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Looking for charts and forms? Here is a site with some free ones from Ancestry.com https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Free-Charts-and-Forms

Free Charts and Forms InformationArticle BodyAncestry® has free charts, forms, and blank census documents available for download. Blank charts and forms are useful for organizing your research, and blank census forms make it easier to see the format and column headings for a census.If you can't find someone in one....

Kentucky Family History updated their business hours.

Researching your family should begin with the most recent information. We now have the 1940 United States 1940 census with a lot more information. Here is an article that explains more and a link to download a blank copy.

Genealogy 101: #17 The 1940 U.S. Census - GenealogyBank Blog
https://blog.genealogybank.com/genealogy-101-17-the-1940-u-s-census.html

Genealogy 101: #17 The 1940 U.S. Census In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega explains some of the new questions that were added to the 1940 U.S. Census, and gives information about that census.

Prather, Hardin County History Museum on the Travel Channel Those who watch the Travel Channel may catch a glimpse of the Hardin County History Museum in downtown Elizabethtown and local author Robert Prather, who wrote the book “The Strange

Don't miss this Online Event. Virtual Genealogy Fair October 23 - free and online

This link is the Youtube Link to use on October 23.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ET1ta6OCU

This link is the Press Release with more information
https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2019/nr-19-69?fbclid=IwAR0tauq4OB8WBhI76H8rrg04sO5Qhhbt4TpW-UhnlY0VlckN3bn58CewpPs

Virtual Genealogy Fair October 23 - free and online WHAT: The National Archives will host our seventh annual live, virtual Genealogy Fair via webcast on our YouTube channel. Participate in our biggest genealogy event of the year, with “how-to” family research guidance for all skill levels! Sessions will offer guidance on: the National Archives’...

New historical maps now available.

The Library of Congress has a new digital collection of Sanborn Fire Insurance maps! Arranged by state and city, there are "over 25,000 sheets from over 3000 city sets online...." A helpful "About this collection" is available to help you get started at: https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/about-this-collection/

Looking for Birth, Marriage, and/or Death records for your Kentucky ancestors?

This huge update adds 64 new databases to now total 147 Free Online Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Indexes from the state of Kentucky. Check them out!

http://bit.ly/2IqTmxg

4 Things You Should Do With Every Genealogy Source No matter what source you're using for your genealogy, there are 4 things you should do with it.

More tools to find your !

The Newberry Provides Digital Access to Over 200,000 Images Documenting History of Early America and U.S. Westward Expansion | Newberry United States of America compiled from the latest & best authorities. By John Melish, 1818. May 2018 For decades, the Newberry has been a physical destination for the study of early America and the westward expansion of the United States. And it’s increasingly becoming a digital destination as wel...

Newspapers are a great way to fine some elusive information that happens between census years. Here is another resource for you.

https://blog.genealogybank.com/february-update-genealogybank-just-added-over-995000-more-records.html

February Update: GenealogyBank Just Added over 995,000 More Records! An article (with a complete title list) about the more than 995,000 genealogy records GenealogyBank added in February 2017.

Kentucky Family History updated their info in the about section.

Now it's easier to send Kentucky Family History a message.

Here is another great resource. Have you subscribed to the updates?

Genealogy Tea & Sympathy Sept 30.

Genealogy Tea & Sympathy - Kentucky Historical Society Join our Library staff on every 5th Saturday of a month for tea time and good old-fashioned conversation. Have an ancestor...

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Skeletons found under a Florida wine shop may be some of America's first colonists.

Skeletons Found Under a Florida Wine Shop May Be Some of America’s First Colonists The skeletons, found in St. Augustine, Florida, likely date to the first decades of the oldest European settlement in the United States

The body of a boy who died nearly a century ago is being exhumed Friday in hopes of identifying him.

On April 1, 1921, a teenage boy died when he was struck in the head by a train in Georgetown. At the time, officials tried to find the teenager’s family, but failed. He was buried in Georgetown Cemetery with the tombstone that simply reads, “Some Mother’s Boy.”

The Lexington Herald
Now, almost 96 years later, the boy’s body will be tested by the FBI in hopes of finding a DNA match.

http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/scott-county/article137532028.html

‘Some Mother’s Boy.’ Body of teen hit by train 96 years ago to be exhumed.

How to organize your genealogy files on computer.

File Naming Convention for Digital Photos, Scans, and Documents 03/07/2014 – After writing this article, I have slightly modified my naming convention for the following reasons. I’ve made some updates to this article and crossed out my old conventio…

This is a great animation of the immigration to the United states over a 200 year period.

http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html

Two Centuries of US Immigration Vizualized Watch 200 years of U.S. immigration history in one animated map. Migration flows are visualized as colored dots, each one representing 10,000 people.

There is a NEW Archive of Roman Catholic Parish records just released by FindMyPast. It is part of a New Catholic Heritage ARchive. This is going to contain records from Ireland, United States and the UK. You can read the full announcement here:

http://www.findmypast.com/catholicrecords

The Catholic Heritage Collection on Findmypast | findmypast.com Explore millions of Catholic records, brought to you by Findmypast and the Catholic Church

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When reading old documents it can be challenging. Here are some tips to figure out what you are seeing.

11 Tips For Reading Old Handwriting Dechipering old handwriting can be challenging, but with a few techniques and tips it can help you overcome brick walls