Jefferson County KY and City of Louisville Transcriptions and Submissions
(records transcribed and generously submitted by our patrons; click the link to see what is currently available and check back often as we will be adding to the list frequently)
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State and Local Resources
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KY Land Office - KY Secretary of State
- Virginia and Old KY Patent Series
- Revolutionary War Warrants
- West of Tennessee River Military Patents
- Certificates of Settlements & Preemption Warrants
- Virginia Treasury Warrants
- Lincoln Entries
- County Court Order Patents
- Jackson Purchase
- West of Tennessee Non-Military Patents
- County Formations
- Kentucky Cities
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Tax Records (Assessment Lists)
| City of Louisville Tax Lists |
1834–1885 |
Drawer 23 |
Jefferson County Tax Lists |
1789–1892 |
Drawers 21-22 |
Submit a Tax Record Request to KDLA
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Land Ownership and Division (deeds, grants, surveys)
| Index to Deeds, Grantor |
1783–1899 |
Drawer 25 |
Index to Deeds, Grantor |
1900–1937 |
Drawer 1 |
Index to Deeds, Grantor |
1938–1968 |
Drawer 2 |
Index to Deeds, Grantee, Vol. 1-780 |
1783–1913 |
Drawer 1 |
Index to Deeds,
Grantee/Grantor |
1783–1838 |
Drawer 18 |
Deeds, Vol. 1-731 |
1783–1911 |
Drawers 6-10 |
Deeds, Vol. 1-4893 |
1783–1978 |
Cabinets 1-9 |
Mays Entry Books |
1779–1792 |
Drawer 18 |
Virginia Surveys |
1779–1792 |
Drawer 18 |
Virginia Land Grants |
1782–1792 |
Drawer 18 |
note: *Grantee = Buyer/ Grantor = Seller
Submit a Deed Record Request to KDLA
Visit the Legal Records and Official Documents Division of the Jefferson County Clerk's Office.
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Vital Records (births and deaths)
| City of Louisville Birth Register |
1898–1910 |
Drawer 17 |
City of Louisville Death Register |
1866–1910 |
Drawer 14 |
Jefferson County, Kentucky, Births, 1852-1901: Copied from microfilm by Betty R. Darnell (includes index) |
1852-1901 |
Click here for PDF copy |
Jefferson County Tax Assessor's List of Births and Deaths |
1852–1859 |
Drawer 14 |
Submit a Birth Record Request to KDLA
Submit a Death Record Request to KDLA
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Probate Records (wills and estate inventories)
Index to Will Books
|
1784–1919 |
Drawer 17 |
Wills Recorded in Will Books 1 - 155 |
1784–1969 |
Drawer 3 |
Index to Inventory and Settlement Books |
1800–1910 |
Drawer 17 |
Submit a Will / Probate Record Request to KDLA
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Naturalization Records
Naturalization Books (NB)
|
1892-1913 |
Available by Request |
Police Court Records |
1836-1896 |
Film Cabinet |
Circuit Court and County Court (CC) Records
|
1892–1913 |
Drawer 13 |
Index to Jefferson County Naturalizations |
1811–1913 |
Drawer 13 |
QC= Quarterly Court Naturalization Records are lost.
Circuit Crime Court records are in the Micrographics Division of the Circuit Court.
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Marriage Records (registers and bonds)
Jefferson County Marriage Registers (indexed by last name)
|
1785–1916 |
Drawer 20 |
Transcripts of Jefferson County Marriage Registers and Bonds |
1781-1916 |
Binders on top of cabinets |
Jefferson Co. Marriage Bond Books (chronological order only; no index available) |
1852–1916 |
Drawer 12 |
Bullitt County Marriage Bonds |
1871–1911 |
Drawer 15 |
Submit a Marriage Record Request to KDLA
Submit a Divorce Record Request to KDLA
For additional records, contact the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics or the Filson Historical Society. Jefferson County Marriage Registers and Bonds are managed by the Jefferson County Clerk's Office.
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U. S. Census Records (no indexes available)
| Louisville and Jefferson County, KY, Population |
1810–1910 |
Drawer 16 |
Jefferson County Agricultural Schedules |
1840–1880 |
Drawer 16 |
Submit a Census Record Request to KDLA
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Other Projects on Microfilm
| Jefferson County Court Road Case Files, #1 - #499 |
1846–1944 |
Drawer 24 |
Louisville City Directories |
1832–1899 |
Drawer 15 |
Metro Parks, Louisville and Jefferson County Olmsted Parks Plans |
1894–1906 |
Drawer 17 |
Jefferson County Department for Human Services, Dependent Children’s Homes Records, including:
House of Refuge/Industrial School of Reform; Parental Home and School Commission; Louisville and Jefferson County Children’s Home |
1866–1938 |
Drawer 26 |
Records of Common Council/ Board of Aldermen/ Other City Records (incomplete collection)
|
various
|
Drawers 29-31 |
Legislative Records of Louisville, KY (Bound Volumes)
|
1923–1976
|
Drawer 30 |
Ordinance Indexes (City of Louisville) |
various |
Drawer 31 |
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