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The Central Kentucky Cemeteries Maps are powered by Google Maps. Counties include: Fayette, Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Scott, and Woodford.
Schools and Yearbooks Collection
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Search, view, and download digitized historical Lexington, KY Newspapers covering the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
This is your gateway to our most popular resources. Search for books and eBooks, access tools for research and learning, and discover our unique collection of genealogy and local history materials.
Celebrate Women’s History Month at LPL
Throughout March, join us as we celebrate women’s contributions in local, state, and national history through programs, books, podcasts, archive materials, and more.
Lexington Weekly Press (1881)
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Celebrate Lexington, Kentucky’s 250th anniversary all year long. Join us for programs, galleries, podcasts, and more highlighting our city’s history, heritage, and legacy.
The Undesign the Redline project unearths the deep and systemic history of structural racism and inequality in the United States. This interactive exhibit explores policies like Redlining, their implications for today, and what we can do to undesign them.
The exhibit was created by social impact design studio designing the WE and has been invited to dozens of cities across the country. A local advisory group has helped to produce local history and stories about Redlining in Lexington.
Muhlenberg County Black Marriages Book c.1866
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Bath County Memorial Library Collection
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Sam'l D. M'Cullough's Reminiscences of Lexington
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Search selected articles in Lexington newspapers about significant people, places, and events from 1787-2007.
Content from over 80 Kentucky newspapers and news sources, including the Lexington Herald-Leader.
Daily Lexington Atlas (1847-1848)
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Miscellaneous Newspapers
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Father William T. Punch Letter Collection
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Events and Pamphlets
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Judge Kenneth Lyons Collection
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Katherine Pettit Diary
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Voyages, Adventures and Situation of the French Emigrants, translated by A Lady
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