by kathykeyser ADMIN | 14 Jan 2025 | Free Kentucky Resources, Resources
What You Will Learn Early families found their way into prime lands seeking opportunities and freedom. These citizens included merchants, preachers, traders, speculators, hunters, and farmers. Early pioneers and settlers were a diverse group with family members across...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 11 Jan 2025 | Resources
What You Will Learn From bounty land to pensions, there are no shortage of genealogical records for soldiers from the War of 1812. Learn why these records were created, how to make sense of them, and what those records can contain for your ancestors. Speaker Brian...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 16 Dec 2024 | Family Research, Free Kentucky Resources, Genealogy Tips, Getting Started, Resources
What You Will Learn You may be missing out on 30% of genealogy discoveries if you’re not digging into history and genealogy newsletters, journals and magazines. Biographical profiles, stories about ancestral churches or schools, how-to tips for researching a locale,...
by Christopher Padgett | 29 Nov 2024 | Genealogy Tips
The Brothers Grimm—Jacob and Wilhelm—are celebrated for preserving German folklore and bringing stories like Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel into the cultural consciousness. Born in 18th-century Germany, the brothers faced early hardships but developed a passion for...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 31 Aug 2024 | Free Kentucky Resources, Learn Kentucky History
Summer Series 2022: Researching Your Kentucky Ancestors: From the Mountains to the Mississippi What You Will Learn Though 38th in size, Kentucky has the third most counties of any state, trailing only Texas and Georgia. While this may seem like useful trivia, in...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 31 Aug 2024 | Family Research
2022 Finding Your Celtic Ancestors Series What You Will Learn When the Revolutionary War ended, Kentucky was opened for settlement. The Scots-Irish, who learned Kentucky was a land literally flowing with milk and honey, poured into the area; thus, your ancestors were...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 31 Aug 2024 | Family Research
2022 Finding Your Celtic Ancestors Series What You Will Learn When the Revolutionary War ended, Kentucky was opened for settlement. The Scots-Irish, who learned Kentucky was a land literally flowing with milk and honey, poured into the area; thus, your ancestors were...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 31 Aug 2024 | Family Research
2022 Finding Your Celtic Ancestors Series What You Will Learn When the Revolutionary War ended, Kentucky was opened for settlement. The Scots-Irish, who learned Kentucky was a land literally flowing with milk and honey, poured into the area; thus, your ancestors were...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 31 Aug 2024 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Meet the 2023 Society Board and hear what is going on in the Society and plans for upcoming programs. Speaker Kentucky Genealogical Society Board
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 19 Aug 2024 | Family Research, Resources
Summer Series 2022: Researching Your Kentucky Ancestors: From the Mountains to the Mississippi What You Will Learn Lyman Draper was a lifelong student of American history. Although born in upstate New York, Draper made it his life’s work to rescue from oblivion the...
