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...
Learn the reasons Kentucky started keeping birth and death records.
Our ancestors had many options for arriving in Kentucky. Some paths were more dangerous than others.
Many Europeans developed pathways for early settlers to enter the land of today’s Kentucky.
Huguenots migrated from France to the new world and many Kentuckians can claim Huguenot roots.
Beckham County was formed in 1904 and disbanded a few months later. It remains the only county in Kentucky’s history with the distinction of being dissolved.
In 1818, the US bought the Jackson Purchase area from the Chickasaw Indians and started a new history for the area.
A gift to newlyweds in early Kentucky was a log cabin.
See how Kentucky went from 9 counties to 120 counties – just like that.
Littell’s Law Books contain rich details about what our ancestors were doing in the early years of Kentucky.
The KDLA has many records of genealogical value that are free to the public.
Fort Boonesborough was settled by Daniel Boone, who walked from North Carolina to Madison County Kentucky. How would that look today?