Local History and Genealogy

Desk Hours @ Main

Local History Events

Research Services

What you should know...

1. We offer research help by phone, email, and post.
2. You can schedule a one-on-one appointment for help.
3. Black-and-white copies cost $0.25 per page.
4. Color copies cost $0.50 per page.
5. We will mail upon postage paid.
6. Include your U.S. mailing address with all inquiries.

Contact Us

Local History Department
1786 Burlington Pike
Burlington, KY 41005

• Email: localhistory@bcpl.org
• Phone: 859-342-2665 ext. 8134
• Social Media: Local History on Facebook

Donations We Accept

• Photographs of places and people
• Family histories and genealogies
• Yearbooks of Boone County high schools

Donations We Don't Accept

• Documents printed from Internet websites

Local History Projects

• African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands
• Chronicles of Boone County
  1. Ghost Walks
  2. Guidelines for Cemetery Documentation & Preservation
  3. Teacher/Student Resources
• Big Bone Springs Community
• The Underground Railroad
• QR Tags around Boone County - Use a smartphone camera

Additional Research Tools

• BCPL's Local History Collection with Collection Map
• Chronicling America
• Dictionary of American Family Names
• Family Search
• Library of Congress: Newspaper Navigator

Boone County Newspapers

• Boone County Recorder 1875+ - Scanned issues
• Boone County Recorder Index 1875 - 1909
• Walton Advertiser 1916 - 1975 - Weekly on microfilm.

Boone County Historical Society Lectures

Browse the lectures on YouTube, or search below:

Newsletters

• Boone County Germanna
• Boone County Historical Society
• Boone County Heritage
• Greater Cincinnati Memory Project
• Kentucky Digital Library
• Kentucky Historical Society Calendar of Events
• Northern Kentucky Views
• WhatWasThere