All available census schedules for Kentucky 1810-1920. MICROFILM (The U.S. 1890 census records were damaged in a fire; all that remains for Kentucky is an enumeration of Civil War Union veterans for some counties.)
- Census indexes.
The indexes for 1810-1870 are in books. - The indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 are Soundex indexes on microfilm.
Citizenship Records
JHPA (see key)
Index to Naturalizations, 1811-1913, hard copy.
Naturalization Books-Jefferson Circuit Court, 1892-1913, hard copy and microfilm.
City Directories for Louisville, Kentucky
FILS (see key)
- Louisville City Directories
- 1832-1930-MICROFILM
- 1931-present-PAPER
- Louisville Suburban Directories, 1957 to the present. PAPER
LFPL (see key)
- Louisville City Directories, 1832 to the present. MICROFILM AND/OR PAPER.
- Louisville Suburban Directories, 1957 to the present. MICROFILM AND/OR PAPER.
UARC (see key)
- Louisville city directories 1832-1990 (PAPER)
- Louisville suburban directories 1957-1991 (PAPER)
- Ekstrom - Louisville city directories 1871-present (PAPER)
- Louisville suburban directories, 1957-present (PAPER)
ULLM (see key)
- Louisville city directories 1871-1927 (FILM)
City Directories (other than Louisville)
LFPL (see key)
- Lexington city directories.
- New Albany/Jeffersonville City Directory. 1880, 1882, 1895, 1899 to the present
City of Louisville Charter
ULRB (see key)
- 1780 charter for the City of Louisville signed by Thomas Jefferson while governor of Virginia
City of Louisville Records
JCA (see key)
- Architectural drawings (original) of several buildings owned by the City of Louisville, 1871 - present;
- Sanborn maps, with updates- from 1905 - 1978
- Annual Budgets (Operating and Capital): incomplete run c. 1955-present
- Annual Financial Reports: incomplete run c. 1900 - present
- Fire Department run logs: late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century
- Legislative records of the City of Louisville - originals and attachments, bonds and contracts. Convenience copies of the microfilmed minutes, ordinances, and resolutions of the legislatures of the City of Louisville, 1781 - 1985. Recent resolutions, ordinances and attachments (originals), through 1990.
- Mayor's office files. The collections include contemporaneous accounts of many events of local interest, especially during the Broaddus (1953- 1957), Hoblitzell (1957-1961), Smead (1965-1969), Burke (1969-1973), Sloane (first term; 1973-1977), Stansbury (1977-1981), Sloane (second term; 1981-1985), Abramson (first term; 1986-1990, second term; 1990-1994).
- Police and Fire Departments personnel records; mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- Tax records, real estate and personal property: 1950 - 1974
- Urban Renewal Agency records, processed, 1962 - 1980. Approximately 270 cubic feet; approximately 1,000 maps. Records detail 10 urban renewal projects and two neighborhood development projects entailing approximately 2,200 acres of land in Louisville and Jefferson County.
- Ephemera:
- Historical buildings and structures in the center city (secondary sources, not limited to City-owned structures), biographical sketches of all mayors who have ever served the City of Louisville, lists and some biographical sketches of members of the Board of Aldermen. Copies of the charters of the City of Louisville, and copies of several published histories of the City (manuscripts, pamphlets, and books) are also available.
- Publications library:
- Approximately 300 cubic feet of material published by the City of Louisville, covering a wide variety of topics and services offered by the City. A card catalogue by creating agency and publication title is the finding aid. The material largely dates from the 1940's through the present.
LFPL (see key)
- Louisville (Ky.): Executive budget, 1956 to present.
- Louisville (Ky.): General ordinances of the city of Louisville, 1869 to present, some years.
- Louisville (Ky.) Annual communication of the mayor and reports of departments of the city of Louisville, 1866
- Louisville (Ky.): Department of Finance City of Louisville Annual Report, 1868-1916.
- Louisville Water Co. Annual Report. 1862-1900, some years. 1901-1989.
- Annual reports for various city agencies such as Parks, Health Department, Civil Service Board etc.
Coroner's Records
JHPA (see key)
- Inquest Books, 1878-1914, #1-#8, hard copy
- Inquest Papers, 1898-1899, 1902-1908,1916-1919, hard copy
- Inquest Files, 1926-present, hard copy and Jefferson County Coroner's Office (1975-present)
- Deputy Coroner's Memo Books, hard copy, 1918-1921,1934-present, and Jefferson County Coroner's Office (1976-present)
Military Service Records
FILS (see key)- Civil War--Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union/Confederate Soldiers from Kentucky for some units. INCOMPLETE
- WWI--listing of Kentucky servicemen. BOOKS
- Revolutionary War--Compiled Service Record Abstracts. BOOKS
JCCL (see key)
- Miscellaneous Books-Jefferson County, 1912-present, hard copy and microfilm, Jefferson County Clerk-Legal Records (Deed Room); (Military discharge papers, when put to the record here in Jefferson County, KY, are recorded by the County Clerk in the Miscellaneous Books)
LFPL (see key)
- Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union/Confederate Soldiers from Kentucky. MICROFILM. There is an index. MICROFILM
County Records
FILS (see key)- Histories of many of Kentucky's major cities and 120 counties. Some include biographical sketches.
- Compilations of transcribed county records for most counties. These include records of wills, marriages, court proceedings, and cemeteries.
LFPL (see key)
- Compilations of transcribed county records for some counties. These include records of wills, marriages, court proceedings and cemeteries.
Draper Manuscripts
FILS (see key)- All of the Draper Manuscripts on microfilm There is an index, "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts." PAPER. We also have Book Guides to some of the series.
LFPL (see key)
- Series A, B, C, J, K, L, M, N, O, W, Y, BB, CC, NN, QQ which relate to Kentucky. MICROFILM.
- There is an index, "Guide to the Draper Manuscripts." PAPER Histories of Kentucky counties and cities.
- Histories of many but not all of Kentucky's major cities and 120 counties. Some include biographical sketches. Congregational and denominatonal histories: Many Louisville congregations.
UARC (see key)
- published works relating to Louisville
Institutional Archives
UARC (see key)- Official records of the University of Louisville, 1798-present, bulk dates, 1838-present (PAPER, PHOTOGRAPHS, and FILM) including correspondence, documents, minutes of the University Board of Trustees, official catalogs, photographs, and other materials. Finding aids and information on records management available on the University of Louisville's Web site.
Kentucky Adjutant General Reports
FILS (see key)- War of 1812
- Mexican War
- Civil War--also have capsule histories of many units. These are rosters of volunteers who served from Kentucky.
LFPL (see key)
- War of 1812
- Mexican War
- Civil War-- These are rosters of volunteers who served from Kentucky.
Kentucky State Court Records
In 1975, the passage of the Judicial Amendment to the KY Constitution greatly changed the structure of the state court system. The new system of organization took effect on 01 January 1978. This inventory, however, only describes records created by the judicial system before 1978.
The below-listed courts generated case papers, dockets, order books, judgment books and indexes which may be of interest to the researchers. The original records have been sent to the State Archives in Frankfort, KY. However, the plaintiff and defendant indexes are available on microfilm at the Jefferson County Clerk-Micrographics Department. To examine an original case file, the record must be brought to Louisville from Frankfort by the Circuit Court Clerk.
- Old Circuit Court-Common Law, 1783-1865
- Old Chancery Court, 1781-1835
- Louisville Chancery Court, 1835-1892
- Jefferson Court of Common Pleas, 1865-1892
- Louisville Vice-Chancellor's Court and Law and Equity Court, 1872-1977
- Jefferson Circuit Court-Criminal Branch, 1832-1977
- Jefferson Circuit Court-Civil Branch, 1892-1977
For a history of the early court system in Kentucky, see Richardson, William C. An Administrative History of Kentucky Courts to 1850. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives: Frankfort, 1983. For a detailed outline of the Court system and its records prepared just a few years before the change in the judicial system, see Thomas, Samuel W. "An Inventory of Jefferson County Records." The Filson Club Historical Quarterly, Vol.44, No. 4, October 1970. The Filson Club: Louisville, Kentucky.
Land Ownership and Division
JJCL (see key)- Deed Books and Indexes, 1783-present, microfilm and hard copy, Grantor Index to Deeds, microfilm, 1938-present.
FiCT (see key)
- Grantee Index to Deeds, hard copy, basement, Fiscal Court Building.
JHPA (see key)
- Grantor Index to Deeds, microfilm, 1783-1937.
- Division Books and Index, 1797-1916, hard copy.
- Jefferson County Court-Division Case Papers, 1852-1950, hard copy
- Commissioner's Deed Books and Index -Circuit Court, 1812-1847, hard copy
- Commissioner's Deed Books and Index-Louisville Chancery Court, 1835-1871, hard copy.
PVAD (see key)
- Tax Maps-Property Valuation Administrator, c.1930s-present, hard copy
JCCL (see key)
- Plat and Subdivision Books and Indexes, c.1900-present, hard copy and microfilm.
JHPA (see key)
- Entry Books, 1779-1835, hard copy. Indexed in Willard Rouse Jillson, Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds, Ch. IV, "Jefferson Entries."
Literary Manuscripts
ULRB (see key)Literary manuscripts from the following Louisville authors
- Madison Cawein
- Abby Mequire Roach
- Ellen Churchill Semple
- Alice Hegan Rice
- Mary Churchill Humphrey
Manuscripts (other than literary)
LFPL (see key)- Congregational and denominational histories. Many Louisville congregations.
- Directory of the Louisville Public Schools. 1904-1972.
UARC (see key)
- Urban History Collections, nineteenth and twentieth century records of important businesses, cultural organizations, social service agencies, and churches, and personal papers of political figures, scholars, and members of the Jewish and African-American communities. Included are major collections such as the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Collection, which contains records, photographs, and maps and drawings; the Hillerich and Bradsby Collection, documenting the famous manufacturer of the "Louisville Slugger" baseball bat; papers of Frank Stanley, publisher of the LOUISVILLE DEFENDER; and collections of many faculty and staff members of the University of Louisville. (PAPER, PHOTOGRAPHS, and FILM)
Maps and atlases
FILS (see key)- Several county atlases
- Maps of Kentucky and Louisville
LFPL (see key)
- A few county atlases
- Maps of Kentucky and Louisville.
- All the topographical maps for Kentucky that are published by the U.S. Geological Survey. Place names that appear on the topographical maps are indexed in a gazetteer that is keyed to the maps, "Guide to Kentucky Place Names."
- County and city atlases
- Boone, 1883. MICROFILM
- Bourbon. 1877 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Bracken, 1884 MICROFILM
- Campbell, 1883 MICROFILM
- Carroll, 1883 MICROFILM
- Clark, 1877 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- City of Covington, 1877 MICROFILM
- Daviess, 1876 MICROFILM
- Fayette, 1877 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Franklin, 1882 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Gallatin, 1883 MICROFILM
- Henderson, 1880 PAPER
- Henry, 1882 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Jefferson, 1879 PAPER
- Jessamine, 1877 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Kenton, 1883 MICROFILM
- City of Louisville, 1876 and 1884 MICROFILM
- Nelson, 1882 PAPER
- Ohio River Valley (Pittsburgh to Cincinnati), 1877 MICROFILM
- Oldham, 1879 PAPER
- Owen, 1883 MICROFILM
- Pendleton, 1884 MICROFILM
- Shelby, 1882 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Spencer, 1882 MICROFILM AND PAPER
- Union, 1880 PAPER
- Woodford, 1877 MICROFILM AND PAPER
LFPL (see key)
- Sanborn Maps of Louisville, 1975 - 1988. Paper.
ULLM (see key)
- Sanborn fire insurance maps, Kentucky, 1886-1951 (FILM)
Name Change Records
JHPA (see key)- Name Change papers-Jefferson County Court, #1-#7, 745, 1886-1977, hard copy. Index kept in Jefferson County Clerk-Probate Department.
JCCL (see key)
- Name Change Order Books, #1-current volume, 1978-present, microfiche and hard copy, Jefferson County Clerk-Probate Department.
Newspapers
FILS (see key)- A good collection of early Louisville and Kentucky newspapers on microfilm and in original form. Indexes to the Courier-Journal for the years 1901 to mid-August 1902.
LFPL (see key)
- Louisville Public Advertiser July 1818-1832, 1834-Oct. 1841. MICROFILM
- Louisville Daily Journal Nov. 1830-Jan. 1832, May 1836- Nov. 1868
- Catholic Advocate Feb. 1841-July 1849, June 1869-1899
- Louisville Morning Courier 1844-1861, 1866-1868
- Louisville Daily Democrat 1851-April 1869
- Courier-Journal Nov. 1868-present
- Evening Post May 1878-Oct. 1925
- Record 1879-1973
- Louisville Times May 1884-Feb. 1987
- Kentucky Irish American 1898-1968
- Herald April 1903-Oct. 1925
- Louisville Leader Nov. 1917-Sept. 1950
- Herald-Post (evening) Nov. 1925-Oct. 1936
- Herald-Post (morning) Nov. 1925-Feb. 1927
- Louisville Defender 1951-present
Other miscellaneous Louisville newspapers
The Library also has these Lexington and Cincinnati newspapers on microfilm
- Kentucky Gazette 1787-1910
- Kentucky Evening Gazette 1907-1910
- Cincinnati Enquirer 1841-1863
UARC (see key)
- LOUISVILLE CARDINAL, 1926-present (PAPER and FILM)
- KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN, 1898-1968 (FILM)
- Louisville Free Public Library Index to the LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, 1917-1977 (FILM)
ULLM (see key)
- LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL 1868-present (FILM)
- Louisville Free Public Library Index to the LOUISVILLE
- COURIER-JOURNAL, 1917-1977 (FILM)
- LOUISVILLE DEFENDER, 1951-present?
ULLR (see key)
- LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL 1992-1994 (CD-ROM)
Oral History
UARC (see key)
Home of the University of Louisville's Oral History Center, preserving over 1,000 taped recollections of university personnel and students, community leaders, members of ethnic communities, workers, and business executives, collected since the late 1970s. Transcripts are available for part of the collection. (AUDIOTAPES and PAPER)
Pension Records
JHPA (see key)
- Old Age Pension Applications-Jefferson County Court, 1930-1932, A-G only, hard copy, not indexed.
- Confederate Soldiers Pension Applications-Commonwealth of Kentucky and Index, 1912-1920, hard copy.
Photographs
FILS (see key)
- Beauchamp-Bush Collection. 145 items, ca. 1850s-1950s.Beauchamp, Bush, and related families, Hancock County, Ky.
- Percy Brown Family Collection. 126 items, 1860s-1970s. Family photographs.
- Calvert Collection. 83 items, 1910-24. Streetcars and interurban cars used in Louisville.
- Camp Zachary Taylor. Album, 1917. Photographs of Jefferson County property sold to the U. S. Government for the site of Camp Taylor. Most not identified.
- Cave Hill Cemetery Collection. 107 items, 1880s-1960s. Photos of cemetery directors, managers, and superintendents; cemetery views.
- Cousins, Ivey W. Collection. 1579 items, 1959-60. Negatives of Louisville street scenes and buildings.
- Crawford-Whitley Collection. 70 items, 1850s-1960s. Family photographs.
- Dabney-Coleman-Joyes Collection. 65 items, 1850s-1940s. Family photographs.
- Dudley Family Collection. 130 items, 1850s-1970s. Charles Lee
- Dudley family of Flemingsburg, Ky.
- Farnsley Collection. 103 items, 1890s-1960s. Charles P. and Nancy Carter. Farnsley family photographs; political figures.
- Farnsley-Peaslee-Carter Collection. 106 items, 1870s-1980s. Family photographs.
- Ferguson-White Collection. 196 items, 1850s-1950s. Family photographs; interior views of the Edwin H. Ferguson mansion in Louisville.
- Fible-Courtenay-Sneed Collection. 58 items, 1850s-1920. Family photographs.
- First Unitarian Church Collection. 66 items, 1860s-1980. People and events associated with the church in Louisville.
- Galt-Gray Collection. 68 items, 1860s-1910. Galt, Gray, Brown, and Ingram family photographs.
- Gray, George Herbert Collection. 105 items, 1910-1930. Houses, churches, and commercial buildings designed by Gray, an architect in Louisville and New Haven,Conn.
- Green-Guerrant Collection. 19 items, 1860s-1912. Miscellaneous photos; album of photos in Eastern Kentucky mountains portraying the work of the "Society of Soul Winners."
- Grove, Benjamin Album. 1856-1897. Photographs of Grove's designs for cemeteries, parks, and subdivisions. Item index.
- Hays, William Shakespeare. 53 items, 1850s-1930s. Family photographs.
- James, Ollie Murray Collection. 47 items, 1886-1917. Photos related to James's career as U. S. Congressman and Senator from Kentucky.
- Johnson-Payne-Coffman Collection. 63 items, 1870s-1960s. Family photographs.
- Juniper Hunting Club. 51 items, 1912-1920s. Sportsmen's club in Florida organized by Louisvillians. Some identified.
- Kendrick-Garvin Family Collection. 61 items, 1860s-1920s. Louisville jeweler William Kendrick's family; Samuel H. Garvin family photographs .
- Kendrick-Trawick Family Collection. 160 items, 1860s-1940s.
- Kendrick, Trawick, Rivers, and Keller family photographs.
- Louisville & Portland Canal. 16 items, 1871-1880s. Photos of construction during the enlargement of the Louisville& Portland Canal.
- Louisville Railway Company Collection. 1880-1950. Photos related to Louisville trolley and interurban lines. Limited access to collection.
- Louisville Service Club. 61 items, 1940s. Service Club personnel, activities, and men and women in the armed services during World War II.
- McAlister Family Collection. 35 items, 1850s-1916. Daniel McAlister and Thomas Fleming McAlister families of Louisville.
- Miller-Thum Collection. 99 items, 1850s-1950s. Dr,.Warwick Miller and Mandeville Thum families.
- Mock, Otto G./Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center. 234 items, 1955-1956. Photographs of construction of the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center.
- Municipal Bridge/George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge. 63 items, 1928-1929. Photographs documenting the construction of the bridge between Louisville and Jeffersonville, IN.
- Munn-Meldrum Collection. 54 items, 1850s-1890s. Abraham G. Munn family photographs.
- Pattie-Hardin-Rodgers Family Collection. 67 items, 1860s-1900. Cartes de visit and tintypes of the Pattie, Hardin, and Rodgers families of Frankfort, KY. Many not identified.
- Pettus-Speiden Family Collection. 230 items, 1860s-1940s.
- Robsion, John Marshall Jr. Collection. 37 items, 1930s-1950s. Photographs related to Robsion's service as U. S. Congressman from the Third District in Kentucky.
- Ryan-Hampton Tobacco Company. 9 items, 1914. Company workers at a variety of tasks associated with producing tobacco twists.
- Smith, Arthur Raymond Collection. 48 items, 1910-1940s. Houses designed by Louisville architect Arthur Smith. Many identified and located.
- Speed, Mary Louise Collection. 100 items, 1860s-1950s. Family photos of Louisville landscape architect Mary Louise Speed.
- Sperry-Gathright Collection. 57 items, 1850s-1958. Sperry and Gathright families of Kentucky and Ohio.
- United Distillers Collection. 150 items, 1940s-1960s. Distilleries, cooperage operations, and activities of several distilleries in Kentucky.
- Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard Collection. 20,000 items, 1902-1942. Negatives and contact prints recording people, scenes, and activities in Kentucky, other states, and foreign countries. Item index.
- Thruston, Rogers Clark Ballard Mountain Collection. 300 items, 1880-1904. People and scenes in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, many taken by Thruston.
- Vaughan Family Albums. 5 items, 1890s-1920s. William Milton Vaughan and William Culver Vaughan family photos, Louisville.
- Verhoeff, Frederick Herman. 270 items, 1890s. Glass negatives made by Frederick Verhoeff picturing Verhoeff family members, Louisville scenes, and travel scenes.
- Viglini Collection. 11 items, 1920s. Photographs of the Pierre Viglini house on one of the estates included in the development of Cherokee Gardens subdivision in Louisville.
- Yandell, Enid Bland Collection. 284 items, 1880s-1920s. Photos of sculptor Enid Yandell, a Louisville native, her works, family and friends, and some of her artist/sculptor contemporaries. Item index.
- Portrait Photograph File. 2766 items. Item index arranged by surname.
ULPA (see key)
- Bradley Studio Collection. 20,00 photographs of families, scenes by photographer Eugene Bradley, Georgetown, Kentucky, 1910-1940.
- Brenner Family Photographs. Albums of photographs by Edward Brenner, brother of Louisville painter Carl Brenner.
- Broaddus, Carolyn Family Collection. 300 snapshot family photographs, 1898-1980 from the daughter of Louisville mayor Andrew Broaddus.
- Brunner Family Collection. 25 photographs of William T. Brunner family.
- Caufield & Shook Studio Collection. 300,000 photographs of Louisville scenes, activities, people, 1904-1978.
- Frederick, Warren K. Notebooks. Louisville and Jefferson County structures built in the 18th and 19th centuries. Documentation of structures shown.
- Goldsmith, Norton L. Collection. Photographs taken by Norton Goldsmith, Louisville attorney; Louisville scenes and family activities
- Greene, Nanine Hilliard Collection. Hilliard family photographs, Louisville scenes.
- Griswold, Howard C. Collection. Family photographs, Louisville scenes,
- Louisville Defender Collection. 25,000 photographs from Louisville's African-American newspaper.
- Matlack, Claude C. Collection. Matlack family photographs and view of the Oneida settlement school, Oneida, Kentucky.
- Matthews, Kate Collections. Glass plate negatives and original prints by 19th/20th century artist Kate Matthers. Family, friends, Peewee Valley, Kentucky views.
- Moxley/Offutt Family Collection. 18 family photographs, 1860's - 1920's.
- Potter, R.G. Collection. 7000 photographs of Louisville scenes, people.
- Royal Photo Collection. 20,000 Louisville scenes and activies, 1904-1972 by the Royal Photo studio.
- Warden, Frank Collection. Negatives and albums containing Warden family photographs, 1937-1975.
- Wallner Collection. Glass negatives, prints showing Louisville scenes and the family of Edward Peter Wallner, 1890-1964.
- Walls, Mrs. J.H. Family Collection. 41 paper, two sixth plate tintypes, 1870-1973 show members of this African-American Louisville family.
Probate Records
JHPA (see key)- Original Wills, 1784-1902, hard copy.,
JCCL (see key)
- Will books and Indexes, 1784-1977, #1-#231, microfiche.
- Will Admitted books and Indexes, 1978-present,.#1-#88, microfiche, #89-current volume, hard copy.
- Estate Files-Jefferson County Court, c.1925-1977, microfiche.,
- Inventory and Settlement Books and Indexes 1800-1977, #1-#1126, microfiche.
JHPA (see key)
- Representatives' Bond Books, c.1863-1977, (Administrator, Assignee, Committee, Curator, Executor, Guardian, Trustee), hard copy, indexed after 1893 in the Index to Wards and Estates, Jefferson County Clerk-Probate Department.
School Records
LFPL (see key)- Louisville (Ky.). Board of Trustees. Report of the Board of Education of Louisville, Kentucky. 1911-1939
- Louisville Public Schools. Board of Trustees. Report.
1860-1954, some years.
High school/college yearbooks: Some local high schools, UK and U of L.
Tax Records
JHPA (see key)- Real Property Tax Rolls for Jefferson County, Kentucky. 1789-1892, microfilm, Jefferson County Department for Historic Preservation and Archives
Vital Records
JCCL (see key)- Marriage Returns,. 1930-present, paper copy.
- Marriage registers and Indexes, 1784-present. 1784-present, hard copy,Marriage Bonds, 1916-present, hard copy, Jefferson County Clerk-Marriage License.
JHPA (see key)
- Death Register-City of Louisville, 1866-1910, mocrofilm.
- Birth Register-City of Louisville, 1898-1910, microfilm.
- Death Returns-Jefferson County, 1852-1859,1893-1894,1900-1901, 1903-1906,1909, microfilm.
- Birth Records-Jefferson County, 1852,1854-1859,1900-1906, 1908-1909, microfilm.
- Marriage registers and Indexes,1784-1911, microfilm.
- Marriage Bonds, c.1855-present; c. 1855-1916, hard copy.
FILS (see key)
- Kentucky Birth, Death, and Marriage Records, 1852-1910 on microfilm. These are incomplete records.
- Death Certificate Index: 1911-1989. MICROFICHE.
- Death Certificates: 1911-1938. MICROFILM.
- Directory of Births and Deaths Registerd in Kentucky
- Births: 1911-1959. PAPER (incomplete and not in good condition)
- Deaths: 1911-1969. PAPER (incomplete and not in good condition
- Births for Louisville: 1898-1910. Includes index. MICROFILM.
- Deaths for Louisville: 1866-1910. Includes index. MICROFILM.
- Kentucky Marriages. MICROFICHE
- Marriage index for brides, 1974-1989
- Marriage index for grooms, 1975-1989
- Kentucky Divorces. MICROFICHE
- Divorce index for wife, 1974-1989.
- Divorce index for husband, 1974-1989.
- Louisville and Jefferson County marriages.
- 1780-1911 indexed and on microfilm.
- 1912-1915 on microfilm, but not indexed.
- 1916-1930 PAPER, no index
UARC (see key)
- deaths: 1911-1992, marriages, 1973-1993, divorces 1973-1993 (records may not be inclusive within those years)
LFPL (see key)
- Kentucky Birth, Death and Marriage Records, 1852-1910. MICROFILM These are incomplete records.
- Directory of Births and Deaths Registered in Kentucky.
- Births and deaths: 1911-1954. MICROFILM
- Births: 1911-1959. PAPER
- Deaths: 1911-1969. PAPER
- Death Certificate Index, 1911-1986. MICROFICHE
- Kentucky Marriages. MICROFICHE
- Marriage index for brides, 1974-1989.
- Marriage index for grooms, 1975-1989.
- Kentucky Divorces. MICROFICHE
- Divorce index for wife, 1974-1989.
- Divorce index for husband, 1974-1989.
Special Indexes and Vertical Files
FILS (see key)- Indexes to articles in some Kentucky historical and genealogical magazines
- Newspaper clipping files about Louisville and Kentucky subjects
- Family Files--correspondence folders on over 3,000 surnames
- Kentucky Biographical Index--finding aid for thousands of Biographical sketches
- Historical files on a variety of people and subjects.
- Papers read before The Filson Club
- Indexes of Kentucky Place Names
- Passenger and Immigration Indexes
LFPL (see key)
- Indexes to the Courier-Journal for the years 1901 to mid August 1902 and 1918 to the present.
- An index to articles in Kentucky historical and genealogical magazines.
- Newspaper clipping files about Louisville and Kentucky subjects.
Other Resources
FILS (see key)
- Many published family histories
- Indexes to Kentucky land grants
- Magazines concerning Kentucky genealogy
- State documents and Louisville city reports
- Scrapbooks prepared by individuals
- Tax Records for many of the counties (early)
- Louisville Naturalization Records
JHPA (see key)
- Research Files-Jefferson County Historic Resources Inventory, 1977-present, (files maintained on all the historic sites in Jefferson County, KY, outside the City of Louisville, identified by the staff of the Jefferson County Department of Historic Preservation and Archives).
- Louisville City Directories, 1832-1983, microfilm and hand copy.
- 1858 Bergmann Map of Jefferson County
- 1879 Beers and Lanagan Atlas of Jefferson County
- 1913 Louisville Title Company Atlas of Jefferson County
- 1927 A.W. Hardin Company Atlas of Jefferson County
- Jefferson County Department for Historic Preservation and Archives, November 1987 (revised August 1995).
LFPL (see key)
- Some family histories.
- Indexes to Kentucky land grants.
- Magazines concerning Kentucky genealogy.
- State documents and Louisville city reports.
- Proceedings of religious and professional groups.
- A variety of materials about life in Kentucky from the Devonian age to the present.
Last Updated:
02/04/2008
