by Susan J Court | 2 Apr 2024 | Genealogy Tips
Guess what happened when I recently dropped into a Society Front Porch Talk—Kentucky Ancestors Pre-1850? I discovered one of the newest and coolest research tools from FamilySearch.org. In February, several of the participants had attended RootsTech where it was...
by Susan J Court | 1 Dec 2022 | Genealogy Tips
Genealogists – professional and amateur alike – know that the Family History Library (“library” or “FHL”) in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a phenomenal repository of genealogical records. Indeed, the FHL is considered the largest genealogical library in the world. Owned...
by Susan J Court | 20 Oct 2022 | Kentucky Surnames
All genealogists encounter brick walls, but just as frustrating are mysteries which come up in their research. Sometimes, however, mysteries are more solvable. For sure, they can be more fun to unravel. Sally Anne Byrne Marries James Dunn Recently, I had the pleasure...
by Susan J Court | 4 Oct 2022 | Genealogy Tips
William Edward Hickson crafted a familiar phrase more than 100 years ago: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Good words to keep in mind when you are using DNA to research your Kentucky ancestors. There’s a trick – you can use the Ancestry DNA...
by Susan J Court | 23 Jul 2022 | Society Updates
The Kentucky Genealogical Society and FamilySearch.org are pleased to announce that they have joined forces to locate genealogically significant Kentucky records to digitize and post online for free. This effort will focus on primary records such as birth, death,...
