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...
by KY Genealogical Society | 23 Oct 2022 | Kentucky Surnames
When confronted with family research issues that seem to be difficult to solve, genealogists should apply the research approach. In an earlier issue of Bluegrass Roots, member J. Harvey Uttrell, walked us through the process for a family member who lived in Bullitt...
by KY Genealogical Society | 4 Oct 2022 | Free Kentucky Resources, Kentucky Surnames, Learn Kentucky History
A Marriage Recognized by the Commonwealth was Desired Thornton and Henrietta Fowler were freed from the bonds of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America in 1865. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation...
by KY Genealogical Society | 4 Oct 2022 | Learn Kentucky History
Location was Everything Even in Pioneer Life In 1979, Bill Marshall, UK Special Collections and Archives Director, discussed how the early pioneers of Fayette County, Kentucky, settled the area. This post is an excerpt from the 1979 Bluegrass Roots newsletter article....
