Thursday, November 27, 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

Wednesday, November 26, 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.

'via Blog this'

Sunday, November 23, 2014

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

'via Blog this'

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

Wednesday, November 19, 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
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:

'via Blog this'

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

Tuesday, November 18, 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

Sunday, November 16, 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

Friday, November 7, 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


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Garner, Joshua


Joshua Garner

FATHER: Benoi Garner

BIRTH: Abt. 1781-1784, Pennsylvania
DEATH: 27 Jun 1867, Red House, Putnam Co., WV
BURIAL: Jun 1867, 18 Mile Creek, Putnam Co., WV, Old Bethel Cemetery

Problem: Was the date of birth, Abt. 1781 in PA or as listed by Eloyce Trader, 1784 in MA?

Problem:  Was the date of death: Oct 1867 or 27 Jun 1867.  Denver Yoho has it 27 Jun 1867.

Problem:  Joshua Garner appears on the Ancestral File more than once:  JGGV-KG, 1QDK-MD.

RESIDENCES-SPOUSE: Joshua Garner lived near Lynn Camp on Fish Creek Ohio/Marshall Co. VA/WV apparently on the farm of Mary "Polly" Yoho's father, Henry Yoho Sr. On 21 Feb 1828 Joshua and Polly bought the farm.  Polly died about 1851 and was buried on the farm which was at that time in Marshall Co., VA. In 1976, the farm was owned and operated by Hoy Crow, who lived there. Later Joshua lived in Putnam Co., WV.
(Source: The Parsons-Yoho Families and Allied Lines, Eloyce (Parsons) Trader, 1990. p. 11)

CENSUS: pg 31 Marshall Co 1840
Garner, Joshuway 50-60, wife 50-60, male 10-15, male 15-20, female 5-10,
female 10-15, 2 females 15-20, female 20-30

CENSUS: #326 Marshall Co 1850
Garner, Joshua 66 PA, Mary 63 VA, Mary Cake 10 VA, William Lytle 5 VA

MARRIAGE: Joshua Garner married 2nd, Hester (Workman) Raines (Raynes) on 2 Nov 1852 in Marshall Co. VA/WV, Book 1, page 72.  They moved to Putnam Co., WV where they died.
(Source: Marshall Co., WV Marriage Book, 1, p. 72 or 85)

EMIGRATION: Shortly after Joshua and Hester were married, Hester's parents moved back to Putnam County from Marshall County.  Joshua and Hester then moved to Putnam county because of Hester's desire to live near her parents.
(Source: The Parsons-Yoho Families and Allied Lines, Eloyce (Parsons) Trader, 1990. p. 12)

BURIAL: Joshua Garner died and is buried near Red House in Putnam Co., WV.
(Source: The Parsons-Yoho Families and Allied Lines, Eloyce (Parsons) Trader, 1990. p. 12)

BIOGRAPHY: Joshua Garner
Joshua Garner bought land from Henry and Catherine Yoho on Fish Creek, Marshall Co., WV in 1828.  The Joshua Garner farm was about a mile up the south side of Fish Creek from Lynn Camp.  Lynn Camp, Marshall Co., WV is twelve miles up Fish Creek from West Virginia Route 2.  The farm was the last farm on the road and was owned by a Mr. Crow as of 13 May 1981.

The Garner Cemetery is in a pasture field about three hundred feet from the road on the right, about half way between the last two houses.  The cemetery is unfenced, with four tombstones, all laying on the ground.  One old type stone, near a large tree, was broken into three pieces.  All identification had weathered away over the years, except an "M" on one edge and an "E" on the other edge.  About 1976, Ethel Briggs visited the cemetery and read the name "Mary" on it.  Ethel talked to Buena Ella Franklin, great-granddaughter of Joshua Garner and Mary Yoho.  At that time, Mrs. Franklin stated positively that this is the grave marker of Mary Yoho Garner.  The other three stones were for Harry L.D., son of C.E. and M.E. Young, 22 Feb 1890 - 1 Jun 1890; C.E. Young, 1839-1919; and Rebecca, wife of C.E. Young, 1829-1898.

Joshua Garner married second, Hester Workman Raynes, daughter of Benjamin Workman and Priscilla Doss, and the widow of Nathaniel Raynes.  Joshua and Hester lived in Putnam County, West Virginia as dis some of Joshua and Mary's children.  Joshua and Hester died in Putnam County and are buried in Old Bethel Cemetery on Eighteen Mile Creek.  There is a marker for Hester but only a foot stone with the initials, J.G., on it for Joshua.

Several Marshall County families migrated to Putnam County.  Among them were:
Peter Garner Yoho, Cains, Rutans, Kelly, Goddard, Hartley and Finch.
(Written by Denver C. Yoho)

BIOGRAPHY: The home of Joshua Garner is located about one mile up the creek from the Lynn Camp bridge, on the side of Fox's store. There is a little road and several families living on it, the Garner place being the last one. It is now out of the family and the original home burned. In a field a short distance from the house and near the road is a small family cemetery under a large tree. Since this area is not fenced the stones are broken by cattle. There are signs of several graves marked with fieldstones. One has part of the name Mary on it and the family say this is where Mary Yoho Garner was buried. Joshua is buried near Redhouse, Putnam Co as that is where he and Hester lived. He was married to Mary Yoho about 1804.
(Source: Tri-County Researcher, Pg 1678 - furnished by Vernon Anderson)

Dick Henthorn
4 November 2014