The Kentucky Digital Library

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The Kentucky Digital Library is made up of thousands of digital documents found at 20 libraries, archives and institutions found in the state. The following institutions contributed (click here to view, and search each collection individually). The number following the institution name is the number of documents available to view. An amazing collection!

  • University of Kentucky (1,039,059)
  • Transylvania University (44,079)
  • Murray State University (18,434)
  • Lexington Public Library (9,025)
  • Jeffersontown Historical Museum (5,520)
  • International Code Council (4,623)
  • Kentucky State University (3,598)
  • Berea College (3,335)
  • Georgetown College (3,075)
  • Keeneland Racing Association (2,035)
  • The Filson Historical Society (1,479)
  • Morehead State University (1,448)
  • Kentucky Historical Society (1,174)
  • Louisville Free Public Library (590)
  • University of Louisville (576)
  • Eastern Kentucky University (438)
  • Western Kentucky University (334)
  • Jessamine County Public Library (233)
  • Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (225)
  • Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (146)

Click here to search across the entire collection.

I did a search on the name “Daffron,” as my wife has Daffron ancestry and relatives from Kentucky. I got 64 hits from items held by the University of Kentucky – items as diverse as newspaper articles, books, minutes, commencement programs, diaries and yearbooks.

Check out William Dollarhide’s new Kentucky Name Lists volume at the FRPC website.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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