Links for Further Research
Archives
and Preservation
These are lists of archival institutions, programs, professional organizations,
databases, and listservs. Some of the sites offer information on archives-related
topics such as disaster preparedness, preservation, and records management.
Black
History
This listing includes biographies, historical places and documents as well as
census information and links for genealogical research.
Distance
Learning
These are links to educational institutions which provide distance learning or
online courses.
Genealogy
These links will help you trace your ancestors.
Searchable databases, county and family histories and
discussion groups provide information on births, deaths,
and marriages,
both in Kentucky and nationwide.
Government:
Local, State and Federal
These are sites of interest to state and local
governments, as well as resources providing links to
U.S. and international
government Internet sites.
History & Historical
Documents
These links offer historical resources useful to both academic and personal research.
Lists of biographies (Kentucky and national), time tables, discussion groups,
and essays on history, as well as automation of historical resources, as well
as direct access to full text historical documents, photographs, motion pictures
and sound recordings, are provided.
Kentucky Research
Resources
These links provide the gateway to a variety of Kentucky-specific information
resources.
Kentucky Library
Directory
An annual publication by KDLA, the KY Library Directory includes contact information
for archival, university, school, and public libraries.
Libraries
These links feature directories of libraries, sites devoted to librarianship,
and Internet tools that are useful to librarians.
Library
Resources for the Blind, Deaf and Physically Handicapped
This listing provides links to Kentucky as well as national libraries that specialize
in collections for the blind, deaf, or physically handicapped.
Professional
Genealogy/Kentucky History Researchers
A listing sponsored by KDLA, researchers submit their contact information for
genealogists interested in having assistance with Kentucky family history research.
Records
Management
Provide further information about the important
areas of records management. The links in each category
have been divided into two groups: policies, standards,
or guidelines which have been officially issued by Kentucky
state government agencies; the second includes links
to outside sources which provide additional background
or best practice information.
Reference
Materials Online and Search Engines
These links provide some of the same tools that you would find at the reference
desk in most libraries, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, telephone
directories, translations tools, financial resources and biographical dictionaries.
Also provides links to search engines enable users to search for documents on
the World Wide Web and USENET newsgroups.
State
Libraries and Archives
Provides an alphabetized listing by state of other
library and
archival government institutions.
State
(KY) Government Publications on the Internet
Provides links to web pages of Kentucky state agencies with digitized brochures,
bulletins, catalogs, databases, directories, event calendars, fact sheets, guides,
manuals, newsletters, press releases, statistics, and reports for online publication.
Where
to Write for Vital Records
This link goes directly to the National Center for
Health Statistics page which provides information on
how obtain records such as birth, marriage, and death
for genealogy
researchers.
Women's
History Resources
From the records of Kentucky's first woman governor, Martha Layne Collins, to
the Kentucky Commission on Women records, to marriage records and court case
files from every Kentucky county, the collections of the State Archives are rich
with documentation of the lives of Kentucky women.