Lawrence County Public Library Genealogy

03/30/2023

Episode 12 of the Lawrence County Public Library Genealogy Podcast is now available! The newest episode focuses on Dr. Francis Elam Burgess, M.D., his home on US23, and his poetry.

The episode is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, and on our website!
https://lcplky.org/lcpl-genealogy-podcast/

03/06/2023

We now have a digital version of Kentucky Explorer Magazine you can browse on a computer here at the library! This collection is every issue from 1986-2020.

Stop in and ask about it at the front desk!

01/12/2023

Want to learn more about our Big Sandy News Digital Collection? Stop by our meeting room for a genealogy program on Saturday, January 14th, at 1PM!
Feel free to bring your laptop or tablet to follow along.

Want to learn more about our Big Sandy News Digital Collection? Stop by our meeting room for a genealogy program on Saturday, January 14th, at 1PM!

Feel free to bring your laptop or tablet to follow along.

11/16/2022

Thanksgiving and the holiday season is coming up, and we want your family-favorite recipes! Have a relative that was known for their cookies or pot roast? Tell us how to fix it, and we'll add it to our Lawrence County Historical Cookbook!

https://lcplky.org/genealogy/lawrence-county-historical-cookbook-project/

09/07/2022

Episode 11 of the Lawrence County Public Library Genealogy Podcast is now available! It covers our festival before Septemberfest--the Potato Festival! You can also learn some of the history of the Big Sandy News.

The episode is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud, and on our website!

https://lcplky.org/lcpl-genealogy-podcast/

09/02/2022

📰 🗞 📰 EXTRA EXTRA!!!!
Our Genealogy Department has completed an extensive digitization and archival project of the Big Sandy News. We are now the ✨ONLY✨ organization to house a complete digital collection of the newspaper from 1885 - 2022!

The site is free to use, user-friendly, and smart text searchable. Spend hours looking up articles about your family members, deeds, or other items of interest! If you liked the yearbook project, you'll enjoy this one too.

The complete newspaper collection is also available to view on microfilm at the library.

More information available here:

The Library of Congress’ Chronicling America project is a searchable collection of U.S. newspapers from 1777-1963. Included in the collection is the Big Sandy News from 1885-1922, and can be accessed here.

08/10/2022

The US National Archives and Records Administration has a great 7 part series all about the 1950 Census! Want to know what's in it and how you can use it for genealogy research? Click the link below to go to the first part of the series on YouTube.

Genealogy Series, 1 of 7: Our Genealogy/Census Subject Matter Expert Claire Kluskens will provide an overview of what’s available (and not available) in the ...

07/06/2022

We're needing to get in touch with Johnny Boggs or someone associated with Smith Chapel Church (the address we have for this Smith Chapel is Webbville). If you're able to help us, send us a message or give us a call at 606-638-4497.

06/29/2022

Episode 10 of our Genealogy Podcast is now available!

The latest episode focuses on the Bicentennial for Louisa and Lawrence County, featuring an interview with Keith Chaffin about planned festivities!

You can listen to the episode on our website at https://lcplky.org/lcpl-genealogy-podcast/, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud!

06/14/2022

Have you looked through the 1950 US Census yet? Volunteers are still working on reviewing the index. Kentucky is 67% complete! Check back later this week for a Facebook Live where Caleb will go over what information is in the 1950 US Census.

Find your ancestors and build your family tree

05/05/2022

Have you looked into the 1950 US Census yet? You can search through it on FamilySearch! Volunteers are working on indexing the entries for Kentucky, so it may take some time to be able to search by name.

Become part of the 1950 census community project! You can help by reviewing a few of our computer generated entries and fixing any errors that you see.

03/23/2022

Check out some of the local advertisements we've found in the Big Sandy News from 1958 while doing research!

Dee's was open until 9PM during the week, and 11PM on Saturdays!