Nelson County, Kentucky:
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Projects

• Nelson County KY ALHN      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Nelson County KyGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Nelson County, Kentucky      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Anderson County, KY  to the east
• Bullitt County, KY  to the northwest
• Hardin County, KY  to the west
• Larue County, KY  to the south
• Marion County, KY  to the southeast
• Spencer County, KY  to the north
• Washington County, KY  to the southeast

Bible Records

• Kentucky Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

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

• Kentucky Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Nelson Co, Kentucky, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Nelson County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• Nelson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Nelson County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Nelson County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Nelson County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Nelson County  Kentucky Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Nelson County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Nelson County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Nelson County, KY Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Photographs of Nelson County Cemeteries      (Source: Grave Addiction)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

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)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Nelson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Nelson County Atlas  1882     (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Estate Records

• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes Nelson County, Books A and B     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes Nelson County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I  includes Nelson County Estates     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kentucky Probate Records  1792-1977     (Source: Family History Library)
• Nelson Clerk Records, Wills Vol. 1/1A, 1785-1801  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Nelson Clerk Records, Wills Vol. B & C, 1801-1828  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Nelson County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Ethnic

• Nelson County, KY Data Collection  Kentucky African American Griots

History (19)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Nelson County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Civil War Museum of the Western Theater  Old Bardstown Village
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy Library Resources  Nelson County Public Library
• Kentucky Railway Museum  New Haven, Kentucky
• Nelson County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Nelson County Libraries  Kentucky Library Directory
• Nelson County Libraries 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Nelson County, Kentucky     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Ancestral Trails Historical Society Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Nelson County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Nelson County, KY Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• nelsoncountykygenhelpline  Nelson 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)

• KENTUCKIANA-L For genealogy research and information exchange in the Indiana counties of Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Scott, Spencer, Warrick and Washington, and the Kentucky counties of Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble. This is a highly research structured list, chatroom atmosphere is discouraged.

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

• KYNELSON-L Nelson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Bardstown, KY  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Nelson County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Nelson County, Kentucky     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Confederate Soldiers from Nelson County Kentucky 

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Ancestral Trails Historical Society  Archives Index Table
• Kentucky Court and Other Records  Volume I     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Kentucky Genealogical Records & Abstracts, Volume 1  1781-1839     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Migrations through Nelson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Nelson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Nelson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Nelson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Nelson County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Bardstown Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Bardstown, Kentucky Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Kentucky Standard  Bardstown, Kentucky
• The Kentucky Standard  Bardstown, KY     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kentucky Standard  Bardstown     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Nelson County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection  Nelson Co.     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Historical Postcards of Nelson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kentucky--Bardstown.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kentucky--Nelson County--Bardstown.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Nelson County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Nelson County Images  Kentuckiana Digital Library     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Nelson County Ky.  Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections
• Penny Postcards from Kentucky      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Bardstown School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Historical tribute to St. Thomas' Seminary at Poplar Neck  Near Bardstown, Kentucky     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Historical tribute to St. Thomas' Seminary at Poplar Neck, near Bardstown, Kentucky  1906     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Nelson County Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks      (Source: USGenWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Nelson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Glenmar Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Nelson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Nelson County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Ancestral Trails Historical Society 
• Boston KY Cemetery Association      (Source: Family Tree Maker User Home Pages)
• Cox's Station Chapter  Cox's Creek     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Cox's Station Chapter, Cox's Creek      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• John Fitch Chapter, Bardstown      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (211)

Tax Lists

• Early Kentucky Tax Records  includes Nelson County (1792)     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Early Kentucky Tax Records  includes Nelson County (1792)     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Nelson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Nelson County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Nelson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Nelson County, Kentucky     (Source: Google Patents)
• Report on the geology of Spencer and Nelson counties      (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)

Vital Records (11)

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