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Because so often women's roles have been among those overlooked, downplayed or, even worse, ignored in recorded history, I decided to begin a podcast about women in Kentucky history.
The Remembering Kentucky Women podcast ran through February 2023 for a total of 17 episodes.
I shut the podcast down permanently at the end of February 2023 due to a drastic drop in the number of downloads, which made the time and effort I put into the episodes no longer worthwhile.
Since I would have had to continue to pay a monthly fee to keep the episodes online, I decided instead to publish the transcripts in a book for those who might be interested to read rather than listen.
I hope you enjoy these transcripts of the episodes.
This book is FREE to READ on my website. This is a copyrighted work and NOT TO BE PRINTED AND/OR SOLD WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
Thank you.
The Mountain Echo newspaper began in Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky in 1873 and moved to London, Laurel County, in 1875. It was published until 1918, when it merged with The London Sentinel and became The Sentinel-Echo.
The old newspapers contain a wealth of information for both historians and genealogists. Unfortunately, many issues – including entire years, such as 1906 and 1907 – are missing from the archives available on microfilm.
The newspaper articles transcribed for this book are gleaned from newspapers all over Kentucky and a few nearby states which carried Laurel County news during 1906-1907. The articles contained herein cover events in Laurel County for all of the year 1906 and January through the end of June 1907. The Laurel County Historical Society covered mid-June 1907 through the end of the year with excerpts from The London Sentinel, so that time period is not included here.
Although not as complete as excerpts from The Mountain Echo would be, articles about Laurel County which appeared in other newspapers help fill in at least some information missing from Laurel County’s history for that time period.
In addition to the newspaper article transcripts, this book also includes births, deaths and marriages for Laurel County during those 18 months.
This book will be useful for both genealogy and history researchers looking for information about Laurel County during 1906-1907, a time previously unavailable to most researchers without spending extensive time and effort to research in other sources.
This book gives a detailed account of the history of Breastworks Hill Cemetery from its earliest beginnings before the Civil War to its most recent burial in the spring of 2023.
During the Civil War, the cemetery played a crucial role in the August 17, 1862 Battle of London, which is recounted in detail in Chapter 3.
Although it is no longer a national cemetery, the old graveyard is still an integral part of local history and genealogy.
Inside these pages is a comprehensive listing of all burials that have taken place in this old graveyard, compiled by meticulous research through a number of sources, including existing tombstone inscriptions, historical and archaeological surveys, military records, newspaper archives, funeral home records, death certificates, family histories and more.
A must-have for any Civil War enthusiast, this book is also an invaluable resource for hard-to-find information about the numerous military and civilian burials in the old cemetery.
Veterans Buried at Locust Grove Cemetery, Laurel County, Kentucky
This book contains the names of 486 veterans who served with the United States military from the 1860s to present day (2023).
Most of these names were taken from the poster provided by the American Legion in Laurel County, Kentucky. A few names were not listed on the poster but were discovered during the process of checking the names against other sources.
Some names include additional information, such as birth, death, military service branch, medals and other awards, and other details discovered during the research process.
While the researcher cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this list, this book is an excellent resource for those interested in learning more about the United States Military Veterans buried at Locust Grove Cemetery.
On January 10, 1921, a fire at the U.S. Department of Commerce building in Washington, D.C., destroyed the majority of the population schedules from the 1890 Federal Census, leaving a 20-year gap in census information which has greatly impeded genealogy research for that time period.
Fortunately, approximately 75,000 special schedules enumerating American Civil War Union Army veterans (and some Confederate veterans) and their widows survived. The U.S. Pension Office requested this “special census” to help veterans locate comrades who could testify in pension claims as well as help the office determine the number of surviving veterans and widows eligible for pension benefits.
This book contains images of the original census sheets/pages for all 28 sheets/pages which recorded the names of surviving Civil War Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Widows living in Laurel County, Kentucky, at the time this Special Census was taken in June and July, 1890, and a transcription of all handwritten information recorded on that sheet/page, with the exception of the first two columns, which record the house number and family number.
Information recorded on this census schedule: House Number; Family Number; Names of Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows; Rank; Company; Name of Regiment or Vessel; Date of Enlistment; Date of Discharge; Length of Service; Post Office Address; Disability Incurred; and Remarks.
EXTRACT of the 1940 Census for Laurel County, Ky
This book contains information extracted from the 1940 Federal Census for Laurel County, Kentucky, taken directly from images of the original census pages provided online by the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The images can be found online at http://1940census.archives.gov/ for further research.
This work is meant to be a guide to help researchers locate people enumerated on the 1940 Federal Census in Laurel County, Kentucky. Enumeration District and Sheet Number are included to make it easier for researchers to locate the name on the image of the original census page online in order to find out more information about the person(s) being researched. The household number is not included, but households are separated with a blank line between them.
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