African American Genealogy Society of Kentucky, Inc

The African-American Genealogy Group of Kentucky was formed in January 2011 by eleven researchers interested in preserving the history of Kentucky’s African American generations and telling the “other” side of the story.  We incorporated in April 2011. The rest is history. 

The group as initially conceived grew out of the frustrating exceptions encountered when researching Black history.  Traditional research was roadblocked by slavery.   Record-keeping bowed to the whimsies of Jim Crow.  Simply finding the hiding records was and is a major undertaking. 

Who knew that a whole race of people could be filed under 'a' for African, 'b' for black, 'c' for colored, 'n' for negro, or none of the above; occasionally in the back of the book, un-indexed, and sometimes not there at all?  

And then, who to tell when you finally unlocked the key, found the missing piece of the puzzle?  Who to share with? 

Along the way we met like-minded travelers. This is how the AAGGKY came to be, the first of its kind in Kentucky, by sharing. ​