Boggs Family History, Genealogy & Ancestry

The Boggs Family

2,471 Boggs records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

2,471Records in our database

1822Earliest birth

4Documented families

See the Boggs family trees →139 Boggs families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers

At a glance

2,471 Boggs records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

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When they were born

Most records: Ohio (1,055 of 2,471)
Most common birth decade: the 1910s
Earliest birth in the database: James Boggs, born 1822, Ross county, Ohio

Most common first names

James64 William59 John52 Mary48 Charles40 Robert39 George28 Richard25 Harold23 Dorothy22 Helen20 Kenneth20

Documented families

Boggs families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

Family records from county histories (4)

James Boggs 1822 to 1908Starts: James Boggs (b. 1822)Most recent: Mary Lincoln, Eva Unford Thomas Boggs d. 1881Muscatine County, IowaStarts: Thomas BoggsMost recent: John Boggs, Mary Boggs, Sarah Boggs L. M. Boggs d. 1899Lee County, IowaStarts: L. M. Boggs, from West VirginiaMost recent: Clendennen Boggs, Henderson Boggs, Nathan Boggs John Boggs b. 1838Muscatine County, IowaStarts: Thomas Boggs & Elizabeth BonnettMost recent: Dora Boggs, Effie Boggs, Thomas Boggs

The earliest Boggss in the county histories

William BoggsBorn 1801Logan County, Ohio Reverend John BoggsBorn 1810Cloud County, Kansas Thomas C. BoggsBorn 1822, Washington countyChild of Joseph L. Boggs and Abigail (Carr) BoggsCooper County, Missouri John Newton BoggsBorn 1832, Hamilton countyCloud County, Kansas John BoggsBorn 1846, Morgan countyPike County, Illinois Ott C. BoggsBorn 1849Child of Moses Boggs and Margaret S. (Cook) BoggsPickaway County, Ohio

Family trees from the public record

139 Boggs families: parents, brothers and sistersFrom state birth and death indexes, county histories and old newspapers, most recent deaths first

In old newspapers

7 Boggs death notices, 1837 to 1925Obituaries and funeral notices from Midwest papers scanned by the Library of Congress, with the original pages

In the county history family index

22 Boggs people in 15 countiesBirth years, birthplaces, parents and spouses, from the old county histories

Done-for-you research

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Common questions

Boggs genealogy: FAQ

Where were Boggs ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 2,471 Boggs records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Ohio (1,055), then Missouri (390) and Indiana (225).

How far back does the Boggs family tree go?

The earliest Boggs birth in our database is 1822: James Boggs, Ross county, Ohio. We have pieced together 139 Boggs family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Boggs family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Boggs family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.