Download the 2026 Registration Form HOTEL INFORMATION FOR THE2026 DUTCH COUSINS OF KENTUCKY GATHERINGBlocks of rooms have been set up at two hotels along the 127 South corridor just north of I-64. Both are minutes away from the Benson Farm facility where our meetings are on Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12, 2026.
Greeting Fellow Dutch Cousins, Yes! The long awaited, and truthfully overdue, Registration Form is finally available. One thing you will notice is that all pricing has been kept the same as 2024. Hopefully this will encourage ‘cousins” to travel to this Gathering. We might come up a little short here or there but things will
Greetings Dutch Cousins, YES! Yes, the Dutch Cousins of Kentucky will be Gathering in 2026! We will be meeting at the Kentucky State University’s Benson Research Farm Facility outside of Frankfort, KY on Friday, 11 September and Saturday, 12 September, 2026. Our meals will be catered by Family Affair Catering from Salvisa, a group favorite. On
From Ron and Brenda Snider. Hope to see you at the next gathering. In addition here is a submission from Joe Putman. ~Traces of the Low Dutch at Boonesborough~by Joe Putnam I suppose most of the Dutch Cousins are probably already aware that some of our kin were connected to Fort Boonesborough. And there is
Greetings Dutch Cousins, We have an important announcement from the Dutch Cousins of Kentucky (DCKY) board. We will be holding the 2026 DCKY Gathering on Friday, September 11 and Saturday, September 12 at the Kentucky State University Benson Farm facility outside of Frankfort, Kentucky. This was the site of the 2022 and 2019 Gatherings. (This
Happy 4th of July Hello Dutch Cousins this is from Brian Schuck our New Treasurer/Registration. (Editor’s note: Sorry Brian that your email was lost for a bit. Still working on things here. Ron Snider) Howdy,Hello, my name is Brian Schuck. When I moved to Kentucky 27 years ago, I didn’t realize how many of my
Good Morning Dutch Cousins I just wrote up a little piece to submit for publication in the next Dutch Cousins newsletter titled “Capstone: The Banta-Shively Marriage Bond”. It just talks about my recent trip to Harrodsburg and Stanford for history and genealogy research. I am attaching two pics also, of my Low Dutch ancestor’s 1783 marriage
Good Morning CousinsYour newly elected board members, From left to right.Ron Snider, Brenda Snider, Paul Gregory, Kevin Banta, Tandy Meng, Pam Banta, Kay Rogers and Robin Barnett Greetings Dutch Cousins of Kentucky (DCKY) from your new, incoming president Paul Gregory. I am excited to work with our group and plan our 2026 Gathering. I would like
Friday, September 13, 2024 8:00 am – Start set up Family Heritage Tables, Book Displays, Silent Auction items, and T-shirts 10:00 am – Meet & Greet Cousins with Early Registration, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park 11:00 am – Nancy Hill, President Harrodsburg Historical Society, “250th Anniversary of Harrodsburg” 12:00 pm – Lunch Buffet 1:00
