Mason County, Kentucky

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County Courthouse

Mason County Courthouse, Maysville, Ky.

History

Parent County

1788--Mason County was created 5 November 1788 from Bourbon County.  County seat: Maysville ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Adams County, Ohio
• Bracken
• Brown County, Ohio
• Fleming
• Lewis
• Robertson

Resources

African American

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

•  African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records

•  Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Cemeteries

Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.

• Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date.  This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky. 
  

• 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 Mason County and links to the  information for the individuals buried there,

• 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
• Mason  Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks. 

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Mason  County.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

• ePodunk list of Mason  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

1790 - Lost, but a substitute is available, see Taxation.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

• [1790] Heinemann, Charles B. "First Census" of Kentucky 1790. Washington, D.C.: n.p., 1940. 1981 reprint: FHL US/CAN 976.9 X2ph 1981; digital version at Kentucky Kinfolks. ["1 volume of 1790 was used." (p. 2)]

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).