The AAGGKy is a growing and flourishing group specializing in African-American genealogy and family history. However, it is not exclusively as such so it you are not African-American feel free to join and participate in this organization. It can prove to be a learning experience for all, not to mention some good company.


This is a message sent by Mary Clay, Secretary of AAGGKy and an active member of the Kentucky Genealogy Society.

The August Meeting of the African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky will be held on August 18, 2012 at the Mercer County Public Library, 109 W. Lexington St., Harrodsburg, KY. (<--click here for location) This meeting will feature Sarah Milligan, the administrator for the Kentucky Oral History Commission. Sarah has been the administrator for the Kentucky Oral History Commission since June 2007.  As administrator for KOHC, she assists with a statewide oral history preservation effort, as well as, encourages new and exciting oral history documentation in Kentucky.

“Our stories are often hidden in un-indexed volumes, stored forgotten on dusty shelves and omitted from the traditional history books of our country. With every passing minute we are losing our histories to death, memory loss, and record destruction.  Our group, the African-American Genealogy Group, is attempting to minimize this loss…to save our history and pass it on.”

 

Mary E. Clay

Secretary