Kentucky Immigration records online may include passenger lists, passport information, settlement records, court cases, and more.

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Kentucky Immigration Records online at the federal level

US – United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003, index links to images, at FS

US – United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index, at FS

US –  United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, index, at FS

US – All U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, results, at Anc$

US – U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960, at Anc$

US – U.S., Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports, 1904-1944, at Anc$

US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at MH$

US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, at Anc$

US – United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images, at FS

US – Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914, at MH

US – Germans Immigrating to the United States, at MH$

US – Italians Immigrating to the United States, at MH$

US – Transatlantic Migration, North America to Britain and Ireland, 1858 – 1870, at MH$

US – Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1500 – 1900, at MH$

Kentucky Immigration Records online at the state level

Kentucky – Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky mixed relocation files : NARA, Record Group (RG) 142 (Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority), 1937-1954, at FS

Kentucky – Old roads in Kentucky : the wilderness road, Indian war roads, trails of the buffalo, early road customs, at FS

Kentucky – Marriage, birth and death records of families with proved lineages of American Revolution ancestors : who emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky and from there to Texas, 1850- 1895, at FS

Kentucky – British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812, at FS

Kentucky Migration Records online at the county level

Adair County – Military Records – Adair County, Kentucky, Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers Who Served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars and Settled in Adair County, Kentucky, at FS

Allen County – Guardianship – Guardian’s Settlements, 1860-1902, at FS

Allen County – Military Records – Records of Pension Papers Granted to Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Settled in Allen County in the State of KY, at FS

Allen County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Record of Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary and 1812 War[s] and Indians Wars Who Settled in Allen and Adair County, Kentucky, at FS

Allen County – Military Records – War of 1812 – Pensions – Record of Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary and 1812 War[s] and Indians Wars Who Settled in Allen and Adair County, Kentucky, at FS

Ballard County – Guardianship – Guardian Settlement Books, 1880-1923, at FS

Caldwell County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Abstracts of Pensions, Soldiers of the Revolution, 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled the County of Caldwell, Princeton, Kentucky, at FS

Calloway County – Military Records – Abstracts of Pension Papers Soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian Wars, Who Settled in Calloway County, Kentucky, at FS

Campbell County – Military Records – Records of Abstracts, Pensions, Papers, Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars : Who Settled in Campbell County, Kentucky, at FS

Carroll County – Guardianship – Settlement Books, 1871-1960, at FS

Casey County – Guardianship – Administrator’s and Guardian’s Settlements, 1893-1930, at FS

Clark County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensions : Soldiers of the Revolutions, 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, at FS

Clark County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensions, Soldiers of the Revolution : 1812 & Indian Wars Who Settled the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, at FS

Edmonson County – Guardianship – Settlements, V. 1-4, 1875-1965, at FS

Estill County – Guardianship – Guardian Settlement Books, 1870-1965, at FS

Fayette County – Guardianship – Guardian Settlements, 1803-1815, of Fayette County, at FS

Fayette County – Guardianship – Settlements, 1932-1945, at FS

Fayette County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Revolutionary War Pension of Soldiers Who Settled in Fayette County, Kentucky, at FS

Fleming County – Military Records – Pensions – Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolution, 1812 & Indian Wars Who Settled in Fleming County, Kentucky, at FS

Fleming County – Military Records – Pensions – Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Settled in Fleming County, Kentucky, at FS

Floyd County – Guardianship – Guardians and Executors Settlements Books, 1908-1957, at FS

Fulton County – Guardianship – Estate Settlements, 1882-1932, at FS

Grant County – Guardianship – Guardian Settlements, 1838-1871, of Grant County [Kentucky], at FS

Grant County – Military Records – Pensions – Abstracts of Pension Papers Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Grant [and Graves] County, Kentucky, at FS

Graves County – Guardianship – Guardian’s Settlement Book, 1882-1884, at FS

Graves County – Guardianship – Settlements, 1880-1934, at FS

Graves County – Military Records – Pensions – Abstracts of Pension Papers Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Grant [and Graves] County, Kentucky, at FS

Hardin County – Military Records – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensions, Soldiers of the Revolution, 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled Hardin County, Kentucky, Elizabethtown. Hardin County from Nelson, 1792, at FS

Harlan County – Guardianship – Administrator and Guardian Settlement Books, 1866-1942, at FS

Hart County – Military Records – Indian Wars – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensioners, War of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars : Who Settled the Counties of Whitley and Hart, Kentucky, at FS

Hart County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensioners, War of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars : Who Settled the Counties of Whitley and Hart, Kentucky, at FS

Hart County – Military Records – War of 1812 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensioners, War of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars : Who Settled the Counties of Whitley and Hart, Kentucky, at FS

Henderson County – Military Records – Copies of Pension Papers of Revolutionary, 1812, and Indian Wars Soldiers Who Settled in Henderson County, Kentucky, at FS

Hickman County – Military Records – Pensions – Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars, Who Settled in Hickman County, Kentucky, at FS

Hopkins County – Military Records – Pensions – Record of Abstracts Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Hopkins County, Kentucky, at FS

Jefferson County – Guardianship – General Index to Inventories and Settlements : 1800-1910, at FS

Knox County – Guardianship – Settlements, 1919-1943, at FS

Lyon County – Guardianship – Administrator’s, Executor’s and Guardian’s Settlements, Ca. 1854-1963; Appointment of Appraisers, Administrators, Guardians, Ca. 1912-1938; Guardian Settlement Index, 1894-1946, at FS

Madison County – Military Records – Pensions – Abstracts of Pension Papers Pertaining to the Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars : Who Settled in Madison County, Kentucky, at FS

Marion County – Guardianship – Settlements, 1863-1946, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Guardian Settlement Book, V. 1, 1856-1934, at FS

Montgomery County – Guardianship – Estate Settlements, Appraisement, Accounts, and Guardian Records, 1841-1866, of Montgomery County [Kentucky], at FS

Montgomery County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensions : Soldiers of the Revolutions, 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, at FS

Montgomery County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensions, Soldiers of the Revolution : 1812 & Indian Wars Who Settled the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, at FS

Muhlenberg County – Guardianship – Committee, Administrator, Executor & Guardian Settlements, 1857-1917, at FS

Muhlenberg County – Military Records – Pensions – Pension Paper Abstracts for Soldiers, Indian Wars, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812, Who Settled in Muhlenberg County, KY, at FS

Owen County – Guardianship – Settlement Books, 1869-1930, at FS

Rowan County – Guardianship – Settlements with Guardians, V. 1, 1883-1946, at FS

Scott County – Guardianship – Guardian Settlement Books, 1848-1959, at FS

Simpson County – Guardianship – Guaridan’s Settlement Books, 1882-1925, at FS

Spencer County – Guardianship – Guardian’s Settlements, 1873-1924, at FS

Todd County – Guardianship – Book of Settlements with Guardians, 1870-1882, at FS

Trimble County – Guardianship – Settlement Books, 1871-1945, at FS

Union County – Guardianship – Administrator’s and Guardian’s Settlements, 1904-1940, at FS

Washington County – Military Records – Pensions – Record of Pensions Pertaining to Soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 and Indian Wars Who Settled in Washington County, Kentucky, at FS

Wayne County – Military Records – Record of Abstracts of Pension Papers Concerning Soldiers of Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Indian Wars, Who Settled in Wayne County, Kentucky, at FS

Whitley County – Military Records – Indian Wars – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensioners, War of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars : Who Settled the Counties of Whitley and Hart, Kentucky, at FS

Whitley County – Military Records – Revolution, 1775-1783 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensioners, War of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars : Who Settled the Counties of Whitley and Hart, Kentucky, at FS

Whitley County – Military Records – War of 1812 – Pensions – Abstracts of Pensioners, War of Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars : Who Settled the Counties of Whitley and Hart, Kentucky, at FS

Woodford County – Military Records – Abstracts of Pension Papers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars, Who Settled in Woodford County, Kentucky, at FS

Kentucky Migration Records online at the city level

Paducah – Jewish Records – History of the Settlement of Jews in Paducah and the Lower Ohio Valley, at FS

Paducah – Minorities – History of the Settlement of Jews in Paducah and the Lower Ohio Valley, at FS