Lincoln County, Kentucky:
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Projects

• Lincoln Co, Kentucky Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lincoln County, Kentucky      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Boyle County, KY  to the northwest
• Casey County, KY  to the southwest
• Garrard County, KY  to the northeast
• Pulaski County, KY  to the south
• Rockcastle County, KY  to the east

Bible Records

• Kentucky Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Kentucky Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Kentucky Pioneers and Their Descendants      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lincoln County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• Lincoln County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lincoln County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Lincoln County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society  includes Shelby Family Cemetery at Traveller's Rest, Lincoln County, Kentucky     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Lincoln County  Kentucky Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lincoln County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Lincoln County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (34)

Court and Legal Records

• Kentucky Court and Other Records  Abstracts of courthouse records for the Kentucky counties of Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Davies, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Kentucky Court and Other Records, Volume II  Abstracted are the records of the following counties: Fayette, Jefferson, Lincoln, Bath, Bourbon, Bracken, Clark, Fleming, Harrison, Hardin, Jessamine, Mason, Madison, Montgomery, Nicholas, Oldham, Scott, Woodford, and Warren     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lincoln County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

DNA Project

• South Central Kentucky Surname DNA Project      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Estate Records

• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes Lincoln County, Book A     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes Lincoln County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Kentucky Court and Other Records  includes Lincoln County Estates     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kentucky Probate Records  1792-1977     (Source: Family History Library)
• Lincoln County Clerk Records, Vol. A, B, C  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Lincoln County Wills and Administrations  Vol. 1     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Lincoln County, KY Data Collection  Kentucky African American Griots
• Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0133, includes Paris, Russellville, Smithland, Stanford, Versailles and Winchester     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (13)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Early Kentucky Landholders  1787-1811     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Kentucky Court and Other Records  includes Lincoln County Deeds     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Some original land grant surveys along Green River  in Lincoln and Casey Counties, Kentucky (1781-1836)     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lincoln County History and Resources  Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
• Lincoln County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Lincoln County Libraries  Kentucky Library Directory
• Lincoln County Libraries 
• Logan's Fort 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lincoln County, Kentucky     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Lincoln County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Lincoln County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Lincoln County, KY Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• lincolncountykygenhelpline  Lincoln County Ky Gen Help line     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• CENTRAL-KY-L Surnames of Central Kentucky

  • CENTRAL-KY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CENTRAL-KY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CENTRAL-KY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• KYLINCOL-L Lincoln County genealogy

  • KYLINCOL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • KYLINCOL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • KYLINCOL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer  Lincoln County
• Lincoln County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Lincoln County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Lincoln County Post Offices 
• Lincoln County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lincoln County Postal Covers      ($)
• Lincoln County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Lincoln County, Kentucky      (Source: Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Captain James Downing Company of Militia  1782
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Lincoln County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Crab Orchard, KY  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County Military Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lincoln County, Kentucky     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lincoln County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Lincoln County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Lincoln County, Kentucky  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data (11)

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Lincoln County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Lincoln County
• Stanford, Kentucky Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection  Lincoln Co.     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Historical Postcards of Lincoln County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lincoln County Images  Kentuckiana Digital Library     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Lincoln County Ky.  Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections

School Records and Histories

• Lincoln County Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks      (Source: USGenWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Lincoln County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Lincoln County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Logan-Whitley Chapter, Stanford      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (210)

Tax Lists

• Early Kentucky Householders  1787 - 1811     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Early Kentucky Householders  1787-1811     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Early Kentucky Tax Records  includes Lincoln County (1789)     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Early Kentucky Tax Records  includes Lincoln County (1789)     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lincoln County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Eine kurze Beschreibung der Saanerkolonie  Nahe bei Stanford, in Lincoln County, Kentucky, 1882     (Source: Google Books)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lincoln County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lincoln County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Lincoln County, Kentucky     (Source: Google Patents)
• Report on the botany of Madison, Lincoln, Garrard, Washington, and Marion Counties, Kentucky      (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Report on the geology of Lincoln County      (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)

Vital Records (13)

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