Nelson County Public Library Genealogy

Nelson County Public Library Genealogy Where the doors of opportunity are open, to link you to your past. The collection includes sate regions that contributed to Kentucky's population.

The Genealogy Room of the Nelson County Public Library has the collection of the Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable and more! The Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable, incorporated in 1984, a non-profit organization, is supported by memberships, donations, book sales and grants. The purpose of this organization is to collect, preserve, perpetuate and publish genealogy and history of Nelson and

surrounding counties. That collection as well as additional records acquired by the library are available in The NCPL Genealogy Room. We also have computers with records and programs to assist with you ancestry search. As patron of the library you can access Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest, Family Search, Find A Grave as well as Fold 3 (Military Records) and Pro Quest (Historical Courier Journal Newspapers).

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10/09/2024

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Look who’s coming to Danville in October !!
08/13/2024

Look who’s coming to Danville in October !!

08/07/2024

We are giving away partial sets of the Genealogist Quarterly. Call the library at 502-348-3714 and ask for Genealogy. Pickup will be at the Library, by the back door.

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We are a non-profit organization supporting local genealogy and history in Bardstown, Ky.

Read this entry from the 1877 journal of a former student of St. Joseph College in Bardstown. The entire year's journal ...
10/14/2023

Read this entry from the 1877 journal of a former student of St. Joseph College in Bardstown. The entire year's journal is digitized and available for reading in the Genealogy room of NCPL. John Fisher wrote daily of his routine at the college. The week shown here was October 11-14, 1877 and he writes about recreation time, going into the cave, playing football, etc... Enjoy!

The will of Solomon Beam, a man of color, from the Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book 16, page 82. Also here are the two ...
10/14/2023

The will of Solomon Beam, a man of color, from the Nelson County, Kentucky Will Book 16, page 82. Also here are the two pages of the appraisal from his estate in Will Book 16, pages 112-113. A new digital family file was created for Solomon Beam in the Genealogy Room of NCPL.

More cadastral maps from the 1882 Atlas of Nelson and Spencer Counties in Kentucky.
10/14/2023

More cadastral maps from the 1882 Atlas of Nelson and Spencer Counties in Kentucky.

Cadastral (landowner) maps from the 1882 Atlas of Nelson County and Spencer County, Kentucky. These digitized colored ve...
10/14/2023

Cadastral (landowner) maps from the 1882 Atlas of Nelson County and Spencer County, Kentucky. These digitized colored versions are from the Ben Johnson Collection, curated by Anne Willett, a direct descendant of Ben Johnson of Bardstown. Visit Dixie Hibbs in her booth at the Crafts Fair this weekend for more information or visit the Genealogy Room of Nelson County Public Library. Open Mon.-Fri. 9:a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Can you help us identify these T W Samuels Distillery employees from ca 1940-1950's? Mamie Decon is under the blue arro...
03/22/2023

Can you help us identify these T W Samuels Distillery employees from ca 1940-1950's? Mamie Decon is under the blue arrow and is the only one known so far.
Photo courtesy of Linda Thurman Miller.

These photos from our digital collection include owners of JTS Brown Distillery at Early Times Woodlawn Road. Pictured...
09/24/2022

These photos from our digital collection include owners of JTS Brown Distillery at Early Times Woodlawn Road. Pictured are Creel Brown and his wife (name missing from photo). The other photos are marked unknown. If anyone knows who these people are, please share that information so we can label the file with their names. Thank You!

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201 Cathedral Manor
Bardstown, KY
40004

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Monday 9am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Friday 9am - 1pm
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The Genealogy Room of the Nelson County Public Library includes collections of the Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable and more! The Nelson County Genealogical Roundtable, incorporated in 1984, a non-profit organization, is supported by memberships, donations, book sales and grants. The purpose of this organization is to collect, preserve, perpetuate and publish genealogy and history of Nelson and surrounding counties in Kentucky. The collection also includes resources for some states and regions that contributed to Kentucky's population. That collection as well as additional records acquired by the library are available in The NCPL Genealogy Room. We also have computers with records and programs to assist with you ancestry search. As patron of the library you can access Ancestry.com, Heritage Quest, Family Search, Find A Grave as well as Fold 3 (Military Records) and Pro Quest (Historical Courier Journal Newspapers).

Hours of the Genealogy Room are

Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Saturdays 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.