Boone County Public Library
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Local History and Genealogy

Research Your History

Button: African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands
Kentucky Borderlands
Button: Ancestry
Home Access via KYVL to September 30
Button: Proquest's African American Heritage
African American Heritage
Button: Proquest's Cincinnati Enquirer 1841 to 2009
Cincinnati Enquirer 1841 to 2009
Button: Chronicles of Boone County
Chronicles of Boone County
Button: Fold3
Fold 3
Button: Gale Genealogy Connect
Genealogy Connect
Button: HeritageQuest
HeritageQuest
Button: Newspaper Archive
World Collection: 1607 - Today

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Desk Hours @ Main

DayHours
Monday 9 - 5 PM
Tuesday 9 - 5 PM
Wednesday 9 - 5 PM
Thursday 9 - 5 PM
Friday 9 - 5 PM
Saturday Noon - 4 PM
Sunday None

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

Copyright Notice

Boone County Public Library retains all rights to documents and images in the Local History Collection. Contact the Library for publication and reproduction permission.

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

Additional Research Tools

Boone County Newspapers

Boone County Historical Society Lectures

Browse the lectures on YouTube, or search below:

  

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