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  1. Ties That Bind: A Kentucky Family’s Westward Migration and Their Friendship with Abraham Lincoln

    Ties That Bind: A Kentucky Family’s Westward Migration and Their Friendship with Abraham Lincoln

    By: Christopher L. Starr I have yet to meet a genealogist that did not have at least one amazing story to share about the unexpected path that their research took.  As my own research progressed, this native New Englander was very surprised by the western turn made by my family....

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  2. Collections Corner: The Watson-Robinson Letters

    Collections Corner: The Watson-Robinson Letters

    In the summer of 2012, KHS acquired letters that made a few headlines. The reason the Watson-Robinson letters garnered such attention was due to the fact that most of the authors were from the African American community prior to the Civil War. While scholars and historians will spend years dissecting...

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  3. John Storms and Hannah Collard: My Mystery Ancestors

    John Storms and Hannah Collard: My Mystery Ancestors

    By: Patricia Craig Johnson John Storms and Hannah Collard have been in the back of my mind for years.  Since finding that Simon Pryor Jr. married Margaret Storms 20 May 1813 I have wanted to prove the identity of her parents.  I felt the logical prospects were John Storm and his...

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