by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Free Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
Speaker Dr. Mark Browning
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn During his lecture, Dr. Coleman will share stories, photos, and artifacts from the Faulkner Morgan Archive collection. Founded in 2014, the archive now houses 15,000 items and has collected more than 250 hours of oral histories. Speaker Dr. Jon...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn Cemeteries can be extremely helpful for researching Kentucky ancestors. These sacred spaces can hold many clues to help you piece your family tree together, but like a Kentucky karst landscape, cemetery research in the Commonwealth is full of peaks...