Welcome to the Clark County Public Library Local History & Genealogy Page. The listing of resources below is by no means exhaustive, but provides a general overview of what we have. Our local history room is open the same hours as the main library. We hope you are able to check out our resources in person very soon! Feel free to contact the Reference Department by phone, or by e-mailing any of the Librarians listed below:
Reference and Local History Department
Angela Turner, Reference Librarian
aturner@clarkbooks.org
Brad Allard, Reference Librarian
ballard@clarkbooks.org
Jeff Gurnee
jgurnee@clarkbooks.org
Jennifer Mattern, Reference Librarian
jmattern@clarkbooks.org
We are in the process of adding various Local History and Genealogy resources online. Some of these are:
Clark County Veteran Interviews
Clark County Newspaper Obituaries
Digital Archives of the Winchester Sun 2010-2017
Clark County Order Books Probate Index
1877 Atlas of Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Jessamine and Woodford Counties, Ky.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Winchester (Provided through University of Kentucky)
Clark County Deeds 1793-1902; Indexes 1793-1959 (Requires a FamilySearch account)
Clark County Public Library’s Local History & Genealogy Collection in the Local History Room
- Portraits
- Photographs
- Paintings and Prints
- Maps & Charts
- Microfilms
- Winchester Sun and various early newspapers: various from 1860s-1910s and then complete coverage on to 12/31/2017
- Kentucky Death Certificates 1911-1964 with digital index
- Government (Clark County and various other KY Counties) Documents
- Marriage Bonds 1793-1850
- Court Order Books 1793-1850
- Wills 1793-1850
- Civil & Criminal Court Records 1793-1970s
- Church Records
- Draper Manuscript Collection
- Books (more than 4,000)
- Church Histories
- Bound Family Histories
- Kentucky History
- County Histories
- Some State Histories & Records, particularly Virginia & North Carolina
- Record Books
- Encyclopedias
- Atlases
- Periodicals
- Directories
- Files
- Clark County Files
- Kentucky Files
- Family Files (More than 600)
- Lamplighter’s Club Essays
- Photographs
- School Photos
- Family Photos
- Historical Community Photos
- Historical Items
- Yearbooks
- Scrapbooks
- Scorebooks
- Clark County High Basketball Scorebooks
- Winchester Hustlers Scorebook
- Record Books