Speaker: Gwinn Thompson Gwinn Thompson is a retired high school English teacher, realtor, and historian. She has written several books independently and collaboratively with Jerry Colemen.  Gwinn and Jerry researched and co-authored The Lincoln Family: Its Lost and Hidden History. This book represents extensive research into the early lives of the Lincoln Family in Hardin […]

Speaker : Gerry Fischer Gerry Fischer, Meade County resident, historian and author of several historical books will be presenting for Ancestral Trails Historical Monthly meeting. Presentation The  conflict between North and South in the Civil War was fought in small communities across the Bluegrass, where armed men were quick to settle differing opinions with the barrel […]

ECTC but different building  Location: Meeting Location change:  ECTC , Room 303 in the Occupational Technical Building (OTB) . Speakers: Frank and Carol Jarboe Both Carol and Frank are retired teachers and are passionate about showing the interesting sides of history that are passed over in the usual history books. They travel continually, covering 15 states, […]

May 2 2024 Location: ECTC, JSO Building, Room 112 7 p.m. EDT Speaker: John Marshall John’s interest in DNA began many years ago when he started wondering if his father was an only child (like he was). Digging out some old records from his “aunt”, John quickly jumped on the DNA bandwagon with an Ancestry […]