Want to research your family history but don’t know how to start?  Join the Kentucky Historical Society for “Finding Family:  Genealogy Basics,” on Sunday, March 20, 2005, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Kentucky History Center in downtown Frankfort. 

Kentucky Ancestors editor Tom Stephens will walk participants through the sources available in the Kentucky Historical Society’s Thomas D. Clark Library and special collections.  Participants will be given time for individual research, and library staff will be available to assist.  Refreshments will be provided. For more information on this free program, contact Joanie DiMartino at 1-877-4HISTORY (1-877-444-7876).

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An agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet, the Kentucky Historical Society, since 1836, has provided connections to the past, perspective on the present and inspiration for the future.  KHS operates the Old State Capitol, Kentucky Military History Museum and its five-year-old headquarters, the Kentucky History Center.   Since 1999, the thirty-million-dollar Kentucky History Center has welcomed almost one million visitors.   For more information about the Kentucky Historical Society and its programs, visit the Web at http://history.ky.gov.