Genealogy Collection

Overview:

We have a large genealogical collection (books and microfilm) which includes individual family files, local histories, census records, Kentucky death certificates, newspapers, and the E.E. Barton collection of Northern Kentucky families. Researchers can print from our microfilm machine for 25 cents per page.  All microfilm has also been digitalized for your convenience when researching so files can be saved to a USB drive.

E.E. Barton Family Papers:

The E.E. Barton Family Papers contain family history, some oral traditions, court case summaries, deeds, and listings of marriages for, primarily, Pendleton County and some of the surrounding area.

Pendleton Co. Marriage Index, 1799-1964

Marriage information can establish religious and congregation affiliation, and other details can include age and place of birth, occupation, residences, and parents’ names.

Bracken & Pendleton Co. Atlas, 1884

A collection of maps from these two counties. In addition to showing geographic features, many atlases feature political borders, religious statistics and financial statistics.

Local Newspapers:

• The Falmouth Outlook – (beginning in 1907)
• The Falmouth Independent (1877-1879 limited)
• The Pendleton Reformer (limited)
• The Falmouth Pendletonian (1881-1912 limited)
• The Falmouth Democrat (1884-1895 limited)

Local Oral Histories:

A collection of seven recordings made in the summer of 1978 by the Kentucky Oral History Commission. These seven recordings, located on the computer in the genealogy room, contain family and community reminisces of Ambrose Fields, Earl Wallace, Nell Woolery, Elizabeth Bobb, and James Seman Rule. Each session is approximately 60 minutes in length.

• Mr. Fields comments on some of his experiences as a county magistrate and county judge. Other topics include Pendleton Co. history, courthouse life, and family history.
• Mr. Wallace tells when and how the sweet clover and fescue crops were brought into the county; he gives a brief history of Falmouth, recalls stories about the McCoy properties, and also mentions the Falmouth jail and churches.
• Mrs. Woolery talks about the Bradford, Patton, Waller, and Chiles families from the post-Civil War era to the early 1900’s and attitudes toward slaves after the Civil War.
• Mrs. Bobb remembers the Greenwood School, recalls the O.W. Coles’ whiskey distillery and saloon, and mentions people paying taxes by working on road repair. Other topics include housekeeping, farm life, school consolidation, transportation, and local businesses.
• Mr. Rule remembers Pendleton Co. individuals and businesses, politics in Falmouth, honey and dairy farming. He recalls circuses coming to Falmouth, tobacco warehouses that used to be there, describes the streets, sidewalks, first sewers, and sewer plant for Falmouth. He also talks about the railroad, Falmouth Fair, and Court Day.

Ancestry.com library edition:

• This service provides access to billions of historical documents, millions of historical photos, plus local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s.

Heritage Books Archives: (located on the computer in the genealogy room)

• Marriage Records of the City of Fredericksburg & the County of Stafford, Virginia, 1851-1900; edited by Therese A. Fisher
• Marriage Records of the City of Fredericksburg & of Orange, Spotsylvania, & Stafford Counties, Virginia, 1772-1850; edited by Therese A. Fisher
• Marriages in the New River Valley, Virginia: Montgomery, Floyd, Pulaski, and Giles Counties; edited by Therese A. Fisher
• Marriages in Virginia: Spotsylvania County 1851-1900 & Orange County 1851-1867; edited by Therese A. Fisher
• Historical Sketch of Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia by Rev. W.A. R. Goodwin
• Cedar Grove Cemetery Portsmouth, Virginia Plot Book 1 & Plot Book 2 by Bettie Jo Matthews
• Annals of Henrico Parish Diocese of Virginia & Especially of St. John’s Church, The Present Mother Church of the Parish, 1611-1881 by Lewis Burton, Rector of St. John’s Church
• The Parish Register, Register of Saint Peter’s, New Kent County, Virginia from 1680-1787; Published by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia
• Old King William Homes & Families: An Account of Some of the Old Homesteads & Families of King William County, Virginia, From its Earliest Settlement by Peyton Neale Clarke
• Virginia County Records: Williamsburg Wills Being Transcriptions from the Original Files at the Chancery Court of Williamsburg; edited by William Armstrong Crozier

Of Interest to Those Wanting to Join Heredity Associations:

• Kentucky land warrants for the French, Indian & Revolutionary Wars
• Index of patriots: Revolutionary War heroes and their families: Cincinnati Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1893-1981
• Soldiers, sailors, and patriots of the Revolutionary War, Maine
• Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia
• Pendleton County, Kentucky abstracts of pension applications, soldiers the Revolution, War of 1812, and Indian Wars
• Revolutiionary War bounty land grants: awarded by state governments
• Revolutionary War pensions awarded by state governments 1775-1874, the general and federal governments prior ot 1814, and by private acts of congress to 1905

And much more!

Links of Interest:
http://kdla.ky.gov/researchers/Pages/recordsrequestforms.aspx for ordering various records from the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives

http://pchistory.wixsite.com/pchgs  Pendleton County Historical and Genealogical Society

https://findagrave.com/ Find a Grave – cemetery records online; search by location or by name

Heritage Hub  provides access to hundreds of years of obituaries and death notices from thousands of newspapers across the United States. This one-of-a-kind collection helps patrons and family historians uncover new family members and understand family relationships on a deeper level than ever before.

 

If you have questions or inquiries regarding our genealogy resources or genealogy research in general, please complete the form below.

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Library staff can respond to only the most specific requests.  We cannot compile lineages, determine parentage, locate missing persons, or undertake extensive copying projects from books or microfilm.

Genealogy and Local History requests may also be mailed to:

Genealogy and Local History
Pendleton County Public Library
801 Robbins Avenue
Falmouth, Kentucky  41040

or emailed to:
bsoto@pcplibrary.org