December 2018
No meeting-Happy Holidays!!!
November 2018
Kentucky State University Blazer Library Archives
Sharon McGee – Shows us the holdings in the Library archives. We also toured The Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans (CESKAA) which is housed in Jackson Hall.
October 2018
Lexington Public Library-Northside Branch
Mike Denis – The barbers of Danville, KY and their fight for civil rights
September 2018
Paul Sawyier Public Library, Frankfort, KY
A business meeting was held at the library. There was good attendance and much was accomplished!
August 2018
Berea, KY
The group met in Berea to observe the unveiling of a highway marker honoring the Middletown Consolidated School, which was a former Rosenwald school.
July 2018
Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY
The AAGGKY did not hold its traditional meeting, but had an exhibit table and participated in the Annual Kentucky Ancestors Town Hall at the Kentucky History Center.
June 2018
Scott County Public Library, Georgetown, KY
Our group hosted the First Annual African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky Seminar with national speaker, Angela Walton-Raji. Ms. Walton-Raji shared with the group some valuable “tips and tricks” for researching African-American records.
May 2018
New Zion Baptist Church in Scott County, KY
Willa Gentry told the group about the history of the New Zion Community. Originally named Briar Hill, this community has a proud history which stretches back to 1872.
April 2018
Clark County Public Library, Winchester, KY
Talking with the Elders about Tracing Our Founders and Early Black Families of Clark County
March 2018
Zion Hill, Woodford County, KY
The group met at the FaithWay Baptist Church in Zion Hill, KY. In 1935, photographer, Helen Morrison, traveled to the inner Bluegrass region near Lexington, where she photographed the residents of two small African-American communities, Zion Hill and Sugar Hill. This meeting was an attempt to assist with the identification of the people in the photographs. Three of the pictures in the collection are below:
February 2018
Kentucky Historical Society
The African-American Research Forum was a panel discussion with local researchers who shared details of some the work they have done and how they were able to accomplish it. Participating researchers were: Yvonne Giles, Alicestyne Turley, Reinette Jones and Michael Denis.
January 2018
AAGGKY Seventh Anniversary at the Scott County Public Library, Georgetown, KY
Sarah Schmidt from the Kentucky Historical Society presented a program on how to prepare for and conduct oral interviews.
