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[[Kentucky Historical Society|Kentucky Historical Society]]<br>Martin F. Schmidt Research Library<br>100 West Broadway<br>Frankfort, Kentucky<br>502-564-1792, ext. 4460<br>Internet: [http://history.ky.gov http://history.ky.gov] | [[Kentucky Historical Society|Kentucky Historical Society]]<br>Martin F. Schmidt Research Library<br>100 West Broadway<br>Frankfort, Kentucky<br>502-564-1792, ext. 4460<br>Internet: [http://history.ky.gov http://history.ky.gov] | ||
Margaret I. King Library<br>Department of Special Collections and Archives<br>University of Kentucky<br>179 Funkhouser Dr.<br>Lexington, KY 40506-0039<br>Telephone: 859-257-8611 <br>Fax: 859-257-6311<br>Internet: [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13] | Located on the second floor of the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, the Kentucky Historical Society Martin F. Schmidt Research Library is a beautiful facility featuring more than 16,000 rolls of microfilm, 90,000 books and periodicals, and 30,000 vertical files focused primarily on Kentucky history and genealogy. The library is a FamilySearch Affiliate, and as such, library patrons may order microforms from the vast collection held by the Salt Lake City-based Family History Library for temporary use at the Kentucky Historical Society. The library is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.<br><br>The card catalog for the Martin F. Schmidt library is available on-line, as is the Society's [http://205.204.134.47:2005/ digital collections database], which includes images of manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for the collections at Kentucky Historical Society. The Society also hosts an on-line [http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp database of cemetery records] that contains over 150,000 names transcribed by volunteers from gravestones across Kentucky. | ||
For more than a hundred years, the Society has been collecting research materials which help shed light on the lives of Kentuckians in earlier times. These collections are noncirculating, and researchers are encouraged to visit the facilities located in the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. | |||
Special Collections Reading Room <br>The Society's Special Collections of 1,900 cubic feet of manuscripts, 2,000 maps, 8,000 oral history tapes, 200,000 historic photographs, and 9,100 rare books provide clues to the past to genealogists and scholars. The Special Collections Reading Room, located inside the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library, is open from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; advance appointments are encouraged, but not required. | |||
<br>Margaret I. King Library<br>Department of Special Collections and Archives<br>University of Kentucky<br>179 Funkhouser Dr.<br>Lexington, KY 40506-0039<br>Telephone: 859-257-8611 <br>Fax: 859-257-6311<br>Internet: [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13] | |||
While the Margaret I. King Library does not specialize in genealogical records, the Department of Special Collections and Archives maintains many items that lend themselves to the study of family and local history. The materials include church records; genealogical collections; historical manuscript collections; the Draper manuscripts, described in the "[[Kentucky Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section of this outline; county and local histories; county, state, and federal records; and a biographical file.<br> | While the Margaret I. King Library does not specialize in genealogical records, the Department of Special Collections and Archives maintains many items that lend themselves to the study of family and local history. The materials include church records; genealogical collections; historical manuscript collections; the Draper manuscripts, described in the "[[Kentucky Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section of this outline; county and local histories; county, state, and federal records; and a biographical file.<br> | ||