Frankfort Genealogy (in Franklin County, KY)

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Frankfort Birth Records

1852-1910 Kentucky Birth Records (includes Franklin County: 1852-1859, 1874-1876, 1878, 1903 ) Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Birth Index Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Births MyHeritage online

Church of the Ascension records, 1838-1960, Ascension Episcopal Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, Kentucky, ledgers, 1865-1977, First Presbyterian Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Franklin County, Kentucky birth records FamilySearch Library

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

Frankfort Cemetery Records

Antioch Church of Christ Cemetery Find a Grave online

Baker Family Graveyard Find a Grave online

Beechridge Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bratton Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvert Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cemetery records, 1926-1982 FamilySearch Library

Collins Cemetery Find a Grave online

Collins Graveyard Find a Grave online

Directory, Switzer Cemetery : North Fork Baptist Church, 3660 Rocky Branch Road, Frankfort, Kentucky WorldCat

Frankfort Cemetery Billion Graves online

Frankfort Cemetery Find a Grave online

Frankfort Cemetery ... in Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Frankfort Cemetery : the Westminster Abbey of Kentucky WorldCat

Frankfort State Hospital Billion Graves online

Frankfort State Hospital and School Cemetery Find a Grave online

Frankfort cemetery in Kentucky. WorldCat

Greenhill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Index of the Frankfort Cemetery WorldCat

Index of the Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Index to the Frankfort Cemetery : with Daniel Boone and friends. WorldCat

Innes Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jenkins Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kirk Graveyard Find a Grave online

Lebanon Community Cemetery Find a Grave online

Leslie Morris Park Find a Grave online

Payne Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peffer Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sudduth Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sunset Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVII: United States Soldiers' Lot in Frankfort City Cemetery, Franklin county, Kentucky Ancestry online

Wills and ways : miscellaneous Kentucky records Genealogy Gophers online

Frankfort 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

Frankfort Church Records

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A brief history of the colored churches of Frankfort, Ky. FamilySearch Library

A history of the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky : together with the churches in Franklin County in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America FamilySearch Library

A history of the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky : together with the churches in Franklin County in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Genealogy Gophers online

A history of the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky, together with the churches in Franklin County, in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America LDS Genealogy online

A history of the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky, together with the churches in Franklin County, in connection with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Internet Archive online

Central Methodist-advocate 1908-1913 FamilySearch Library

Church of the Ascension records, 1838-1960, Ascension Episcopal Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1790-1828, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1810-1972, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1816-1966, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1816-1983, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1858-1954, Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1872-1925, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1872-1962, Franklin Christian Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1878-1966, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1885-1953, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1921-1978, Buck Run Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1884-1933 (South Frankfort Presbyterian Church (Frankfort, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

First Baptist Church Records, 1816-1831, First Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

First Christian Church, Philip Fall Memorial Library records, 1803-1961 Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, Kentucky, ledgers, 1865-1977, First Presbyterian Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Forks of Elkhorn Church Ancestry online

History of the First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, Kentucky, 1900-1965 FamilySearch Library

Records (microform) 1816-1831 (bulk 1816-1828), Frankfort Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Records (microform) 1884-1977, Evergreen Baptist Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

South Frankfort Presbyterian Church and Lower Benson Presbyterian Church scrapbook, 1830-1963 Archive Grid

Frankfort City Directories

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Frankfort (Kentucky) city directories FamilySearch Library

Frankfort City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1917 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1921 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1932 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Frankfort City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Frankfort, KY 1910-1919, 1921-1930, 1932-1933 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Frankfort, KY; 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Frankfort, Kentucky, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Frankfort Court Records

Index to court records, 1918-1919, Kentucky State Penitentiary (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Minutes, 1818-1978 FamilySearch Library

Order books, 1818-1823, 1844-1860 FamilySearch Library

Frankfort 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

Church of the Ascension records, 1838-1960, Ascension Episcopal Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, Kentucky, ledgers, 1865-1977, First Presbyterian Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Funeral home records 1930s-1940s [Rogers Funeral Home (Frankfort, Ky.)] WorldCat

Funeral home records 1930s-1950s [Rogers Funeral Home (Frankfort, Ky.)] WorldCat

Funeral home records 1940s-1950s [Rogers Funeral Home (Frankfort, Ky.)] WorldCat

Funeral home records 1950s-1960s [Rogers Funeral Home (Frankfort, Ky.)] WorldCat

Funeral home records 196- - 197- [Rogers Funeral Home (Frankfort, Ky.)] WorldCat

Funeral home records 197- - 198- [Rogers Funeral Home (Frankfort, Ky.)] WorldCat

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

Frankfort Histories and Genealogies

A History of the First Presbyterian Church, Frankfort, Kentucky : Together With the Churches in Franklin County Ancestry online

A short history of Capital Lodge no. 6, I. O. O. F., Frankfort, Kentucky : with brief biographical sketches of its oldest and most prominent members FamilySearch Library

A short history of Franklin County, Kentucky, prepared in compliance with the suggestion of the resolution of Congress in regard to the celebration of the centennial anniversary, and read at Lake Park, near Frankfort, Kentucky, on the Fourth of July, 1876 LDS Genealogy online

A short history of Franklin County, Kentucky, prepared in compliance with the suggestion of the resolution of Congress in regard to the celebration of the centennial anniversary, and read at Lake Park, near Frankfort, Kentucky, on the Fourth of July, 1876 Internet Archive online

Early Frankfort and Franklin County, Kentucky : a chronology of historical sketches covering the century 1750-1850, address delivered at Frankfort's sesquicentennial celebration, October 6, 1936 FamilySearch Library

Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky : founded by General James Wilkinson, 1786 FamilySearch Library

History of the Frankfort cemetery LDS Genealogy online

History of the Frankfort cemetery Internet Archive online

Inventory of the records of the Frankfort bank FamilySearch Library

Kentucky's seat of government FamilySearch Library

Old Capitol and Frankfort Guide Ancestry online

Portrait of early families : Frankfort area before 1860 FamilySearch Library

The Palladium : a literary and political weekly repository FamilySearch Library

The Wilderness Road Ancestry online

Frankfort Land Records

Deeds, 1795-1807 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1803-1847, 1880 FamilySearch Library

General index to deeds, 1795-1866; deeds, 1795-1866 FamilySearch Library

Frankfort Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky 1871. Library of Congress online

Frankfort 1871 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1871 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Frankfort 1886 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1886 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Frankfort 1890 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1890 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Frankfort 1896 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1896 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Frankfort 1901 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1901 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Frankfort 1907 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1907 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Frankfort 1912 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Frankfort 1912 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, August 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, June 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, November 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, November 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, September 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, September 1907 Library of Congress online

Frankfort Marriage Records

1852-1914 Kentucky Marriage Records (includes Franklin County: 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1878, 1903 ) Ancestry online

Church of the Ascension records, 1838-1960, Ascension Episcopal Church (Frankfort, Ky.). Archive Grid

Kentucky Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1795-1954 FamilySearch Library

Frankfort Military Records

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVII: United States Soldiers' Lot in Frankfort City Cemetery, Franklin county, Kentucky Ancestry online

Frankfort Newspapers and Obituaries

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Argus of Western America 1821-1830 Newspapers.com online

Argus of western America 1808-1830 FamilySearch Library

Campaign 04/23/1840 to 10/08/1840 Genealogy Bank online

Central Methodist-advocate 1908-1913 FamilySearch Library

Commentator 07/10/1818 to 02/15/1831 Genealogy Bank online

Daily commonwealth (The), 1846-1850, 1854, 1856-1864 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Evening Journal 1890-1890 Newspapers.com online

Frankfort Argus 02/03/1808 to 11/12/1834 Genealogy Bank online

Frankfort Argus 1831-1838 Newspapers.com online

Frankfort Commonwealth, 1859-1865 Newspaper Archive online

Frankfort Daily CommonWealth, 1846-1864 Newspaper Archive online

Frankfort KY Daily Commonwealth 1860-1861 Fulton History online

Frankfort KY Roundabout 1882-1905 Fulton History online

Frankfort KY Tri Weekly Commonwealth 1857-1864 Fulton History online

Frankfort KY Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman 1854-1882 Fulton History online

Frankfort KY Weekly Roundabout 1879-1880 Fulton History online

Frankfort KY Weekly Roundabout 1879-1882 Fulton History online

Frankfort Roundabout 1879-1908 Newspapers.com online

Frankfort Roundabout 1882-1908 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Frankfort Roundabout, 1882-1907 Newspaper Archive online

Frankfort Tri Weekly Commonwealth, 1857-1864 Newspaper Archive online

Frankfort Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman, 1854-1882 Newspaper Archive online

Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout 1908 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout 1908-1908 Newspapers.com online

Frankfort Weekly Roundabout, 1879-1882 Newspaper Archive online

Frankfort Weekly news and roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.) (from March 7, 1908 to Sept. 5, 1908) MyHeritage online

Frankfort commonwealth (The), 1859, 1861-1862, 1865 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Frankfort roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.) (from Sept. 23, 1882 to Feb. 29, 1908) MyHeritage online

Frankfort roundabout 09/23/1882 to 02/29/1908 Genealogy Bank online

Frankfort weekly news and roundabout 03/07/1908 to 09/05/1908 Genealogy Bank online

Frankfort weekly news and roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) (from March 7, 1908 to Sept. 5, 1908) Chronicling America online

Frankfort weekly news and roundabout. : (Frankfort, Ky.) 1908 Fold3 online

Guardian of Freedom 06/19/1798 to 05/26/1804 Genealogy Bank online

Kentuckian (The), 1828 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Palladium 12/25/1798 to 09/06/1816 Genealogy Bank online

State Journal 01/03/2013 to Current Genealogy Bank online

The American Republic (Kentucky) 1810-[1812] FamilySearch Library

The Frankfort roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) (from Sept. 23, 1882 to Feb. 29, 1908) Chronicling America online

The Legislative Digest, 1948-1942 FamilySearch Library

The Newspapers and Periodicals of Frankfort, Kentucky, 1795-1945 FamilySearch Library

The Weekly roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) (from Jan. 11, 1879 to Dec. 30, 1882) Chronicling America online

The Weekly roundabout. : (Frankfort, Ky.) 1877-1882 Fold3 online

Tri-weekly Kentucky Yeoman 05/21/1853 to 07/04/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Tri-weekly Kentucky yeoman, 1854-1855, 1858-1862, 1865, 1871, 1875, 1882 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Tri-weekly commonwealth, 1857-1858, 1860-1861, 1863-1864 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Weekly Roundabout 1879-1892 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Weekly roundabout (Frankfort, Ky.) (from Jan. 11, 1879 to Dec. 30, 1882) MyHeritage online

Weekly roundabout 01/11/1879 to 08/19/1882 Genealogy Bank online

Western Volunteer 08/25/1824 to 10/20/1824 Genealogy Bank online

Western World 07/07/1806 to 06/08/1810 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Frankfort

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.

Argus of Western America. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1808-1830

Argus. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1835-1836

Central Methodist-Advocate. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1908-1915

Commentator. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1817-1832

Commonwealth. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1833-1843

Constitutional Advocate. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1825-1826

Convention. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1847-1849

Daily Capital. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1884-1896

Frankfort Argus. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1830-1835

Frankfort Argus. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1837-1838

Frankfort News Journal. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1911-1912

Frankfort News. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1908-1911

Frankfort Roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908

Guardian of Freedom. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1798-1800s

Kentuckian and Commentator. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1832-1840s

Kentuckian. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1828-1832

Kentucky Journal. (Frankfort [Ky.]) 1795-1790s

Kentucky Journal. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1900s-1900s

Kentucky Palladium. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1814-1817

Kentucky State Democrat. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1900-1900s

Kentucky State Journal. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1900s-1911

Kentucky Yeoman. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1840-1854

Palladium. Volume (Frankfort [Ky.]) 1798-1814

Spirit of '76. (Frankfort [Ky.]) 1826-1828

State Journal. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1912-Current

Tri-Weekly Commonwealth. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1840s-1864

Weekly Kentucky Yeoman. (Frankfort, Ky) 1854-1886

Weekly Roundabout. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1877-1882

Western Argus. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1886-1902

Western Volunteer. (Frankfort, Ky.) 1824-1820s

Western World. (Frankfort, K. [Ky.]) 1806-1810

Frankfort Probate Records

1774-1989 Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories Ancestry online

Wills and ways : miscellaneous Kentucky records Genealogy Gophers online

Frankfort School Records

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Bridgeport High School - Milestone Yearbook (Frankfort, KY), 1953 E Yearbook online

Bridgeport High School yearbook, 1953 Classmates online

Bridgeport High School yearbook, 1953 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Bridgeport High School yearbook, 1953 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Frankfort High School - Capitolian Yearbook (Frankfort, KY), 1932, 1954 E Yearbook online

Frankfort High School yearbook, 1932, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Frankfort High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1978 Classmates online

Frankfort High School yearbook, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Franklin County High School yearbook, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Franklin County High School yearbook, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1981 Classmates online

Franklin County High School yearbook, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kentucky State College yearbooks, 1960, 1968, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kentucky State University - Thorobred Yearbook (Frankfort, KY), 1960, 1968, 1971 E Yearbook online

Kentucky State University yearbook, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kentucky State Universoty yearbook, 1960 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Western Hills High School yearbook, 1985 Classmates online

Western Hills High School yearbook, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Frankfort Tax Records

Kentucky Historical Society index to tax list FamilySearch Library

Records of taxes, 1853-1884 FamilySearch Library

Tax books, 1795-1875 FamilySearch Library

Tax lists, 1819-1885 FamilySearch Library



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