KY began registering birth and deaths on Jan. 1,1911. City of Louiville, local death records 1866 to 1911 City of Lexington, local death records from 1898 to 1911 City of Covington, death records from 1880 to 1911 City Newport, death records from 1884 to 1911 I have read that records of births and deaths from some counties as early as 1851 are in the library of KY Historical Society, Frankfort, KY