This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KNIGHT-SIMMONS-BAUGH-CHRISTMAS-LUCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QBB.2ACI/3068.5 Message Board Post: Family History/Records Research Kentucky did not keep comprehensive, official birth and death records until 1911, but did maintain lists of births, deaths, and marriages, filed by county, from 1852-1862, 1874-1879, 1891-1910 in the State Auditor's Office, which are available at KDLA. Kentucky passed a comprehensive vital statistics law in 1911 to issue official certificates of birth and death. The birth records after 1911 are available from the KY Office of Vital Statistics. Death certificates from 1911-1954 are available at KDLA. Death certificates issued after 1954 are available from the KY Office of Vital Statistics. Marriage records are created by County Clerks in Kentucky's 120 counties. Many of these marriage records are available at KDLA, or at the offices of individual county clerks. The State Auditor also maintained lists of marriages, filed by county, from 1852-1910, and the KY Office of Vital Statistics began recording marriages in 1958. http://www.kdla.ky.gov/research.htm I hope this will help you in your research for your families. It would also be a good ideal to research for Land Grants. Take Care and Happy Hunting. From my home to yours ¸...¸ _________[]__ ¸...¸ ,·´º o `·, /__/ _/\_ //____/\ ,·´º o `·, ```)¨(´´ ±±| | * | | *| | *| |l±±±±```)¨(´´´ ¸,.-·´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ `·-. ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ Merry Christmas and Happy New Years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Connie *In Beautiful Western Kentucky* ¤ø,¸_¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_¸,ø¤°°¤ø,¸_¸,ø¤ Connie's Links-Lots of Links-Try Them angelfire.com/ky2/connie/Links.html ¤ø,¸_¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸_¸,ø¤°°¤ø,¸_¸,ø¤ (\o/) Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, /_\ and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale~