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Kentucky Historical Society Events
Feb 11, 2012

10:30am
Tracing Slavery and Slaveholding on the Kentucky Frontier
What happens when a black woman researching her roots comes face to face with descendants of the people who enslaved her ancestors? Pam Smith, a Kentucky Humanities Council speaker, will describe the facts and feelings that surfaced when research led her to a university professor whose ancestors owned Smith’s enslaved great-great grandfather. Smith will also show people how to trace slavery and slaveholding in their family through pictures, oral histories, census and probate records, research trips and results from DNA testing. The presentation will conclude with a question and answer session.

Presented by KHS and the Kentucky Genealogical Society, the free family history workshop series takes place each month at the Center for Kentucky History. Topics range from how to begin documenting your ancestry to specialized resources for experienced genealogists. If requested at the time of registration, an optional light lunch is available for $6, payable at the door.

To make a reservation, contact the KHS Reference Desk at 502-564-1792 or KHSRefDesk@ky.gov. The registration deadline for this workshop is noon on Friday, Feb. 10.
Location: Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
For more information contact KHS Reference Desk at 502-564-1792, ext. 4460 or email KHSRefDesk@ky.gov.

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11:30am
In 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 5 or email adam.luckey@ky.gov.

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1:00pm
Look 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.

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2:30pm - 3:00pm
Westward 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.

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4:00pm
Look 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.

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