Owensboro Genealogy (in Daviess County, KY)

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Owensboro Birth Records

1852-1910 Kentucky Birth Records (includes Daviess County: 1853-1857, 1859, 1861, 1874 ) Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Birth Index Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Births MyHeritage online

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

Owensboro Cemetery Records

Barna May Family Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Bosley Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Dr. Samuel Haynes Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Early Settler Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elmwood Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Elmwood Cemetery : a partial list FamilySearch Library

Enoch Kendall Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Fern Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fern Hills Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

First Christian Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Green Briar Cemetery Find a Grave online

Green River, Kentucky newspapers WorldCat

Greenwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Greenwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Greenwood Cemetery : 1821 Leitchfield Road, Owensboro, KY FamilySearch Library

Greenwood Cemetery : 1821 Leitchfield Road, Owensboro, KY WorldCat

Hamilton Ferry Graveyard Find a Grave online

Jewell Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kentucky family records WorldCat

Mater Dolorosa Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mater Dolorosa Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Macedonia Cemetery Billion Graves online

Owensboro Cemetery Find a Grave online

Owensboro Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Owensboro White Chapel Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Resurrection Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rose Hill Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Rose Hill Elmwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

South Hampton Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Thruston Cemetery Find a Grave online

Trinity Episcopal Columbarium Find a Grave online

Wallace - Newbolt Cemetery Find a Grave online

Yelvington Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Owensboro Census Records

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

Owensboro Church Records

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A Historical sketch of Seven Hills Baptist Church, 1901-1942 FamilySearch Library

Church minutes and membership rolls, 1840-1963 (First Baptist Church (Owensboro, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records (microform) 1813-1917, Yelvington Baptist Church (Owensboro, Ky.). Archive Grid

Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Baptisms and Deaths, 1860-1901 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Deaths, 1915-1928 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Records (microform) 1840-1983, First Baptist Church (Owensboro, Ky.). Archive Grid

Records (microform), 1958-1967, Bellevue Baptist Church (Owensboro, Ky.). Archive Grid

The legacy of Trinity Episcopal Church : Owensboro, Kentucky, 1852-2000 WorldCat

Owensboro City Directories

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Owensboro (Kentucky) city directories FamilySearch Library

Owensboro City Directory 1893 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1899 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1901 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1903 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1905 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1907 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1943 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Owensboro City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Owensboro, KY 1907-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Owensboro, KY 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954-1955, 1957-1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Owensboro, KY, 1902-1905 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Owensboro, Kentucky city directory : icluding Daviess County, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1889 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1891 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1893 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1897 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1899 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1943 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Owensboro, Kentucky, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River directory for 1871-1872 : embracing a full alphabetical record of the names of the inhabitants, and business directories of Wheeling, Parkersburg, Marietta, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Ironton, Portsmouth, Ripley, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Harmar, Middleport, Martins Ferry, Maysville, Owensboro, Paducah, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Madison, Cairo, Chester, Cape Girardeau FamilySearch Library

Owensboro Death Records

1852-1965 Kentucky Death Records (incomplete) Ancestry online

1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths MyHeritage online

1911-2000 Kentucky Death Index Ancestry online

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

Owensboro Histories and Genealogies

A glimpse at the progress of Owensboro : a sketch of the history and a few facts concerning its past, present and future : a souvenir of a prosperous city FamilySearch Library

A history of Owensboro and Daviess County, Kentucky : with various chapters contributed by experts in their particular field of expertise FamilySearch Library

Greenwood Cemetery : 1821 Leitchfield Road, Owensboro, KY WorldCat

Kentucky family records WorldCat

Owensboro Land Records

Deeds, 1815-1901; indexes, 1815-1964 FamilySearch Library

Owensboro Map Records

Rand McNally standard map of Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1905 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1910-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, January 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, July 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, June 1885 Library of Congress online

Owensboro Marriage Records

1783-1965 Kentucky, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1914 Kentucky Marriage Records (includes Daviess County: 1852-1857, 1859, 1861-1862, 1874 ) Ancestry online

Marriage records, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1815-1865 FamilySearch Library

Owensboro Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Messenger 1879-1879 Newspapers.com online

Green River, Kentucky newspapers WorldCat

Green River, Kentucky newspapers 1879-1890 FamilySearch Library

Kentucky Reporter 1902-1902 Newspapers.com online

Kentucky Vindicator 1901-1901 Newspapers.com online

Kentucky reporter. : (Owensboro, Ky.) 1902 Fold3 online

Messenger and Examiner 1877-1889 Newspapers.com online

Messenger-Inquirer 1890-2023 Newspapers.com online

Owensboro Daily Tribune (Kentucky) 1895-1896 FamilySearch Library

Owensboro Daily Tribune 1896-1896 Newspapers.com online

Owensboro Examiner 1875-1878 Newspapers.com online

Owensboro Messenger 1880-1954 Newspapers.com online

Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer 09/01/1988 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Owensboro Monitor 1862-1875 Newspapers.com online

The Kentucky vindicator. : (Owenboro, Ky.) 1901 Fold3 online

Twice-A-Week Messenger 1889-1918 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Owensboro

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Daviess County Community. ([Owensboro, Ky.]) 1989-Current

Messenger Inquirer. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1954-Current

Messenger and Examiner. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1880-1889

Owensboro Daily Inquirer. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1890-1907

Owensboro Daily Messenger. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1887-1919

Owensboro Inquirer. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1907-1954

Owensboro Messenger. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1877-1879

Owensboro Messenger. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1919-1954

Owensboro Monitor. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1862-1877

Owensboro Semi-Weekly Messenger. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1880s-1880s

Owensboro Star. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1968-1969

Owensboro Tri-Weekly Messenger. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1880s-1886

Owensboro Weekly Messenger. (Owensboro, Ky.) 1889-1903

Owensboro Probate Records

1774-1989 Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories Ancestry online

Abstract of wills in Daviess County, Kentucky, Owensboro, Kentucky, for period of years 1812 to 1851 FamilySearch Library

Owensboro School Records

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Apollo High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Apollo High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Apollo High School yearbook, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Brescia College yearbook, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Brescia University - Brescian Yearbook (Owensboro, KY), 1974 E Yearbook online

Brescia University yearbook, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Daviess County High School - Echoes Yearbook (Owensboro, KY), 1945, 1947, 1948, 1975, 1982 E Yearbook online

Daviess County High School yearbook, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Daviess County High School yearbook, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 Classmates online

Daviess County High School yearbook, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kentucky Wesleyan College - Porphyrian Yearbook (Owensboro, KY), 1948, 1949, 1967, 1970 E Yearbook online

Kentucky Wesleyan College yearbook, 1963 Classmates online

Kentucky Wesleyan College yearbook, 1963 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Kentucky Wesleyan College yearbook, 1963, 1967, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Owensboro Catholic High School - Reflections Yearbook (Owensboro, KY), 1956, 1972 E Yearbook online

Owensboro Catholic High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Owensboro Catholic High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Classmates online

Owensboro Catholic High School yearbook, 1956, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY), 1927, 1934, 1945, 1956, 1978 E Yearbook online

Owensboro High School yearbook, 1927, 1934, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Owensboro High School yearbook, 1927, 1934, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Classmates online

Owensboro High School yearbook, 1927, 1934, 1945, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southern Junior High School - Rebel Yearbook (Owensboro, KY), 1963, 1964, 1965 E Yearbook online

Southern Junior High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Owensboro Tax Records

Tax books, 1815-1875 FamilySearch Library



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