By: Bill Burchfield, MSLS, Kentucky Historical Society Librarian At a recent Tea & Sympathy, we discussed military records in genealogy research. This video expands this discussion. In it we will examine various types of military records available from the National Archives and Records Administration and the National Personnel Records Center. …
Kentucky and the Great War: World War I on the Home Front. By David J. Bettez. (2016. Pp. 428. $45.00. Hardback. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington KY 40508-4008. www.kentuckypress.com) ISBN: 978-0-8131-6801-2. Hot off the presses from the University of Kentucky Press comes a wonderful new …
Committed to Victory: The Kentucky Home Front During World War II. By Richard E. Holl. (2015. Pp. 396. $45.00. Hardcover. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington KY 40508-4008. www.kentuckypress.com) ISBN: 978-0-8131-6563-9. Often when we think of World War II, we think of those serving on the front …
Frontiersman in the War of 1812. By Glen Conner. (2015. Pp. 360. $26.95. Hardback. Morley: Acclaim Press. P.O. Box 238, Morely, MO 63801. http://www.acclaimpress.com/) ISBN: 978-1-938905-90-2. When reading about the War of 1812, Conner was surprised to learn seventeen men from his home county, Allen County KY, had been in the war. …
Just in time for Veteran’s Day – KY MEdia Bank is shifting its topic to focus on the experiences of those Kentuckians who served in the armed forces or were instrumental in aiding the cause during wartime. Have a story or photograph to share that represents your experiences? Just submit …
Captives in Blue: The Civil War Prisons of the Confederacy. By Roger Pickenpaugh. (2013. Pp. 320. $49.95. Hardcover. Lexington: University of Alabama Press. Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0380. http://www.uapress.ua.edu/) ISBN: 978-0817317836. A follow-up to Pickenpaugh’s earlier publication, Captives in Gray: The Civil War Prisons of the Union (2008), this book uses soldier diaries, newspaper …