Breckinridge County Archives

Records Inventory 

Record Series

Status

Years Available

Birth Certificates

Incomplete

1852-59, 1884, 1904

Cemeteries

Nearly a complete listing of all headstones in over 500 cemeteries in the county

Almost all persons buried in the county

Census Records

Complete of those released by the Census Bureau

1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900

Church Histories and Records

Incomplete

Depends on church

Deed Books

Complete

1800 to present

Death Certificates

Incomplete

1852-59, 1884, 1904; for deaths 1911-1993, see Vital Records Index

Family Files, correspondence, family group sheets

About 600 families

Depends on the family

Marriage Records

1800 to 1851 incomplete; 1852 to present, compelte

1800 to present; for marriages 1973 to 1993, see Vital Records Index

Microfiche, various records from LDS, other counties and other states

Depends on record

Depends on Record

Microfilm of Breckinridge News, Irvington Herald, and Breckinridge County Herald News

Incomplete

1878 to 1934

Miscellaneous Records--County Court orders, Tavern Bonds, Coffeehouse Bonds, Administrators' Bonds, Executors' Bonds, Guardians' Bonds, Ministers' Bonds, Justice of the Peace Bonds, Mortgages, Estates Settelements

Depends upon Record

Depends upon Record

Newspaper Clippings, obituaries

Depends upon Record

Depends upon Record

Photographs--numerous photographs of various sites and individuals in Breckinridge County's history

Depends upon Record

Depends upon Record

Private Scrapbooks-various scrapbooks donated for historic preservation

Depends upon Scrapbook

Depends upon Scrapbook

Published Books--about 250 published books regarding the history of Breckinridge County, churches, or genealogies

Depends upon History

Depends upon History

 

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