by KY Genealogical Society | 22 Apr 2023 | Society Updates
We are excited to collaborate with WikiTree for a WikiTree Kentucky Genealogical Society Challenge in June 2023. What is WikiTree? WikiTree is a free, collaborative, online family tree and genealogy community that was launched in 2008. It allows users to create and...
by KY Genealogical Society | 2 Apr 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Learn Kentucky History
The early settlers who came to Letcher County from Virginia and North Carolina were mostly deeply religious people, who came here to this beautiful country where they might worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences and to start life anew in this...
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...
