by kathykeyser ADMIN | 5 Feb 2025 | Family Research, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Taylor Wolfolk survived slavery and the Civil War. He married Rhoda Ann Williams and they reared seven children in Indianapolis, Indiana. Although Taylor died before five of their offspring reached adulthood, it is likely that the couple’s...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 17 Aug 2024 | Family Research
Summer Series 2022: Researching Your Kentucky Ancestors: From the Mountains to the Mississippi What You Will Learn The Underground Railroad, established in 1826, was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape into free states and...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 14 Aug 2024 | Family Research
2023 Summer Series: Kentucky – Daughter of the East, Mother of the West What You Will Learn Discover the rich heritage and captivating history of the Bluegrass State as we delve into the remarkable journey of Kentucky from being the wild west to becoming a...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 3 Mar 2024 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn This presentation will focus on the protection, preservation, and reuse of Kentucky’s significant collection of historic and pre-historic resources statewide. As the State Historic Preservation Office, the Kentucky Heritage Council is tasked...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 30 Jan 2024 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn Beginning in May 1864, Camp Nelson Kentucky received a flood of escaped enslaved people looking to join the US Army and be emancipated. Through this “stampede” of people Camp Nelson became Kentucky’s largest enlistment and...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 20 Jan 2024 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn The speaker will provide insight into our society’s history and our efforts over the past 46+ years to elevate and preserve African American genealogy and history with our educational programs, special projects, and public programs. The...
by Christopher Padgett | 20 Jan 2024 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn This talk will focus on how archaeology is used to learn about Black history in Kentucky, featuring information from various archaeological sites excavated in Kentucky. There will be a brief introduction to historical archaeology and its role in...
by Renate Yarborough Sanders | 27 Jun 2023 | Genealogy Tips
Funeral programs are a unique artifact of an ancestor’s life. Produced at death, these programs record biographical details along with family names, dates, and locations. All the data that we family researchers love to have in our own collections. In June 2022, Renate...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn This webinar covers: things to consider before and during research, general information regarding antebellum African Americans in Kentucky and a dozen different records from the mid-1860s back to 1840 which hold genealogically significant...
by Shelley Viola Murphy | 7 Mar 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Quick Tips from Our Speakers
Overview of the Freedman’s Bureau The US Government established the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865 to manage the transition of formerly enslaved people to citizenship. Despite its name, Dr. Shelley Murphy reminds us this collection contains records for more...
