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Oct
12
Sat
2013
Genealogy 201/202: Found a Record – What Next? @ Kentucky Historical Society
Oct 12 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Genealogy 201/202: Found a Record - What Next? @ Kentucky Historical Society  | Frankfort | Kentucky | United States
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The Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society with a series of free family history workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

Genealogy 201/202: Found a Record – What Next?            
Join us for a two-part intermediate session on genealogy methodology. Our speaker will  follow the process from evidence found, planning the next steps and establishing a compelling proof argument.

Speaker Bio: Phyllis Vannoy Spiker began genealogical research in 1981 with an eight week course “Beginning Genealogy” followed by an eight week course “Virginia & West Virginia Genealogy”. She belongs to numerous historical and genealogical societies at the national, state and county level; including the National Genealogical Society & Association of Professional Genealogists. She has research experience at National Archives and Records Administration Archives (NARA) I and II, and NARA Regional Archives in Atlanta and Philadelphia, Daughters of the Revolution Library and Sons of the Revolution Library and the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. She has researched at county libraries, court houses, and state archives in thirteen states. She has attended several national and state genealogical conferences.

Since August 1994 Phyllis has been the Volunteer Genealogy Specialist at the Special Collections Library, Margaret I. King Building, University of Kentucky. Until November 2012 she led the Genealogy Special Interest Group of the Central Kentucky Computer Society in Lexington. She adheres to the current Genealogical Proof Standard of American Professional Genealogists and National Genealogical Society. She enjoys working one on one with researchers convincing them to get a copy of the original documents; helping them to interpret the documents and deciding the next step. She manages her and her husband’s family lines and their DNA results.

She was born in Monongalia Co., WV and has a BS, Medical Technology from West Virginia University (WVU) and has been a research assistant and Instructor at WVU and an instructor at St. Phillips College, San Antonio, TX. She and her husband, Jim (US Army Ret.), have lived in Lexington since 1991.  They have two daughters, a son and two granddaughters.

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Nov
2
Sat
2013
Researching Native American Roots @ Kentucky Historical Society
Nov 2 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Researching Native American Roots @ Kentucky Historical Society  | Frankfort | Kentucky | United States
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The Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society with a series of free family history workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

***Note Date Change Due to Downtown Events – 1st Saturday, November 2nd***

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

Join us for the November Session: Researching Native American Roots with Anita Finger-Smith

“Rooted to the Earth:” Searching for your Cherokee Connections
Does the oral tradition “handed down” in your family suggest a Cherokee ancestor?  This presentation will help you understand the geographical background of the Cherokee, the historical Cherokee census and enumeration rolls east of the Mississippi, current day tribal enrollment requirements, and Cherokee blood quantum.

“Records of the Cherokee:” Pre-Removal to the Twenty-First Century
Difficulties in documenting Native American ancestry have several primary causes. In this session you will learn to apply a chronological framework to your family traditions through official Cherokee records, test the validity through primary sources, and discover additional accounts of the Cherokee in the East.

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Dec
14
Sat
2013
Tackling Your Brick Walls – Panel Discussion @ Kentucky Historical Society
Dec 14 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Tackling Your Brick Walls - Panel Discussion @ Kentucky Historical Society  | Frankfort | Kentucky | United States
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The Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society with a series of free family history workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

This December, Join us for a special Brick Wall Panel! Our panel will consist of several local/national genealogy experts as they address common problems as well as real-life brick walls submitted by our audience! 

Session 1: Tackling Common Brick Walls
During this session, our panel will discuss common brick walls encountered by most researchers – as well as various methods for breaking through these common challenges.

Session 2: Brick Wall Cases and Discussion               

During the afternoon session, our panel will be presented with real brick wall problems as submitted by the audience. Brick wall challenges were collected from our regular 2nd Saturday attendees over the summer and fall to be submitted to our panel prior to the event. The panel will have had approximately two months to look over the challenges for a possible solution.

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Jan
11
Sat
2014
Second Saturday: Early Kentucky Court Records & Confederate Pensions @ Kentucky Historical Society
Jan 11 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Walter Bowman

The Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society with a series of free family history workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

This January, join us in welcoming guest speaker, Walter Bowman, Research Room Supervisor at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA)! He will be giving instruction on how to use two wonderful Kentucky resources:

Session 1: Using Early Kentucky Court Records

Session 2: Confederate Pension Applications             

About the speaker:
Walter Bowman is a native of Virginia, and attended Berea College, graduating with a double major in History and Education.  Walter began working for Military Affairs in 1989 as an Archivist at the Military Records and Research Branch.  Since 2002 he has been employed  as an archivist by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and have served as the Research Room Supervisor since 2007. He and his wife and live in Lexington.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

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Feb
8
Sat
2014
Second Saturday: Family Secrets and Newspaper Trails with Kathy Reed @ Kentucky Historical Society
Feb 8 @ 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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This February, join us in welcoming guest speaker, Kathy Reed, with the Hamilton County Genealogical Society (Cincinnati, OH)! Kathy will be sharing her amazing family case studies, involving secrets, cautionary tales, and the newspaper trails that helped her get to the truth:

Session 1: When the Pieces Fall Into Place: Uncovering a Family Secret

After 10 years of research, Kathy was able to find out why her grandmother never discussed her background. She was not prepared for what was discovered!

Session 2:  The “Not So Secret” Demise of John Cronin: Using Historical Newspapers to Solve a Family Mystery       

After further researching her great-grandmother’s history, Kathy was able to uncover a “family secret” through the use of historical newspapers.  (As shared in a recent article on Kentucky Ancestors Online!)

About the speaker:

Kathy Reed, a Cincinnati native, has been researching her German, Irish and English roots for the past 13 years. She serves on the Board of the Hamilton County Genealogical Society, both as Program Chair and Blog Administrator. She enjoys writing and sharing her research with her family and the larger genealogical community through the use of blogs.

In addition to numerous speaking engagements, Kathy has had three articles published in Ohio Genealogical Society journals and one in the online edition of Kentucky Ancestors. She has Kentucky ancestors from Louisville and Lexington as well as Bourbon and Montgomery Counties.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

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Mar
8
Sat
2014
RootsTech Family History Fair (Second Saturday) @ Kentucky Historical Society
Mar 8 @ 3:00 pm – 8:45 pm
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**NOTE** Change in time and format for this Second Saturday event!

The Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Genealogical Society cordially invite you to the first ever, RootsTech Family History Fair!

This March, join KHS and KGS for a day-long family history event, sponsored by the RootsTech Conference!

In February 2014, the annual RootsTech Conference takes place in Salt Lake City, Utah – the largest national genealogy conference in the country. This year, several sessions were selected for recording to be shared exclusively at Family History Fairs around the world. The Kentucky Historical Society has been selected as one of the participating venues!

What this means: On March 8th, our regularly scheduled Second Saturday will take on a slightly different shape. Our sessions will begin earlier (10:00AM) and end later in the day (3:45PM). During that time, we will be providing three different sessions each hour, giving you the option to choose which session you want to attend! After the opening session, the remaining sessions will be taking place concurrently every hour in three separate rooms throughout the History Center, with different topics in each room; Just like a real conference! You will be experiencing a portion of RootsTech that will only be available to those who attend the sponsored History Fairs – most of the sessions shown ARE NOT the same sessions available for viewing online!

This event is FREE, but registration is REQUIRED! Lunch will be handled in the same way – you must pre-order a lunch before noon on Friday, March 7th. 

Schedule for the day (You can stay as long or as little as you like. You can choose the number of sessions to attend and pick the subjects you want to see!): Download Full Program Here: RootsTech FHF Program 

***All Sessions are Pre-Recorded Video Presentations***

9:00AM  – 10:00AM:

Doors to KHS open + check-in: Commonwealth Hall or Ann Street Welcome Center (Yes, the library will be open as well for early research)

10:00AM – 11:00AM:

Keynote: Judy Russell (The Legal Genealogist) and Dr. Spencer Wells (National Geographic Genome Project) [Brown Forman Room]

Judy Russell is a certified genealogist with a law degree who enjoys helping others
understand the interplay between genealogy and the law. She blogs and maintains The
Legal Genealogist website.

Dr. Spencer Wells serves as the director of the Genographic Project—a partnership
between IBM, the Waitt Family Foundation, and National Geographic to capture a genetic
snapshot of humanity.

11:00AM – 11:15AM

Break

11:15AM – 12:15PM

  • Information Overload: Managing Online Searches and Their Results by D. Joshua Taylor [Brown Forman Room]
  • Begging for Spit: DNA Testing and Your Family by Blaine Bettinger [Klotter Classrooms]
  • Basic Online Resources for the Beginning Genealogist by Lisa Alzo [Keeneland Gallery]

12:15PM – 1:30PM

Lunch (pre-ordered box lunch, or locally on your own)

1:30PM – 2:30PM

  • Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com by Crista Cowan [Brown Forman Conference Hall]
  • Advanced Techniques for Use of Autosomal DNA Tests to Break Through Genealogical Brick Walls by Tim Janzen [Klotter Classrooms]
  • How to Scan an Elephant:  Digitizing Your Family History from Artifact to Zombie by Denise Levenick [Keeneland Gallery]

2:30PM – 2:45PM

Break

2:45PM – 3:45PM

  • A Beginners Guide to Going Paperless by Randy Whited [Brown Forman Conference Hall]
  • How to Use YouTube for Family History: Setting Up Your Own YouTube Channel by Lisa Louise Cooke [Klotter Classrooms]
  • Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink [Keeneland Gallery]

About the speakers:

The sessions shown in each room will be fully recorded versions, taped at the 2014 RootsTech Conference! These sessions were delivered by nationally recognized leaders in the genealogy field. Full Family History Fair Program, including Speaker Bios available for download here: RootsTech FHF Program

A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for this  free program is REQUIRED. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

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Apr
12
Sat
2014
Second Saturday: Researching Virginia Roots with Victor S. Dunn, CG @ Kentucky Historical Society
Apr 12 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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This April, join us in welcoming guest speaker, Victor S. Dunn, CG, professional genealogist and IGHR Instructor/Coordinator. Victor will be teaching two sessions to help us trace our Virginia Ancestry!

Session 1: Virginia Research 101

 

This session examines the basics of Virginia research with an overview of the vital statistics, government, and manuscript records that are available to researchers online, in print, on microfilm and in textual format.

Session 2:  The Law of the Land: Inheritance in Early Virginia        

Understanding colonial law, basically modified British common law, and the changes brought by the Revolution may help resolve ancestral issues. Primogeniture and entailment are explained.

About the speaker:

Victor S. Dunn, CG, has been a Board Certified Genealogist since 1999. He is the coordinator and instructor of the Virginia Research Track at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. He has a B.S. and an M.S. from Virginia Tech. In addition to numerous national speaking engagements, Victor has had many articles published, including several in the NGS Quarterly. He resides in Ashburn, Virginia with his wife and daughters.

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by an hour break for lunch. Second session runs from 12:30-1:30 p.m. A light box lunch is available at a cost of $7 payable at the door when requested in advance. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. ***LUNCH RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY NOON OF THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.***

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Feb
21
Sat
2015
Finding Black Roots in a White World, with J. Mark Lowe @ Online
Feb 21 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
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ATTENTION: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A FREE WEBINAR DUE TO THE WEATHER! THE ON-SITE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BUT YOU CAN STILL ATTEND VIA A WEBINAR LINK: https://events.benchmarkemail.com/event/1148A34B72  PRE-REGISTRATION IS STILL REQUIRED!

The African American Genealogy Group of Kentucky and the Scott County Genealogical Society are joining forces to bring J. Mark Lowe to Frankfort for a free afternoon session about researching African American ancestors. 

The program is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Please e-mail the AAGGKY to register at: aaggky@yahoo.com 

NOTE! This is NOT a KHS sponsored event! Registration MUST go through the AAGGKY!

Lowe

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Jun
13
Sat
2015
CANCELED – Second Saturday: RootsTech Family History Fair @ Kentucky Historical Society
Jun 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:45 pm
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED – YOU MAY WATCH THE VIDEOS FROM HOME OR FROM THE KHS LIBRARY FOR FREE BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK.

The Kentucky Genealogical Society joins the Kentucky Historical Society in hosting a series of free genealogy workshops each month at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History.

This June, join KHS and KGS for a buffet of family history sessions, sponsored by the RootsTech Conference!

In February 2015, the annual RootsTech Conference took place in Salt Lake City, Utah. Several sessions were selected for recording to be shared online and at Family History Fairs around the world. The Kentucky Historical Society has been selected as one of the participating venues!

What this means: On June 13th, our regularly scheduled Second Saturday will take on a slightly different shape. Our sessions will begin and end at the same time (10:30AM-12:45PM.) However, during that time, we will be providing three different video sessions each hour, giving you the option to choose which session you want to attend! The sessions will take place concurrently every hour in three separate rooms throughout the History Center, with different topics in each room; Just like a real conference!

This event is FREE, but registration is REQUIRED! 

Schedule for the day (Room assignments TBA):

***All Sessions are Pre-Recorded Video Presentations***

10:30AM – 11:30AM:

  • 30 Pieces of Tech I Can’t Live Without. Speaker: D. Josh Taylor
  • You’ve Mastered the Census and Basic Search, What Next? Speaker: Karen Auman
  • The Write Stuff, Leaving a Recorded Legacy. Speaker: Valerie Elkins

11:30AM – 11:45AM

Break

11:45AM – 12:45PM

  • Building a Genealogy Research Toolbox. Speaker: Thomas MacEntee
  • Getting the Most Out of Ancestry.com. Speakers: Crista Cowan & Juliana Szucs
  • Finding the Living Among the Dead: Using the Internet to Find Your Living Cousins. Speaker: Amy Archibald

About the speakers:

The sessions shown in each room will be fully recorded versions, taped at the 2015 RootsTech Conference! These sessions were delivered by nationally recognized leaders in the genealogy field. 

Morning session runs from 10:30-11:30 a.m., followed by a 15 minute break. Second session runs from 11:45-12:45 p.m. Registration for these free workshops is strongly encouraged. However, walk-ins are welcome. Please pre-register by calling the KHS Refdesk at 502-564-1792 x.4460 or by e-mailing us at: khsrefdesk@ky.gov 

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