McCracken County, Kentucky:
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Projects

• McCracken County, Kentucky      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• McCracken County, Kentucky Ky GenWeb  History & Genealogy     (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Ballard County, KY  to the west
• Carlisle County, KY  to the southwest
• Graves County, KY  to the south
• Livingston County, KY  to the northeast
• Marshall County, KY  to the east
• Massac County, IL  to the north
• Pulaski County, IL  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Kentucky Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Battle, Kniffin & Perrin's Histories and Biographies of the Jackson Purchase of Kentucky, 1885      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Kentucky Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• McCracken Co, Kentucky, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• McCracken County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• McCracken County GEDCOM Index 
• Paducah GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• McCracken County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• McCracken County  Kentucky Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• McCracken County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• McCracken County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Church Records

• McCracken County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  McCracken County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Ohio River Directory, 1871-72  includes Paducah     (Source: Google Books)
• Paducah City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Paducah Directory  1890-91     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Woodlawn City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes Mc Cracken County, Book A     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstract of Early Kentucky Wills and Inventories  includes McCracken County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Kentucky Probate Records  1792-1977     (Source: Family History Library)
• McCracken County Will & Estate Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

Ethnic

• McCracken County, KY Data Collection  Kentucky African American Griots
• Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0128, includes Owensboro and Paducah     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0129, includes Paducah     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0130, includes Paducah     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0131, includes Paducah     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Records of the field offices for the State of Kentucky, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872  Reel 0132, includes Paducah     (Source: Internet Archive)

History (24)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• McCracken County Deed Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County, Kentucky Deeds  Volume 4, May 1837 - September 1838     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• West of Tennessee River Military Patents 

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Local and Family History  McCracken County Public Library
• McCracken County Genealogy and History  McCracken County Public Library
• Mccracken County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• McCracken County Libraries  Kentucky Library Directory
• McCracken County Libraries 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  McCracken County, Kentucky     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• McCracken County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (24)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  McCracken County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  McCracken County, Kentucky     (Source: Internet Archive)
• McCracken County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Pension Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• Paducah, KY  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • Paducah Battle Summary  1864     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  McCracken County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  McCracken County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • McCracken County, Kentucky  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Jackson Purchase Journal  Number 4, Fall 1991     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Jackson Purchase Surnames  This website contains the surnames which are being researched in the 8 counties of the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky (Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, and McCracken)
• McCracken County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• McCracken County Query Records      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• McCracken County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through McCracken County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Maplelawn Park Cemetery  Paducah, Kentucky
• McCracken County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)
• The Paducah Sun 
• The Paducah Sun      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Paducah Sun  Paducah, KY     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pettus-Rowland Funeral Home  Paducah, Kentucky
• Woodlawn Memorial Gardens  Paducah, Kentucky

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• C. Frank Dunn Photographs Collection  McCracken Co.     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• Historical Postcards of McCracken County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jackson Purchase Photograph & Document Center      (Source: USGenWeb)
• McCracken County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McCracken County Images  Kentuckiana Digital Library     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)
• McCracken County Ky.  Kentucky Historical Society Digital Collections
• Penny Postcards from Kentucky      (Source: USGenWeb Kentucky Archives)

School Records and Histories

• A Historic Timeline  West Kentucky Community & Technical College
• McCracken County Kentucky School Photos and Yearbooks      (Source: USGenWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  McCracken County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• McCracken County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  McCracken County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Paducah Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Paducah Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (108)

Tax Lists

• The Jackson Purchase (of Kentucky), Tax Lists, 1822 - 1824      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Mccracken County, Kentucky Tax Lists  1824 - 1836     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of McCracken County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• McCracken County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• McCracken County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  McCracken County, Kentucky     (Source: Google Patents)
• Report on the geological and economic features of the Jackson's Purchase region  Embracing the counties of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken, and Marshall     (Source: Kentuckiana Digital Library)

Vital Records (10)

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