Digital Access Project News Today

When Tantalissia Champs and James Lin registered for a slavery and records practicum taught by Kathryn Newfont in the fall of 2023, they had no idea how impactful their experience would be.

Social impact projects receive big grants from JN Foundation

The project aims to help families and researchers piece together information and previously unknown stories about enslaved people who lived in Central Kentucky.

The Digital Access Project is a collaboration between the city and the University of Kentucky which took thousands of Lexington’s earliest records, including slave and land records, and made them available online.

LEXINGTON — On Friday, May 17, 1907, the Lexington Leader ran an ad promoting a new subdivision. “Mentelle Park is the only perfectly appointed and finished residence park ever attempted

History can easily be lost, and for families with ancestors who were once enslaved, sometimes very few clues to the past exist.

History can easily be lost, and for families with ancestors who were once enslaved, sometimes very few clues to the past exist.

History can easily be lost, and for families with ancestors who were once enslaved, sometimes very few clues to the past exist.

History can easily be lost, and for families with ancestors who were once enslaved, sometimes very few clues to the past exist.

Fayette County will be the first county in Kentucky to digitize its historical property records dating back to the late 1700s. The community partnership includes University of Kentucky’s Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies, the Fayette County Clerk, the Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative, Blue Grass Community Foundation and its Knight Foundation Donor Advised Charitable Fund.