The February 2012 meeting of the African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky (AAGGKY) will be at 1:00 p.m. on February 18, 2012 at the Northside Branch of the Lexington Public Library.

This month's presentation will be the film Eight Acres of History: African Cemetery No. 2, which is a documentary about a historic African-American cemetery and the small band of Lexingtonians who have spent years restoring it. Thousands are buried at African Cemetery No. 2, including the winning jockey of the first Kentucky Derby, a number of Buffalo Soldiers, and a member of the Civil War's 54th Massachusetts Regiment. The 141-year-old cemetery was neglected and overgrown before volunteers began the work of restoring the grounds and gathering the life stories of those buried there.

Yvonne Giles, who is director of the Isaac Schott Hathaway Museum at the Lexington History Center and is one of the cemetery volunteers, will facilitate a discussion and hold a question and answer session following the film.