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Bluegrass Roots: Genealogical Records of the Kentucky

State Archives

Join us for a FREE virtual program on June 13 at 6:30 p.m. ET!

Kentucky was a key gateway to westward expansion. Many people will discover as they pursue their genealogy an ancestor or two who once called Kentucky home. The records preserved as part of the State Archives at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives can prove to be a vital resource in tracing those Bluegrass Roots. Attendees of this event will learn about the various local and state records that make up the collections of the State Archives the value they have for the genealogist and how they can access them.

Rusty Heckaman is the Research Room Supervisor of the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. There he manages KDLA’s Archives Research Room staff, coordinating research and reference assistance for in-person and off-site customers; appraises, arranges, describes and indexes public records from state and local government agencies; and represents KDLA in public presentations about the discoveries waiting to be made in the State Archives collections and their unique uses for researchers.

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