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 from the Browning Genealogy Foundation was scheduled to speak. However, the webinar was presented by his sister, Jeannie Browning Hester.
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...
by TheEventsCal | 16 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn As a settlement gateway and destination, Kentucky played a pivotal role in early migration patterns. This session gives you resource tips and tricks to track down those elusive ancestors. Topics covered include: *Immigration waves/cluster...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn With the Danville Boyle Co African-American Historical Society and the Central KY African-American Cemetery Association. Speaker Cindy Peck Links Danville Boyle County African-American Historical Society Facebook Group Central Kentucky African...
by TheEventsCal | 14 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn The search for the 50-acre farm started with the will of George Admire, dated 1804, leaving the “land whereon I now live, I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sally Williams to her and her heirs forever” in Henry County, Ky. The estate...
