Sources checked October 31, 2026. Based on public institutional descriptions and collection catalogs; no staff confirmation or onsite inspection. Confirm access before visiting.
Start with one connection.
Bring a person, a place, approximate years, and one question. A township, congregation, school, or employer may reveal records a surname search misses. The custodian can be outside the county.
Check the county for your research year.
A place may have belonged to a parent county before this county existed.
Northern Kentucky Views: Campbell County historical material
Search a lodge or town directory for an ancestor’s associates.
This curated local collection links town business directories, 1890 and 1911 Masonic lodge rosters, and a 1910 Newport Knights Templar membership list.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Choose the community or organization, open the underlying scan, and record its original publication title and date.
A question you can ask
What original publication produced this list, and are adjacent years available?
Keep in mind
This is a community-curated collection, not a complete official register. Membership lists and directories cover selected people.
STOP 02 / Kenton County Public Library, Local History and Genealogy Department
Bellevue city records: municipal decisions on microfilm
Follow a specific collection to the original evidence.
The official microfilm inventory lists Bellevue City Records for 1879–1885 and 1889–1892, call number 320.B442. This is a specific Campbell County municipal collection held across the county line in Covington. It offers a route into town government records beyond the county's better-known photographs and community-history pages.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Contact the Local History and Genealogy Department at the Covington Branch, 502 Scott Boulevard, before visiting. Give the collection title, call number and target year, and ask about the volume contents, indexes, reader availability and copies. The department's official contact is history@kentonlibrary.org. Begin with a precise event, address or municipal question so staff can help identify the relevant volume.
A question you can ask
Which item, volume or file covers my person, place and research years, and how can I consult or request it?
Keep in mind
The inventory does not describe every record type or guarantee a name index. Do not advertise these as complete minutes or assessment rolls without checking the reels. The published coverage has an explicit 1886–1888 gap.
STOP 03 / Kenton County Public Library, Catholic church microfilm collection
Campbell parish records: identify the town before selecting a reel
Follow a specific collection to the original evidence.
The official inventory names several Campbell collections: St. Anthony in Bellevue, 1889–1924; St. Bernard in Dayton, 1854–1924; St. Mary in Alexandria, 1860–1927; and St. Thomas in Fort Thomas, 1895–1925. These are parish-specific date ranges, useful for following a family across nearby towns rather than treating every Northern Kentucky Catholic record as interchangeable.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Use the library's Catholic Church Records inventory to choose the actual parish and copy its film location. Contact the Covington Local History and Genealogy Department with the parish, approximate event date and names before a visit. Ask which sacramental registers and indexes the requested reel contains, and whether staff can provide a targeted copy.
A question you can ask
Which item, volume or file covers my person, place and research years, and how can I consult or request it?
Keep in mind
Listed ranges do not establish continuous coverage for every event type. Parish labels and town names must match the family's evidence. Do not assume that an online index covers these entire microfilm holdings, or that recent records are unrestricted.
STOP 04 / Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society
School histories, yearbooks and family files in Alexandria
Follow a specific collection to the original evidence.
Campbell County Public Library's official society-tour announcement identifies family files, local-history books, church and cemetery information, school histories and yearbooks at the society's courthouse location. The library's resource directory additionally describes microfilm, microfiche, veterans' information and an 1883 atlas covering Campbell, Boone and Kenton counties. These holdings provide a local route beyond the online Northern Kentucky Views material.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Use the library's society listing to reach the organization and confirm current research access before traveling to Alexandria. Ask for a particular surname, school, town or cemetery and provide a date range. Request an inventory or description of the relevant folder or yearbook before assuming a particular graduating class is present. This is an inquiry route to physical holdings, not a promised online name search.
A question you can ask
Which item, volume or file covers my person, place and research years, and how can I consult or request it?
Keep in mind
No comprehensive yearbook date span or family-file index was verified. The event date is not a standing opening schedule. Family files may contain compiled research that needs checking against its cited sources.
CAMPBELL COUNTY / SELECTED RECORDS COVERAGE
Which collections cover your years?
Use these dated holdings to choose a next search. This is a selection of cataloged collections, not a complete inventory of Campbell County records.
A range is a lead, not a guarantee. Bars show the dates stated by the cited catalog or inventory. They do not establish uninterrupted coverage, complete reporting or online image access. Unmarked years mean not represented in this selection, not that records were destroyed. Indexes and abstracts still need to be followed to the underlying record.
Sources reviewed October 26, 2026. Blue shows cataloged holdings; rust identifies indexes or compiled publications where the source specifies them. Read the format label and access notes for each row.
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KDLA inventory entry
Marriage records (Newport inventory row)
Listed years: 1795–1989.
Source, access and coverage limits
Use KDLA’s record-request instructions and identify the county, record series, exact years and any book or page reference. Ask about indexes and the current custodian before ordering.
Keep in mind: These are selected inventory dates, not proof of complete or uninterrupted coverage or online images. Confirm the specific volume and any earlier jurisdiction; a range endpoint is not necessarily the first or last year of recordkeeping. Probate papers may be filed separately from will books. The inventory distinguishes city or courthouse sections for this county; confirm the geographical scope.
Confirm the historical jurisdiction as well as the date. A record may be held outside today’s county, and an inventory’s ending year does not mean recordkeeping stopped.
Save the repository, collection title, dates, volume, page or item identifier, link, and the date you consulted it. Follow an index to the original record when possible. Keep uncertain names and inferred relationships visibly separate from what the source states.
Suggest a correction, an overlooked collection or an updated access detail. An official link or source helps us check it before making a change. Please leave out private family documents and sensitive personal information.