This main collection here is Kentucky Death certificates for the years 1911 through 1953, but it also includes earlier death certificates, death registers and mortuary records for Newport, Louisville, Lexington, Covington, and Jefferson County, and returns of death for the years 1852 through 1910.
The sources for this collection are the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives microfilm series:
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058;
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911). Microfilm rolls #7007125-7007131, 7011804-7011813, 7012974-7013570, 7015456-7015462; and
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1955). Microfilm rolls #7016130-7041803.