Boyd County

Kentucky





THIS IS THE NEW BOYD COUNTY LOCATION!
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CONGRATULATIONS YOU FOUND IT!

"Where Coal Meets Iron"

 

United We Stand

Statehood - June 1, 1792, 15th state
State Abbreviation - KY or Ken
State motto - United We Stand, Divided We Fall
State song - My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Collins Foster
Nickname - The Bluegrass State

 

  • Boyd County Link to State's County Formation
  • Fayette County was formed from Kentucky County, Virginia in 1780. At the time Fayette County was formed it was one of the original three counties covering the entire state of Kentucky, now divided into 120 counties.
  • Bourbon County was formed from Fayette County, Kentucky in 1786.
  • Mason County was formed from Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1789.
  • Greenup County was formed from Mason County in 1804.
  • Lawrence County was formed from sections of Greenup and Floyd Counties in 1822.
  • Carter County was formed from sections of Greenup and Lawrence Counties in 1838.
  • Boyd County was formed from sections of Greenup, Lawrence and Carter Counties in 1860.

Boyd County is located in the Eastern Coal Field region of the state. The elevation in the county ranges from 515 to 1140 feet above sea level. In 2000 the county population was 49,752 in a land area of 160 square miles, an average of 310.6 people per square mile. The county seat is Catlettsburg, located at the junction of the Ohio and Big Sandy rivers, where Kentucky meets Ohio and West Virginia.

About this Web Site

This site linked to the Kentucky GenWeb Project and the United States GenWeb Project. It is maintained by Mark Meinhart and hosted by Rootsweb. The Assistant Coordinators for Boyd County are Teresa Scott-Scoggins and Judy Nunley Rengel , and the Kentucky State Coordinator is Sherri Hall. The National Coordinator is Richard Harrison.

The degree of effectiveness and usefulness of this site to those who come here looking for information is dependent upon the support of our fellow genealogists. Much of the material found here has been submitted by users to be incorporated into the pages of the site. The coordinators welcome any and all submissions of transcriptions, photographs, obituaries, news clippings, bible records, or any other bits of data that might be helpful or interesting to Boyd County researchers, and will try to incorporate them into an organized presentation. They ask only that the data be specific to Boyd County.

If you would like to submit something for use on the site, contact Teresa Scott-Scoggins 

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Pictures with Text ARE NOT SEARCHABLE! Please keep this in mind. I have over 7,000 PHOTOGRAPHS on this Site :)
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What's New on the KYBOYD Webpage

What's For February, 2008

Added some Ashland Elementary and J.H. School Pictures donated by Anita Smith Waterbury (Under Schools-Ashland)

Added some H.R. pictures of the County donated by Anita Smith Waterbury (Under Photographs and New Pictures)

Added some Ashland J.H. and H.S. Pictures donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland)

Coming Soon! The Ashland Tomcats Basketball -1921-1976 Record Book donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.)

Added two Coles J.H. Programs (PDF) for 1961 donated by Park Beam (Under Schools-Ashland J.H.-Coles)

Added two Coles J.H. Pictures for National Honor Society donated by Park Beam (Under Schools-Ashland J.H.-Coles)

Added a Family Group Sheet of the Canterbury/Luman Family Submitted by Joyce Britt (Under FGS - Family Group Sheets)

Added a Fantastic Link to Central Park Baseball History of the 1950s - Webpage is maintained by David Carter (Under History)

I have some great items coming (100s) donated by Park Beam and Jim Powers. It will take first of the year to scan and upload. Worth the wait!

Added a couple of Reunions for the Maupin/Gill/Grace/Sanders/McDaniel Family and the Greenup/Front Street Residents (Under Reunions for Details)


What's For March, 2008

The Ashland Tomcats Basketball -1921-1976 Record Book (Boys Only - Girls Soon) donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.)

MOVED THE SITE FROM ANCESTRY/ROOTSWEB TO KYKINFOLK. THANKS, SHERRI FOR THE FREE SPACE!

***Broken Links will be a problem for a while, please email me with problems. Also note that any page that says "Back to the Home Page" WILL NOT WORK, until I fix them or find an easy fix. There are 6,300 files I need to edit, so be patient, Thanks***


What's For April, 2008

New Pictures - Has two temporary folders loaded with New Pictures. One is called the Park Beam Collection items donated by Park Beam. The other is called the Jim Powers Collection items donated by Jim Powers. The Park Beam Collection is pretty organized and mostly in PDF format, I need to move his items where they belong. The Jim Powers Collection is unedited except for the main title of each collection. Until I get these moved and edited you may view them here. Thanks to both Park and Jim for their items! (Under Photographs-New Pictures)

New Pictures - Added a combine folder from Roger Wilson and Park Beam, also for now (Under Photographs-New Pictures)

Added 4-1958 Ashland H.S. Football Pictures donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.-Pictures)

Corrected two problems, Back to Home Page and Viewing Width, in ALL THE FOLDERS except the CENSUS FILES. PLEASE inform me if you find a BAD LINK, Thanks!

Okay. I've edited 1,000s of Webpages to make the KYBOYD site work. I NEED YOU!. To tell me if a pictures doesn't come up, or a link doesn't work, etc. PLEASE EMAIL ME! If something doesn't work. Thanks for your patience!!!

The Ashland Tomcats Basketball -1921-1976 Record Book (Now Complete) donated by Joe Layman (Under Schools-Ashland H.S.)

Added the History of Boyd County in (Mini-Video/MPG format) YOU MUST DOWNLOAD TO YOUR COMPUTER FIRST!!! Do not try and open these files until you have saved it to your computer. (Under History)

I edited the Jim Powers Collection so they are now readable (Over 300 Pictures including Class Pictures from the early 1950s) (Under Photographs-New Pictures)

Great News! The Google Search Engine above is now working for the new location of this site. You can now search this site using their search engine.

Added a upcoming of Reunion for the Eastham Family plus two others for the year, so far (Under Reunions for Details)


What's For May, 2008

After a year or so the Link for the Cemetery Search from the Boyd Country Library has been reopened and the website link reflects the New Site. (Under Cemeteries)

Added 4 Class Pictures from Condit, Means & Summit Ashland Elementary Schools donated by Pam (Crum) Wolfe (Under Schools-Ashland Elementary)

Added a upcoming of Reunion for the Joe Clark Hill Family plus three others are posted for the summer, so far (Under Reunions for Details)



If you have any research material that you no longer need, or if you have produced material that you would like to offer for sale, contact Mark Meinhart  or contact Teresa Scott-Scoggins .

Please bear with us as we try to improve the site. If you find any broken links, or if you have any suggestions or contributions for the site, contact Mark Meinhart  or Teresa Scott-Scoggins  or Judy Nunley Rengel . Remember, this is your web site.

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This page was last modified May 16th, 2008