Marriage records
Listed dates: 1843–2013.
Ask for the register entry and any associated license, bond or return.
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LaRue County:
Listen to local memory, then check the printed record.
Explore LaRue County oral histories and newspaper obituaries, with a separate route to historical society publications held in Frankfort.
Not sure where to begin? Build a free three-step research plan → Choose your question, period and records already checked.
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.
Explore LaRue boundary history →Which records cover your years?
Compare your research years with these KDLA inventory entries. Bars represent listed holdings, not verified completeness or online availability. Unmarked years mean not listed here, not proof that records were destroyed.
Check the volume before ordering. Inventory endpoints do not mark the beginning or end of all county recordkeeping. Ask about indexes, missing volumes, access conditions and other custodians.
Deed books
Listed dates: 1843–2014.
Locate the grantor and grantee indexes first; preserve the book and page reference.
Will books
Listed dates: 1843–2012.
Ask separately about estate settlements, administrations, guardianships and loose papers.
County order books
Listed dates: 1843–1977.
Request the relevant volume and index, then follow references to related proceedings.
Early birth records
Listed dates: 1852–1859, 1861, 1874–1878, 1896–1899, 1903.
These interrupted runs require year-specific checking. Do not assume complete registration.
Death records
Listed dates: 1852–1861, 1874–1879, 1896–1899, 1903, 1911–1967.
The 1911–1967 run includes KDLA statewide certificate holdings. Confirm the correct custodian for later records.
Tax assessment books
Microfilm (blue): 1843–1875, 1879–1884, 1886–1892.
Ask KDLA for the named county, taxpayer and exact year, and whether the item is microfilm or an original. An absent name alone does not prove death or migration.
Access: start with KDLA’s record-request forms . Select the appropriate series and provide county, name, date and any book/page citation. Confirm current fees and restrictions. These links lead to request instructions, not a promise of free online images.
Sources, dates and limitations
- KDLA Inventory of County Records, PDF page 8 : source for the six record groups above tax.
- KDLA Inventory of Land Records, PDF page 16 : source for tax intervals and formats.
Reviewed October 26, 2026. These inventories summarize selected holdings and may differ in scope or update date. No page-by-page volume check was performed. County boundaries and custody can change independently.
STOP 01 / Hodgenville and online
LaRue County Public Library: oral histories and Herald News obituaries
Two local collections share one library.
The Oral History Project links interviews with residents including Wilma McDowell, Phyllis Hazle, Billy Curle, and Carl Howell Jr. The library also holds annual bound editions of the LaRue County Herald News. Its website offers selected obituary files for listed years between 1950 and 1963; additional years are in the onsite reference section.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Start on Books & More. Open an interview or a year-and-surname obituary file. For other years, contact the library at 270-358-3851 before visiting 215 Lincoln Drive.
A question you can ask
Can you check the bound newspaper for this date and supply the full obituary with page and issue details?
Keep in mind
Online obituary years are selective, not a continuous run. Memories are evidence of what a narrator recalled; check dates and relationships against contemporary records.
STOP 02 / Frankfort / collection locator
Kentucky Historical Society: LaRue County Records periodical
A society journal may preserve a transcription a name search misses.
KHS lists LaRue County Records among its county historical and genealogical publications. This is a route to local research articles and transcriptions rather than a promise that every issue is digitized.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Use the KHS library catalog and ask staff to confirm available volumes, indexes, and copying options for the title before visiting or ordering.
A question you can ask
Which issues of LaRue County Records do you hold, and is there a surname or subject index?
Keep in mind
The holdings list does not specify issue coverage or prove that a particular ancestor appears. Trace any transcription to its cited original when available.
Leave a trail another researcher can follow.
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.
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