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About the project:This is a statewide project aimed at getting all the past obituaries from Kentucky newspapers online for the benefit of genealogical research. . |
How you can help:Go through old newspapers (published prior to 1923) and copy the obituaries found. We will also accept single obituaries that you have in your files. You can submit either complete obituaries or abstracts (just the facts) of the obituaries. Check with your local library to see what old newspapers they have on microfilm. The Kentucky Obituary Project will abide by today's copyright laws. We will no longer put online obituaries published after December 31, 1922, unless:
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How to submit an obituary:To submit obituaries to this site, click here! Please include your name, the name and date of the newspaper, and the home county of the newspaper. Below is a Kentucky County selection list of FTP directory of the USGenWeb Archives Project. After selecting a county, you will then be taken to the FTP directory where you can then see if that county has obituaries posted. |
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Here are some Kentucky Obits that I have collected, and will continue to collect
as time goes by.
KyGenWeb is also a great source , as the individual county websites have a lot of Obituaries posted.
Participating Newspapers
Bourbon County Citizen - Archives
Breckinridge County Herald-News - Archives
Dawson Springs Progress
Volunteers Needed to Archive ObituariesElliott County News - Archives
The Lexington Herald Leader - Archives
The Sturgis News - Archives
Public Domain Obituaries (pre-1923)
Anderson County - Archives
Lewis County - Archives
Logan County - Archives
Madison County - Archives
Marion County - Archives
Nicholas County - Archives
Owen County - Archives
Robertson County - Archives
Rock Castle County - Archives
Scott County - Archives
Obituary Indexes
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