(This page's most recent update is April 2025)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
- Access Genealogy – Kentucky
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Kentucky
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Boyd County Public Library
- Campbellsville University Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Kentucky
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Cyndi’s List – Kentucky
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Daviess County Public Library
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Kentucky
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Library of Appalachia
- Digital Public Library of America – Kentucky
- Documenting the American South
- Eastern Kentucky University Digital Collections
- ExploreUK
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Kentucky Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Kentucky
- Filson Historical Society Library
- FindAGrave
- Genealogy Trails – Kentucky
- Google Books – Kentucky
- HathiTrust – Kentucky
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Kentucky
- Internet Archive – Kentucky
- Kenton County Public Library
- Kentucky Christian University Digital Collections
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA)
- Kentucky Digital Library
- Kentucky Genealogical Society Digital Archive
- Kentucky Historical Society
- Kentucky Historical Society Collections
- Kentucky History Special Collections: Archives
- Kentucky State Digital Archives
- Kentucky State University Digital Collections
- Lawrence County Public Library
- LDS Genealogy – Kentucky
- Lexington Public Library
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Lincoln County Public Library
- Linkpendium – Kentucky
- Louisville Free Public Library
- Morehead State University Digital Collections
- Murray State University Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Atlanta
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Kentucky
- Northern Kentucky University Digital Collections
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Pendleton County Historical & Genealogical Society
- Pendleton Public Library
- Sanborn Maps – Kentucky
- Scott County Public Library Digital Archives
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- The Official Land Records Site
- Transylvania University Digital Collections
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Kentucky – Notable Kentucky African American (NKAA) Database
- University of Kentucky Digital Collections
- University of Louisville Digital Collections
- University of Pikeville Digital Collections
- University of the Cumberlands Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Kentucky
- US GenWeb Archives – Kentucky
- Western Kentucky University Digital Collections
Here is the list of over 6.390 curated Kentucky genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!