Montgomery County: Translate old post-office names into a better search location.
Translate old post-office names into a better search location. Start with the collection and request a specific item, place or date range before planning a visit.
Sources checked October 26, 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.
Use these dated holdings to choose a next search. This is a selection of cataloged collections, not a complete inventory of Montgomery 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
Deed books
Listed years: 1800–1919.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Morehead State University: Montgomery county-history manuscripts
Translate old post-office names into a better search location.
The university index lists Montgomery folklore, historical sketches by Richard Reid, and Robert Rennick’s post-office study.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Find Montgomery on the index and open the individual PDFs. Note author and page before following a locality clue into records.
A question you can ask
Was this family’s named community served by a differently named post office?
Keep in mind
These are historical and compiled studies, not a complete set of county records.
STOP 02 / Mount Sterling
Gateway Regional Arts Center: Cultural Mosaics
Look for Black community history in a locally curated exhibition.
The center describes an exhibit of photographs, artifacts and local art about Black life in Montgomery County, with material credited to the county history museum.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Read the exhibit page, then ask the arts center or credited museum about the specific photograph or community represented.
A question you can ask
Who holds the source image or documentation behind this exhibit item?
Keep in mind
An exhibition description does not establish that every object is digitized or currently on display.
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.
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.