THE GILKEYS

Welcome to Our Home Page !!

My name is Peggy Gilkey, my husband is Kenneth Gilkey.
Ken & I live in Newburgh, In.
We have transcribe and/or written several genealogy and census books
and spent many hours digging through musty old records and books in
courthouses & libraries and loved every second that we were there.

Places to check for genealogical books to purchase

Western Ky. Journal

Crittenden Co., Ky. Books
Caldwell & Lyon Co., Ky. Books
Livingston Co., Ky. Books

Favorite places for research
Willard Library in nearby Evansville, In.
Martin Genealogy Library in Princeton, Ky.
Courthouses in Princeton and Eddyville, Crittenden Co., Ky.
The Research Center in Livingston County, Ky.

Some of our favorite places to research on the internet:

GenForum

Ky. Death Records 1911-2000

USGenWeb

Soc. Sec. Death Index

Ky. Historical Society

For several years we have helped Vicki Stewart with the
KYCALDWE-L & KYLYON-L mail lists.
We love helping her with them and hope to continue.


Below are genealogy related mail lists concerning
Caldwell, Lyon, Crittenden and Livingston Co., Ky.

It is very easy to subscribe to them and somestimes can be very helpful in your research.
Click on county you wish to Subscribe to

Caldwell-L

Lyon-L

Livingston-L

Crittenden-L

Some of our other projects

We are the County Coordinators
for

Crittenden Co., KyGenWeb Site.
and the
Livingston Co., KyGenWeb Site.

Other websites we maintain

Caldwell Co., Ky. Cemeteries Website
Lyon Co., Ky. Cemeteries Website

Ken joined the Sons of the American Revolution on his ancestor Garrett Gray
and I joined the WOSAR and SAR Ladies Auxillary
We are both in the SAR Color Guard.
Go to the website to see what we love to do.
Ohio Valley Chapter, INSSAR Website

Ken is the Webmaster for this website, also President and Capt. of the Guard of the Ohio Valley Chapter INSSAR

I joined the Capt. Jacob Warrick Chapter, DAR in Boonville, Warrick Co., Ky. on my Ancestor Spencer Calvert. This is a great chapter if you are interested in joining!!!
But I sure enjoy being involved with Ken in the SAR Color Guard.!!

Go here to see a grave rededication ceremony by the General John Caldwell Chapter, NSDAR and the Ohio Valley Chapter, INSSAR for Spencer Calvert.
DAR Ceremony


Kenneth is also the Administrator of the
Crittenden Co., Ky. Rootsweb Message Board
Livingston Co., Ky. Rootsweb Message Board. and the
Gilkey Message Board

  I am Administrator of the Hankins Mail List.

Now we are transcribing death certificates for the Ky. Vital Records Project.
We have Caldwell, Lyon, Livingston and Crittenden Counties.
Kentucky Vital Records Project Volunteers
This is something we believe will be one of the greatest treasures for Ky. researchers.
So as you can tell we stay busy.......And are loving it!!
ABOUT KENNETH

Kenneth grew up in Princeton, Ky., attending East Side Elementary and graduating from Caldwell County High School, Princeton, Ky., where he was president of his senior class.
After his retirement Ken decided to take up genealogy full time, something that he had been doing part time as a hobby since he was a teenager in high school.

After researching his Gilkey family to his satisfaction, he decided to publish a book
"Gilkeys of Early Kentucky, 1780-2000". This book begins with William, David and John Gilkey in Nelson Co., Ky. in 1780. William patented land in 1798, located on the Dry Fork of Eddy Creek, Caldwell Co., Ky........... 201 pages. $ 22.00 + $3.00 S&H

Our next project was another family history "Oliver Ken-Folks"
Vol. I and Vol. II
It begins with William Oliver b. 1693 in Maryland following descendants down to the present. This family history includes Oliver families in Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg, and Crittenden, and Marshall counties in Ky. and other states which include: Arkansas,
Mississippi and Texas. These books sell as a set, hard cover only, with 58 pages of photos from very old to recent.......a total of 1,317 pages. THIS Book Is Sold OUT !!

We also assisted Barbara Smith in the transcription of the 1930 Lyon Co., Ky. census.
Price which includes postage.....$23.00 ppd.
This book can be purchased from
Simmons Historical Publications P.O. Box 108 Mayfield, Ky. 42066

Our next two books were the 1880 and 1910 Lyon Co., Ky. census, which we transcribed and published, both have full name indexes.$25.00 ppd.

Another book we have is a reprint of the book Nineteen Years Not Guilty which was written by my great uncle Leonard Hankins in 1952. It is about the nineteen years he spent in a Minnesota Prison for crimes that he did not committ, and his final release.
This book which includes some family history of the Thomas Morgan Hankins and Paulina Elnora (Calvert) Hankins family was reprinted in 2003. It is to be sold with the proceeds going to the perpetual fund of the family cemetery where Leonard is buried.
Nineteen Years Not Guilty - $23.00 + $3.00 S&H

1920 Lyon Co., Ky. census, $25.00 ppd., it was published in December 2004. This completes all of the Lyon Co., Ky. census records that have been released to date.

We have just completed transcribing the 1920 Crittenden Co., Ky. census, (hard cover only) $45.00 ppd., it was published in November 2008.

Some of the families Ken researches are Gilkey, Oliver, Waters and Lindsey.

ABOUT PEGGY

I was born in Princeton, Ky. I attended East Side Elementary and Caldwell Co. High School in Princeton.

My Hankins line begins in Kentucky with Samuel J. & Luticia (Corley) Hankins. They with most of their children came to Crittenden County, Ky. from Smith Co.,Tn. shortly before 1870.
They were living next household to Luticia's brother William Turner Lee "Buck" Corley in the 1870 Crittenden Co., Ky. census.

Another favorite family for me to research is the Calvert family of Caldwell Co., Ky. I joined the DAR on Spencer Calvert who was a Revolutionary War Soldier.

I also research the surnames of Crider, James, Wales, Pugh, and White among others. I am also a Morse descendant, with Ebenezer Morse a Revolutionary War Patriot as my Morse ancestor.
Although I do not actively research this line, I am very proud of my Morse ancestry..
If you are interested in this family, I know many others that do research them.

For more information on Ebenezer Morse
Contact: Debbie McArdle email
Morse - Spiller Website

William (Ashurst) Asher, William Blackburn, William Bailey, Turner Lee Wilkerson are also among my Revolutionary War Ancestors.
I am very proud of them all !!

ABOUT TOBY
Let me tell you about the light of our life Toby.
He is a 6 1/2 lb Bischon/Poodle, solid
white, with the blackest eyes and the sweetest little guy you ever saw. He loves everyone and never meets a stranger. He is especially fond of a little girl named Amber who lives just down our street and thinks he has to go see her everyday. He is the most excited when I tell him "the kids are coming" (our grandchildren).

TOBY UPDATE:
2008
Toby is 12 years old now, he has lost a lot of hearing but he is so smart he has learned some hand signals very easily and responds to them.
He still loves his walks and his toys but just for shorter peroids of time
And we love him more than ever!


July 4, 1996-Oct. 18, 2012
We lost our sweet Toby to Cushings Disease.
He gave us so many years of pleasure,
and he will always be missed!



If you are interested in any of our families let us know.
Email Ken & Peggy

If you are interested in our genealogy books they are listed below:

*Gilkeys of Early Kentucky, 1780-2000.
This book begins with William, David and John Gilkey in Nelson Co., Ky. in 1780.
William patented land in 1798, located on the Dry Fork of Eddy Creek,
Caldwell Co., Ky
Soft cover only .... 201 pages.... $25.00 ppd.

*Oliver Ken-Folks Vol. I and Vol. II
This book begins with William Oliver b. 1693 in Maryland following his descendants down to the present.
This family history includes Oliver families in Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg, and Crittenden, Marshall counties in Ky.
and other states which include: Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.
These books sell as a set, hard cover only,
with 58 pages of photos from very old to recent.......
a total of 1,317 pages.. $80.00 ppd.(sold out)

*1880 Lyon Co., Ky. Federal Census, expanded version includes other research,
soft cover only, 235 pages inc. full name index..$25.00 ppd.


*1910 Lyon Co., Ky. Federal Census, expanded version, includes other research, soft cover only, 325 pages inc. full name index..$25.00 ppd.

1920 Lyon Co., Ky. Federal Census, expanded version, includes other research, 310 pages inc. full name index..
soft cover $25.00 ppd.     hard cover $38.00 ppd.


1920 Crittenden Co., Ky. Federal Census, expanded version, includes other research, full name index..
hard cover only cover $45.00 ppd.

*Nineteen Years Not Guilty-The Leonard Hankins Story..
hard cover only $23.00 ppd.
See photos and read story about Leonard



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