By: Michelle Williams, KHS Intern In May of 1825, by invitation of Governor Joseph Desha, Kentucky welcomed its most prominent guest – Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, known mononymously in the United States as simply Lafayette.[i] Lafayette was the French hero of the American Revolution, …
Thanks to everyone who came out this past July for another wonderful Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall! As this was our second year hosting the event, we shook things up with a new host, KET’s Renee Shaw, a DNA lunch chat, and a new vendor/demo hall called the Genealogy Makerspace. With …
By: Louise Jones, KHS Director of Research Experience Editor’s Note: The following report comes to us through the research that was conducted for the first Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall event in 2017. As we get deeper into our family histories, it is not uncommon to find an ancestor or related …
By: Michael M. Wood “Our Company saw two Indians in the wilderness; but we all got through safe” William L. Farrow in a letter to his wife Betsy, September 22, 1794 Kentucky in 1794 was still in the midst of war. The bloody defeat of the Kentucky Militia at the Battle …
By: Linda Colston, KHS Library Technician and Genealogist Editor’s Note: The following report comes to us through the research that was conducted for the first Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall event in 2017. The information the family had indicated that General May had been a Deputy Sheriff in Laurel County, Kentucky …
By: Cheri Daniels, MSLS, KHS Head of Reference Services When researching families, we often encounter multiple stories as we dig deeper into the lives of individuals. For those who lived prior to the Civil War, the stories can include an extra layer, and extend into the lives of enslaved families. …
By: Carter Smith My name is Carter Smith, I am 13 years old, and I am currently attending Anderson County Middle School. I’m involved in various activities such as Academic Team, Band, and Choir, but as you can probably guess my school’s genealogy club is one of my favorites. Reasons …
Just a couple of months ago, in honor of our annual Boone Day celebration, KHS hosted an amazing family history event called Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall. For those of you who missed out on the energy and excitement provided by over 200 attendees, you’ll want to pay close attention to …
By: Patrick A. Lewis, Ph.D., Project Director, Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition The Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition digitally publishes the papers of Kentucky’s five wartime governors, but don’t let the name fool you. This isn’t a project about the governors; it’s a project that …
By: Mildred Leedy Armao Daniel Boone is iconized as the man who blazed the trail across the Cumberland Mountains from Virginia to Kentucky. This important route, then, opened the door for tens of thousands of pioneers to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Initially, the trace was simply that; a …