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Hopkins
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INTRODUCTION
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Hopkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1807 as an outgrowth
of Henderson
County. As of 2000, the
population was 46,519. Its county seat is Madisonville. The county is named for General Samuel
Hopkins, an officer in both the Revolutionary
War and War of 1812, and later a Kentucky legislator and U.S. Congressman. Hopkins
County is part of the Western
Coal Fields region of Kentucky. Adjacent counties
are: Webster
County (northwest); McLean
County (northeast); Muhlenberg
County (southeast); Christian
County (south); and Caldwell
County (southwest). |
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Source: Wikipedia |
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GEN TOOL-KIT
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COUNTY RECORDS Hopkins
County Clerk has Marriage Records from 1807 and Land
Records from 1807
and is located at 10 South Main Street, Room 23, Madisonville, KY 42431-2588;
Phone: (270) 821-7361, FAX: (270) 821-3270 .
Hopkins
County Clerk of the Circuit Court
has Probate
Records from 1806 and Court
Records from 1807 and is located
at Courthouse, 30 South Main Street, Madisonville, KY 42431; Phone: 270-824-7501 or 824-7507 or
824-7508. There are a few online databases for Court, Land and Probate Records which include: Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850; Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900; Kentucky Marriage Index, 1973-1999; Kentucky Land Grants; Kentucky Will Index, vol. 1 & 2 and Kentucky Will Index, Vol. 2. |
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Source: Family History
101 States |
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HISTORICAL / GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY(s) |
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COUNTY LIBRARY |
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Hopkins County Madisonville Public
Library. (
Madisonville, KY United States) [web site ] [online catalog] Dawson Springs Branch Library. ( Dawson Springs, KY United States) [web site ] [online catalog] |
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HISTORICAL PLACES |
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SURNAMES
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The
following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died in this
location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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ADAMS, Jane ADAMS, Samuel BAULDWIN, Hiram BISHOP, Charles W. BISHOP, Hannah, (nee?) |
BISHOP, James BISHOP, James BISHOP, James, Jr. BISHOP, Mary |
BISHOP, Rebecca BISHOP, William BISHOP, William BISHOP, William, Jr. |
BRACKEN, Hannah CARTER, Martha EVANS, Nancy SIMS, Isabella |
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Additional information regarding these and other surnames may also be
found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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This free genealogy site to help you get the best genealogy searches from Google™ by using your family tree, for your research. It will create a series of different
searches using tips or "tricks" that |
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will likely improve your results. The different searches will
give you many different ways of using Google and the Internet to find
ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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ANCESTRAL
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LOCATION: |
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s):
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LOCATION: |
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LIST
OF LOCALITIES
The list below will assist
in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage,
death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have
occurred. Source: Wikipedia The red star in the map at the left designates the location
of the seat of government for this county. |
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Cities and towns:
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We
recommend that you use the following search engine and external
links to obtain additional knowledge
about this topic.
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GENERAL RESOURCES |
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LOCALITY SPECIFIC RESOURCES |
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IMAGE GALLERY
During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
Hopkins County Courthouse, Madisonville, Kentucky |
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If you have any
photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we would greatly appreciate
hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any
images that pertain to this location. |
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Contact Information
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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Pony Express: Tom |
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