by kathykeyser ADMIN | 3 Jun 2024 | Free Kentucky Resources, Occupations
What You Will Learn The notion that most Americans in yesteryear were farmers is a misconception. By 1880, more than half of working Americans already were engaged in something other than agriculture and may have left a paper trail of occupational records. To find...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 29 Mar 2024 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Thousands of women volunteered their time serving the sick and wounded during the hostilities of the Civil War, yet most were never recorded on official rosters. Women doctors, nurses, matrons, cooks, and laundresses served on both sides of the...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 3 Mar 2024 | Family Research, Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Anna Elisabeth Mohrmann immigrated from Germany to Ohio in 1864 and quickly married. But her husband was not the man she had intended to marry. For years her origins in Germany and her parentage were a mystery. Learn how one record broke through...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 21 Jan 2024 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Prior to parish registers, estate, land, and property records are the next best record to identify generational links and family information for landowners and tenants. This session arms participants with the tools necessary to examine these...
by kathykeyser ADMIN | 21 Jan 2024 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Prior to parish registers, estate, land, and property records are the next best record to identify generational links and family information for landowners and tenants. This session arms participants with the tools necessary to examine these...
by TheEventsCal | 12 May 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn This presentation shows you how to excavate the history of a church in Kentucky, using detective research through genealogical and historical records, personal interviews, and other resources. It will not only demonstrate how to discover the...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn In this webinar, the speaker tells stories of many LGBTQ ancestors in the historical context of LGBTQ rights. Clues to ancestors can be found in photographs, census, newspapers, obituaries, cemeteries, military records, marriage records, and LGBTQ...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn Have you ever gotten home from a genealogy research trip and said to yourself “I forgot to do that”? Learn the 10 things genealogists should do before they leave a library and archives to make the research trip a success! Speaker Melissa Barker is...
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn This webinar provides some tips and tricks for discovering your Kentucky ancestors. The details are at the local level. Speaker Dave Schroeder
by TheEventsCal | 29 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips
What You Will Learn The best place to research your ancestors in Kentucky is not always in Kentucky! Let’s learn what is available to help discover our ancestors as they migrated to and through Kentucky. Speaker Peggy Lynn Clemens Lauritzen is a frequent lecturer at...
