Lexington Genealogy (in Fayette County, KY)

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Lexington Birth Records

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1852-1910 Kentucky Birth Records (includes Fayette County: 1852-1859, 1861 ) Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Birth Index Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Births MyHeritage online

Bryan's Station Baptist Church records, 1786-1901, Bryan's Station Baptist Church (Lexington, Ky.). Archive Grid

Christ Church Episcopal records, 1808-1878, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Kentucky, Birth Records, 1911-present Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics

Lexington, Kentucky birth certificates prior to 1911; delayed births, ca. 1872-1918 FamilySearch Library

Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church records, 1892-1984, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

St. Paul Catholic Church 1854-1909 Baptismal Ledger Lexington Public Library online

St. Paul Catholic Church 1907-1943 Baptismal Ledger Lexington Public Library online

The Association of the Holy Childhood, St. Paul Parish Lexington, Ky., Feb. 25, 1918 Lexington Public Library online

Lexington Cemetery Records (81)


Lexington Census Records

Census 1900 of Children's Home in Lexington Genealogy Trails online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Lexington Church Records

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A Presbyterian celebration : the 175th anniversary, First Presbyterian Church Lexington, Kentucky 1784-1959 FamilySearch Library

A Presbyterian celebration : the 175th anniversary, First Presbyterian Church Lexington, Kentucky 1784-1959 Genealogy Gophers online

A manual for members of the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Lexington, Kentucky : with membership list FamilySearch Library

Ashland Avenue Baptist Church Directory, 1975 Lexington Public Library online

At the meetinghouse on David's Fork : a history of David's Fork Baptist Church, 1801-2001 FamilySearch Library

Boones Creek Baptist Church, 1795-1900 (included in U.S., Southern Baptist Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Broadway Christian Church Diamond Jubilee 75th Year, 1870-1945 Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Public Library online

Bryan's Station Baptist Church records, 1786-1901, Bryan's Station Baptist Church (Lexington, Ky.). Archive Grid

Central Christian Church (Lexington, Kentucky) records, 1866-1941 (inclusive) Archive Grid

Central Christian Church records, 1853-1952, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Christ Church 1796-1946: A Brief History of Its One Hundred and Fifty Years in the Service of Christ Lexington Public Library online

Christ Church Episcopal records, 1808-1878, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Christ Church records : index to copy WorldCat

Church records, 1825-1847 (McChord Presbyterian Church (Lexington, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1831-1944 (Central Christian Church (Lexington, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1962-1987 (Society of Friends. Lexington Monthly Meeting (Lexington, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Directory of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Containing the Names of the Catholic Families of Lexington and Fayette County. Lexington Public Library online

Fayette County, Kentucky : marriages, marriage bonds, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky. WorldCat

First Methodist Church: Historical Sketch 1789-1939, Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Public Library online

First Presbyterian Church records, 1796-1976 1870-1940 (bulk dates), Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

First Seventh Day Adventist Church records, 1917-1929, First Seventh Day Adventist Church (Lexington, Ky.). Archive Grid

Hillcrest Baptist Church, Lexington, Kentucky 1973 Lexington Public Library online

Historical sketch of Christ Church cathedral : Lexington, Ky. LDS Genealogy online

Historical sketch of Christ Church cathedral : Lexington, Ky. Internet Archive online

History of the Second Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Kentucky, of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1815-1965 FamilySearch Library

Homecoming Program, 185th Annual Celebrartion Pleasant Green Baptist Church; August 22-24, 1975 Lexington Public Library online

Inscriptions on tomb stones of old cemeteries of Lexington and Fayette County, Kentuck WorldCat

Lafayette Christian Church Membership Roll, 1976 Lexington Public Library online

Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church records, 1892-1984, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Minutes, June 1787-June 1951, East Hickman Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Old Union Christian Church Cemetery : 6856 Russell Cave Road, Lexington, KY 40511 WorldCat

Park Methodist Church Directory 1965-1966 Lexington Public Library online

Records (microform) 1909-1913, Immanuel Baptist Church (Lexington, Ky.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1924-1973, Grace Baptist Church (Lexington, Ky.). Archive Grid

Second Presbyterian Church records, 1818-1956 Archive Grid

Sketch of Mount Horeb Presbyterian Church, 1827-1952, Commemorating the One-Hundredth and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Its Founding and the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Pastorate of Dr. Thomas Wallis Rainey Lexington Public Library online

South Elkhorn Baptist Church, 1902-1978, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

South Elkhorn Baptist Church, 1902-1978. WorldCat

St. Paul Catholic Church 1854-1909 Baptismal Ledger Lexington Public Library online

St. Paul Catholic Church 1854-1943 Marriage Ledger Lexington Public Library online

St. Paul Catholic Church 1907-1943 Baptismal Ledger Lexington Public Library online

St. Paul Catholic Church Lexington, Kentucky One Hundred Twenty Fifth Anniversary 1993 Directory Lexington Public Library online

St. Paul's Church Directory, Centennial Year - 1968 Lexington Public Library online

Tates Creek Christian Church Directory, 1978 Lexington Public Library online

The Association of the Holy Childhood, St. Paul Parish Lexington, Ky., Feb. 25, 1918 Lexington Public Library online

The Second Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Kentucky Lexington Public Library online

Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1854-1934 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Marriages, and Deaths, 1931-1953 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, and Deaths, 1854-1859 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Lexington City Directories (94)


Lexington Court Records

Court order books, 1837-1891 FamilySearch Library

Lexington, Kentucky Board of Trustees records, 1780-1815 Archive Grid

Minutes, 1782-1854 FamilySearch Library

Lexington Death Records

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1852-1965 Kentucky Death Records (incomplete) Ancestry online

1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths MyHeritage online

1911-2000 Kentucky Death Index Ancestry online

Bryan's Station Baptist Church records, 1786-1901, Bryan's Station Baptist Church (Lexington, Ky.). Archive Grid

Christ Church Episcopal records, 1808-1878, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Fayette County, Kentucky death certificates prior to 1911 (burial permits) FamilySearch Library

Funeral notices : Lexington, Ky., 1806-1887 FamilySearch Library

Funeral notices : Lexington, Ky., 1806-1887 WorldCat

Funeral notices, Lexington, Ky., 1806-1887 WorldCat

Funeral notices, Lexington, Ky., 1806-1887 WorldCat

Index of Lexington deaths, 1894-1907, Lexington, Kentucky WorldCat

Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-present Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics

Lexington, Kentucky certificates of death prior to 1911 (1900-1904) FamilySearch Library

Lexington, Kentucky copies of death certificates, A-Y --- 1906 FamilySearch Library

Lexington, Kentucky death certificates, surnames A-Y, 1907-1908 FamilySearch Library

Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church records, 1892-1984, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Lexington Histories and Genealogies

Bryant's Station and the Memorial Proceedings Held on its Site Under the Auspices of the Lexington Chapter, D.A.R Ancestry online

Concise History of Lexington Lodge No. 1 F. & A. M., November 17, 1788 – November 17, 1913 Lexington Public Library online

Guide to Lexington, Kentucky : with notices historical and descriptive of places and objects of interest, and a summary of the advantages and resources of the city and vicinity LDS Genealogy online

Guide to Lexington, Kentucky : with notices historical and descriptive of places and objects of interest, and a summary of the advantages and resources of the city and vicinity Internet Archive online

Historical address at the centennial celebration of the settlement of Lexington, Ky. [April 2, 1879] LDS Genealogy online

Historical address at the centennial celebration of the settlement of Lexington, Ky. [April 2, 1879] Internet Archive online

History of Lexington, Kentucky : its early annals and recent progress including biographical sketches and personal reminiscences of the pioneer settlers, notices of prominent citizens, etc., etc. FamilySearch Library

History of Lexington, Kentucky : its early annals and recent progress including biographical sketches and personal reminiscences of the pioneer settlers, notices of prominent citizens, etc., etc. Genealogy Gophers online

History of Lexington, Kentucky : its early annals and recent progress, including biographical sketches and personal reminiscences of the pioneer settlers, notices of prominent citizens, etc., etc. LDS Genealogy online

History of Lexington, Kentucky : its early annals and recent progress, including biographical sketches and personal reminiscences of the pioneer settlers, notices of prominent citizens, etc., etc. Internet Archive online

Lexington 1779 : pioneer Kentucky, as described by early settlers FamilySearch Library

Local History Index Scott County Public Library online

Stage-Coach Days in the Bluegrass : Being An Account of Stage-Coach Travel And Tavern Days in Lexington And Central Kentucky, 1 Ancestry online

The American party : its principles, its objects, and its hopes FamilySearch Library

The Wilderness Road Ancestry online

The history of pioneer Lexington, Kentucky, 1779-1806 FamilySearch Library

Lexington Land Records

Copy of entries in minute book of the Trustees of Lexington (Kentucky) 1781-1891 : original in office of City Treasurer of Lexington, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1794-1954 FamilySearch Library

Kentucky pioneer and court records : abstracts of early wills, deeds, and marriages from court houses and records of old Bibles, churches, grave yards and cemeteries WorldCat

Record of certificates of town lots in Lexington (Kentucky) 1786-1814 : original book in the City Hall, Lexington, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

The founding of Lexington, 1775-1776 : including a map of the original land grants of the region FamilySearch Library

Transcript of land records, 1798-1894 Archive Grid

Trustee minutes deed book, 1782-1806 (incomplete) FamilySearch Library

Lexington Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 1871. Library of Congress online

Lexington & Central Ky. Title Co.'s Map of Lexington, Ky. and vicinity, 1912 Library of Congress online

Lexington, 1871 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Rand McNally standard map of Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1934 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, 1934-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, December 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, May 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, September 1896 Library of Congress online

The founding of Lexington, 1775-1776 : including a map of the original land grants of the region FamilySearch Library

Lexington Marriage Records

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1852-1914 Kentucky Marriage Records (includes Fayette County: 1852-1859, 1861-1862, 1903-1905 ) Ancestry online

Christ Church Episcopal records, 1808-1878, Lexington, Ky. Archive Grid

Fayette County, Kentucky : marriages, marriage bonds, Christ Church Cathedral, Lexington, Kentucky. WorldCat

Fayette County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1803-14 Ancestry online

Kentucky Marriages, 1797-1865 Ancestry online

Kentucky pioneer and court records : abstracts of early wills, deeds, and marriages from court houses and records of old Bibles, churches, grave yards and cemeteries WorldCat

Marriage bonds, 1803-1898; minister marriage returns, 1795-1851 FamilySearch Library

Second Presbyterian Church records, 1818-1956 Archive Grid

St. Paul Catholic Church 1854-1943 Marriage Ledger Lexington Public Library online

Lexington Military Records

Deaths of soldiers in hospitals at Lexington, Ky., and Nashville, Tenn. (Hall, Donna Rae) FamilySearch Library

Roster of John C. Breckinridge Camp Confederate Veterans, Lexington, Kentucky, ca1891-1895 (Sons of Confederate Veterans. John C. Breckinridge Camp (Lexington, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

The Final Disposition, Vol. III: Lexington National Cemetery Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVII: Soldiers' Burial Lot in Lexington City Cemetery, Fayette county, Kentucky Ancestry online

Lexington Miscellaneous Records

Good Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary Yearbook 1976-1977 Lexington Public Library online

Registers of signatures of depositors, 1870-1874 FamilySearch Library

Some history of the Lexington, Ky., fire department : with indexes of old Lexington, Ky., news papers ; list of some Lexington fire fighters who are dead WorldCat

TEK early Kentucky records [Excerpts from the published pages of old issues of the East Kentuckian] WorldCat

Lexington Newspapers and Obituaries (105)


Lexington Probate Records

1774-1989 Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories Ancestry online

Kentucky pioneer and court records : abstracts of early wills, deeds, and marriages from court houses and records of old Bibles, churches, grave yards and cemeteries WorldCat

Lexington School Records (85)


Lexington Tax Records

Tax books, 1788-1875 FamilySearch Library



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