Henthorn Lanes

The Henthorn Lanes bowling alley in Woodsfield, OH is closing.
I regret that we didn't met the owners during our visits to Woodsfield.

Dick Henthorn
28 December 2014

Making A Shareable CD

Yesterday I decided it was time to learn how to make a shareable CD with RootsMagic.

The idea is to load an entire genealogy file onto a CD that can be handed to, or mailed, to someone who doesn't have a genealogy program. The file is displayed with a modified version of RootsMagic which doesn't allow updates to the file.  A clickable menu is displayed on the screen when the CD is inserted in the drive.

The person who receives the CD can:

• move around in the genealogy file
• create and print reports in various formats

Because there are executable files on the disk, with the .exe file extension I don't see an easy way to share the package via Email.  Sharing by physically transferring the CD to the recipient seems to be the best option.

Dick Henthorn

22 December 2014

Best Free Genealogy or Family Tree Software

Best Free Genealogy or Family Tree Software:

From Gizmo's website.

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HenthornFamily Wiki

I did some updates to my HenthornFamily Wiki.  Most of the links on the Wiki take the viewer to web pages that aren't stored on the Wiki. I modified many of the links to open in a "new" window. This makes it easy to return to the Wiki after viewing the web page. As time permits I'll continue to work on this project.

If you are interested in my genealogy projects I encourage you to visit the Wiki. You can visit as a Guest with no need to "Join." If you are interested in collaboration you can contact me with a request for membership. Members can: edit pages, create pages, and upload files.

An easy way to find the Wiki is to use Google Search. In the search box enter, "HenthornFamily" with no spaces. When I tested, the first hit in the list took me to the Wiki.

Comments, corrections and additions are welcome. It's especially important that any broken links are reported and fixed or removed.

Dick Henthorn
7 December 2014

HenthornFamily Wiki

HenthornFamily Wiki

Today I am pleased to announce that the HenthornFamily Wiki is once again active and available to family and friends who are interested in my genealogy projects.

The WikiSpaces company discontinued "free" Wiki space.  Rather than lose all of the information I've been sharing I decided to pay for a one-year subscription at the "Plus" level.  I haven't thought much about what features this will entail.  Perhaps the most important aspect is that the subscription includes 2GB of space.

WikiSpaces Page

Did you know that the HenthornFamily Wiki is a collaborative Wiki? This means two things and perhaps more 1) Visitors can make comments and 2) they can post their own information. As far as I know no one has done this in the months that the Wiki has been available.  Therefore, I'm not certain how this works. I'm interested in working with anyone who has the time and interest to try out this idea.

Here's the link to the HenthornFamily Wiki:

HenthornFamily Wiki

P.S.
After I reactivated the Wiki I noticed there is a problem with PDF files that I stored on the Wiki. They don't display correctly.  I think you can download to your computer.  Before I contact the Help folks I'll need to refresh my memory about how files are uploaded and stored on the Wiki.  I wonder if the problem has anything to do with the fact that my account was inactive for a while since they stopped offering the "free" space.  I'm making no promises about how soon I'll deal with and resolve the problem.  I apologize for any inconvenience.

Dick Henthorn

4 December 2014

Henthorn Genealogy Group On Facebook

I recently posted a question on Facebook about whether I should create a Henthorn Genealogy group. The responses were positive.

Today I created a secret group called, Henthorn Genealogy. To get started FB suggested some possible members.  I asked "the other" Richard Henthorn to join because I know he has been working on Henthorn genealogy longer than me.

I think the group can serve several purposes:

• 1) it will allow me to control which Facebook members can access my RootsMagic reports, 
• 2) it will allow me to share reports from my genealogy files quickly, using the Files area, 
• 3) it will allow members to post questions, comments and files about their own genealogy interests.

Everyone who has known me for a while probably is already aware that my genealogy interests are not limited to the Henthorn surname.  I chose to name the group Henthorn Genealogy because my surname is Henthorn and I'm interested in genealogy.  Some of the surnames I'm interested in include: Henthorn(e), Hinthorn(e), Yoho, Baker, Conger, Jennings, Watson, Ice, Higginbotham, Rine Carlson/Hagstrom.

This is a genealogy experiment.  Let's see if it is useful.

Dick Henthorn
27 November 2014

Conger Query

Attention Conger Researchers

Job Conger of Springfield, IL has the Conger papers of deceased researcher, Maxine (Crowell) Leonard.  I don't know the volume of material involved.

Job is looking to pass this material on to a member of the Conger family who is seriously involved in doing Conger researcher on a long-term basis.  He stated that the person should be willing to travel to Springfield to pick up the material.

On a personal basis I hope the person who gains access to this material will be willing to revive publication of The Conger Confab newsletter that Mrs. Leonard published for many years.

If you are interested in discussing this matter send an Email message to Job Conger.
Email: jobconger@eosinc.com

If my message peaks your interest I'd appreciate hearing from you too.
Email: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Thank You.
Dick Henthorn
27 November 2014

RootsMagic Blog » New RootsMagic 7 Software Released

RootsMagic Blog » New RootsMagic 7 Software Released:

There's a new version of RootsMagic available.  The link describes the new features.  There is a "free" version that you can try out, RootsMagic 7 Essentials.  The price is reasonable and you can post your tree to web space provided by the company as part of the service.

I used a version of this program when it was called Family Origins to load the GEDCOMs of others before I converted my own files from PAF.

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Genealogy by Paula | Paula Stuart-Warren, CG℠, FMGS, FUGA

Genealogy by Paula | Paula Stuart-Warren, CG℠, FMGS, FUGA:

This is a new professional genealogist website that might be of interest.  Cyndi, of Cyndi's List, played a role in building the website.

I enjoy seeing the projects of folks who know what they are doing.

Dick Henthorn

23 November 2014

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Freepages

Here's a link to a nicely executed website on the RootsWeb Freepages of Ancestry.com.

I found the link on Facebook.  As far as I know it doesn't have information about any names that I study.  I'm sharing because it's a very good example of what can be accomplished on Freepages when someone knows what they are doing.

Ron Johnson's Genealogy on Freepages

Dick Henthorn
23 November 2014

Projects

I'm working on some genealogy projects with my Yoho file.

Recent changes included:

• adding some Cunningham and Wiley information
• adding some Watson information
• adding Goudy information
• expanding the Henthorn, Higginbotham, and Ice information

There is more information available than I can process.  FindAGrave is proving to be a very useful resource.

If these surnames are of interest you may contact me for more details. I'm usually willing to exchange information provided the exchange is mutually beneficial.

Dick Henthorn
23 November 2014

WikiSpaces Is No Longer Free

I noticed that my WikiSpaces needed verification.  I followed instructions and thought I reactivated my account.

Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis

By ADAM | Published: SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Today we are announcing that Wikispaces is no longer offering a free option for non-education wikis.

I'm sharing lots of information on my WikiSpaces account.  It turns out they didn't really mean I needed to Verify.  They meant I needed to upgrade.

Oh Good Grief! Here's what happened.  They changed the Terms of Use and it will cost $50.00 a year to keep it running.  I'm not sure there is enough traffic to warrant the expense.

Once again "Free" isn't "free."

Dick Henthorn

19 Nov 2014

BetterGedcom - Home

BetterGedcom - home:

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Here's a genealogy Wiki created by DearMyrtle, Greg Lamberson and Russ Worthington.

Dick Henthorn

19 November 2014

Baker, Lavina and George Alltop

Link to: George Alltop and Lavina Baker PDF

Experimenting with TinyURL.

Dick Henthorn
19 November 2014

Richmond Family

Here's a link to a PDF I created with information about members of the Richmond family for who I have information about both birth and death.

The link to the PDF file was shorten with Bitly.  The file is stored on my Google Sites account.  It was created from information in my RootsMagic file for the Yoho family.  I'm thinking about and experimenting with ways to share that allow me to maintain some control over who can access the information.

Richmond Family

Dick Henthorn
18 November 2014

HIgginbotham - Summary Report

Surname	Given Name	Birth Date/Place	Death Date/Place
Higginbotham	Albert Carson	21 Apr 1889	1 Oct 1954
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Albert Glendower	30 Jan 1904	15 Mar 1982
		Jacksonburg, Wetzel Co., WV	Glen Dale, Marshall, WV
Higginbotham	Albert Glendower	2 Jul 1863	9 Mar 1932
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Andy Conley	1 Jan 1911	15 Apr 1992
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	Michigan
Higginbotham	Anita	9 Mar 1925	9 Mar 1925
		Pine Grove, Wetzel Co., WV	Pine Grove, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Audra Hazel	30 Nov 1902	7 Jul 1986
		Lowman Ridge, Wetzel, WV	Canton, Stark Co., OH
Higginbotham	C. M.	28 Oct 1882	31 Aug 1883
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Charles Albert Jacob	11 Jan 1917	9 Sep 1998
		New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV	Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., CA
Higginbotham	Charles Morgan	11 Jul 1905	24 Sep 1991
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Higginbotham	Charles Pierpont	25 Dec 1891	20 Sep 1953
		Uniontown, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Della May	18 Feb 1900	8 Dec 1982
		Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler, WV
Higginbotham	Elizabeth	abt 1836	3 Apr 1927
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Elizabeth	14 Dec 1791	31 Dec 1874
		Pennsylvania	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Francis Layton	1 Sep 1859	19 Feb 1918
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	George Arthur	24 Feb 1901	27 Sep 1941
		Jacksonburg, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Hannah	abt 1790	1855
		Monongalia Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Herbert Memnon	7 Feb 1866	24 Jul 1933
		Big Run, Marshall Co., WV	Big Run, Marshall Co., WV
Higginbotham	Isaac Newton	abt 1829	Sep 1899
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Isaac	1795	7 Sep 1874
		Pennsylvania	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Ivy Pearl	14 May 1898	26 Oct 1952
		Wetzel Co., WV	Fairmont, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	James Franklin	10 Dec 1860	abt 17 Aug 1936
		Wetzel Co., WV	Paden City, Tyler/Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	James Herbert	22 Sep 1911	3 Nov 1993
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	James S.	16 Nov 1817	25 Aug 1896
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Jasper	1 Oct 1900	1 Oct 1900
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	John Wesley	12 May 1912	17 Dec 2003
		Mannington, Marion Co., WV	Fairmont, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	John	1 Oct 1900	1 Oct 1900
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Lawrence Jasper	2 Jul 1897	20 Sep 1967
		Wetzel Co., WV	Akron, Summit, Ohio
Higginbotham	Lewis Wesley	21 Dec 1851	17 Aug 1929
		Marion Co., VA	Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Lillian F.	16 Dec 1860	23 Apr 1874
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Lillie Gay	26 Jan 1898	12 Apr 1993
		Wetzel Co., WV	Pine Grove, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Male	22 Feb 1909	22 Feb 1909
		Lowman, Wetzel, WV	Lowman, Wetzel, WV
Higginbotham	Margaret Jane	25 Jun 1904	Sep 1986
		Huey Run, Marion Co., WV	Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Margaret	abt 1747	abt 1804
		Frederick Co., MD	Barrackville, Monongalia Co., VA
Higginbotham	Martha Jane	20 Aug 1863	20 Feb 1946
		Burton, Wetzel Co., WV	Hundred, Wetzel Co., WV (near)
Higginbotham	Mary Elizabeth	19 Feb 1708
		St. Paul's Parish, Kent, Maryland	Virginia
Higginbotham	Mary	abt 1749	18 Jul 1803
		, Frederick, Maryland	Buffalo Creek, Barrackville, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Matilda J.	9 Jan 1867	28 Jun 1941
		Smithfield, Wetzel Co., WV	Wolfdale, Washington Co., PA
Higginbotham	Maude Lucinda	24 Mar 1891	31 May 1979
		Lowman, Wetzel, WV	Akron, Summit, Ohio
Higginbotham	Opal Lois	3 Aug 1898	2 Oct 1988
		Mannington, Marion Co., WV	Mannington, Marion Co., WV
Higginbotham	Oscar Errington	19 Oct 1895	6 Jun 1956
		Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Rachel Lee	8 Sep 1863	21 Mar 1936
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Ralph	abt 1723	bef 10 Jun 1780
		Westmoreland Co., PA	Westmoreland Co., PA
Higginbotham	Reason G.	19 Sep 1837	14 Aug 1877
		Tyler Co., VA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Robert Keith	27 Jan 1925	5 Feb 1989
		New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler Co., WV
Higginbotham	Sabra Ellen	20 Oct 1853	9 Oct 1914
		Wetzel Co., WV	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Sara Mary	21 Jun 1890	31 Oct 1981
		Wetzel Co., WV	Glenn, Glenn, California
Higginbotham	Sarah	16 Jul 1784	16 Oct 1854
		Fayette Co., PA	Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Silas Byron	6 Nov 1869	14 Apr 1949
		Lowman Ridge, Wetzel, WV	Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	Sonia Gayle	2 Oct 1937	21 Jan 2004
		Wetzel Co., WV	West Virginia
Higginbotham	Thomas H.	15 Jun 1798	31 Dec 1881
		Pennsylvania	West Virginia
Higginbotham	Thomas Winifred	6 Nov 1915	7 Aug 1949
		Big Run, Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler, WV
Higginbotham	Vernice Daisy	16 Jan 1909	12 Sep 1978
		Burchfield, Wetzel Co., WV	Sistersville, Tyler, WV
Higginbotham	William Edward	16 Mar 1884	28 Aug 1957
		Wetzel Co., WV	Ventura, Ventura Co., CA
Higginbotham	William Hampton	22 Nov 1921	12 Dec 1995
		New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV	New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV
Higginbotham	William	28 May 1779	20 Sep 1840
		Pennsylvania	Tyler Co., VA
Higginbotham	William	abt 1757	abt 1832

This is a Summary Report created using the Custom Report option of RootsMagic.  The report includes people with the Higginbotham surname for whom I have a birth date.  I'm experimenting to learn how I can share the RootsMagic output in my Google Blogs.  Additional steps are needed after the report is generated. 

Dick Henthorn

16 November 2014

Watson, David & Rebecca Bryan

I've been working on a project to extract the family of Sintha Watson and Isaac B. Wilson from one of my older genealogy files and add it to my Yoho genealogy where I store information about the family of David Watson and Rebecca Bryan. There were 584 people in the Isaac B. Wilson family.

The Watson family has links to: Henthorn, Yoho, and Wilson.  Watstons and Henthorns lived in Fayette Co., PA.  Later Watsons lived in Marion county, West Virginia and Noble, Guernsey and Tuscarawas counties in Ohio, and Sedgwick county, Kansas.

Richard E. Henthorn

7 November 2014