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Kentucky Historical Society Events
Dec 10, 201110:30am - 12:30pmFamily History Workshop: Digging Deeper for the Gold: Genealogy 201Speaker: Deborah Lord Campisano
Deborah Lord Campisano will offer advice on determing a research objective and preparing a research strategy for solving your family history mysteries. Campisano will explore different types of court records including wills, administrations, court minutes and a variety of land and tax records.
For more information contact Martin F. Schmidt Research Library at ext. 4460 or email
KHSRefDesk@ky.gov.
11:30am - 12:00pmWestward into Kentucky"Westward into Kentucky: The Journal of Daniel Trabue" interprets Kentucky's frontier era through the eyes of a man who interacted with hunters, settlers and Native Americans and witnessed events from the siege of Logan's Fort to the Treaty of Greenville. (20 minutes.
More information can be found on the
Museum Theatre page.
Location: Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
For more information contact Adam Luckey at 502-564-1792 or email
adam.luckey@ky.gov.
1:00pmLook for My Picture"Look for My Picture: Raising the Flag with Franklin Sousley" commemorates the life of a young Kentuckian who fought in World War II and became part of an American icon when he helped to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. (15 minutes.)
Location: Kentucky Military History Museum
For more information contact Adam Luckey at 502-564-1792 or email
adam.luckey@ky.gov.
2:30pmIn the Veins"In the Veins: Conversations from a Coal Town" presents multiple perspectives on life in a company town of the 1930s through encounters with three characters: a 13-year-old boy whose father is a miner, an Italian immigrant who has become a grocer after a disabling mining accident and a union organizer fighting for better working conditions for miners. (25 minutes.)
More information can be found on the
Museum Theatre page.
Location: Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
For more information contact Adam Luckey at 502-564-1792 or email
adam.luckey@ky.gov.
4:00pmLook for My Picture"Look for My Picture: Raising the Flag with Franklin Sousley" commemorates the life of a young Kentuckian who fought in World War II and became part of an American icon when he helped to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. (15 minutes.)
More information can be found on the
Museum Theatre page.
Location: Kentucky Military History Museum
For more information contact Adam Luckey at 502-564-1792 or email
adam.luckey@ky.gov.