Henry County Research Links
The Sutton Law introduced to the state legislature in
1850 approved in 1852
County clerks shall preserve list of birth, marriages, and deaths.
Some
counties started and have records up to 1911 when the federal government
started the vital records. Records during the civil war are
few.
Depending on the county clerk depends on how much information is
recorded. Check with the county court or the local genealogy society to
see if they have transcribed birth and death records.
The Henry Co Courthouse burned in 1804, which resulted in the loss of some records. Here is a compiled inventory of all the genealogical records available at the Henry County Clerk's Office, the Henry County History Center (both located in New Castle) and the Henry County Public Library (located in Eminence). The Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort and the Lexington Public Library. The Kentucky Dept for Libraries and Archives in Frankfort (microfilm) also have many early Henry County records. County court orders, deeds, marriages, etc. are available since the formation of the County. The History Center has all the original marriage bonds and marriages.
Henry County History Center
219 South Main St (PO Box 570)
New Castle, KY 40050
(502) 845-0999
henrycountyhisto@bellsouth.net
Henry County Government Directory
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Henry County Historical Society http://www.history.henrycountyky.com/ 219 S. Main Street, New Castle, one block south of the Courthouse on State Route 421 and 55. Email Address: henrycountyhisto@bellsouth.net phone # (502) 845-0999 The Historical Society has the majority of the oldest records for Henry County; Birth, Death & Marriages |
Henry County Court Clerk P.O. Box 615, Newcastle, KY. 40050 Phone: 502 845-5705 The Court Clerk's Office has old records; Marriage Book #2 1827-1843 and Marriage book #3 1843-1852. They also have marriage records from 1901 to present. There are no Birth records in the Clerk's office. Also Land Records from 1799 and old Will Books. Juanita Lashley, Court Clerk juanita.lashley@ky.gov for copies, send $1 in a SASE + $ .25 per page for the copies
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Henry County Clerk of the Circuit Court is located at Courthouse, 30 N. Main St., New Castle, KY. 40050 [mailing address; P.O. Box 359 New Castle, Ky. 40050]; Phone Number: 502-845-2868. Mary Lou Roberts, Circuit Court Clerk. http://courts.ky.gov/counties/Henry/contacthenry.htm
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Henry County
Public Library
The Henry County Library has all the wills, marriages, deaths, etc that have been microfilmed from the county. Copies from microfilm are very reasonable at $.10 a page. Indexes have been compiled for most of the microfilms. These are not available at the Archives in Frankfort. |
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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Administrative Office of the Courts Public Records Division, 300 Coffee Tree Road, Frankfort KY USA 800-928-2550 has old Probate Records A link to search the Archives online catalog http://kdla.kyvl.org/ |
If you have other Resources and would like them added here, please email me! |