Genealogy Club
Are you just starting your family tree, or have you run into a brick wall tracing a distant ancestor? Join us to share tips and learn new research strategies. All levels of experience are welcome! Check our calendar of events for upcoming meetings.
Apps
- FamilySearch Tree: The app’s Relatives Around Me function allows you to find other app-using relatives within 100 feet
DNA Testing
- The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine Bettinger
- Blaine Bettinger’s Blog: The Genetic Genealogist
- Family Tree DNA: Does mitochondrial (mother’s line) DNA testing in addition to other tests
- AncestryDNA
- 23andMe: Health testing in addition to ethnicity
- Gedmatch: Open source
General
- Ancestry.com: Billions of genealogy records (Free access through Lexington Public Library at any library location)
- My Heritage: Online genealogy website, Israeli-based – may be of interest to those researching Jewish genealogy, DNA testing
- Family Search: World's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources (free)
- Geneanet: Genealogical information for more than 7 billion individuals, includes international records
- Geni.com: Family tree and social networking site
- Chronicling America: America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1949 (free)
- Cyndi’s List: Genealogy starting point with more than 332,000 genealogy links, categorized & cross-referenced, in more than 200 categories
- KYGenWeb
- Board For Certification of Genealogists: Promotes ethical standards for genealogy research
- Find My Past: UK-based online genealogy service, records from England, Ireland (subscription)
- Legacy Family Tree Webinars
- Daughters of the American Revolution: Revolutionary War patriots and their descendants
- WorldCat Discovery: Locate books and other materials in libraries all over the world
- Hathi Trust: Digital content from research libraries around the world
- Google Books: Full text books and magazines
- Internet Archive: Non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more
- History Hub
Graves
- Find A Grave: Resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members (free)
- Billion Graves: World′s largest resource for searchable GPS cemetery data (free)
- American Battle Monuments Commission: Administers, operates, and maintains permanent U.S. military cemeteries, memorials and monuments both inside and outside the United States
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator: Database of veterans interred at VA National Cemeteries and other locations with government headstones
- Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, KY
- Naming the Forgotten: The Eastern State Hospital Project (KYGENWEB)
Immigration
- Castle Garden: US arrivals through the port of New York from 1892-1920
- Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island: 51 million passenger records of Ellis Island arrivals, 1892-1957
Land Records
- US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records: Search federal land records dating from 1788
Libraries & Historical Societies
- Lexington Public Library
- Ancestry.com: Billions of genealogy records (Free access through Lexington Public Library at any library location)
- Local History Index: Citations to articles from mainly Lexington newspapers from 1787-2007, microfilm available in the Kentucky Room at Central (free)
- Central Kentucky Cemeteries Maps (free)
- Lexington Herald-Leader: Articles 1983–present available online (available at the library or at home with your library card); microfilm 1896–present in the Kentucky Room
- KDLA: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - Pre-recorded webinars on genealogical topics (free)
- Allen County Public Library: One of the largest genealogy collections in the United States
- Cincinnati Public Library
- Kentucky Genealogical Society
- African American Genealogy Group of Kentucky
- National Archives
- JewishGen: Genealogy resource affiliated with the Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Library of Congress
- Library of Virginia
- Genealogy Forum of Oregon - Special Interest Groups
Military Records
- Fold3: Collections of original military records from Revolutionary War to WWII (subscription)
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database
- Military Record Types stored at KDLA in Frankfort
- National Parks Service - Soldiers and Sailors Database
Names
- Behind the Name (First Names): Learn the etymology and history of first names
- Behind the Name (Surnames): Learn the etymology and history of surnames
