The Reading Room at Louisville Metro Archives is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday - Friday. Reference material includes archival records duplicated for public access. To view the list of microfilmed material available at Louisville Metro Archives, select a collection below, or scroll down this page for the entire list:
Tax Records (Assessment Lists)
| City of Louisville Tax Lists |
1834–1885 |
Drawer 23 |
Jefferson County Tax Lists |
1789–1892 |
Drawers 21-22 |
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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, Vols. 1-780 |
1783–1913 |
Drawer 1 |
Index to Deeds,
Grantee/Grantor |
1783–1838 |
Drawer 18 |
Deeds, Vols. 1-731 |
1783–1911 |
Drawers 6-10 |
Deeds, Vols. 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
See the Jefferson County Clerk's Office Online Land Records for additional land ownership and division records.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
For additional marriage records, contact the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics or the Filson Historical Society. Jefferson County Marriage Registers and Bonds are duplicates of records held at 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 |
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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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