Local History and Genealogy

Search this digital collection to find many items relating to eastern Kentucky.

In Kentucky, land is allocated via the patenting process. The Kentucky Secretary of State's office is the repository for all records pertaining to patents issued within the Kentucky boundary, including those issued by the state of Virginia prior to Kentucky's statehood in 1792. This website contains searchable databases and information regarding military warrants issued for service in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War; non-military warrants and the resulting patents and a number of other databases.

Use this digital library to find manuscripts, newspaper articles and oral histories.

Kentucky Ancestors online is a freely accessible publication of the Kentucky Historical Society

Explore Kentucky History is an app from the Kentucky Historical Society.