Western Kentucky family Bible records, 1154-1962
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Western Kentucky family Bible records, 1154-1962
- Creator
- Various Western Kentucky Families
- Extent
- 1 reel
- Subjects
- Ballard County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Butler County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Caldwell County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Crittenden County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Davidson County (Tenn.)--Genealogy.
- Fayette County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Graves County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Henry County (Tenn.)--Genealogy.
- Kentucky--Genealogy.
- McCracken County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Marshall County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Maury County (Tenn.)--Genealogy.
- Northampton County (Pa.)--Genealogy.
- Shelby County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Todd County (Ky.)--Genealogy.
- Trigg County (Ky.)--Genealogy
- Arrangement
- Organized by family Bible. No apparent arrangement.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Scope and Content
- These are genealogies written in 49 family Bibles in the possession of individuals living in western Kentucky (primarily Paducah) in ca. 1963. The materials consist of sections from Bibles containing family records. Some Bibles contain marriage, birth, death and temperance certificates, as well as obituaries. Included with a few Bibles are typewritten descriptions of family trees. The original owners of these Bibles were from the Kentucky counties of Ballard, Butler, Caldwell, Crittenden, Fayette, Graves, McCracken, Marshall, Shelby, Todd and Trigg; the Tennessee counties of Davidson, Henry, and Maury; and Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
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