Online Kentucky Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Kentucky Death Indexes, Death Certificates and Vital Records Indexes

Kentucky Vital Records Indexes at Ancestry (these require payment)
- Kentucky Death Certificates and Records, 1852-1965 (coverage before 1911 varies by county)
  includes digitized Kentucky death certificates from 1911-1965, plus earlier records for some counties
- Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
- Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999 also has some birth listings before 1911
- Kentucky Marriage Index, 1973-1999

Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (free) at FamilySearch; includes digitized images of the death certificates

Currently Unavailable: Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 (free) at Rootsweb
Kentucky Death Index, 2000-2013 (free) at the Boyd County Public Library
Kentucky Death Index, 1911-1992 (free) at the University of Kentucky (also has marriages and divorces, 1973-1993)

Kentucky Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Allen County Genealogy Database includes some death indexes and cemetery burials
Boone County Family Cemetery Registers
Boyd County Cemeteries & Ashland Daily Independent Obituary Index (various years) from the Boyd County Library; also includes other genealogy indexes
Boyle County Genealogy and Vital Records Indexes includes indexes for deaths, obituaries, cemeteries, marriages and more; also has some genealogy indexes for Casey County
Carter County Cemeteries, Transcribed Genealogy Records and Images includes some death certificates and obituaries
Clark County: Winchester Cemetery Burial Records (Winchester, KY)
Daviess County: Owensboro Area Obituary Index and Abstracts, 1842-present ongoing project
Edmonson County: Mammoth Cave National Park Cemetery Database
Fayette County and Lexington...
- Lexington Cemetery Burial Search
- Duffs Funeral Notices Scrap Book, 1806-1887 digitized book
- Lexington Public Library Local History Index indexes some local newspaper articles, including some death and funeral notices for significant people
- Fayette County: Old Union Christian Church Cemetery Burials in rural Lexington, Kentucky
Hardin County: Elizabethtown City Cemetery Burials
Harrison County Funeral Home Indexes
Henderson County Public Library Obituary Finder, 1957-present (more years are being added)
Jefferson County and Louisville...
- Jefferson County and Louisville Cemeteries some with transcriptions
- Jefferson County: Cave Hill Cemetery Burials - Louisville, Kentucky
- Jefferson County: Herman Meyer & Son Jewish Funeral Home - Burials and Headstone Photos Louisville, KY (ongoing project)
Jessamine County: Maple Grove Cemetery Burials (in Nicholasville, KY)
Johnson County...
- Johnson County Death Indexes 1852-1876 and 1900-1999
- Johnson County Obituaries - Assorted Years
Kenton County Cemeteries, Death Records 1852-1880 (incomplete), and other Genealogy Indexes
Knox County Cemeteries
Laurel County Death Records 1856-1858
Lawrence County Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for obituaries and DAR cemetery records
Lexington: see Fayette County above
Lincoln County Cemeteries
Louisville: see Jefferson County above
McCracken County: Oak Grove Cemetery Burials (Paducah, KY) PDF files
Meade County Deaths, 1852-1909 some years missing
Metcalfe County Cemeteries and Assorted Death Records
Trimble County Obituaries, 1928-1989
Wayne County Cemeteries scanned pages from the Wayne County, Kentucky Cemeteries book

Kentucky Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes the Bowling Green Daily News (7/2/1999-Current); Covington Kentucky Post (4/2/1990-Current); Henderson Gleaner (4/14/2006-Current); Lexington Herald-Leader (1/25/1984-Current); Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer (9/1/1988-Current); Russellville News-Democrat & Leader (12/13/2005-Current); and more

Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990 from FamilySearch browsable images; most of the images have not yet been indexed; wills from Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties are currently indexed.

Also... Kentucky Genealogy Records at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more

Ordering Kentucky Vital Records

Where to Write for Vital Records - Kentucky (fees and restrictions apply)

Online Kentucky Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide