The Henthorn Genealogy News blog is used to post news and information about my genealogy interests and activities. It's the first place you should look if you want to find out whether I'm accomplishing anything or not. Surnames of interest: Henthorn(e), Hinthorn(e), Watson, Conger, Baker, Yoho, Jennings, Rine, Goddard, Gorby, Richmond. Contributions of information and material are welcome.
Here's a HotLink to Brierly (Brierley) Family website. There's a connection to my Henthorn family from England. The Brierly family emigrated from the area of Lancashire, England to Worcester county, Massachusetts in the mid-1840s.
I just learned about this website in the last few days. Prior to finding the website I didn't know that members of this family came to the United States.
Photo: Mr. Dickie (Longwood Gardens, PA)
On the homepage of my website, near the bottom, there's a button labeled "Links". This button takes visitors to a page with buttons to webpages created and maintained by others. Yesterday I did one of my periodic, and very infrequent, checks to see if these links are working. To my dismay, after only a few minutes, I found seven that weren't working. Then I got bored with the process and didn't check all of the links. Instead I went off to do something else.
Using Google I was able to find new URLs for two of the seven that didn't work.
The whole process is tedious and time consuming. Because this often happens when links to the webpages of others are shared one has to be welling to put in the time to do the necessary periodic maintenance.
I've never had any luck getting any help with the task. By this I mean that I don't ever remember any visitor to my website sending me an Email to let me know they found a bad link. I'd appreciate any help I can get with website maintenance issues and also with website proof reading.
Also, if you find a particularly useful website pertaining to one of the surnames that are featured on my webpages I'll consider adding a link to that information if you send the URL in an Email.
The purpose of this message is to let visitors know that I am aware of the problem with the Links page and that I intend to work on the project to insure that all of the links work. I make no promise as to when I'll have the work completed.
Thank you for your patience.
Mr. Dickie
Today I'm sharing HotLinks to information about the Atkinson Family of Monroe County, Ohio.
Articles extracted from the Hardesty History
Atkinson, Stephen A.; Walton; Moore
Citation to the 1950 article written by William C. Hudson
William C. Hudson - Cornelius Atkinson - Frontier Ranger
Articles about General Henry Atkinson
Henry Atkinson — Infoplease.com
Fort Atkinson, Nebraska - History
Bill M. Atkinson and Linda Cunningham Fluharty's Atkinson Family Webpages
Atkinson Family - Linda's Home Page
In June of 1950 a four page article (pages 123-127) titled, Cornelius Atkinson - Frontier Ranger was published in The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine (Vol. XIII, 5) by Atkinson descendant, William C. Hudson. The article consisted of two pages of textual information and three pages of genealogy descendant chart. There were five numbered citations in the article. Unfortunately the citations themselves were lost. In January 1996 researcher Professor Raymond Bell shared this article with me. Recently, in July 2008, I reviewed the article and decided I'd like to share it on the Internet.
To make a document that I could share I rekeyed all five pages. I entered the information into my genealogy program, RootsMagic. The textual information, which was on the first two-plus pages of the original article, was included in the notes of the appropriate individuals. I also wrote several paragraphs in the note fields when I wanted to comment on something in the orginial piece. I did resist the temptation to add additional information. My goal wasn't to create an updated Atkinson genealogy. Rather, I wanted to share the information from the original article in a format which uses more pages and which lends itself to publication on my website.
I selected a numbering system (D'Aboville (indented)) similar to the one used by Mr. Hudson in his article.
I hope readers will be pleased with the result. Anyone working on the Atkinson family of Monroe County, Ohio owes William C. Hudson a debt of gratitude.
As of Sep 2009 you will have to ask me about this document. It isn't available on the Internet.
Here are two HotLinks to articles of interest to researchers of the Baker family of Marshall county, VA/WV.
The first piece is an article that appeared in the Wheeling, WV newspaper.
A Talk with Col. Samuel Baker of Marshall County
The second piece is an article I wrote commenting on the first piece.
Photo: Corel
Here are some HotLinks to other websites that I enjoyed finding.
Submissions to Circuit Rider Database
Veteran's Affairs - Burial & Memorial Benefits
Bureau Land Management - GLO Records
Ellis Island Passenger Arrivals : American Family Immigration History Center
Mr. Dickie
I'm going to take about an eight-day break from blog posting.
Today I am posting HotLinks to some commercial genealogy websites. I've included links to Dick Eastman's newsletter, to the Latter-day Saints, and some of the sites that require subscriptions. Posting to this list doesn't imply that I support or use any of the websites.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Family Tree Maker Online: Genealogy Library: Social Security Death Index
Genealogy.com: Account Sign-Up
Genealogy.com: Who Owns Genealogy? Cousins and Copyright
LDS - Online Catalog - Software Downloads - Free
Mr. Dickie
Today I'm sharing some random genealogy sites that you might find interesting.
Remember, to return to this page use your browser "back" button.
Cemeteries and Cemetery Records
TribalPages:Free Online Genealogy Family Tree Web Pages
Product.Order - Photograph - GenealogyTODAY.com
Free Genealogy Search Help for Google
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Genealogy Research Tool
Surname Genealogy Search - SurnameWeb
Mr. Dickie
Photo: Mr. Dickie - Melva's Iris
Today's HotLink topic is GEDCOMs. GEDCOMs are genealogy files that allow us to exchange genealogy information between genealogy programs. Some programs can read a GEDCOM file and create webpages. One program, Ancestral Author, can convert a GEDCOM file to a very nice PDF file with the names linked.
If you want to learn more about GEDCOM perhaps you'll find something helpful at one of these websites.
GENViewer Genealogy File Viewer - GENMatcher, Find Dupli
ViewGED 1.02 review and download. view, viewer, gedcom, ged
Gedcom Import/Export - GenoPro
Comparison of GEDCOM to HTML converters
Ancestral Author: Convert GEDCOM to Hyperlinked PDF
Indexed GEDCOM Method for Genweb Authoring
Mr. Dickie
Today I'm sharing HotLinks to several different families all with links to the Ohio River Valley and Monroe County, Ohio.
Okey - Carmichael - Janet&Michael Downing
Today I'm sharing HotLinks to websites about members of the Pittman and Truex families. Some of the branches have their roots in Monroe County, Ohio.
Pittman Family - Gregory A. Hoffman (FTM)
Re: PITTMAN INDIANA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA. 1764-1878.
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: Harter, Pittman and Relat
Here are some useful HotLinks to information about the Winland Family of Monroe County, Ohio. The last link is to information on my own website.
DeLong FTM with Alfred Taylor/Ruth Ann Winland
Here are some HotLinks to websites about the Hinthorn(e) Family.
Stephen Downard Hinthorn - Raina R. Alexander
TERRANCE AND TERESA SMITH Family Tree
Descendants of George W.D. Archer and Mary Hinthorn
Genealogy - Indices, Conventions, Credits and Warning
In the last few years PDF formatted files have been assuming a more significant role in online genealogy publishing.
The RootsMagic genealogy program can output PDF files. The Ancestral Quest program can produce very nice "linked" PDF reports from GEDCOM files. Other reports from genealogy programs can be converted to PDF using free or shareware programs.
The use of PDF insures that the recipient of the file can read and print the report with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on their own computer.
There's a PDF page link on the homepage of my genealogy website. From the PDF page you can access several reports that I have made available to anyone who visits.
If you are interested in learning more here are links to some useful websites.
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Publishing Your Genealogy with Ancestra
Ancestral Author: Convert GEDCOM to Hyperlinked PDF
Ancestry.com - What Is PDF and Why Do I Care?
Ancestry.com - Free Program to Create PDF Files
Ancestry.com - Create Free PDF Files
Ancestry.com - More On PDF Files
Create PDF files shareware - Google Search
Mr. Dickie
Modified Register for James Clayton CONGER
Society of Genealogy of Durkee
Van Bibber Family Story: Profile of: JOHN M. SINGER - AncientFaces.com
Van Bibber Family Story: Profile of: THOMAS JEFFERSON STOUT - AncientFaces.com
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages Conger - Bricklayers and S
How Everton Conger helped start the American Red Cross
Descendants of Stockdale Coddington (Conger Links)
Shelby Co, IN Genealogy, Obits - Conger
PicoSearch: Cataloging Your Corner of the Web: Results
ISAAC SHARP of PA: clarifying daughters' marriages (Includes Conger)
Google isn't the only search engine on the Internet. You might want to try some of the others. The results are quite different. Some search other search engines. Try using the same search words with several different search engines to see what I'm talking about.
Here's an article about search engines followed by HotLinks to some of them that I have tried.
If you find any good genealogy sites about any of our common interests send me an Email with a short description of what you found. I can post the information to the Website News.
Major Search Engines and Directories
MetaCrawler Web Search Home Page - MetaCrawler
A Yoho Family Reunion is scheduled for 9 Aug 2008 in New Martinsville, WV. For more information see the announcement on the website of Tim Yoho.
Mr. Dickie
Here are some HotLinks to Yoho family websites. Enjoy!
Lemley/Brown - Climbing the Family Tree by Brenda Brown Lasko
Yoho, Kevin - Congregational Transformation With a Passion
Piedmont Natural Gas - Executive Profiles - Franklin H. Yoho
The Garlock-Elliott Family: People
The Genealogy Forum: Surname Center: Gates / Yoho / Richman / Pittman GEDCOM
Ray & Diane's Family Tree (Letter Mentions Yoho)
Here are links to some of the Yoho information on my own webpages.
Four Generations of the Johannas Yoho and Susanna Catherine Lau Family
Photo: Internet
Today I'm sharing HotLinks to websites that are of interest to people who are researching: Henthorn(e), Jennings, and Watson families.
Click on the link to go to the website. Use the "back" button to return to this page.
Have fun, publish and share your genealogy work with others.
Mr. Dickie
John Henthorn/Benjamin Jennings Descendants
Bender, Jennings and Associated families
Carol & Bill Dunn Family (Includes Wm. Henthorn)
Samuel Henthorn of England and Illinois
Becky Henthorn's Personal Page
Cowley County Heritage Book, Cowley County, Kansas
Photo: Internet
Today I'm posting links to County and State genealogy websites of interest. The source of these links is my AOL Favorites where I stored the URLs of websites I visited during the last couple of years. I tested all links to make sure they work as of today, 2 Jul 2008.
The first link is the the USGenWeb Project. This is a good place to start your search if you are looking for the various county websites.
There is no particular order to the list. I did group the links together by county.
If you have other links that you'd like to share send me an Email and I can post the link to this blog.
After visiting a website remember to use your browser "back" button to return to this page.
Mr. Dickie
The USGenWeb Project - Home Page
Appanoose County, Iowa Home Page - USGenWeb
Belmont Co. Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society - The Gateway to the West
Belmont Co., OH - Heritage Pursuit
Monroe County, Ohio History & Genealogy
Woodsfield [OH] Public Library Genealogy Holdings Page
Tuscarawas County Ohio GenWeb Page
Guernsey County Genealogy Links; Ohio genealogy
THE PIONEER FAMILIES OF CLEVELAND
Nebraska - The USGenWeb Census Project
Warren County, Tennessee 1850 Census Database Project
West Virginia Biographies / Family Lineage
Marshall County WVGenWeb Home Page
The Websites of Linda Cunningham Fluharty - West Virginia Genealogy, History &
