Find Research Friends on our Front Porch
Pull up a chair on one of our Front Porches! The Kentucky Genealogical Society offers members a unique way to share ideas and get help with their current genealogical research challenges in a small-group, virtual setting. They’re called “Front Porch Talks” and are as...
Learn More with our Webinars
Improve your Kentucky genealogy research with upcoming webinars Webinars in 2026 will cover a wide variety of topics of interest to family historians. Click on the links below to get more details and make your reservations. Jan 22: The 1833 Cholera epidemic in...
Announcing the 2025 Kentucky Digitization Grant Recipients!
Since its creation in 2019, the Kentucky Digitization Grant has helped preserve rare, one-of-a-kind Kentucky primary source records and made them accessible to the public. Including this round, a total of 18 projects have been funded totaling $56,700.
Meet our Members: Jeff Damron
My favorite part of research is discovering something new about an ancestor. It’s my way of saying to them: “See, you are not forgotten. I may not know all about you, but I know something of you.”
Meet our Members: Rebecca Page
What do you enjoy about researching Kentucky ancestors? Putting stories to the faces in old family photos, connecting with long-lost cousins, gaining more insight into why we are who we are, and in some cases, unearthing long-buried family...
Meet our Members: Denyce Porter Peyton
What do you enjoy about researching Kentucky ancestors? I enjoy learning about the history of Kentucky through the "eyes" and life events of my ancestral families. Understanding the historical context of different locations and time periods is of great value in...
Meet our Members: Barbara Cart
Meet our Members: Linda McCauley
Becoming a Genealogist & Family Historian: A Free Five Part Class
The Society is please to offer as a public service the Free Five-Part Class: Becoming a Genealogist & Family Historian with Susan J. Court. This Free Five-Part series covers the steps to becoming a genealogist from examining the objectives and understanding the...
Members Complete 13 Week Genetic Genealogy Study Group
Congratulations to the members who recently completed a 13 week study group on the basics of genetic genealogy: Suzanne Bergum Bob Calhoun Maria Capaldi Joyce Carey Jenny Coss (co-facilitator) Rhonda Donohue Michelle Haywood Lukas Murphy Rebecca Page (co-facilitator)...
Kentucky Genealogical Society WikiTree Challenge – June 2023
We are excited to collaborate with WikiTree for a WikiTree Kentucky Genealogical Society Challenge in June 2023.
Book Published: Essential Guide to Kentucky Family Research
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...