UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 22, 2005

                     1st Independence Financial Group, Inc.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                                    Delaware
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


      0-26570                                           61-1284899
(Commission File Number)                    (IRS Employer Identification No.)



104 South Chiles Street, Harrodsburg, Kentucky              40330-1620
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)

                                 (859) 734-5452
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

(d) Effective July 21, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the
"Board") appointed H. Lowell Wainwright, Jr. to the vacancy caused by the
previously announced retirement of Arthur L. Freeman. Mr. Wainwright was
appointed to serve as a director until the annual meeting of stockholders in
2006, and until his successor is elected and has qualified. The Board does not
expect that Mr. Wainwright will be assigned to any committees of the Board prior
to the organizational meeting of the Board that will follow the annual meting of
stockholders in 2006.

Item 8.01. Other Events

On July 21, 2005 the Board approved and declared a quarterly cash divided of
$0.08 per share on the common stock of the Registrant. The dividend will be paid
on August 15, 2005 to stockholders of record of the Registrant at the close of
business on July 29, 2005.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                       1st INDEPENDENCE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.


Date: July 22, 2005                    By: /s/ R. Michael Wilbourn
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                                           R. Michael Wilbourn    
                                           Executive Vice President 
                                           and Chief Financial Officer