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KHM receives fascinating family history beginning with Joesph Unthank - 1715

In December 2015, the Knox Historical Museum’s genealogy center received a 10- generation family history of the Unthanks in America.

The 24-page document was submitted by Judith Callebs Unthank, the wife of David Unthank. Both were born, raised and still live in Knox County, Ky.

The document is a snapshot of America’s history over the years: beginning in England, traveling by ship to America and settling part of the new country, traveling west on the Oregon Trail during which one Unthank child (Alvah) died and was buried in 1831, and continuing right up to the present day.

The Knox Historical Museum’s genealogy center continues to enlarge its valuable family history collection.

In December 2015, Judith (Callebs) Unthank , in conjunction with her cousin, David Hayes Cole, both natives of Knox County, Ky., presented a new family history to the Museum.

This history focuses on their Hays ancestors, beginning with John Hays, born 1807 in North Carolina.

The new issue of the Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, features a businessman from a century ago who is still remembered. A.W. Hopper (1859 - 1941) was one of those pioneer merchants whose personality and business longevity kept his name alive in the annuals of Knox County, Kentucky history.

The Knox Historical Museum has completed its listing of the table of contents for the Knox County, Kentucky Kinfolk Newsletter.

Kudos to the Museum's Doug Bargo who spent hours scanning in and converting "pdf" files into searchable text files.

The newsletter was published from December 1977 through May 2006 by the former Knox County Genealogical Society, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky.

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