FamilySearch Catalog: For(e)aker family of Guernsey County, Ohio — FamilySearch.org

FamilySearch Catalog: For(e)aker family of Guernsey County, Ohio — FamilySearch.org:

Amazing find, shared on 30 Dec 2017 on Facebook.  I have been looking for this item for years, not knowing whether it existed. The digitized version is 83-pages.  I'm making this link available before I have time to read it myself for two reasons:

• I don't want to lose the link.
• I want to be sure that anyone interested the family of Catharine Foreaker Fedorchak can find it.

Dick Henthorn

30 Dec 2017

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The Computer Backup Rule of Three - Scott Hanselman

The Computer Backup Rule of Three - Scott Hanselman:

Recently the screen on my laptop went black a couple of times after the hard drive had been working hard for a couple of hours.  One Wednesday night I was watching streaming video of the concert, Music City Roots from Franklin, TN, near Nashville. Those incidents got me thinking and talking about the fact that the laptop could give up the ghost at anytime.

Here's an interesting post that showed up today on Facebook, with additional comments from some of the folks who read the piece. I think the author makes some good points. He certainly raised my awareness about how vulnerable I am, at this moment, to a computer disaster.

All of us should consider implementing a sounder computer backup strategy in 2018.

Dick Henthorn
29 Dec 2018

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Stitching Two Images Together Vertically

Stitching Two Images Together Vertically

Here's a genealogy problem I wanted to solve without spending any money.

RootsMagic can create a nice screen image that displays the members in a family. Sometimes I use the Windows Screen Capture program to make a JPEG image of what I see on the screen.  Then I post this image to one of the county Facebook pages to share what I know about a family of interest to myself and Facebook friends.

Once in a while the amount of information I'd like to share exceeds one screen. In the example I'm using here my display included three generations. I knew I could capture a second screen image with the Windows Screen Capture program. The problem I faced was how to stitch the two screen images together to be saved as one JPEG file that I could post on Facebook.  I sought a way to do the stitching for "free." 

I learned that the "free" IrfanView program, which was already installed on my laptop,  could do what I wanted.  I also discovered that the program offers an option of including a colored "bar" between the two stitched images. You can't adjust the images to the right or left, so being careful how you select the area of the two screen images is important.

Using the Lumbatis family of Ohio and West Virginia here are three images that illustrate:

• First screen capture
• Second screen capture
• Two images stitched together with IrfanView

Click once on any of the three images to enlarge the display.

First Screen Capture

Second Screen Capture

Two Images Stitched Together with IrfanView

Dick Henthorn

28 Dec 2017

RootsWeb Security Update – Ancestry Blog

RootsWeb Security Update – Ancestry Blog:

Detailed article, posted 23 Dec 2017, about a recently discovered security breach on RootsWeb.

" For those of you who are unfamiliar, RootsWeb is a free community-driven collection of tools that are used by some people to host and share genealogical information. "

Comment By Dick Henthorn

Some of the information I share on the Internet is hosted on RootsWeb. Therefore, I expect access to that information will be denied until this issue is resolved. I suppose there is a possibility that this will not be a high priority at Ancestry because they don't make any money from this service they have been providing for a number of years.

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Walter A. McDowell

Walter A. McDowell

I obtained the obituary of Walter A. McDowell who died on 14 Dec 2017 from a Facebook post. I worked on adding information about members of his family to my pafyoh file for several days.

I created an ancestor report for Walter, starting with a son.  The PDF report, with every name and place name indices, was 60-pages. Surnames include: Cain, Gorby, Johnson, Mason, McDowell, Pyles, Richmond, Ruckman.

From the same project I created a descendant report for the family of Perry Johnson and Elizabeth Long. The PDF report, with every name and place name indices, was 50-pages. Surnames include: Johnson, Lemasters, Mason, McDowell, Pyles, Richmond, Rine.

I uploaded the two reports to a folder on my Box account where access is limited. I am willing to share with others who agree to reciprocate.

Dick Henthorn

17 Dec 2017

Melvin Gale Leek Ancestors

Melvin Gale Leek Ancestors

Yesterday,11 Dec 2017, I created a 173-page, twelve generation, ancestor report for Michael Leek. It includes the obituary for his father, Melvin Gale Leek,who died on 2 Dec 2017.

Surnames include: Yoho, Starkey, Shreve, Postlethwait, Leek, Ice, Higginbotham, Henthorn, Edgell, Byard, Blake, Barker, Baker.

I shared the report on my Members Only group on Facebook. I am willing to share with others who agree to reciprocate.

Dick Henthorn

12 Dec 2017

Lazarus Rine, Sr.

Lazarus Rine, Sr.

FYI, my Lazarus Rine, Sr. genealogy, with every name and place name indices, is now 1148-pages. That's a little over two reams of paper if printed on one side only.

It isn't available on the Internet. That is to say, I don't even keep a copy of the report on my own computer. It's just information stored in one of my genealogy files until I tell RootsMagic to create the report.

I just felt like doing some Tuesday morning bragging.

Dick Henthorn

6 Dec 2017

RootsMagic Place Name Edit Tip

RootsMagic Place Name Edit Tip

In the Place List if you highlight a place and click on Print it should default to printing a list with everyone using it [the place name in question]. You can save it [the report] as a PDF if you can't [don't want to] print [the report]. If no one [in your file] is using it [the place name] then click on "Unused Places" in the Place List and you can delete them [the problem place name].
(Furnished by Renee Zamora of the RootsMagic staff, via the Facebook RootsMagic Users page on 1 Dec 2017)

Not mentioned by Renee Zamora is that you can also use the report information to determine which RINs are involved with the place name and then use that information to find and view the records for possible edits. Information in the square brackets [ ] added by yours truly to improve readability.
(Furnished by Richard E. Henthorn, on 2 Dec 2017)

Dick Henthorn
2 Dec 2017

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Northern Library Network - Genealogy Donations of Richard E. Henthorn

Richard E. Henthorn Genealogy Donations:

Genealogy documents donated to the New Martinsville Public Library in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co., WV by the compiler, Richard E. Henthorn of Hyattsville, MD.

I'm pleased that I was able to figure out how to share this link with readers of my blog.

If you view any of these documents I'd appreciate feedback about which one you found and on its physical condition.  As of this date, I don't think anyone has ever contacted me to let me know they found and viewed any of these donations.

Dick Henthorn
2 Dec 2017
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