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Come
See Our
NEW HOME! The renovations are part of our ongoing Project: Trading Spaces. Stop by and check it out! Family History at The Library
GENEALOGY ROOM HOURS:
EXCEPTIONS are holidays and possible weekend closings. We STRONGLY suggest that you CALL AHEAD prior to a weekend visit as the room will be closed if staff is unavailable. [updated 9/2003] You can also write us at Boyd County Public Library, Genealogy Department, 1740 Central Ave., Ashland, KY 41101. Telephone 606-329-0090. Requests by e-mail, letter, telephone should be specific. Staff does limited research. We request a $6.00 donation per individual request. This donation will include xerox copies if material is located and postage. Mail donations to The Boyd County Public Library, 1740 Central Ave., Ashland, KY. Our Special Collections include the Arnold Hanners Tri-State Photograph Collection, Boyd County Historical Records Collection, Hilton Collection, Ky Vital Records 1911-1995, Locality Vertical Files, Surname Vertical Files, Armco Photograph Collection, and Early Furnace Records. Our microfilm collection includes a variety of early Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence County newspaper issues including the Ashland Daily, Carter County Heritage, Carter County News, Carter County Herald, The Central Methodist, Olive Hill Dispatch, Olive Hill Herald. The Ashland Daily Paper is complete from 1922 to present. The microfilm census collection includes all Kentucky Federal Census. We also have slave and agriculture census for Kentucky. We have PA census complete to 1850. VA 1820-1870 and WV 1870-1900. Our Ohio census is by selected southern counties 1810-1920. The microfilm
collection also contains the World War II Computer stations are available in the room. The cd genealogy collection is growing every day. It now includes Native American information including Dawes Roll indices. Patrons may utilize our internet connections for genealogy sites. The book collection includes many family histories, state and county sources, military histories, cemetery records, city directories, area school yearbooks and immigration and passenger lists. Check the card catalog.
The Eastern Kentucky Genealogical Society publishes the TREE SHAKER quarterly. The annual fee is $10 which entitles members to free queries about their eastern Kentucky ancestors. Back issues of the TREE SHAKER are also available [$10.00 per year per 4 issues]. For information write: EKGS, Box 1544, Ashland, KY 41105-1544.
Contacting
Us If you'd like to contact us directly with your genealogy questions or related matters, e-mail us at: Or to write to specific staff genealogists, e-mail:
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The
genealogy room at the Main Branch recently underwent a major transformation.
The new location, in what used to be the art gallery on the second
floor, includes more square footage, more shelving, improved lighting
and a dedicated microfilm reading room.
The
Minnie Crawford Winder Room is staffed the same hours as the rest
of the library and has a genealogical assistant on duty to help
researchers. 
Draft Cards for Boyd and Carter County, Kentucky, Ashland Council
Minutes, and Geiger diaries. Early court orders, marriage, deeds,
tax, vital stats are available for selected eastern Kentucky counties
including Boyd, Greenup, Carter, Lawerence, Johnson, Floyd and Pike.
The
genealogy staff provides interlibrary loan service from the Ohio
HistoricalSociety, AGLL, Virginia State Library and TN State Archives.
Please ask the staff about specifics and costs of film rental.