Cumberland Falls by: James E. Lawson
County Resources
Online Newspapers: The News Journal The Times Tribune
Library: Whitley County Public Library, Williamsburg, KY
Genealogical & Historical Societies:
This agency has Land records (the most common documents recorded are deeds, mortgage releases, entries, warrants, surveys, mortgages, assignments, and indexes), Probate records (may include such documents as wills, estates, letters of administration, administrators, executors, probate journals, probate packets, inventories, settlements, sales, accounts, guardianship, orphans, insolvent estates, bastardy, apprentices, insanity and adoptions) and Marriage Liscenses
Whitley County vital records can be found at the Kentucky Department of Health (VDH) Office of Vital Records which has copies for of birth & death certificates (1911 - present), marriage licenses & divorce decrees (since June 1958). There is a fee for each copy requested.
General Interest Mailing Lists for Kentucky
Message Boards: Rootsweb
Neither the Whitley County KYGenWeb site nor the webmaster gain any money from the sale of the books listed below. By placing a link on this page, it should not be considered an endorsement of any kind. They are posted for our researchers' convenience only.
| Our Heritage" Published by the Corbin Genealogical Society. Membership dues for the year are $15 which includes four quarterly newsletters. These "Newsletters" are full of Descendancy charts, Family Records, Stories of Whitley County, letters, etc. Send checks or money order to Joyce Culver, 99 Boone Avenue, Corbin KY 40701 |
| KENTUCKY EXPLORER This publication comes highly recommended from others researching not only the Whitley County area but all of Kentucky. "If You Enjoy Kentucky History, Genealogy, Travel, Folk Music, Folk Tales, Old & New Pictures, and Outdoor Fun, You Will Like The Kentucky Explorer Magazine." Annual subscription cost is $19.00.
Ky Explorer |
| Whitley Co., KY, Will Book 1, 1818-1854 by: Stephen Broyles |
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Available
from: Byron Sistler Assoc., 1712 Natchez Trace, PO Box 120934, Nashville, TN 37212. ($15 plus shipping) |
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Our Hamblen
Heritage," which includes dozens
of Whitley County families, with 5,500
indexed names, over half of which are
from Whitley County. It is an 8 1/2 x 11 hardbound book, 293 pages, and sells for $40.00, which includes postage. Contact: Larry Hamblen Mythots(at)pacbell.net
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Publications 1850 Whitley County Census books
History and Families of Whitley County Kentucky: Mrs. Babe
Fuson of Williamsburg, KY has a book for sale on the history of
Whitley Co., KY 1818-1993 and its famiies. The book sells for $65
this includes tax and s&h. . 322pg. Kentucky Obituaries, 1787-1854 Garrett Glenn Clift. From the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 1941-1943. Reprinted 1979, 254 pp. + index. Catalog BG 32. Available from: Southern Historical Press, Inc. 275 West Broad St. (29601) PO Box 1267 Greenville, S.C. 29602-1267 (803) 233-2346 Fax: (803) 233-2349 VISA/MC Orders Only 1-800-233-0152 Cost $25 My Family the Blairs by Maude Blair Stanifer Rita Stanifer Maggard Hopper-Proffitt Archives has the following books for sale. Prices listed here are from the Whitley County Vital Statistics 1852-1910 © 1990. We do not guarantee that they are still correct. Laurel Co. KY Vital Statistics 1852-1904 (1852-1919), 70 pages $20.00 Rockcastle Co. KY Vital Statistics 1852-1878 (1852-1910), 148 pages $27.00 Whitley Co. Ky Vital Statistics 1852-1910, ( has some Bell Co. records), 106 pages $22.00 Tri-County Early Marriages, Knox/Laurel/Whitley Co., 100 pages $22.00 1810 Knox Co. KY, 28 pages $12.00 1850 Harlan Co. Ky, 51pages $18.00 1860 Harlan Co. Ky, 62 pages $18.00 1850 Laurel Co. Ky, 54 pages $18.00 1880 Laurel Co. Ky, 228 pages $30.00 1880 Laurel Co. Ky with vital statistics, (annotated with marriages, births, & deaths), 200 pages $45.00 1850 Perry Co. Ky, 34 pages $15.00 1850 Pulaski Co. KY, 154 pages $30.00 1850 Rockcastle Co. KY, 56 pages $18.00 1850 Russell Co. Ky, 59 pages $18.00 1860 Russell Co. Ky, 63 pages $18.00 1850 Whitley Co. KY, 89 pages $20.00 1860 Whitley Co. KY, 101 pages $22.00 1870 Whitley Co. KY, 100 pages $22.00 McHargue Cemetery (lists parents, date of marriage $18.00 Knox/Laurel/Whitley Co. first will book & deed book entries, 37 pages $15.00 Send orders to: |
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