Boone County, Kentucky Genealogy

Guide to Boone County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Boone County Courthouse 2950 E Washington Square Burlington, KY 41005 Phone: 859-334-2112 or 859-334-2220 Boone County Website

Biographies

 * KY Biographies, Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Boone county cemeteries.
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * Kentucky Cemeteries lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites. The first link under Online Kentucky Cemeteries goes to the Kentucky section of Interment.net

Census Records
1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Boone County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Kentucky Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than online nationwide indexes.

See Kentucky Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
 * Census Images, USGenWeb
 * Kentucky Census Transcriptions, USGenWeb
 * KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * History of the Lutheran Churches in Boone County, Kentucky: Together with Sketches of the Pastors Who Have Served Them

Court Records

 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Court of Justice Research &amp; Reference

African Americans

 * The KY African American Griots Project
 * Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900
 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Genealogies

 * [Craven] Craven, Patricia. The Craven Clan of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Various Kentucky Counties Nelson, Washington, Marion, Boone, Fayette, Jessamine, Henry. Chicago, Ill.: P. Craven, 1988..
 * [Flournoy] Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR - free.
 * [Popham] Burgess, Jane F. "William Brown (1758-1843) of Culpeper and Rappahannock Cos., Va., and His Children," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 2002):202-221. Digital version at American Ancestors ($);.
 * [Riddell] Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts "History of the Ancient Ryedales: And Their Descendants in Normandy, Great Britain, Ireland, and America from 860 to 1884, Part 2"  Digital Version free at Google eBook.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * The Archives of Appalachia
 * History of Boone County, Kentucky at Ancestry ($)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military Records

 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1912-1950 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * - 12th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate), Company E
 * - Jesse's Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Riflemen (Confederate), Company B

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from Kentucky

Korean War

 * Korean War Memorial, Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

 * USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
 * Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Obituaries

 * Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
 * Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
 * Links to research and locate obituaries
 * Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
 * Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas, African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
 * Obituary Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
 * Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1727–1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1731-1739 Indexes to Boone County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1774–1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1800-1897 have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * 1800-1821 Indexes to Boone County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1800-1821 Images of Boone County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1821-1832 Indexes to Boone County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1821-1832 Images of Boone County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records Ancestry ($)

Tax Records

 * 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Boone County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).

Birth

 * 1839-1960 - Kentucky Births and Christenings 1839-1960 at FamilySearch
 * 1852-1859 - Boone County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1874-1875 - Boone County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1875 - Boone County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1783-1979 - Kentucky Marriages 1783-1979 at FamilySearch
 * 1797-1954 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1852-1860 - Boone County Marriage Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1875 - Boone County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * 1876-1878 - Boone County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch - free
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000

Death

 * 1843-1970 - Kentucky Deaths and Burials 1843-1970 at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1963 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions of and Images of Kentucky Death Certificates
 * Searchable Kentucky Vital Records, Searchable databases of Kentucky Births, Deaths and Marriages

Divorce

 * 1973-1993 - Kentucky Divorces 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies

 * Boone County Historical Society PO Box 23 Florence, KY 41022-0023 Website
 * Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

 * Boone County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kentucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Boone County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Boone County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
 * . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records