This is a handout, prepared by KHS Library staff, which describes the information available on each Kentucky census from 1790-1930. A short guide to using the Soundex system is also included.
The Community Memories Oral History Project explores African American life in Frankfort and Franklin County and was conducted in conjunction with the earlier photographic project collecting family photographs of the members of this community. The...
Mr. Darnell is a retired buyer for the Parker Tobacco Company (Maysville, KY). He discusses many aspects of the business after the tobacco has left the farm.
Interviews in this collection were conducted with women in Kentucky on the topic of the history of women’s rights in the state. Interviews discuss the individual women’s lives pertaining to activism and points of inspiration towards supporting...
Robert Schulman discusses his career as a journalist. Topics include college training, his time as a reporter for Time and Life magazines, and his job as a columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Between 1955 and 1972 Frankfort's "Bottom" or "Craw" community, an integrated working-class neighborhood, was systematically destroyed by the urban renewal process in the capital city. In a series of interviews former residents describe their...
One of the state's most influential leaders in politics and education, Edward F. Prichard, Jr. and his associates discuss Prichard family history and politics, Bourbon County life in the 1920s, Prichard's early interest in the law, the Ku Klux Klan...
This is a listing of microfilm available in the library arranged alphabetically by county. County records generally available on microfilm include census records, deeds, marriages, military records, tax lists, vital statistics (birth and death...
This is a handout, prepared by KHS Library staff, which describes the laws related to naturalization in Kentucky and how to find naturalization records.
