Elsmere Genealogy (in Kenton County, KY)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Elsmere are also found through the Kenton County and Kentucky pages.


Elsmere Birth Records

1852-1910 Kentucky Birth Records (includes Kenton County: 1852-1859, 1874-1878, 1903-1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1910 ) Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Birth Index Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Births MyHeritage online

Covington, Kentucky & Kenton County, Kentucky birth certificates, 1896-1910; index prior to 1911 (1896-1910) FamilySearch Library

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

Elsmere Cemetery Records

Mary E. Smith Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mary E. Smith Negro Cemetery, Elsmere, Kentucky WorldCat

Elsmere 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

Elsmere City Directories

Elsmere, Kentucky, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Elsmere, Kentucky, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Elsmere 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

Elsmere Land Records

Deed records, 1840-1904; plats, ca. 1891-1965; indexes to deeds and plats, 1860-1965, 1840-1965 FamilySearch Library

Elsmere Marriage Records

1783-1965 Kentucky, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1914 Kentucky Marriage Records (includes Kenton County: 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1903-1904, 1906-1907 ) Ancestry online

Marriage records Kenton County, Kentucky, 1874-1876 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1840-1935 FamilySearch Library

Northern Kentucky Marriages, 1795-1850 (includes Kenton county) Ancestry online

Elsmere Newspapers and Obituaries

Northern Kentucky Newspaper Index, 1835-1935 and 1982-Present KCPL Newspaper Index online

Offline Newspapers for Elsmere

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.

Dixie News. (Elsmere, Ky.) 1962-Current

Elsmere Probate Records

1774-1989 Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Elsmere Tax Records

Tax books, 1840-1875 FamilySearch Library


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