Kentucky Death Certificate

For Death and death records prior to 1911, write:
Public Records Division
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
300 Coffee Tree Road
P.O. Box 537
Frankfort, KY 40602-0537

For Death and death records after 1911, and marriage records after 1958, write:
Department for Health Services
Office of Vital Statistics
375 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601

• Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000 at Rootsweb
• Kentucky Death Index 1911-1992 at the University of Kentucky (also has marriages & divorces 1973-1993)
• Kentucky Death Certificates and Records 1852-1953 (requires payment) includes digitized Kentucky death certificates from 1911-1953, plus earlier records for some counties -- part of an Ancestry subscription, which also includes...
  • Kentucky Death Index 1911-2000 (requires payment)
  • Kentucky Birth Index 1911-1999 (requires payment) also has some birth listings before 1911
  • Kentucky Marriage Index 1973-1999 (requires payment)
  • The above 4 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's U.S. Genealogy Records Collection
• Boyd County Cemeteries & Ashland Daily Independent Obituary Index 1922-1945 from the Boyd County Library; also includes other genealogy indexes
• Fayette County: Lexington Cemetery Burial Search
• Jefferson County & Louisville Cemeteries some with transcriptions
• Jefferson County: Cave Hill Cemetery Burials - Louisville, Kentucky
• Johnson County Deaths 1852-1876
• Johnson County Death Index 1900-1999
• Johnson County Obituaries Assorted Years
• Kenton County Death Records 1852-1880 (Incomplete) also includes many other records for Kenton County & Northern Kentucky
• Knox County Cemeteries
• Laurel County Death Records 1856-1858
• Metcalfe County Cemeteries & Assorted Death Records
• Wayne County Cemeteries scanned pages from the Wayne County, Kentucky Cemeteries book
• Kentucky Obituaries Archive - Recent (requires payment - you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online) includes the Bowling Green Daily News (7/2/1999-Current); Covington Kentucky Post (4/2/1990-Current); Lexington Herald-Leader (1/25/1984-Current); Louisville Courier-Journal (1/13/1999-Current); Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (9/1/1988-Current); and the Russellville News-Democrat & Leader (12/13/2005-Current)
• Kentucky Cemetery Records Database far from complete, but worth a look if you have KY ancestors
• Also... Kentucky Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories