Daviess County Public Library 450 Griffith Avenue Owensboro, KY 42301 (270) 684-0211, ext. 224 KENTUCKY ROOM- List Of Microfilm/Fiche Records Census Records: 1800: DE, DC, MD, NC, PA, SC 1810: DE, KY, LA, MD, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA 1820: DE, DC, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 & 1920: KY Kentucky census index books are available for 1810-1870, microfilm soundex for 1880, partial soundex for 1900 (currently through letter H), and various printed indexes for several West-Central KY counties for 1900, 1910 & 1920. Kentucky Slave schedules for 1850 & 1860. Kentucky County Records Daviess County: Daviess County: Adminstrator Bonds, 1834-1904 Circuit Court Case Files Index, 1816-1954 Commissioners Deeds, 1854-1937 County Court Orders, 1837-1903 Criminal Case Files Index, 1875-1981 Deeds, 1815-1995 Deed - Index, 1815-1989 Executor Bonds, 1878-1904 Fiscal Court Orders, 1888-1988 Guardian Bonds, 1834-1901 Marriages, 1815-1992 Marriages for Blacks, 1842-1914 Marriage - Index, 1815-1985 Mortgages, 1846-1946 Oil & Gas Leases, 1907-1950 Owensboro Chamber of Commerce Minutes, 1913-1916 Pauper’s Fund Ledger - Poor House Keeper’s Record, 1914-1943 Plats, 1815-1934, 1969-1990 Postmaster Appointments, 1832-1971 Power of Attorney, 1890-1974 Road Orders, 1871-1966 Settlements of Estates, 1848-1902 Tax Lists, 1815-1875, 1880-1892 Veteran’s Graves Registration by WPA Wills, 1815-1992 Will - Index, 1815-1980 McLean County: Administrator Bonds, 1867-1880, 1898-1908 Buck Creek Baptist Church Records, 1824-1973 Calhoun Baptist Church Records, 1889-1975 Circuit Court Orders, 1854-1897 County Court Orders, 1854-1899 Deeds, 1854-1901 Inventory & Appraisements, 1854-1895 Marriages, 1854-1911 Settlements of Estates, 1847-1892 Tax Lists, 1855-1875 Veteran’s Graves Registration by WPA Wills, 1849-1911 Ohio County: Circuit Court Suits, 1800-ca1900 Postmaster Appointments, 1832-1971 Tax Lists, 1799-1875 Veteran’s Graves Registration by WPA Kentucky Military Records 1890 Census schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War Kentucky rejected pensions for Revolutionary War & War of 1812 WPA’s registration of veteran’s graves for counties of Crittenden thru Elliott, Greenup thru Hart, McCreary thru Pike Kentucky Newspapers Calhoun (McLean County) 1919, 1928, 1930-1931, 1946-1960, 1962-1992 Central City (Muhlenberg County) 1894, 1926-1927 Hartford (Ohio County) 1875-1912 Hawesville (Hancock County) 1853-1854, 1900-1915 Louisville (Jefferson County) 1971-1974 Owensboro (Daviess County) 1842-1844, 1862-1867, 1874-present Whitesville (Daviess County) 1990-1991 note: some years have scattered issues Kentucky County Tax Lists Adair 1802-1824 Jefferson 1789-1840 Allen 1815-1878 Jessamine 1799-1875 Ballard 1843-1884 Knox 1800-1829 Barren 1799-1872 Larue 1827-1875 Boone 1799-1846 Laurel 1827-1875 Bourbon 1787-1848 Lincoln 1787-1811 Boyle 1849-1876 Livingston 1800-1875 Bracken 1797-1836 Logan 1792-1875 Breckinridge 1800-1875 Lyon 1863-1875 Bullitt 1797-1875 Madison 1787-1829 Butler 1811-1875 Marion 1834-1875 Caldwell 1809-1848 Marshall 1843-1875 Calloway 1823-1875 Mason 1790-1809 Campbell 1795-1808 McCracken 1824-1875 Casey 1807-1841 McLean 1855-1875 Christian 1797-1875 Meade 1824-1850 Clark 1793-1850 Mercer 1789-1875 Clay 1807-1875 Metcalfe 1860-1875 Crittenden 1842-1875 Monroe 1820-1875 Cumberland 1799-1875 Montgomery 1797-1826 Daviess1815-1875 Daviess 1880-1892 Nelson 1792-1875 Edmonson 1825-1875 Nicholas 1800-1853 Estill 1808-1840 Ohio 1799-1875 Fayette 1787-1848 Oldham 1824-1875 Franklin 1795-1836 Pendleton 1799-1842 Fulton 1846-1875 Pulaski 1799-1824 Gallatin 1799-1857 Scott 1794-1851 Garrard 1797-1819 Shelby 1792-1852 Graves 1824-1875 Simpson 1819-1875 Grayson 1810-1875 Spencer 1824-1875 Green 1795-1875 Todd 1820-1875 Hancock 1829-1875 Trigg 1820-1875 Hardin 1793-1875 Union 1811-1875 Harrison 1794-1845 Warren 1797-1844 Hart 1819-1875 Washington 1792-1875 Henderson 1799-1875 Wayne 1801-1829 Henry 1800-1837 Webster 1861-1875 Hickman 1822-1875 Woodford 1790-1842 Hopkins 1807-1875 Kentucky Vital Statistics Index to Deaths, 1911-1995 Index to Births by childs name, 1911-1988 Index to Births by mother’s maiden name, 1911-1988 Index to Marriages, 1973-1989 Index to Divorces, 1974-1989 Death Certificates, 1911-1947 Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850, 1860, 1870 & 1880 Vital Statistics (births, deaths & marriages), 1852-1859, 1861, 1874-1875, 1893-1894, & various years for 1901-1910 Special Collections Kentucky Postmaster Appointments, 1831-1971, for counties of Casey thru Graves and Martin thru Pike Journal of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention, 1799 Church Records: Dawson Baptist, Pleasant Ridge Baptist, Providence Methodist, St. Lawrence Catholic, St. Mary’s Catholic, St. William’s Catholic, South Hampton Baptist - all in Daviess County, KY; Goshen Baptist in Breckinridge County, KY; Blackford Baptist in Hancock County, KY; Buck Creek Baptist & Calhoun Baptist in McLean County, KY Centre College, Danville, KY, Material by Thomas G. Bartlett Virginia County Records - lists materials available on interlibrary loan from Virginia State Library Kentucky Room Daviess County Public Library