The Kentucky Genealogical Society was organized in 1973 as a non-profit, educational organization, managed by a Board of Directors. Its purpose is to foster the science of genealogy through educational and research programs, and promoting projects to preserve, produce, and disseminate knowledge of genealogical or historical value. The Society, through continuous growth, now consists of a substantial membership throughout the United States and foreign countries.
The Society's Board of Directors consists of its President, Vice-President, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past-President, and three Members-at-Large. Several committees are active in Membership, Projects, Publicity, Finance, Editorial and Publications, Library, Hospitality and Society History. For a current listing of members holding board positions or committee chairs, consult the latest issue of Bluegrass Roots, the quarterly publication of the Society, which is furnished to all Society members.
As one of the central frontier states developed west of the Alleghenies, Kentucky's roots stem from the major coastal and near interior states of pioneer days. Many settled here, others held temporary residence, and some only traveled through. Its outward migration played a key role to all states north, south and west of its boundaries. One of the Society's prime roles is the preservation of Kentucky's records, further development of genealogical lineage aspects of these records and published data to assist those with ancestral ties to this area. |
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