Resource - Kentucky Vital Records Data Base

Spent most of last week & the weekend continuing my prep for the May trip to Kentucky. Mark's family on his mom's side has Kentucky roots, primarily in three counties - Hopkins, Christian & Todd. A few wandered out of those counties and into others, but the majority managed to stick pretty close to that basic 3. Searching for them in Kentucky records has at times been frustrating, mostly due in part to horrid indexing. But other factors also come into play as well.

Might help if there was some consistancy in the records. Most times whene I can not find someone its due to that particular county not having the records for that particular year. Ancestry covers from 1852-1953, but the Kentucky Vital Records project covers basically from 1911 to ? , they accept donations of vital records certificates but also maintain their own death certificate images. They do have some earlier records but it is hit or miss.

Many times I've been able to locate persons on this site that I could not locate on Ancestry. Whether its the indexing or something else I don't know. But when I can not locate on one I always try the other. The Kentucky Vital Records project is staffed by volunteers so they don't do any lookups or offer any genealogical assistance. No fancy bells & whistles - just a good basic genealogy resource for those with ties to the state of Kentucky!

Happy Researching!
Karen

Indexing & Handwriting...

Both cousins, Anne & Carol had issues with both indexing & handwriting. Personally I find the two usually go together in some capacity. I am including for your viewing pleasure a death certificate that I have located. Can you tell me who you THINK it is for? I can tell you it is indexed as Anordley, C.C. take a look and tell me what you think? Remember you can click on the image to enlarge & return to the blog by using your browsers back button.

SO did you figure it out yet?

Its actually the death certificate for Christopher C. Ansley, son of Elbert O. Ansley & his wife, Leah J. Richardson. Christopher died 28 Oct 1926 in Lee Couny, Georgia. Took a bit of creative searching but success at last!

Happy Researching!
Karen