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 Landon Willis | 7 Mar 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Kentucky Surnames, Learn Kentucky History
Discover the rich history of early Kentucky through the lens of genealogy with Littell’s Law Books, an invaluable resource for family history research. As a less-known yet equally insightful counterpart to the renowned Virginia Hening’s Statute at Large. These...
by Deborah Oliver | 7 Mar 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Kentucky Surnames
Exploring the Log Cabin Newspaper Thanks to the generous Kentucky Genealogical Society Digitization Grant Program, the Cynthiana-Harrison County Library has digitized the Log Cabin newspaper and made it available online for free! Most of my ancestors lived in the...
by Shelley Viola Murphy | 7 Mar 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Quick Tips from Our Speakers
Overview of the Freedman’s Bureau The US Government established the Freedmen’s Bureau in 1865 to manage the transition of formerly enslaved people to citizenship. Despite its name, Dr. Shelley Murphy reminds us this collection contains records for more...
by TheEventsCal | 23 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Over the past decade, Irish research has gone from being one of the weirdest and most difficult in the world to one of the weirdest and least difficult in the world. The talk outlines the starting point and the changes, with plenty of practical...
by TheEventsCal | 23 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Technology is constantly improving the tools and resources genealogical researchers have at their disposal. During this special webinar, the Kentucky Genealogical Society welcomes back James Tanner to share new technologies that will aid you in...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn Research portals make online records from many archives and libraries available in a single search. Created by librarians and archivists, these free online portals are available for archives, genealogy books, digital libraries, maps, newspapers,...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn This is the real ‘Minecraft.’ As the song goes, it truly was “dark as a dungeon” in just about any mine. Fortunately, there are records that have may been kept on your mining ancestors. Speaker The Kentucky Genealogical Society is proud to welcome...
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 West Virginia has had more fun poked at it than nearly any other state. But, there are some vast resources in the history of this, the “restored government of Virginia.” Having been part of Virginia since the beginning, the fifty counties of West...
