Online Kentucky Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Kentucky Death Indexes

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

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

Ordering Kentucky Vital Records

Online Kentucky Death Records & Indexes