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Projects

• McCracken County, Kentucky      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• McCracken County, Kentucky Ky GenWeb  History & Genealogy     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Mccracken KY GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• Ballard County, KY  to the west
• Carlisle County, KY  to the southwest
• Graves County, KY  to the south
• Livingston County, KY  to the northeast
• Marshall County, KY  to the east
• Massac County, IL  to the north
• Pulaski County, IL  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Kentucky Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

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

• Kentucky Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• McCracken County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• McCracken County GEDCOM Index 
• Paducah GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• McCracken County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• McCracken County  Kentucky Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• McCracken County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• McCracken County Cemeteries      (Source: Kim's Cemeteries of the United States)
• McCracken County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Church Records

• McCracken County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Directories

• Ohio River Directory, 1871-72  includes Paducah     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Paducah Directory  1890-91     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes Mc Cracken County, Book A     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes McCracken County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• McCracken County Will & Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Ethnic

• McCracken County, KY Data Collection  Kentucky African American Griots

History

• McCracken County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• McCracken County  Kentucky Historical Marker Database
• McCracken County      (Source: Signs of History)
• McCracken County History  Kentucky Court of Justice
• McCracken County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Paducah, Kentucky      (Source: Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • McCracken County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • McCracken, McCreary, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Meade, Menifee, Mercer, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan and Muhlenberg County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Paducah, KY Train Wreck, Dec 1911      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

• County Records Availability      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Jackson Purchase links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Cyndi's List of Kentucky locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• McCracken County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• McCracken County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• McCracken Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• McCracken County Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County, Kentucky Deeds  Volume 4, May 1837 - September 1838     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• West of Tennessee River Military Patents 

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Local and Family History  McCracken County Public Library
• McCracken County Genealogy and History  McCracken County Public Library
• Mccracken County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• McCracken County Libraries  Kentucky Library Directory
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (23)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Bird's eye view of Paducah, Kentucky 1889      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer  McCracken County
• McCracken County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• McCracken County Post Offices 
• McCracken County Postal Covers      ($)
• McCracken County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Unlimited access to topo maps. Try it free!)
• McCracken County, Kentucky      (Source: Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer)
• Paducah, Kentucky 1919      (Source: Perry-Castañeda Library)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• McCracken County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Pension Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Jackson Purchase Surnames  This website contains the surnames which are being researched in the 8 counties of the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky (Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, and McCracken)
• McCracken County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• McCracken County Query Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through McCracken County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Southern Claims Commission  McCracken County, Kentucky     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• McCracken County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• McCracken County, Kentucky Newspaper Abstracts  Volume K, July 30, 1919 - August 21, 1919     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• McCracken County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• The Paducah Sun 
• The Paducah Sun      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection  McCracken Co.     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Historical Postcards of McCracken County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jackson Purchase Photograph & Document Center      (Source: USGenWeb)
• McCracken County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McCracken County Images  Kentuckiana Digital Library     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• McCracken County Ky.  Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections
• Penny Postcards from Kentucky      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

School Records and Histories

• A Historic Timeline  West Kentucky Community & Technical College
• McCracken County Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks      (Source: USGenWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  McCracken County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Paducah Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Paducah Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (95)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of McCracken County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• McCracken County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Report on the geological and economic features of the Jackson's Purchase region  Embracing the counties of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken, and Marshall     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)

Vital Records (10)

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