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Parent County

1842--Marshall County was created in 1842 from Calloway County.

County seat: Benton

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1888, 1914--Disasters destroyed most records.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Calloway
• Graves
• Livingston
• Lyon
• McCracken
• Trigg

Resources

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African American Research

The following have information concerning African American research.  Both should be used:

• the KY African American Griots Project ~ The Kentucky African American Griots Project
• Sandi Gorin's Tips ~ Hangings in Kentucky 1792 - 1900
•  African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
•  Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans. 

Biographies

• KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries

Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

• Marshall of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks. 
• The KY Historical Society’s Cemetery Database
• African American Cemeteries Online Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
• Cemetery Junction  ~  Links to cemetery transcriptions
• Naming the Forgotten ~ Naming the Forgotten - The Eastern State Hospital Project
• Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.
• Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Marshall County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there,
• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Marshall County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.
• ePodunk list of Marshall County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.

Census

For tips on accessing Marshall County, Kentucky census records online, see: Kentucky Census.

• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Kentucky  Census Transcriptions 1850 - 1930
• The USGenWeb Census Images ~ The USGenWeb Census Images Project
• Kentucky Census Transcriptions ~ The USGenWeb Census Project
• Census Online ~ Census Online

Church

• Kentucky Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
• Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

Court

• Abstracts of Early KY Court Cases Abstracts of Early Supreme Court Cases ~ KYGenWeb Special Project
• Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference

Land

• The KY Land Office

Local Histories

• ~ The Archives of Appalachia

Maps

• KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
• Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military

• Military Resources ~ Revolutionary War through Civil War
• Korean War Memorial Korean War Memorial for Soliders from KY ~ KYGenWeb
• Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY ~ Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky

Miscellaneous

• Kentucky Postcards ~ The USGenWeb Archives Penny Postcard Project
• The KYGenWeb Footsteps ~ The Kentucky Footsteps Archives ~ KYGenWeb Special Project

Newspapers

• Kentucky News  -  Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
• Another Kentucky Newspaper Index with links
• Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm   -   Kentucky Newspapers Available On Microfilm

Obituaries

• KY Footsteps Archives ~ KY Footsteps List Archives - thousands of obituaries here ~ KYGenWeb Project
• KY Obituary Sources ~ Kentucky Obituary Sources ~ Compiled by the KYGenWeb Project
• Links to research and locate obituaries
• Browning Genealogy Database ~ The Browning Genealogy Database - A Collection of Obituaries Compiled by Charles Browning.
• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project  ~  Kentucky Obituary Project
• Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot  ~  Kentucky Newspaper Citations
• Obituary Daily Times  ~  Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
• Nashville Advocate ~ Death Abstracts from the Nashville Christian Advocate

Probate

• 1848-1933 - Will Book 2 (1848-1933) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

• 1852-1861 - Marshall County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch C517721 at FamilySearch - free.^[2]
• 1874 - Marshall County Birth Index 1874. Batch C517722 at FamilySearch - free.^[2]
• 1875 - Marshall County Birth Index 1875. Batch C517723 at FamilySearch - free.^[2]

Marriage

• 1852-1861 - Marshall County Marriage Index 1852-1861. Batch M517721 at FamilySearch - free.^[2]
• 1875 - Marshall County Marriage Index 1875. Batch M517724 at FamilySearch - free.^[2]
• 1876-1878 - Marshall County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch M517725 at FamilySearch - free.^[2]

Unsorted

• The Kentucky Vital Records Project Transcriptions of and Images of KY Death Certificates - A Work in Progress ~ The KY Vital Records Project
• KY Births & Christenings ~ Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 Family Search
• KY Deaths & Burials ~ KY Deaths & Burials 1843 - 1970
• KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1783 - 1979 ~ Family Search
• Searchable KY Vital Records ~ Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths & Marriages
• Kentucky Marriage Records  1973 - 2000  ~ Kentucky Marriage Records - 1973 - 2000
• KY Divorces 1973 - 1993 ~ Kentucky Divorce Records 1973 - 1993 ~ University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases
• The Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index - Searchable

Societies and Libraries

• Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Marshall Co. KYGenWeb
• KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
• State of Kencucky Website
• USGenWeb Kentucky Archives ~ Kentucky in the USGenWeb Archives ~ Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.
• The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195506&subject_disp=Kentucky%2C+Marshall&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]
• Marshall County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Marshall County, Kentucky page 273, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/7/75/Igikentuckymz.pdf.

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