Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999

What is in This Collection?

This collection consists of indexes of births, marriages and deaths from January 1911 to July 1999. These indexes were created by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives from data files obtained from the Office of Vital Statistics.

The first vital statistics laws were passed in 1852 but were repealed in 1962. Additional attempts were made to require recording of vital records between the years 1862 and 1911 when the current Office of Vital Statics was created.

The surviving lists, returns and certificates are in the State Archives in Frankfort. They are arranged by county and cover the following years:

• 1852-1859
• 1873-1879
• 1893-1910
• 1973-1999 (marriages only)

The cities of Covington, Lexington, Louisville and Newport also maintained birth and death registers from the late 1890s to 1911.

A number in the child's "middle name" field on a birth record indicates that no name was provided for the child.
1=boy child
2=girl child
If the mother was unmarried the child was assigned the mother's first and last name. If the mother was married the child was assigned the father's first and last name.

Copies of original records are available from:
Office of Vital Statistics
275 E. Main St.
Frankfort, KY 40601
$ Fees apply

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records: