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Kentuck Death Records:

History of death records before 1911

The Government of the Commonwealth of Kentucky kept no deaths prior to 1852.  
The first vital statistics law passed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 
January 1852, required the Auditor's Office assessors of the tax to record 
deaths each year as they assessed property for the tax.  The Auditor's Office 
never did the job well.
This vital statistics law was repealed in 1862.

The original lists and certificates of deaths which survive are in the State 
Archives.  They are arranged by county and are for the years 1852-1862.  
Between 1862 and 1911, when the present Office of Vital Statistics was 
established, several attempts were made to again require the recording of 
deaths at the state government level.  Some records for 1874-1879 survive as 
a result of a second vital statistics law.  A few scattered records exist for 
the years 1891-1910.  These records, arranged by county and date, are also in 
the State Archives.

Four Kentucky cities (Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport) 
maintained birth and death registers as well, from the late 1890s until 1911. 
 For information on how to request these records, see the BIRTH AND DEATH 
RECORDS REQUEST FORM.

 Kentucky's Vital 
Statistics Information (aol users - click underline)

http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/arch/vitastat.htm (other - copy & paste)

 Genealogical 
Reference Correspondence Policy 

http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/arch/corpolic.htm

 Kentucky Department for Libraries and 
Archives 

http://www.kdla.state.ky.us

Ruth in NC

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