Kentucky Cultural Groups: Difference between revisions

Records and histories of minorities and ethnic groups may provide clues to immigrant origins, migration information, and previous residences. For the most part, research on minorities consists of consulting the same types of records as research for non-minorities. The purpose of this section is to identify a few of those special sources that influence research on minority families in Kentucky.

Some records, histories, and periodicals of Germans, Jews, African-Americans, Poles, Shakers, Huguenots and Walloons, and others are available at the Family History Library. For example:

Smith, Clifford Neal. Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (Mainly Cincinnati and Environs,) Kentucky, and Other States. McNeal, Arizona: Westland Publications, 1984. FHL book 973 W2smn no.20. This book contains abstracts of obituaries, membership records, and articles from the monthly German magazine Der Deutsche Pioniere (The German Pioneer). It includes an index and lists the name of the settler, his or her place of residence and origin, and the reference volume and page number.
Haiman, Miecislaus. Polish Pioneers of Virginia and Kentucky. 1937. Reprint, [Ft. Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 198–]. FHL book 973 B4p v.2. This book includes notes on the genealogies of Polish families, including the Sadowski family. It is unindexed.
Neal, Julia. The Kentucky Shakers. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1977 FHL book 976.9 F2n. This history of the Shakers from 1805 to 1922 is unindexed.
Original Papers Concerning the Huguenot and Walloon Lines. Frankfort, KY: Historical Society, [196–?]. (Family History Library FHL film 551317.) About half of the early pioneers of Kentucky were descended from French-speaking Protestants, including the Huguenots from southern France and the Walloons from southern Belgium. These unindexed papers contain the history of these two groups of people.

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Notable Kentucky African Americans Datatbase

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-==Cultural Groups==
+=== Online Resources ===
-===African American===
+*[http://www.mapofus.org/kentucky/ Maps of Kentucky from MapofUS.org]. Includes boundary changes map.
-*See [[African American Resources for Kentucky]]
+*[http://kdl.kyvl.org/?f%5Bformat%5D%5B%5D=maps Kentucky Sanborn Maps].
+*[http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/pages/Kentucky.html Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries]<br><br>
+<center>'''[[Kentucky Military Records|Military Records]]'''</center>
-===Germans===
-*Smith, Clifford Neal. ''Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (Mainly Cincinnati and Environs,) Kentucky, and Other States''. McNeal, Arizona: Westland Publications, 1984. {{FSC|359559|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 W2smn no.20}}. This book contains abstracts of obituaries, membership records, and articles from the monthly German magazine Der Deutsche Pioniere (The German Pioneer). It includes an index and lists the name of the settler, his or her place of residence and origin, and the reference volume and page number.
-===Huguenot===
+<div style="width: 55%; float: right"><br> {{Click|Image:AA_ORP.png|African_American_Online_Genealogy_Records}}
-*Original Papers Concerning the Huguenot and Walloon Lines. Frankfort, KY: Historical Society, [196–?]. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|124481|item|disp=FS Library film 551317}}.) About half of the early pioneers of Kentucky were descended from French-speaking Protestants, including the Huguenots from southern France and the Walloons from southern Belgium. These unindexed papers contain the history of these two groups of people.
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+| Help yourself and others find their African American ancestors by participating in the [http://www.discoverfreedmen.org/ Discover Freedmen Indexing Project]. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865631024/LDS-Church-FamilySearch-launch-project-to-index-Freedmen7s-Bureau-records-of-4-million-former.html?pg=all June 19th Press Conference]
+|}
-===Indigenous Peoples===
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-*See [[Indigenous Peoples of Kentucky]]
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-===Polish===
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-*Haiman, Miecislaus. ''Polish Pioneers of Virginia and Kentucky''. 1937. Reprint, [Ft. Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 198–]. {{FSC|520869|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 B4p v.2}}. This book includes notes on the genealogies of Polish families, including the Sadowski family. It is unindexed.
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-===Shakers===
-*Neal, Julia. ''The Kentucky Shakers''. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1977 {{FSC|79285|item|disp=FS Catalog book 976.9 F2n}}. This history of the Shakers from 1805 to 1922 is unindexed.
-===Swedish===
-*See [[Kentucky: Swedish American]]
-== General ==
-See also [[United States Cultural Groups]] for additional resources.
-Other records and histories of ethnic, racial, and religious groups in Kentucky are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
-:'''KENTUCKY - MINORITIES'''
-:'''KENTUCKY, [COUNTY] - MINORITIES'''
-:'''KENTUCKY, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - MINORITIES'''
-You will also find records in the Subject Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
+=== Records and Histories  ===
-:'''AFRO-AMERICANS - KENTUCKY'''
+Records and histories of minorities and ethnic groups may provide clues to immigrant origins, migration information, and previous residences. For the most part, research on minorities consists of consulting the same types of records as research for non-minorities. The purpose of this section is to identify a few of those special sources that influence research on minority families in [[Kentucky Genealogy|Kentucky]]. <br><br> Some records, histories, and periodicals of Germans, Jews, African-Americans, Poles, Shakers, Huguenots and Walloons, and others are available at the Family History Library. For example:<br><br>
-=== Records and Histories ===
+*Smith, Clifford Neal. ''Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (Mainly Cincinnati and Environs,) Kentucky, and Other States''. McNeal, Arizona: Westland Publications, 1984. {{FHL|359559|item|disp=FHL book 973 W2smn no.20}}. This book contains abstracts of obituaries, membership records, and articles from the monthly German magazine Der Deutsche Pioniere (The German Pioneer). It includes an index and lists the name of the settler, his or her place of residence and origin, and the reference volume and page number.
+*Haiman, Miecislaus. ''Polish Pioneers of Virginia and Kentucky''. 1937. Reprint, [Ft. Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 198–]. {{FHL|520869|item|disp=FHL book 973 B4p v.2}}. This book includes notes on the genealogies of Polish families, including the Sadowski family. It is unindexed.
+*Neal, Julia. ''The Kentucky Shakers''. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1977 {{FHL|79285|item|disp=FHL book 976.9 F2n}}. This history of the Shakers from 1805 to 1922 is unindexed.
+*Original Papers Concerning the Huguenot and Walloon Lines. Frankfort, KY: Historical Society, [196–?]. (Family History Library {{FHL|124481|item|disp=FHL film 551317}}.) About half of the early pioneers of Kentucky were descended from French-speaking Protestants, including the Huguenots from southern France and the Walloons from southern Belgium. These unindexed papers contain the history of these two groups of people.
+<br>
-<div style="width: 55%; float: right"><br>
+=== Online Resources  ===
-{| width="55%" cellpadding="0" border="0"
+[http://nkaa.uky.edu/ Notable Kentucky African Americans Datatbase]
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+ {{African American}}
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-[[Category:Kentucky Cultural Groups]] [[Category:Huguenots]] [[Category:United States Cultural Groups]]
+[[Category:Kentucky Minorities]] [[Category:Huguenots]]