by ChatGPT Open AI Project | 1 Apr 2023 | Free KY Resources
Digital archives can be an incredibly useful tool for family researchers, providing them with easy access to historical records, a way to preserve family records, a platform for collaboration, and the convenience of 24/7 access from anywhere in the world. Have you...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn In this webinar, the speaker tells stories of many LGBTQ ancestors in the historical context of LGBTQ rights. Clues to ancestors can be found in photographs, census, newspapers, obituaries, cemeteries, military records, marriage records, and LGBTQ...
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 TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Free KY Resources
What You Will Learn There are a vast number of map types that can assist us in our genealogical research and add context to our ancestral stories. This presentation examines both historical and contemporary maps (census, plat, topographic, insurance, military,...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Have you ever gotten home from a genealogy research trip and said to yourself “I forgot to do that”? Learn the 10 things genealogists should do before they leave a library and archives to make the research trip a success! Speaker Melissa Barker is...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn This webinar provides some tips and tricks for discovering your Kentucky ancestors. The details are at the local level. Speaker Dave Schroeder
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn The best place to research your ancestors in Kentucky is not always in Kentucky! Let’s learn what is available to help discover our ancestors as they migrated to and through Kentucky. Speaker Peggy Lynn Clemens Lauritzen is a frequent lecturer at...
by Judy Owens | 8 Mar 2023 | Learn Kentucky History
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...
by Landon Willis | 8 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Learn Kentucky History
Kentucky has a fascinating history, even if you don’t go back any further than when the state was formed. In 1776, Virginia carved up Fincastle County and one county was called Kentucky. Soon after the end of the American Revolution, a separation movement began in...
by Tricia P Aanderud | 7 Mar 2023 | Free KY Resources
Finding Free Resources When searching for Kentucky ancestors, you can take advantage of these free resources from Google Books. Most of these books can be searched online but you can also download them to your computer for free. Kentucky, A History of the State...
