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THE LOUISVILLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
The Louisville Genealogical Society membership approved revisions to the by-laws of the Society at the meeting held October 23, 2012. Click here to review the amended By-Laws. We're striving to keep LGS members informed about what information is available in our Jane Turner Hamm Library. Click here for a Surname List From LGS Library’s Family Group Sheets, Family Trees and Pedigree Sheets contained in the library. These are listed by surname. Also included is a list of current quarterlies received by the library and the geographical areas covered by each. Click here to access the list. Genealogical society newletters that are received by the LGS library will no longer be kept in the LGS Library due to their temporary nature and lack of shelf space. However, the newsletters will be made available to members to take, free of charge, at the LGS meeting sign-in sheets tables. Look for them there. Louisville Genealogical Society's 28th Anniversary Luncheon, will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2013, at 12:00 Noon at Woodhaven Country Club, 7200 Woodhaven Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40291. Directions: The country club is just a short distance from the intersection of Bardstown Road & Watterson Trail South. From Bardstown Road turn onto Watterson Trail South next to the Walgreen Drug Store (travel .4 miles). After passing a church on your right, turn right onto Woodhaven Road (travel .2 miles) and Woodhaven Country Club is on the left. There is a flat parking lot with easy access to a drive-thru portico at the main door that is just 10 feet from the Dining Room. Our speaker for the July Anniversary Luncheon at Woodhaven Country Club will be Mark Davis, who spoke to us earlier in the year about Solicitor General Bullitt, his biography of lawyer William Marshall Bullitt. Mr. Bullitt lived at Jefferson County's Oxmoor Farm and built a national law practice. His love of the law and his love of mathematics and astronomy were matched only by his love of Kentucky and his ancestral home on Beargrass Creek at Oxmoor. In the July address, Mr. Davis will give us more details of a notorious 1956 burglary of cash at Oxmoor farm. Glimpses will be given on how it was to live in the huge Oxmoor mansion (part of which dates to 1787), as well as observations on the daily routines of the occupants and the servants. Mark Davis grew up in Louisville's Highlands where he graduated from Atherton High School in 1952 in that school's first coed graduating class. After obtaining undergraduate and law degrees from Washington & Lee University in Virginia, and service in the US Army, he was an assistant county attorney under E.P. "Tom" Sawyer. He then became counsel to the Louisville & Jefferson County Planning Commission, while also teaching courses on Governmental Regulation of Business at University of Louisville. In 1969 he joined Henry R. Heyburn of Peter, Heyburn & Marshall in the private practice of law and was with that firm under its names of Brown, Todd & Heyburn and Frost Brown Todd until his retirement in 2001. Buffet includes Chicken Picatta with a Lemon Caper Beurre Blanc served over Angel Hair Pasta; Garden Salad with Ranch or Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing; Sauteed Zucchini and Squash; Broccoli with Cremeni Mushrooms; and Dessert of Lemon Bars or Brownies. The charge is $20 per person. The price includes tax and tip. Click here for a printable reservation form. Please remember to send in your 2013 dues. Effective in 2007, annual dues were set at
$15.00 for an individual and $18.00 for a family. Dues
are based on the calendar year. Click here for a Membership Application. Application with payment should be mailed to: When you join the Society, we would appreciate your sharing the surnames and locations you are researching. We welcome your pedigree charts, family group sheets, and any information you have to share. Materials submitted will be placed in our library files. Research is done on a limited basis for out-of-town members. Specific data must be requested--we cannot do your family history! Research is confined to our small library collection. All requests should be mailed to
We meet on the second Tuesday of each month for a program meeting. On the fourth Tuesday (except in November and December) we have a business meeting and workshop on different aspects of genealogical research. You may view our most recently approved General Meeting Minutes by clicking here. We issue a monthly newsletter with announcements of our meetings and other information. Click here for the current edition. For earlier editions, click here. Beginning in January 2011, newsletters are longer sent but are available on this site. We sponsor an annual, all day Family History Seminar and Book Fair each Autumn with nationally known speakers. In 2013, the event will be held on October 19. The main speaker will be Dr. George Schweitzer. Interested vendors can obtain contact information about participating in the LGS Seminar by clicking here. Our own very small adaptation of Cyndi's List is being set up. It can be seen by clicking here To view a list of sources for aiding us with Kentucky research, please click here. Be an Informed LGS Member. For more information about the Louisville Genealogical
Society or any of its programs, you may send an email
message to: lougensoc@yahoo.com View an alphabetical list of surnames on which LGS members are doing research by clicking here. This is a work in progress. Should you find an error or wish to add to the list, please contact deisenbeis@insightbb.com Effective in 2012, we must limit the number of surnames posted to 10 per member. For a list of the LGS Officers and Committee Chairpersons, click here Webmaster, Delores Eisenbeis: deisenbeis@insightbb.com
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The
Louisville Genealogical Society was founded in 1985;
membership is open to anyone interested in genealogy, or the
history of Louisville, Jefferson County, and surrounding
areas. It was organized in 1985 as a nonprofit,
educational society for the purpose of preserving,
evaluating and sharing local records. Click 