In designing the Kentucky Vital Records Project, we focused on issues that were important to us as genealogists. We hope you find wonderful treasures here, and then share your time and personal collections to make the same happen for another!

Free access. Access remains free thanks to generous supporters. Our web space and domain registration are generously provided by project volunteers.All images have been prepared and transcribed by site visitors and project volunteers.

Centralized records. The Kentucky Vital Records Project will ultimately be a repository for images and transcriptions of all available Kentucky birth, marriage and death records.

Easy Searches. Our search capabilites allow you to see every unique surname in the database, so you can look for those obscure spellings and misspellings.

Records available (although not all on this site): Kentucky marriage records are available beginning in 1792 with statewide registrations beginning in 1958. Birth and death records were kept sporadically from 1852-1910 by individual counties and cities. Statewide birth and death registration began in 1911.

Requests for information: We do not have the resources to answer queries about individuals.

Submitters own rights to individual submissions. All other material Copyright 2004-2008, The Kentucky Vital Records Project. All rights reserved. If you experience problems with this site, contact the webmaster .

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we have come from. Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness and the most disquieting loneliness."

-- Alex Haley

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