Boone County, Kentucky Genealogy

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

Description
Boone County was named for Daniel Boone. The county is located in the northeast area of the state.

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

 * Boone County Bible Records at Access Genealogy
 * Boone County Family Bibles and Family Records at Kentucky Genealogy Trails
 * Boone County Family Bible Records at USGenWeb
 * 1768-1950 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Biographies

 * 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
 * lists the national cemeteries in Kentucky with links to their web sites

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

Baptist
A large collection of primary and secondary sources on Baptists in the county, which in early days and for years after comprised the largest denomination, are online at the Baptist History Homepage. Among these are:


 * Bullittsburg. Church minutes 1795-1842, are transcribed online and searchable at the Baptist History Homepage. Digitized copies of the original minutes 1794-1943 are at the Boone County Public Library web site.
 * Middle Creek aka Belleview. Church minutes 1803-1851 & 1872-1873, are transcribed online and searchable at the Baptist History Homepage

List of Churches and Church Parishes


 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1799-1914 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1817-1825 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1875-1897 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Boone County, Kentucky : Abstracts from Order Book B, 1817-1825, The Ridge Runners : A Magazine of Migration - v. 11 (1978). 1978. By Yates, William Allen. Murray, Utah : Yates Publishing Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Boone County, Kentucky Probate Abstracts, Will book C, 1830-1839, The Ridge Runners : A Magazine of Migration - v. 13 (1981). 1981. By Yates, William Allen. Ozark, Missouri : William A Yates. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 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
A 300-plus page database of early African Americans in Boone County is online at https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30293/0.


 * 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.

Guardianship

 * Administrator & Guardian bonds, 1820-1856, Vol. 2, at FamilySearch
 * Guardian bonds, 1854-1882, at FamilySearch
 * Guardian bonds, 1860-1868, at FamilySearch
 * Guardian bonds, 1866-1884, at FamilySearch
 * Guardian bonds, 1911-1920. at FamilySearch

Land and Property Records

 * The KY Land Office

Local Histories

 * History of Boone County, Kentucky. 1960. By A.M Yealey. Covington, Kentucky : W. Fitzgerald. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($);.

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


 * - 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


 * 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 an interactive search function
 * Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

 * Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1731-1832 Indexes to Boone County Wills, Estates, Inventories at Kentucky Pioneers ($)
 * 1774–1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * 1798-1943  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection
 * 1800-1897 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1800-1915 Boone County, Kentucky Wills Records at SAMPUBCO. Browsable index of testators of wills, free.
 * 1818-1932 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1820-1856 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Boone County, Kentucky Probate Abstracts, Vol. 1. 1982. By Pease, Janet Kathleen. Boone County, Kentucky : Boone County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Boone County, Kentucky Probate Abstracts, Vol. 2. 1978. By Pease, Janet Kathleen. Boone County, Kentucky : Boone County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Will Abstracts, Books A/B, 1800-1829. 1971. By Pease, Janet Kathleen. Boone County, Kentucky : Boone County, Kentucky. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Wills, Probates, Land, Tax & Criminal Ancestry ($)

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.

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 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1852-1859 - Boone County Birth Index 1852-1859. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1874-1875 - Boone County Birth Index 1874-1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Boone 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
 * 1798-1850 - Boone County Marriages, Worrel & Fitzgerald, 1991. At major libraries.
 * 1852-1860 - Boone County Marriage Index 1852-1860. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1875 - Boone County Marriage Index 1875. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1878 - Boone County Marriage Index 1876-1878. 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
 * 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
 * - How to Use this Collection

Divorce

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

Archives
Archives of Appalachia East Tennessee State University Website

Family History Centers

 * National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
 * Northern Kentucky Family History Center
 * Boone County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society - an affiliate library.
 * Kenton County Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Boone County Public Library 1786 Burlington Pike Burlington, KY 41005 Phone: 859-342-2665 Website Library maintains an extensive local history section.

Societies
Boone County Historical Society P.O. Box 23 Florence, KY 41022-0023 Website

Websites

 * Boone County KYGenWeb
 * 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