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Nelson County Public Library 201 Cathedral Manor Bardstown, KY 40004 Telephone 502-348-3714 FAX 502-348-5578 |
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Genealogy Every year many visitors from other states and countries spend time researching their genealogy here. Our library, which recently moved to spacious new quarters at 201 Cathedral Manor, includes a new Genealogy Room that has an extensive collection focusing on Kentucky and states and territories from which the original Kentucky settlers came; including Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. Nelson County was formed from the territory known as Jefferson County in 1785. In 1792 Kentucky became a state and from the original territory that was Nelson the following additional counties were formed: Hardin 1793, Washington 1792, Green (part) 1793, Bullitt (part) 1797, Ohio 1799, Larue 1842, Marion 1832, Spencer (part) 1826, Butler (part) 1810, Daviess 1815, Grayson 1810. We have information about this entire area as well as the surrounding states from which most of Nelson Count settlers came. The library online catalogue includes the entire genealogy collection. The collection houses and catalogues both the library's collection and books that have been purchased by the Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable, an active local history group. Click here to go directly to our Online Catalogue. The Roundtable, founded in 1984 has purchased many books and microfilms, gathers donated local materials and organizes and maintains family files, and transcribes public records. They have printed books of these records that makes information readily available to genealogists all over the world. The group also provides volunteer research assistants in the Genealogy Room whenever the Library is open. Recently, they purchased a digital microfilm machine with local funds that makes it much easier to view and print from microfilm. Below are highlights of the genealogical collection.
A great source for
original records can be found in the Sutherland Building, 113
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