Childers Family Cemetery Wide Creek Rd Beattyville Ky
Guide to Lee Canton, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, nascency records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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County Information [edit | edit source]
Description [edit | edit source]
Lee Canton was named for Robert E. Lee. The county is located in the east-central surface area of the state.[2]
Canton Courthouse [edit | edit source]
Lee County Courthouse
Chief St, Room 11
P.O. Box 412
Beattyville, KY 41311
Telephone: 606-464-4115[3]
Lee County Website
Lee County, Kentucky Record Dates [edit | edit source]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, oft containing conflicting dates. This data should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the canton and/or the land regime agency.
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| Birth* | Spousal relationship | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1874 | 1870 | 1874 | 1870 | 1870 | 1870 | 1810 |
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Record Loss [edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]
- 1870--Lee County was created 29 January 1870 from Owsley, Estill, Wolfe and Breathitt Counties.
- County seat: Beattyville[5]
Populated Places [edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[six]
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History Timeline [edit | edit source]
Resource [edit | edit source]
Bible Records [edit | edit source]
Biographies [edit | edit source]
- Kentucky Biographies Projection
- Lee County Kentucky Biographies
Business concern, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]
Cemeteries [edit | edit source]
The following web sites have additional information on Lee county cemeteries.
- Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
- Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
- Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Local volunteers may have photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
Census Records [edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Popular. | %± |
| 1880 | iv,254 | — |
| 1890 | half-dozen,205 | 45.ix% |
| 1900 | 7,988 | 28.vii% |
| 1910 | ix,531 | xix.3% |
| 1920 | eleven,918 | 25.0% |
| 1930 | 9,729 | −18.four% |
| 1940 | 10,860 | eleven.6% |
| 1950 | 8,739 | −19.5% |
| 1960 | vii,420 | −15.i% |
| 1970 | half-dozen,587 | −11.two% |
| 1980 | vii,754 | 17.vii% |
| 1990 | seven,422 | −4.3% |
| 2000 | 7,916 | vi.7% |
| 2010 | seven,887 | −0.iv% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
For tips on accessing Lee County, Kentucky Genealogy census records online, run across: Kentucky Census.
- Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
- Census Images, USGenWeb
- KY Census Online, Links to online census records
Church Records [edit | edit source]
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or nascence; marriage data and maiden names; and death date. For general data most Kentucky denominations, view the Kentucky Church Records wiki page.
- Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
- Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
- Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
List of Churches and Church Parishes
- FamilySearch Places
Court Records [edit | edit source]
- Abstracts of Early on Kentucky Supreme Courtroom Cases, KYGenWeb
- Kentucky Courtroom of Justice Inquiry & Reference
Directories [edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]
African Americans [edit | edit source]
More than information most African American resources in Kentucky can be found on the African American Resources for Kentucky and the United States African Americans Wiki pages.
- African American Genealogy (United states of america) has more information about the kinds of records available
- The African American Griots Project
- Kentucky Cultural Groups has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
- Sandi Gorin'southward Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900
Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]
Genealogies [edit | edit source]
Guardianship [edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]
Country and property records tin can identify an antecedent in a particular location, provide economical information, and reveal family relationships. Country records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and state patents.
Run across Kentucky State and Property for boosted information about early Kentucky land grants. Later on land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
- The KY Country Office
Local Histories [edit | edit source]
Local histories are bachelor for Lee County, Kentucky Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church building, school and regime history, and military information. For more information about local histories come across the wiki page department Kentucky Local Histories.
Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]
Click a neighboring canton
for more than resources
- KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
- Click on the canton to go to the KYGenWeb site
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Utilize FS Places
Migration [edit | edit source]
Armed services Records [edit | edit source]
- Armed services Resources, Revolutionary State of war through Civil War
Civil State of war [edit | edit source]
Online Records
- 1861-1865 - Kentucky Ceremonious War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize
- 1861-1865 - Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- 1861-1865 - U.South., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Beginnings — index (Free)
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— alphabetize (Gratuitous)
- 1912-1950 - Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications 1912-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; index and images
World War I [edit | edit source]
- Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY
Korean State of war [edit | edit source]
- Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb
Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]
Newspapers [edit | edit source]
- USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper alphabetize with links
- World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
- Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Lee Canton, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
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- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Do a Lee County, Kentucky Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Itemize (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Places Search).
Obituaries [edit | edit source]
- Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
- Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
- Links to inquiry and locate obituaries
- Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
- Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
- Afrigeneas, African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
- Obituary Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
- Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over fifteen,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
- Nashville Christian Advocate Expiry Abstracts
Other Records [edit | edit source]
- Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb
Periodicals [edit | edit source]
Probate Records [edit | edit source]
Probate records are held by the Lee Canton, Kentucky Genealogy Clerk of Courtroom and are housed at the Lee Canton, Kentucky Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records tin can be found online at Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977 for Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. See the wiki page Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's appointment of expiry, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, assembly, relatives, and their place of residence.
Tape types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.
Online Probate Records
- 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Beginnings ($) — index and images
- 1873-1945 - Will Book 1 (1873-1945) digitized by FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
Schoolhouse Records [edit | edit source]
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- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. As well at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
Tax Records [edit | edit source]
Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to sixty. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a canton generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia commune. For more background data and state-wide resources see the wiki folio Kentucky Taxation.
Vital Records [edit | edit source]
Vital records consist of nativity, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Kentucky enacted a statute in 1852-1862 requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A 2nd law was written in 1874-1879, and 1892-1910 but, over again, was non always followed. By 1911, the law was more clearly defined and kept past 1920. Any existing births 1852-1960 and expiry records 1852-1953 can be accessed online. See How to Find Kentucky Nativity Records and How to Find Kentucky Expiry Records for links to indexes and images.
Original wedlock records are held at the office of the Lee Canton Clerk, with divorce records 1849-1958 located with the Lee County Circuit Courtroom. For more information run into How to Discover Kentucky Marriage Records. For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records.
Nascency [edit | edit source]
- 1839-1960 – Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection
- 1874 - Lee Canton Nativity Alphabetize 1874. Batch C518121 at FamilySearch [7]
- 1875 - Lee County Nascency Index 1875. Batch C518122 at FamilySearch
- 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Nascence Index
- 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
Marriage [edit | edit source]
- 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United states of america Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
- 1785-1979 – Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Drove
- 1797-1954 - Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection; alphabetize and images
- 1875 - Lee County Matrimony Index 1875. Batch M518123 at FamilySearch
- 1876-1878 - Lee County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch M518124 at FamilySearch
- 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Matrimony Records
- 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000
- 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index
Expiry [edit | edit source]
- 1843-1970 – Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Employ this Collection
- 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
- 1911-1965 - Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Employ this Collection; index
- 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Expiry Index
- United States Social Security Death Alphabetize - How to Use this Drove
- The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of KY Decease Certificates
Divorce [edit | edit source]
- 1973-1993 - Kentucky Divorce Records 1973-1993, Academy of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
Enquiry Facilities [edit | edit source]
Athenaeum [edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Lee Canton. For state-broad archival repositories, see Kentucky Athenaeum and Libraries.
Athenaeum of Appalachia
E Tennessee State University
Website
Family unit History Centers [edit | edit source]
Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- Family History Centers provide ane-on-one aid, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to almost middle-merely databases, but may non ever have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Chapter Libraries
- Beattyville Kentucky Family History Heart
- Martin Kentucky Family History Eye
- Breathitt County Library - an affiliate library.
Libraries [edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Lee County. For state-broad library facilities, run across Kentucky Archives and Libraries.
Museums [edit | edit source]
Societies [edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Lee Canton. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Kentucky Societies.
Lee Canton Historical and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box V
Beattyville, KY 41311
Lee County Kentucky Genealogy
Facebook
Websites [edit | edit source]
- Lee County KYGenWeb
- KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other data for each county. Select the canton.
- State of Kentucky Website
- USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
- The USGenWeb project May have maps, proper noun indexes, history or other data for this canton. Select the country, then the county.
- Lee County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
- FamilySearch Catalog . Costless - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Utilize Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
Research Guides [edit | edit source]
References [edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lee County, Kentucky" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_County,_Kentucky."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lee County, Kentucky folio 272, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United states, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lee County, Kentucky. Page 268-276 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Beginnings'south Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Provo, Utah: Beginnings, 2004), 251-254.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Kentucky. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lee County, Kentucky," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_County,_Kentucky, accessed 26 August 2018.
- ↑ Genealogical Lodge of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/0/0b/Igikentuckygl.pdf.
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