Allen County, Kentucky Genealogy


 * This article is about a south Kentucky county. For other uses, see Allen.

United States   Kentucky    Allen County

Parent County
1815--Allen County was created 11 January 1815 from Barren and Warren Counties. County seat: Scottsville

Record Loss
1902--A disaster destroyed many records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Barren
 * Macon County, Tennessee
 * Monroe
 * Simpson
 * Sumner County, Tennessee
 * Warren

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * The Kentucky African American Griots Project ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Hangings in Kentucky, 1792 - 1900 ~ Sandi Gorin's Research Tips
 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Bible Records
Allen County Bible Records ~ In the USGenWeb Archives Project

Allen County Bible Records

Allen County Kentucky Bible Records

Biographies, Family Histories, GEDCOM files
Allen County Biography Bibliography at World Cat

Kentucky Biographies-Allen County ~ a KYGenWeb Special Project

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.


 * Allen 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.
 * 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 Allen 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
 * Allen 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 Allen County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Allen 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.
 * Access Genealogy-Allen County, Kentucky Cemetery Records
 * Cemetery Junction
 * C. L. Weaver Cemetery, Halifax, Allen Co., KY
 * Interment.net-Allen County Kentucky
 * African American Cemeteries in Kentucky

AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Church

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Lexington

Court

 * Allen County, KY Courthouse Records
 * Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ A KYGenWeb Special Project
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research and Reference

Land

 * AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE
 * Kentucky Land Office

Local Histories
History of Allen County by B.Y. DeWitt

Maps

 * KYGenWeb Compiled List of Maps
 * Click on the County to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military

 * AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE
 * Military Resources Records from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War
 * Korean War Memorial for Soliders from Kentucky
 * Fallen Soldiers in World War I from KY

Probate
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Vital Records
AllenCountyKY.com SEARCHABLE ON-LINE DATABASE

Early Allen County Marriage Records 1815-1889

Societies and Libraries
ALLEN COUNTY, KY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Web Sites

 * Allen County Kentucky Web Site (Contact information for county officials)
 * KYGenWeb-Allen County Site. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Allen County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History(Linkpendium)