by KY Genealogical Society | 11 Mar 2023 | Society Updates
Society Publishes a New Book Kentucky Genealogical Society celebrates it’s 50th anniversary by publishing the Essential Guide to Kentucky Family Research. This book is the first comprehensive Kentucky genealogy guide published in over 30 years to help family...
by KY Genealogical Society | 8 Mar 2023 | Learn Kentucky History
Early settlers who were determined to find land and opportunities pushed westward in two major ways: by water routes and by land routes. Initially, waterways seemed to be easier than land routes, but they presented their own difficulties. Uncharted waters, attacks,...
by KY Genealogical Society | 8 Mar 2023 | Learn Kentucky History
Who Came Here and Why? History gives us multiple reasons why people migrate—to gain freedom from persecution of various kinds and freedom from hunger and want, but also freedom to achieve and flourish to a given potential. While the Native Americans, followed by...
by KY Genealogical Society | 2 Feb 2023 | Grant Project, Society Updates
Kentucky Genealogical Society celebrates it’s 50th anniversary by awarding grants totaling $13,000 to four digitization projects in Johnson, Marion, Madison, and Hickman counties to make accessible rare, one of a kind records of genealogical significance to...
by KY Genealogical Society | 27 Jan 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
During the years following the Civil War, the Kentucky Adjutant General faced a growing space problem where the Commonwealth’s early military records were concerned. Following the publication of the roster of War of 1812 volunteers in 1891, that official ordered the...
