Boyd County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States   Kentucky    Boyd County

Parent County
1860--Boyd County was created 16 February 1860 from Greenup, Carter and Lawrence Counties. County seat: Catlettsburg

Boundary Changes
There has been no changes to Boyd County boundaries since it was created.

Neighboring Counties

 * Carter
 * Greenup
 * Lawrence
 * Lawrence County, Ohio
 * Wayne County, West Virginia

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.

Biographies, Family Histories/Trees, GEDCOM files etc.

 * KY Biographies ~ Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project
 * Biographies for Boyd County Kentucky at Genealogy Trails History Group

Cemeteries
Kentucky cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. Local volunteers through Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.


 * Kentucky Historical Society Cemetery Search can be searched by name, place and/or date. This database has hundreds of thousands of names transcribed from gravestones across Kentucky.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Boyd County and links to the information for the individuals buried there,


 * 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
 * Boyd Co. KY USGenWeb Tombstone Project usually gives the names of the deceased in alphabetical order by last name with birth and death dates plus any remarks.


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Boyd County. Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Boyd County cemeteries gives the names of the cemeteries in the county with a link to more information such as address, phone number, and web site.
 * Boyd County Kentucky Cemeteries and Tombstones [may need to scroll down the page to see]
 * Klaiber Cemetery scroll down page to see list of burials.
 * Cemetery Transcriptions for Boyd County, Kentucky at Genealogy Trails History Group
 * Boyd County KYGenWeb Cemetery Project
 * Catlettsburg Cemetery at Interment.net
 * Boyd County Kentucky Cemetery Records at Access Genealogy
 * The Tombstone Transcription Project-Boyd County

Census
Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives-Census Census online-Boyd Co.,Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Genealogy-Boyd County, Kentucky Poor House 1870

Church
LDS Ward Branch Records Ashland

Local Histories
Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives-History Wikipedia-Boyd County, Kentucky

Military
Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives-Military Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives-World War I Memorial Kentucky Genealogy Trails-Military Records for Boyd County Kentucky

Newspaper
Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives Newspapers

Obituaries
Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives-Obituraries

Vital Records
Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives- Deaths Boyd County, Kentucky USGenweb Archives-Marriages (Boyd County Kentucky) Marriages (Boyd County Kentucky) Negro Marriages Boyd County Marriage Index 1907

Societies and Libraries
Boyd County Public Library

Boyd County Historical Society 2734 Jackson Avenue Ashland KY 41101

Catlettsburg Historical Society 3420 Spring Street Catlettsburg KY 41129

Websites

 * Boyd County at Kentucky Kinfolk
 * Boyd County, KY at Genealogy Trails History Group
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * USGenWeb Archives-Boyd County Ky
 * Boyd County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)