Perry County: Use a dated street photograph to place a family business.
Use a dated street photograph to place a family business. Use the identified collection alongside local sources, preserving the original citation and any uncertainty.
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 Perry 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.
180018501900195020002026
KDLA inventory entry
Deed books
Listed years: 1833–1956, 1963–1971, 1977–1982.
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.
STOP 01 / Online finding aid / university repository
Morehead State University: Hazard Main Street photograph
Use a dated street photograph to place a family business.
The Sprague photograph collection catalogs Hal Kooner’s image of Main Street, Hazard, dated July 31, 1947.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Open the item and image, then compare signs or buildings with an independently documented address.
A question you can ask
Can this street view help locate an independently verified family address?
Keep in mind
The photograph supplies place context. It does not identify every person, building occupant or business owner.
STOP 02 / Hazard
Perry County Public Library genealogy room
Search local cemetery guides alongside family histories.
The library lists noncirculating Perry and neighboring-county family histories, cemetery guides, newspaper material and microfilm.
Research details & a question to ask
How to begin
Contact the genealogy staff with a name, community and narrow period; ask which specific title or film is relevant before visiting.
A question you can ask
Is there a cemetery guide or local family history for this creek community?
Keep in mind
The overview does not establish complete record dates or imply every family has a file.
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.