Boyle County History and Genealogy
BCGHS
Publications
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orders to BCGHS, PO Box 24, Parksville, KY
40464
It's History: from Brenda's Notebook.
by Brenda S Edwards, published 2012, 8˝ by 11 inches, hardcover, 180
pages. This collection of Brenda’s articles published in the Danville Advocate-Messenger, covering a time period from the 1980s to 2012,
tells personal family histories of people, schools, locations, buildings,
churches and memories of the past in Boyle County and the surrounding
counties. The book is indexed and contains photographs that were also used
to accompany the articles.
Price: Onsite, $20.00. Mailed, $23.00 |
Early Days In Danville by Calvin Morgan Fackler, published
1941, reprinted about 2008, 5˝ by 8˝ inches, hardcover, 283p, illus,
index. This hardback book is THE definitive history of Danville, up to the
Civil War. It chronicles the history of Danville/Boyle County from its
early beginnings in 1784 to the Civil War era.
The
book mentions many early family names, along with stories of the families.
Price: Onsite, $13.00. Mailed, $16.00
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Historic Homes of Boyle County and the Three Courthouses,
by Calvin Morgan Fackler, published in the Advocate-Messenger,
1944 and 1945, reprinted by the Danville Boyle County Historical Society,
8˝ by 11 inches, 35 pages, softcover.
Danville
in the Blue Grass, by Calvin Morgan Fackler, published 1927,
reprinted by the Danville Boyle County Historical Society, 5 ˝ by 3 ˝
inches, 47 pages, illus, softcover. Originally a tourist brochure, the
DBCHS reprinted this in a slightly smaller size than the original.
Price: Onsite, $8.00. Mailed, $10.00
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Boyle County Cemetery Records on Compact Disc. This CD
includes several files:
(1)
Boyle County Kentucky Cemetery Records, a PDF version of the
original book, covering 1792- 1992. This PDF file is a scanned copy of the
book that has information concerning over 22,000burials during the years
1792-1992 in the Boyle county cemeteries. The file includes the addendum
to the original book, with corrections and additions to the first
printing.
(2)
Bellevue Cemetery Records, researched and compiled by Bill
and Beulah (Cocanaugher) Jones. This work is far more complete and
accurate than the city’s records and is updated to 2016. It contains the
original Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, and an Adobe PDF file, along with
updated and accurate maps of Bellevue.
(3)
African American
Burials, a PDF
file, listing
all known
African American
burials in
16 African- American
cemeteries throughout the County. These records are taken from funeral
programs, obituaries, death records, and the Find A Grave websites of each cemetery.
Price:
Onsite, $15.00. Mailed, $18.00
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