by Judy Owens | 8 Mar 2023 | Learn Kentucky History
For part of my undergraduate career in the mid-1970s, I was a work-study student at the University of Kentucky’s Margaret I. King Library. One day I was assigned to the reserve desk, and a sociology student asked to check out the library copy of Jack Weller’s...
by Judy Owens | 1 Dec 2022 | Kentucky Surnames
One of my favorite sayings about genealogy is: It’s better to be looking for dead ancestors, than to have dead ancestors looking for you. When I first heard that expression, I thought it was hilarious. The longer I worked on family history research, the more I...
