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...
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, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Funeral programs are biographical documents that preserve the history of a deceased person. The presenter will dissect the parts of commonly used funeral programs, modeling how to extract important genealogical information and clues from these...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn Family legends often tell of an ancestor who was the daughter of a chief or some other Indian relationship. Come and find out the truth, myths, facts and information about how to determine if your family descends from Native or First Nations...
by TheEventsCal | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Family historians spend years, sometimes decades, gathering and compiling records, photographs, and family heirlooms to preserve the past and guide the future. Let’s talk about ways to ensure that all this hard work isn’t lost in any number of...
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 | 22 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources
What You Will Learn Sometimes we realize, once it is too late, we missed the opportunity to gather our family stories and pictures. Don’t let that happen in your family! This webinar will discuss strategies for successful oral history interviews, questions to spark...
by TheEventsCal | 21 Feb 2023 | Free Kentucky Resources, Society Updates
What You Will Learn The Board of Kentucky Genealogical Society discuss past and future objectives for the society. Speakers 2022-2023 Board Members
