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Collections Corner: Scrapbooks of a Louisville Chinese Family
- November 14, 2013
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Maxine Toy Locke Bauer was born in Louisville, KY, the daughter of a Chinese immigrant. Her family owned several businesses in Louisville, including Chinese laundries and restaurants. Bauer created two scrapbooks that document her family history and gives researchers a look into the lives of Chinese immigrant families and their...

Asian Americans, Chann, Chin, China, Chinese Americans, Chinese Families, Jefferson County (Ky.), Louisville, Oral history, Quan, Scrapbooks, Toy Locke, Wong, Woo, Woo Sang, Yee

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Creepy Genealogy
- October 31, 2013
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By: Cheri Daniels, KAO Editor and KHS Head of Reference Services Genealogists are usually very cognizant of those odd moments, when we discover something during our research that sends a tiny little shiver down the spine…..or gives us goose bumps…..or makes us pass by it quickly because it’s just plain creepy....

Allender, Barton, Browning, Cemeteries, Cox, Death, family stories, Grave Robbers, Halloween, Hampton, Jefferson County (Ky.), Medical, Mourning, Pendleton County (Ky.), Photographs, Resurrectionists

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