Boyle County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Boyle County was named for John Boyle. The county is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Boyle County Courthouse 321 W Main Street #123 Danville, KY 40422 Phone: 859-238-1110 Boyle County Website

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Boyle County Bible Records at Kentucky Bible Archives USGenWeb

Biographies

 * Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries
The following web sites have additional information on Boyle county cemeteries.


 * Cemeteries in Kentucky database gives directions to each cemetery in Boyle County
 * Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
 * Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
 * Danville, Kentucky, Danville National Cemetery, 1862-2003 at Ancestry ($)
 * Boyd County Cemeteries, Interment.net

Census Records

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

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
 * Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
 * Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1800-1802 (*); District Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1842-1886 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1842-1942 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1872-1906 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1894-1925 (*); Fiscal Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1905-1936 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Cases Heard Before the Supreme Court for the District of Kentucky 1785-1792 at KYKinFolk.com
 * Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases


 * Commonwealth of Kentucky, State Board of Elections at KY.gov
 * Contact information for all Kentucky County Court Clerks. Scroll down or use index at top of page to find desired county.


 * Kentucky Court of Justice at KYCourts.gov

African Americans

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

Funeral Homes

 * Preston Pruitt Spurlin Funeral Home in Danville.
 * Smith-Jackson Funeral Home in Danville.
 * Stith Funeral Home in Danville.
 * Walden Funeral Home in Perryville.

Genealogies

 * [Owens] Owens, David Hatfield. Owens Family of Virginia (Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier Counties) and Kentucky (Mason, Lewis, Fleming, Bracken, Mercer, Boyle Counties). Ann Arbor, Mich.: D.H. Owens, 1991.
 * [Moss] Moss, T.C. The David Moss Family: Green, Adair, Boyle, Barren, Hart, and Warren Co., Ky.; Williamson and Maury Co., Tenn.; Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn.: T.C. Moss, 1968.
 * [Warner] Reynolds, Lyman Foster. Peter Warner Born Maryland - Fredrick County: Revolutionary War Soldier (with George Washington in Capture of Trenton) to Lincoln County Kentucky 1780's, Children Settled in Kentucky; Lincoln, Garrard, Boyle, Mercer &amp; Washington Counties; Indiana Putnam County. Louisville, Ky.: L.F. Reynolds, 2007.

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * History of Mercer and Boyle Counties. 1924. By Maria T. Daviess. Harrodsburg, Kentucky : Harrodsburg Herald. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
 * Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War
'''Online Records
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection


 * - 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company M.
 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, C, F, H and J.
 * - 1st Regiment, Kentucky Veteran Cavalry (Wolford's Cavalry) (Union), Companies A, B, and C.
 * - 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company B.10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
 * -10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies H and M.

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battle was fought in Perryville County.


 * October 8, 1862 Perryville
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Kentucky.

World War I

 * Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

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


 * 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 (Ancestry.com)
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records


 * 1727-1990 at FamilySearch — images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1774-1989 Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1798-1943  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1804-1960 Boyle County, Kentucky Wills Record at SAMPUBCO
 * Browsable index of testators of wills. Free


 * 1842-1942 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1842-1978 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1842-1979 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1842-1990 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1843-1978 (*); Clerk of the County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852 - 1864 Boyle County Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories 1854-1893 at Kentucky Pioneers $

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Birth

 * 1839-1960 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1859 - Boyle County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Boyle County Birth Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * 1911-1999 Kentucky Births, 1911-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Marriage

 * 1609-2016 Kentucky, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index $
 * 1785-1979 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1797-1954 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1842-1844 KY Marriage Records ~ KY Marriages 1842 - 1844 ~ Kentucky Pioneers $
 * 1842-1844 - Marriages Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1852-1860 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1908 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1866-1908. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1889 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1875-1889. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1876-1878. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1888 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1880-1888. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1888-1899 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1888-1899. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1888-1906 - Boyle County Marriage Index 1888-1906. Batch at FamilySearch
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * 1960-1993 Kentucky Marriages, 1960-1993 at MyHeritage ($) — index

Death

 * 1843-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1911-1965 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1900-1999 Kentucky Deaths, 1900-1999 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * Searchable KY Vital Records, Searchable databases of KY Births, Deaths and Marriages
 * The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of KY Death Certificates
 * - How to Use this Collection

Divorce

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

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Website

Family History Centers

 * Bardstown Kentucky Family History Center
 * Lebanon Kentucky Family History Center
 * Lexington Kentucky Family History Center
 * Green County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Lexington Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Nelson County Public Library - Main Branch - an affiliate library.

Societies
Boyle County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 24 Parksville, KY 40464-0125 Website Facebook Danville-Boyle County African American Historical Society P.O. Box 597 Danville, KY 40423 Website Facebook

Websites

 * Boyle County KYGenWeb
 * KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
 * State of Kencucky Website
 * USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
 * Boyle County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Boyle County Genealogy and History - many records of Boyle County and northern Casey County.
 * Boyle 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