Most family records were put in the trash at the end of the day.
I’m not referring to birth certificates or death records. The tossed records were letters...
Purple Heart Recipient Items on Display
Purple Heart Recipient Items on Display
A collection of military items donated by Purple Heart recipient Woodrow W. “Woody” Booth’s will be on display in the L
Unique Finds in the Archives: Model T Owner’s Manual
Within our Archives in the Local History and Genealogy Department, we have many unique items. One of which is a 1915 Ford Model T owner’s manual, published seve
Preserving Your Pandemic Memories: Journaling, Scrapbooking, and Time-Capsules
For many of us, our idea of normal has changed drastically in the last 30 days (and continues to change daily!), and we’ve settled into new routines. We’re changing our habits: staying home, eating out less, cooking more, taking more walks, navigating schooling at home – the list goes on. Eventually, things may return to…
The Fort Ancient Mound Builders of Northern Kentucky
If you grew up on a farm in rural Northern Kentucky, you may have seen prehistoric stone artifacts that were churned up out of the earth by a plow prior to planting. We are fascinated with prehistoric peoples and their ways of life, and burial mounds are no exception. Mounds are quite common in the…
The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-1919 in Northern Kentucky
We are creeping into that time of the year again: autumn. Autumn is all kinds of fun: pumpkin-flavored everything, apple cider, trick-or-treating, and a crisp, cool air that we are always pining for following the dog days of summer. Cool weather shoos us inside more often than summer, however, and germs are more easily spread…
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