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African American[edit | edit source]

See African American Resources for Kentucky

Germans[edit | edit source]

Smith, Clifford Neal. Early Nineteenth-Century German Settlers in Ohio (Mainly Cincinnati and Environs,) Kentucky, and Other States. McNeal, Arizona: Westland Publications, 1984. 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[edit | edit source]

Original Papers Concerning the Huguenot and Walloon Lines. Frankfort, KY: Historical Society, [196–?]. (FamilySearch Library 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.

Indigenous Peoples[edit | edit source]

See Indigenous Peoples of Kentucky

Polish[edit | edit source]

Haiman, Miecislaus. Polish Pioneers of Virginia and Kentucky. 1937. Reprint, [Ft. Wayne, Indiana: Allen County Public Library, 198–]. FS Catalog book 973 B4p v.2. This book includes notes on the genealogies of Polish families, including the Sadowski family. It is unindexed.

Shakers[edit | edit source]

Neal, Julia. The Kentucky Shakers. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1977 FS Catalog book 976.9 F2n. This history of the Shakers from 1805 to 1922 is unindexed.

Swedish[edit | edit source]

See Kentucky: Swedish American

General[edit | edit source]

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:

AFRO-AMERICANS - KENTUCKY

Records and Histories[edit | edit source]

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+==Cultural Groups==
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+===African American===
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+*See [[African American Resources for Kentucky]]
-|-
-| valign="bottom" align="center" | '''''Help Index Freedmen's Bureau Records'''''
+===Germans===
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+*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.
-| 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]
-|}
+===Huguenot===
+*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.
+===Indigenous Peoples===
+*See [[Indigenous Peoples of Kentucky]]
+===Polish===
+*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.
+===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'''
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+:'''KENTUCKY, [COUNTY] - MINORITIES'''
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-{{Adoption KYGenWeb}}
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+:'''KENTUCKY, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - MINORITIES'''
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-=== Records and Histories  ===
+You will also find records in the Subject Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
-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>
+:'''AFRO-AMERICANS - KENTUCKY'''
-*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.
+=== Records and Histories ===
-*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>
-=== Online Resources  ===
+<div style="width: 55%; float: right"><br>
-[http://nkaa.uky.edu/ Notable Kentucky African Americans Datatbase]
+{| width="55%" cellpadding="0" border="0"
+|-
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- {{African American}}
+|}
+</div>
-[[Category:Kentucky Minorities]] [[Category:Huguenots]]
+[[Category:Kentucky Cultural Groups]] [[Category:Huguenots]] [[Category:United States Cultural Groups]]