1000 South Hurstbourne Parkway (at Linn Station Road), Louisville, KY
Presented by: Betty Darnell
You've explored the Family Tree tab and used the Search tab at FamilySearch.org, but have you explored the Catalog tab? Lots of online digitized records to explore, download, and/or print!
Tuesday, April 30
Fifth Tuesday Research Trip - Louisville Free Public Library (Research Trip)
10:30 am
Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York Street, Louisville, KY
Tuesday, April 30th is a Fifth Tuesday. We will be going to the main Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York St. The new head of the Kentucky History and Genealogy Collection, Kelly Dunnagan, will be our host. She will meet with us 10:30 to 11:45 AM to orient us to the collection’s new location in the library. Come join us!
Thursday, May 9
DNA Special Interest Group (SIG)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library, 180 W Spring St, Strassweg Auditorium, New Albany, IN
IMPORTANT
DATE and ROOM CHANGE
Presented by: Debra Renard and Deborah Campisano
The DNA Special Interest Group normally meets the first Thursday of every month. This month the SIG will meet on the Second Thursday of the month. Strassweg Auditorium may not be available. If that happens, meet in Applegate Room. Activities include live and recorded presentations, sharing of family history discoveries, question and answer sessions about DNA test results, and discussion of the latest news in the world of genetic genealogy. We are also working through the book, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, by Blaine T. Bettinger. This book is available online from many retailers. Bring your computer, your book, your questions and your lunch!
Tuesday, May 14
German Influence in Kentucky (Program)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
1000 South Hurstbourne Parkway (at Linn Station Road), Louisville, KY
Presented by: Lynne Hollingsworth
How many of us have German ancestors who migrated here from other states, or emigrated directly to Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley? Why did they come here? What did they find? What cultural, social, economic and political ideas did they bring? The answers may not be what you think.
Wednesday, May 15
Using Deeds and Wills to build your FAN Club or Cluster Research (Workshop)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Bon Air Regional Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, Louisville, KY 40220
Presented by: Nancy Roberson
How do you break through those brick walls? Are you researching pre-1850 and can't find your next generation? One way is to use deeds and wills to build your FAN Club or Cluster Research. “FAN club” is an abbreviation coined by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CGSM to help genealogists remember this important concept. FAN is an abbreviation for Friends, Associates, and Neighbors. Another term often used to mean the same as FAN club is “cluster research”. This workshop is presented twice, 10:00 am to Noon and 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Internet access is available for notebook or laptop. All are welcome.
Using Deeds and Wills to build your FAN Club or Cluster Research (Workshop)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Bon Air Regional Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, Louisville, KY 40220
Presented by: Nancy Roberson
How do you break through those brick walls? Are you researching pre-1850 and can't find your next generation? One way is to use deeds and wills to build your FAN Club or Cluster Research. “FAN club” is an abbreviation coined by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CGSM to help genealogists remember this important concept. FAN is an abbreviation for Friends, Associates, and Neighbors. Another term often used to mean the same as FAN club is “cluster research”. This workshop is presented twice, 10:00 am to Noon and 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Internet access is available for notebook or laptop. All are welcome.
Tuesday, May 21
3 boxes of microfilm (Workshop)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
1000 South Hurstbourne Parkway (at Linn Station Road), Louisville, KY
Presented by: Dixie Hibbs
Join us for a workshop with Dixie Hibbs, historian, author, former mayor of Bardstown, and recently retired manager of Wickland, Home to Three Governors. Dixie will share how she was able to find and utilize information from 3 boxes of microfilm, a thousand miles away, and how those reels of microfilm revealed little known details in the interesting life of one of the Wickliffe sisters, daughter of Charles Wickliffe, former governor of Kentucky. Dixie will share her experiences in historical sleuthing and reveal helpful hints that can be used by those researching for family histories and other historical interests.
“I love to research, but I don’t like to write. Then why have I written sixteen books? My conscience drives me to collect and make available the “new historical stories” that I have uncovered. I will share with you some of the sources that I have used and how to research in them.”—Dixie Hibbs.
Thursday, June 6
DNA Special Interest Group (SIG)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library, 180 W Spring St, Strassweg Auditorium, New Albany, IN
Presented by: Debra Renard and Deborah Campisano
The DNA Special Interest Group meets the first Thursday of every month. Activities include live and recorded presentations, sharing of family history discoveries, question and answer sessions about DNA test results, and discussion of the latest news in the world of genetic genealogy. We are also working through the book, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, by Blaine T. Bettinger. This book is available online from many retailers. Bring your computer, your book, your questions and your lunch!
Tuesday, June 11
The History and People of Portland Kentucky (Program)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
1000 South Hurstbourne Parkway (at Linn Station Road), Louisville, KY
Presented by: James Higdon
The Nearly Forgotten History of Portland, Kentucky is the true story of the creation of the independent town below the falls of the Ohio that is now a resurgent neighborhood on the northwest end of Louisville. This story begins with the geologic formation of the 350-million-year-old Devonian-Era fossil beds now known as the Falls, glimpses of its mysterious prehistory, and then we meet the Shawnee, who are there when Daniel Boone arrives. From there, Portland becomes the stepping-off point for Lewis & Clark and many adventurers after them. Because of its early prominence, the story of early Portland is a parade of famous names, from Henry Clay, John James Audubon, a young Abraham Lincoln, Charles Dickens, and Mark Twain. But it is Portland's residents - Jim Porter, the Batman brothers, Pink Varble, Gen. William "Bull" Nelson, and Mary Millicent Miller, America's first female steamboat pilot - who make this story what it is: a page-turning narrative that reveals the history of Kentucky and Louisville from a new point-of-view: from the Lower Wharf of the Falls of the Ohio at Portland.
Wednesday, June 19
No Wednesday Workshop This Month (Workshop)
Bon Air Regional Library, 2816 Del Rio Place, Louisville, KY 40220
NO WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP THIS MONTH
Due to an activity at the library
there are no rooms available.
We will attempt to reschedule this workshop.
Tuesday, June 25
Websites Beyond Ancestry (Workshop)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
1000 South Hurstbourne Parkway (at Linn Station Road), Louisville, KY
Presented by: Nancy Roberson
There is plenty online to discover beyond Ancestry. The web is home to a wide range of genealogical websites and while they all differ in the tools and records they make available, they all have their respective strengths and uses. We will look at websites filled with records and tools to enhance your genealogical research. Online vital records, grave records, newspapers, archives, forums and blogs at your fingertips. Click, search and scroll to unlock records, how-to articles, and special collections that focus on Native American, African American, military and family Bible records. All these websites and most are FREE.
Tuesday, July 9
34th Annual Anniversary Luncheon (Program)
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Woodhaven Country Club, 7200 Woodhaven Road, Louisville, KY 40291
Presented by: Martha McLain
Re-inacting events
through the eyes of
Mary Carson Aston
(1876-1871)
Thursday, July 18
DNA Special Interest Group (SIG)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library, 180 W Spring St, Strassweg Auditorium, New Albany, IN
IMPORTANT
DATE CHANGE
Presented by: Debra Renard and Deborah Campisano
The DNA Special Interest Group normally meets the first Thursday of every month. This month the SIG will meet on the Third Thursday of the month. Activities include live and recorded presentations, sharing of family history discoveries, question and answer sessions about DNA test results, and discussion of the latest news in the world of genetic genealogy. We are also working through the book, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, by Blaine T. Bettinger. This book is available online from many retailers. Bring your computer, your book, your questions and your lunch!
Thursday, August 1
DNA Special Interest Group (SIG)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library, 180 W Spring St, Strassweg Auditorium, New Albany, IN
IMPORTANT
NO DNA SIG THIS MONTH
Presented by: Debra Renard and Deborah Campisano
The DNA Special Interest Group normally meets the first Thursday of every month. NO DNA SIG THIS MONTH. Activities include live and recorded presentations, sharing of family history discoveries, question and answer sessions about DNA test results, and discussion of the latest news in the world of genetic genealogy. We are also working through the book, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, by Blaine T. Bettinger. This book is available online from many retailers. Bring your computer, your book, your questions and your lunch!
Tuesday, August 27
Digging Deeper: Lesser Used Court Records (Workshop)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
1000 South Hurstbourne Parkway (at Linn Station Road), Louisville, KY
Presented by: Deborah Campisano
Deborah Campisano will present Digging Deeper: Lesser Used Court Records. In the early stages of our research, we’ve learned to use resources such as censuses, wills, vital records, deeds, and published family histories. If these records haven’t resolved your family history mysteries, it’s time to dig deeper! This session will focus on some lesser used county court records (Minute/Orders & Circuit Court Case Files) that pack a brick-wall busting punch!
Thursday, September 5
DNA Special Interest Group (SIG)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library, 180 W Spring St, Strassweg Auditorium, New Albany, IN
Presented by: Debra Renard and Deborah Campisano
The DNA Special Interest Group meets the first Thursday of every month. Activities include live and recorded presentations, sharing of family history discoveries, question and answer sessions about DNA test results, and discussion of the latest news in the world of genetic genealogy. We are also working through the book, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, by Blaine T. Bettinger. This book is available online from many retailers. Bring your computer, your book, your questions and your lunch!
Sunday, September 15 through Sunday, September 22
Fall Research Trip (Research Trip)
LDS Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Join with us while we search for our ancestors
at the largest library dedicated to genealogy
The 2019 Fall Research Trip to Salt Lake LDS library will be
New Albany-Floyd Co. Public Library, 180 W Spring St, Strassweg Auditorium, New Albany, IN
Presented by: Debra Renard and Deborah Campisano
The DNA Special Interest Group meets the first Thursday of every month. Activities include live and recorded presentations, sharing of family history discoveries, question and answer sessions about DNA test results, and discussion of the latest news in the world of genetic genealogy. We are also working through the book, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy, by Blaine T. Bettinger. This book is available online from many retailers. Bring your computer, your book, your questions and your lunch!
Saturday, October 19
2019 LGS Seminar (Program)
8:30 am to 4:45 pm
Holiday Inn Louisville East - Hurstbourne, 1325 South Hurstbourne, Louisville, KY 40222
FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR
SATURDAY, October 19, 2019 - 8:30am to 4:45pm
Holiday Inn Louisville East - Hurstbourne
1325 South Hurstbourne
Louisville, KY 40222
