Bath County, Kentucky
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| − | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kentucky|Kentucky ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Bath_County,_Kentucky|Bath County]]'' | + | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kentucky|Kentucky ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Bath_County,_Kentucky|Bath County]]'' {{Adoption KYGenWeb}} |
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| + | | county = Bath County | ||
| + | | county_map = Bath_County_svg.png | ||
| + | | state = Kentucky | ||
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| + | | founded year = 1811 | ||
| + | | founded date = January 15 | ||
| + | | seat wl = Owingsville | ||
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== County Courthouse == | == County Courthouse == | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 5 November 2010
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| Bath County, Kentucky | |
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 Location in the state of Kentucky | |
 Location of Kentucky in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | January 15, 1811 |
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| County Seat | Owingsville |
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Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Parent County
1811--Bath County was created 15 January 1811 from Montgomery County. County seat: Owingsville [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1864,1964--Disasters destroyed many records.
Places / Localities
Populated Places
| Bethel | Oakla | Polksville | Sharpsburg |
| Clear Creek Furnace | Olympia | Preston | Slate Valley |
| Jackson Schoolhouse (hist.) | Owingsville | Reynoldsville | Wyoming |
| Kendall Springs (hist.) | Peasticks | Salt Lick | |
| Midland | Pebble |
Neighboring Counties
Resources
African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:
- African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
- Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
- Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky.
- Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone. May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
- Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Bath County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,
- Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net
- Bath Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.
- The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Bath County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
- ePodunk list of Bath County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Bath County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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