Paducah Genealogy (in McCracken County, KY)

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Paducah Birth Records

1852-1910 Kentucky Birth Records (includes McCracken County: 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1876, 1878, 1909-1910 ) Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Birth Index Ancestry online

1911-1999 Kentucky Births MyHeritage online

Broadway Methodist Church records, 1852-1962, 1852-1958 (bulk dates), Paducah, Ky. Archive Grid

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

McCracken County, Kentucky births, 1852-1856 FamilySearch Library

The Virginia Noble scrapbooks of 1857-1920 : births and deaths of Paducah, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Paducah Cemetery Records

Bacon Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brigman Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brooks Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Fondaw Cemetery Find a Grave online

Griffin Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Harris Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hayes-Hough Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hendron Cemetery Find a Grave online

Houser Grove Church of Christ Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jones Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Maplelawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Maplelawn Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Kentucky WorldCat

Masonic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mattil, Efinger & Co., undertakers and embalmers : 130 South Third Street, McCracken County, Paducah, Ky., 1892 WorldCat

Moody Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Kenton Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Kenton Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Zion (Bethel) Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery WorldCat

Oak Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery records FamilySearch Library

Oak Grove cemetery register and maps, 1881-1984 FamilySearch Library

Oakland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Record of interments FamilySearch Library

Rosebower Cemetery Billion Graves online

Rosebower Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Spalding Cemetery Find a Grave online

Stanley Cemetery Billion Graves online

Stanley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Sunny Slope Cemetery Find a Grave online

Temple Israel Cemetery Billion Graves online

White Oak Cemetery Billion Graves online

White Oak Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wilmington Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery Billion Graves online

Paducah 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

Paducah Church Records

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A history of Fountain Avenue United Methodist Church, 1892-1992 FamilySearch Library

Broadway Methodist Church records, 1852-1962, 1852-1958 (bulk dates), Paducah, Ky. Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1856-1963, St. Matthews Lutheran Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1864-1963, McKendree United Methodist Church: v. 1-2 Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1893-1962, Olivet Baptist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1896-1961, First Baptist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1896-1963, Massac United Methodist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1897-1963, Vaughn's Chapel (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1899-1958, Barlow Methodist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1905-1963, Lone Oak United Methodist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1928-1963, Margaret Hank Memorial Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records (microform), 1930-1963, St. Luke-Aldersgate United Methodist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1856-1963 (St. Matthew's Lutheran Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1892-1963 (Fountain Avenue Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1896-1961 (First Baptist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1903-1963 (Reidland Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1925-1963 (Northside Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1928-1963 (Margaret Hank Memorial Presbyterian Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1930-1963 (Aldersgate Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1949-1963 (Trinity Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1953-1962 (Broadway Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

History of Broadway Methodist Church, Paducah, Kentucky, 1834-1945 Genealogy Gophers online

Methodist memories (Broadway Methodist Church (Paducah, Kentucky)) FamilySearch Library

Paducah Second Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, and Deaths, 1890-1906 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Penn Memorial Presbyterian Church, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1947-1958 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Penn Memorial Presbyterian Church, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1956-1959 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Records (microform) 1920-1964, Immanuel Baptist Church (Paducah, Ky.). Archive Grid

Paducah City Directories

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City directory and history of Paducah, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Directory Paducah, Kentuck, 1894-95 FamilySearch Library

Jno. B. Gaines, Paducah City directory, 1881-82 FamilySearch Library

Kelley and Lambdin's Paducah Directory for 1869 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paducah (Kentucky) city directories FamilySearch Library

Paducah City Directory 1904 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1906 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1914 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1918 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1920 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1933 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Paducah City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Paducah evening sun (Paducah, Kentucky) : containing a list of the inhabitants, their residence and occupation FamilySearch Library

Paducah, KY 1906-1936 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Paducah, KY 1939, 1941-1942, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956-1957, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Paducah, Kentucky Directory, 1890-91 Ancestry online

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

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

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

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

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

Paducah, Kentucky, City Directory, 1959 (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

Paducah Court Records

City Court Records, 1885-1905 (bulk 1885-1888, 1901, 1904-1905), Paducah, Kentucky Archive Grid

Minutes, 1833-1870 FamilySearch Library

Paducah Death Records

1852-1965 Kentucky Death Records (incomplete) Ancestry online

1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths MyHeritage online

1911-2000 Kentucky Death Index Ancestry online

Funeral records of Paducah and Ballard County, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

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

The Virginia Noble scrapbooks of 1857-1920 : births and deaths of Paducah, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Paducah Histories and Genealogies

A Newspaper reference work: men of affairs of Paducah and Western Kentucky FamilySearch Library

City directory and history of Paducah, Kentucky FamilySearch Library

Commercial history of the state of Kentucky FamilySearch Library

History of the settlement of Jews in Paducah and the lower Ohio valley FamilySearch Library

Mattil, Efinger & Co., undertakers and embalmers FamilySearch Library

Mattil, Efinger & Co., undertakers and embalmers : 130 South Third Street, McCracken County, Paducah, Ky., 1888-1891 WorldCat

Paducah view book FamilySearch Library

Paducah, 1830-1980, a sesquicentennial history FamilySearch Library

Paducahans in history FamilySearch Library

The story of Paducah (Kentucky) FamilySearch Library

Paducah Land Records

Deeds, 1825-1938 FamilySearch Library

Paducah Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Paducah, Kentucky 1889. Library of Congress online

Paducah, 1889 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, 1906-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, August 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, December 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, May 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Paducah, Mccraken County, Kentucky, October 1897 Library of Congress online

Paducah Marriage Records

1783-1965 Kentucky, County Marriage Records Ancestry online

1852-1914 Kentucky Marriage Records (includes McCracken County: 1852-1859, 1874-1879, 1893-1894, 1903-1904, 1906-1909 ) Ancestry online

Broadway Methodist Church records, 1852-1962, 1852-1958 (bulk dates), Paducah, Ky. Archive Grid

Kentucky Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1825-1956; indexes 1825-1991 FamilySearch Library

Paducah Minority Records

History of the settlement of Jews in Paducah and the lower Ohio valley FamilySearch Library

Paducah Newspapers and Obituaries

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Daily Paducah news 1874-1875 FamilySearch Library

Kentucky Extra 2021-2023 Newspapers.com online

News-Democrat 1901-1929 Newspapers.com online

Paducah Daily Register, 1905-1907 Murray State University online

Paducah Daily Sun, 1896-1898 Newspaper Archive online

Paducah Evening Sun, 1906-1910 Newspaper Archive online

Paducah KY Sun 1896-1910 Fulton History online

Paducah Press 1937-1937 Scott County Public Library online

Paducah Sun 06/28/2017 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Paducah Sun 1896-2019 Newspapers.com online

Paducah Sun 1900-1910 Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program online

Paducah Sun 2019-2023 Newspapers.com online

Paducah Sun, 1898-1906 Newspaper Archive online

Paducah Sun-Democrat 1910-1948 Newspapers.com online

Paducah Tobacco Plant 1873-1873 Scott County Public Library online

Paducah Weekly Sun 1906-1913 Newspapers.com online

Paducah Weekly Sun, 1906-1906 Newspaper Archive online

Paducah Weekly sun (Paducah, Ky.) (from Sept. 5, 1906 to Dec. 26, 1906) MyHeritage online

Paducah daily Kentuckian : (Paducah, Kentucky) 1861-1871 FamilySearch Library

Paducah daily register 1899 FamilySearch Library

Paducah daily sun (Paducah, Ky.) (from Nov. 9, 1896 to Dec. 14, 1898) MyHeritage online

Paducah daily sun 11/09/1896 to 12/06/1898 Genealogy Bank online

Paducah daily sun 1877-1910 FamilySearch Library

Paducah dollar times : (Paducah, Kentucky) 1857 FamilySearch Library

Paducah evening sun (Paducah, Ky.) (from May 17, 1906 to Dec. 31, 1910) MyHeritage online

Paducah evening sun 05/17/1906 to 12/31/1910 Genealogy Bank online

Paducah journal : (Paducah, Kentucky) 1850 FamilySearch Library

Paducah sun (Paducah, Ky.) (from Dec. 15, 1898 to May 16, 1906) MyHeritage online

Paducah sun (Paducah, Ky.) (from Jan. 10, 1901 to June 4, 1902) MyHeritage online

Paducah sun 12/15/1898 to 05/16/1906 Genealogy Bank online

Paducah sun. (Paducah, Ky.) (from Jan. 10, 1901 to June 4, 1902) Chronicling America online

Paducah trade review : (Paducah, Kentucky) 1894 FamilySearch Library

Paducah weekly sun 09/05/1906 to 12/26/1906 Genealogy Bank online

Paduch KY Sunday Chat 1901 Fulton History online

Sunday Chat 1901-1901 Newspapers.com online

Sunday chat (Paducah, Ky.) (from March 31, 1901 to June 9, 1901) MyHeritage online

Sunday chat 03/31/1901 to 06/09/1901 Genealogy Bank online

The Daily news democrat (Paducah, Kentucky) 1901-1910 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah Daily Sun, 1896-1898 Murray State University online

The Paducah Evening Sun, 1906-1908 Murray State University online

The Paducah daily democrat 1901 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah daily news 1875-1898 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah daily sun. (Paducah, Ky.) (from Nov. 9, 1896 to Dec. 14, 1898) Chronicling America online

The Paducah daily sun. : (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898 Fold3 online

The Paducah evening sun. (Paducah, Ky.) (from May 17, 1906 to Dec. 31, 1910) Chronicling America online

The Paducah news 1900-1901 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah sun 1898- 1904 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah sun. (Paducah, Ky.) (from Dec. 15, 1898 to May 16, 1906) Chronicling America online

The Paducah sun. : (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906 Fold3 online

The Paducah weekly democrat 1901 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah weekly sun 1903- 1913 FamilySearch Library

The Paducah weekly sun. (Paducah, Ky.) (from Sept. 5, 1906 to Dec. 26, 1906) Chronicling America online

The Paducah weekly sun. : (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1913 Fold3 online

The Sunday Chat, 1901-1901 Newspaper Archive online

The Sunday chat. (Paducah, Ky.) (from March 31, 1901 to June 9, 1901) Chronicling America online

Weekly News 1885-1886 Scott County Public Library online

Weekly News-Democrat 1909-1910 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Standard 1886-1886 Scott County Public Library online

Weekly news (Paducah, Kentucky) 1885 FamilySearch Library

West Kentucky News 2022-2023 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Paducah

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.

Daily News-Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1901-1910

Daily Paducah News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1872-1875

Daily Tribune. (Paducah, Ky.) 1870s-1870s

Federal Union. (Paducah, Ky.) 1864-1865

Kentucky News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1984-1986

Kentucky Shopper News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1986-1987

News-Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1910-1929

News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1977-1980

Paducah Commercial. (Paducah, Ky.) 1873-1875

Paducah Daily Kentuckian. (Paducah, Ky.) 1861-1878

Paducah Daily Sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898

Paducah Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1851-1840s

Paducah Evening Sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929

Paducah News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1900-1901

Paducah News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1975-1977

Paducah Sun-Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1936-1962

Paducah Sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906

Paducah Sun. (Paducah, Ky.) 1978-Current

Paducah Tobacco Plant. (Paducah, Ky.) 1872-1874

Paducah Tri-Weekly Herald. (Paducah, Ky.) 1857-1871

Shopper News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1980-1984

Sun-Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1929-1936

Sun-Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1962-1978

Sunday Visitor. (Paducah, Ky.) 1892-1901

Weekly News-Democrat. (Paducah, Ky.) 1901-1910

West Kentucky News. (Paducah, Ky.) 1987-Current

Paducah Probate Records

1774-1989 Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories Ancestry online

Paducah School Records

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Lone Oak High School yearbook, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Lone Oak High School yearbook, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1983, 1986 Classmates online

Lone Oak High School yearbook, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1983, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Paducah Community College - Arrowhead Yearbook (Paducah, KY), 1968 E Yearbook online

Paducah Community College yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Paducah Junior College yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Paducah Tilghman High School - Owaissa Yearbook (Paducah, KY), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 E Yearbook online

Paducah Tilghman High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Paducah Tilghman High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984 Classmates online

Paducah Tilghman High School yearbooks, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Reidland High School - Greyhound Yearbook (Paducah, KY), 1953 E Yearbook online

Reidland High School yearbook, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1976, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Reidland High School yearbook, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1976, 1979, 1988, 1990, 2000 Classmates online

Reidland High School yearbooks, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1976, 1979, 1988, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Mary School yearbook, 1987 Classmates online

Saint Mary School yearbook, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Mary's Academy yearbook, 1923 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Marys Academy - Mignonette Yearbook (Paducah, KY), 1923 E Yearbook online

St Marys Academy yearbook, 1923 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Mary's Academy yearbook, 1923 Classmates online

St. Mary's Academyyearbook, 1923 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Tilghman High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 Classmates online

Tilghman High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Tilghman High School yearbooks, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1963, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Paducah Tax Records

McCracken County, Kentucky, tax lists 1824-1836 FamilySearch Library

Tax books, 1824-1875 FamilySearch Library



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