by TheEventsCal | 9 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn High on a hill on the south side of Louisville, Kentucky, a massive Tudor Gothic Revival building still stands as a testament to past struggles with a deadly disease. The structure was once part of the sprawling complex of Waverly Hills Sanatorium,...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn The most difficult part of genealogical research for African Americans is finding and identifying slave ancestors and their owners, but as difficult as this might seem, it is not impossible. For many people of African descent, the experience can...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn In this presentation, Winkler discusses what has been written about the Melungeons and how various authors’ perceptions of the group were shaped by contemporary political and historical factors. He also talks about how mythology surrounding the...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What Your Will Learn This introduction to the Melungeons covers who they are, how they are identified, theories of their origins, and the Melungeons’ relationship to other, similar mixed ethnic groups. Also covered: The history of Melungeons, going back to their first...
by TheEventsCal | 7 Feb 2023 | Uncategorized
What You Will Learn Reed talks about the practice of dueling and about her great-great grandfather’s killing of a prominent citizen of Bourbon County in the 1850s. Was Reed’s ancestor guilty or not guilty? We, the jury, will decide. Speaker Kathy Reed No...
by TheEventsCal | 2 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn Kentucky manuscript collections can be a genealogical rich resource for the genealogist. If you do not know about these collections and are not accessing them in the repositories where your ancestors lived, you could be missing a gold mine. These...
by Rusty L Heckaman | 1 Dec 2022 | Free Kentucky Resources, Learn Kentucky History
Goodies at the Kentucky Archives The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) is home to over 110,000 cubic feet of state, judicial, and local records, dating as far back as pre-statehood. These records include original documents from court cases, tax...
by TheEventsCal | 28 Oct 2022 | Learn Kentucky History
What You Will Learn The past year has shown the work impacts much more than Kentucky U.S. Colored Troops soldiers and their possible descendants. The soldiers researched had relationships with enslavers prior to enlistment, and the research has uncovered interesting...
by Rogers R Barde | 10 Oct 2022 | Kentucky Surnames
In recent years, it has become popular to trace the genealogy of a house. Many older homes have an impressive lineage. KYGS member, Rogers Bardé, felt a connection to the Botherum House that sits in Lexington, KY. In this post, she shares how her family history...
by Tricia P Aanderud | 4 Oct 2022 | Learn Kentucky History
In the spring of 1775, Daniel Boone created a path through the Cumberland Gap that would become known as Boone’s Trace and later Wilderness Trail. This path was America’s first gateway to the west, which was Kentucky. Many of us forget that he not only...
