Louisville deaths records
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Louisville deaths records
- Date
- 1866-1907 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 0.5 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Death
- Indexes
- Local government.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged chronologically.
- Preferred Citation
- M-348 : [identification of item], Louisville Death records, 1866-1907, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The city of Louisville officials created and maintained death certificates and documents for persons who died in Jefferson County. Birth and death records became mandatory in the State of Kentucky in 1910 and officially enacted in 1911.
- Scope and Content
- The Louisville death records (dated 1866-1907; 0.5 cubic feet; 15 reels) comprise microfilmed indices and volumes of death certificates and documents for the city of Louisville during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Index to books 1-7, Volume 1, 1866-1891
Index to books 1-7, Volume 2, 1866-1891
Index to books 8-9, 1891-1898
Index to books 10-11, Volumes A and B, 1898-1900
Index to books 12-13, 1900-1907
Index to books 14-15, 1907-1910
Volumes 1-3, 1866-1873
Volume 4, 1873-1879
Volume 5, 1879-1883
Volume 6, 1884-1887
Volume 7, 1887-1891
Volume 8, 1891-1894
Volume 9, 1895-1897
Volume 10-11, 1897-1902
Volume 12-13, 1902-1907
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