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Frankfort Cemetery and Cemetery Preservation

Frankfort Cemetery and Cemetery Preservation

What You Will Learn History of the Frankfort Cemetery Chapel. Short history of important people buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Kentucky Cemetery laws and how they pertain to descendants. Access to family cemeteries. Best documentation methods. Best stone cleaning...
Introduction to Kentucky Land Patents Issued After 1815

Introduction to Kentucky Land Patents Issued After 1815

What You Will Learn A discussion of the authorizing warrants for the Tellico, Kentucky Land Warrants, and County Court Order patents series and the process for patenting land in the Jackson Purchase. Speaker Kandie Atkinson Handout Click here to view handout...
Waverly Hills Sanitorium: A History

Waverly Hills Sanitorium: A History

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,...
Session 2: Myths, Media and Melungeons

Session 2: Myths, Media and Melungeons

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...
Session 1: Sons and Daughters of the Legend

Session 1: Sons and Daughters of the Legend

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...

Family History: What’s Past is Prologue

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...