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No, the Best Genealogy Resources Are Not Online

No, the Best Genealogy Resources Are Not Online

by Thomas W Jones | 8 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips

Expand Your Research Outside Your Ancestor and Their House Author and genealogist Dr. Thomas W Jones had some genealogy tips about getting over-focused on subjects and overlooking obvious free resources that exist outside of our desk. After completing his brilliant...
Three Tips for Researching KY When You Don’t Live There

Three Tips for Researching KY When You Don’t Live There

by Tricia P Aanderud | 8 Mar 2023 | Free KY Resources, Genealogy Tips

When you live in Kentucky, it’s easier to visit counties where your ancestors lived. Traveling to the Kentucky State Archives is a day trip at most and some could even walk there. While my roots are in Kentucky, my body is over 500 miles away in the Sunshine State....
Tips for Using the Federal Census in Your Research

Tips for Using the Federal Census in Your Research

by Landon Willis | 7 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Getting Started

History of the US Census For many Kentucky researchers, the US Federal Census is the go-to record for understanding family genealogy. Since 1790, the US Government has counted and collected information about the inhabitants of the states. The 1790-1840 census records...
Getting Started with Genealogy? Use a Pedigree Chart

Getting Started with Genealogy? Use a Pedigree Chart

by Cynthia Saddler Maharrey | 7 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Quick Tips from Our Speakers

Are You a Beginner? Here’s Some Help Professional genealogist Cynthia Maharrey explains how to get started with your family history by creating a pedigree chart. Then she explains how obituaries help complete the picture. This was the first tip from her...
Using Timelines to Enhance Your Research Skills

Using Timelines to Enhance Your Research Skills

by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Getting Started

What You Will Learn This session provides an overview of the use and benefits of timelines for family history research. We all struggle with our genealogical research especially those who research people of color. We hit the famous brick walls repeatedly as if we are...
Getting a Good Start: Things I Wish I’d Known About Genealogical Research Before I Began

Getting a Good Start: Things I Wish I’d Known About Genealogical Research Before I Began

by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Getting Started

What You Will Learn During this lecture, participants will learn: things to consider before and during research, the three R’s of genealogical research, and how to begin. Speaker A graduate of Berea College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business...
Learn How To Research Your Family History With Free Resources

Learn How To Research Your Family History With Free Resources

by TheEventsCal | 16 Feb 2023 | Getting Started

What You Will Learn Our enjoyable speaker, Bob Taylor, joins us to explain how to get started or improve your research using one of the leading free family search websites, The Family History Guide (www.thefhguide.com). The Family History Guide answers the most...
How Can Census Records Help My Research?

How Can Census Records Help My Research?

by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Getting Started

What You Will Learn Most of us use Census records in our research, but are we getting the most out of them? Learn what is available in those other columns and how that information can aid our research. Speaker Linda Colston Handout...
Our Best Genealogy Ideas from the Past Year

Our Best Genealogy Ideas from the Past Year

by Tricia P Aanderud | 11 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips

A Push to Get You Started or Just Sharpen Your Techniques During our fifty years of encouraging family researchers and budding genealogists, the society has provided advice through meetings, webinars, and in the Bluegrass Roots magazine. In this post, we review some...
Tips for Finding Kentucky Vital Records

Tips for Finding Kentucky Vital Records

by Betty Ann Bowles | 7 Dec 2022 | Free KY Resources

Getting Started with Vital Records Cannot find an ancestor’s birth, marriage, or death record? Are you sure the vital record even exists? KYGS member Betty Ann Bowles shares an overview of Kentucky vital statistics records law. Each state differs on when it began...

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