Henthorn Genealogy News

The Link to the Classic FamilySearch Site is Gone! | FamilySearch.org

2012-02-08T14:56:00.001-05:00

Changes to the LDS genealogy links.

The Link to the Classic FamilySearch Site is Gone! | FamilySearch.org:

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Basic Tools for a Digital Copying Experience

2012-01-18T13:56:00.002-05:00

Family Search article:

Basic Tools Needed for a Digital Copying Experience:

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RootsMagic Version 5

2012-01-10T14:26:00.000-05:00

I started the learning process with RootsMagic5. My first impression - it's going to be somewhat nerve wracking and a challenge. The format of the displays and the control buttons is quite different from version 3 which I have used for several years.

I created a GEDCOM from a small, 83 person file, moved it from one computer to the other via Email, loaded it into RootsMagic5. I got it to work. This file should give me what I need to practice and learn. I'm confused about why I can't see the files with the Windows Explorer.

The Help file didn't really explain what steps I should use to move the data from one computer to the other. They seemed to assume that I would upgrade from the old version to the version on the same computer. Transferring the files with Gmail should work unless they exceed file size limits.

Time to take a break.
10 January 2011

RootsMagic Version 5

2012-01-09T11:21:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I ordered, downloaded and installed version five of the Roots Magic genealogy program on the new Toshiba laptop. Before yesterday there was no genealogy program on the new computer. In the days ahead I will be setting up the folders for the new program and moving the genealogy files from version three of Roots Magic on the old desktop computer. I'm looking forward to being able to once again share the work I did in the past. It's also going to be fun to try out some of the features of the program that I wasn't able to use in the past. If health and interest hold up in 2012 I should be able to accomplish some interesting genealogy projects. I'll keep you posted on my genealogy blogs.

Best Free Genealogy or Family Tree Software

2012-01-06T08:49:00.000-05:00

Here's a Gizmo's article about free genealogy programs.

I currently use a version of RootsMagic that a friend purchased for me. I'm planning to install the latest version on my laptop soon.

I have also used Personal Ancestral File (PAF) and still have a version of that program on my oldest computer.

Best Free Genealogy or Family Tree Software

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Getting Started with a Genealogy Blog

2012-01-03T16:12:00.000-05:00

Getting Started with a Genealogy Blog:

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Website of Clive Russell Henthorne

2011-12-23T15:12:00.001-05:00

Today I'm thinking of my friend, Clive Russell Henthorne

Manchester, England.

Here's a link to his website.

It's been a long time since there have been any updates.

Enjoy the information he shared.

Visit the Website:

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Personal Publishing: HTML for Genealogy Bloggers

2011-10-20T11:50:00.001-04:00

Personal Publishing: HTML for Genealogy Bloggers:

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Brennan Retiring as President Of Wheeling Area Historical Society

2011-10-17T10:42:00.000-04:00

Brennan Retiring as President Of Wheeling Area Historical Society - News, Sports, Jobs - The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register:

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A Jaded View: Ohio County Courthouse & Library Woes

2011-10-04T09:59:00.001-04:00

A Jaded View: Ohio County Courthouse & Library Woes:

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Writing Stories in Personal Historian 2

2011-09-18T09:26:00.001-04:00

Writing Stories in Personal Historian 2:

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There's a new version of Personal Historian. I don't own a copy of this program, but it does look interesting. This is a link to information on Facebook. (Let's see if I can share it with Blog This!)

Blog Your Family History

2011-09-16T11:19:00.001-04:00

Personal Publishing: Blog Your Family History | TechTips | FamilySearch:

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A very nice article on the Family Search website about using blogs to share your genealogy information. If you are reading this blog you already know that I have been doing this with two Google blogs for a number of years.

16 September 2011

Mr. Dickie

Screen Capture Apps | TechTips | FamilySearch

2011-09-14T10:37:00.001-04:00

Here's an article about how to use screen capture applications to enhance your genealogy presentations. It's a topic I want to learn more about now that I have a computer that can easily do this type of thing. Have you tried it? Do you have an example I can point to?

Screen Capture Apps | TechTips | FamilySearch:

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Relatives and Ancestors

2011-08-25T08:49:00.004-04:00

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as your ancestors. You create yourself out of these values. (Ralph Ellison)

Our pool of ancestors is vast. When we take time to study our history, we need to recognize the individual greatness, dignity, and style of our ancestors -- and use their lives as models for our own. (Both of the above from Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage, 25 August) 25 August 2011

Foolish Speculations and Genealogies

2011-08-16T08:54:00.003-04:00

What Do You Make Of This?

But have nothing to do with foolish speculations and genealogies and contentious and legalistic battles. (The words of Paul in Titus 3:8-11, The Letters To Titus by William Barclay, p. 302) 16 August 2011

Google: The Digital Research Assistant | TechTips | FamilySearch

2011-08-10T17:26:00.001-04:00

This link is from the Family Search Tech Tips blog. It points to a blog posting about using Google to help with our genealogy. I just found it today. For my own personal enjoyment I added the blog to my Google Reader which thus makes it easy for me to follow.

Google: The Digital Research Assistant | TechTips | FamilySearch

Don't stop at 1930 ...

2011-08-07T08:32:00.000-04:00

Here's a blog post that I discovered with my Google Reader. I thought it was worth sharing. I used Blog This! to post it to my blog.

The author was: Mary Cain Minton and her blog is "family lines."

Mr. Dickie

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Don't stop at 1930 ...: "

Still trying to find that perfect way to keep track of the family tree’s twigs and branches as I try to extend them. I want to avoid over-emphasis on any one section, but tracking a particular line of descendants gets so fascinating I tend to ignore the others for long periods of time. I guess you could call this going out on a limb...

One thing I have learned from doing this is that finding a family in the 1930 census may seem like the end of the line (until 2012, when the 1940 census is released), but it really is not. Remember, the Social Security Death Index (free on Rootsweb) gives clues to many people who died after Social Security was instituted. Of course, some were excluded in the early days (housewives, farmers, railroad workers among others), and the birth names of married women did not necessarily show up. But, still, it is a resource worth checking.

Post-1930 obituaries are easier to find than earlier ones, too. I have good luck tracking people with moderately unusual names (Clayton Luscombe and Oakland Shoemaker, for instance), in Mocavo, the genealogical search engine. But Mocavo is good for more than obits and with its focus on family history, its hits are easier to sift through than Google’s (but do try both).

As I mentioned last time, findagrave.com has been a great help. Besides relatives’ dates and burial places, I have found photos of tombstones, and even family pictures, on this website. It used to emphasize the rich and famous, but increasingly it covers more and more everyday folk in large and small cemeteries across the US.

One last tip: the database of World War I draft registration records, available on Ancestry, is a great source for finding out more about men born between 1872 and 1901. It is handy for finding their marital status, occupations, and, sometimes, those elusive middle names. A look at the original image will also give you the individual’s physical description, and his home address. Given the 29-year period it is not unusual to find a father and son registering at the same time. And here is a sub-tip: use your genealogy program’s “find” or “sort” feature to create a list of males born between the years of 1872 and 1900, and you have your likely candidates.

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Bittersweet story in the San Francisco Chronicle recently (July 14, 2011). Edward L. O’Toole was an infantry soldier from San Francisco, just 23 years old, when he died in a battle in Germany in late 1944. His remains have just recently been recovered and identified.

Although he was one of seven children, there are no longer any close surviving relatives. When he was reported missing and presumed dead, his mother and sister, now long gone, erected a memorial stone at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, and it is there his remains have now been interred.

A local paralegal, Bernadette Hooper, was intrigued by the story, and has managed find out more details about his life and family history. (Don’t you bet she’s a genealogist?) It is all detailed in the Chronicle story, written by Carl Nolte. You can read it here.

It's A Hobby

2011-07-29T08:52:00.001-04:00

If we enjoy a hobby, is that not marvelous in itself?

(Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 26 June)

Dally Memorial Library

2011-07-25T13:21:00.001-04:00

The website of the Dally Memorial Library in Sardis, (Monroe county) OH. The library also has a Page on Facebook.

dallyhome

Enjoying a Hobby

2011-07-19T11:05:00.001-04:00

If we enjoy a hobby is that not marvelous in itself? (Larsen and Hegarty, Believing In Myself, 26 June)

Conger Family

2011-07-08T20:02:00.001-04:00

Conger Family

If you are interested in Conger genealogy this website about The John Conger Family of Rowan County, North Carolina is worthy of a visit. I can't remember whether I have posted this link in the past.

Raymond Martin Bell

2011-07-03T17:33:00.005-04:00

Five Methodist families of western Pennsylvania, 1785: Henthorn, Jones, Lackey, Murphy, Pumphrey; by Raymond Martin Bell. Coralville, Iowa : R.M. Bell, 1997. LC: F148 .B45 1997 Dewey: 929/.3748

A copy of this item is available at The Library of Congress. Professor Bell is deceased. We had a short correspondence about the time he moved to Iowa.

3 Jul 2011

Genealogy Index for Clark County, Indiana, United States of America

2011-07-03T17:29:00.001-04:00

Genealogy Index for Clark County, Indiana, United States of America

This is something that might be of interest to Henthorn researchers. One or more GEDCOM files for the Henthorn family are listed. I was able to display the file contents on my computer screen. The file listed the name of the person who created the file and gave credit to another researcher for the information.

You should be able to download the GEDCOM file(s) to your own computer for loading into your own genealogy program. If anyone does this I'd like to hear from you. We could post a report of your findings on this blog.

3 Jul 2011

Some Pennsylvanians in 1772

2011-07-03T17:12:00.001-04:00

Some Pennsylvanians in 1772

From James Veach's The Monongahela of Old or Historical Sketches of Southwestern Pennsylvania to the Year 1800.

Listed are Henthorn, Watson and Cresap. There is at least one misspelling of the Henthorn surname.

3 Jul 2011

How to Photograph a Tombstone: 5 steps (with pictures) - wikiHow

2011-07-01T18:25:00.001-04:00

How to Photograph a Tombstone: 5 steps (with pictures) - wikiHow

I thought you might like this article. I posted the link using a BlogThis! button I installed on the Google Chrome toolbar. Very nice.

Monroe County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society - Homepage

2011-06-28T12:30:00.001-04:00

I don't remember when I last posted a link to this site. In recent months I've been helping by making some changes to the website. There's more work to do and I have move to learn. The next project is to get the website search tool, on the homepage working.

If you haven't visited this website for a while, it's worth a look. I checked all links to make certain they worked. I shared some of my own pages with Monroe county information and I also added many easy to use links to pages on the website of Richard Harrington.

Monroe County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society - Homepage

14,000 People Wrongly Reported Deceased Annually

2011-06-28T12:11:00.001-04:00

Dick Eastman article about what happens when the Social Security Administration declares someone dead when they aren't.

14,000 People Wrongly Reported Deceased Annually

(Posted from NetWorkedBlogs to my Henthorn Genealogy News blog using a BlogThis! button I installed on the Chrome browser.)

Little Black Pickup

2011-06-20T13:44:00.001-04:00

Gerald Henthorn writing about his Little Black Pickup

It's just a click away.

Deep pockets Not Required

2011-06-20T12:57:00.002-04:00

Deep pockets not required: (By Mary Cain Minton)

In all my years of chasing clues to my family’s history, I’ve tried to keep a close eye on expenses. I grant you, it is sometimes necessary to fork over a few dollars for that critical document, or to join an organization with emphasis on your research area. Or even to save up for a trip to the home turf. But still … this enthusiasm of ours does not have to break the bank.

I did tentatively accept a subscription to a major for-profit genealogy firm once, but trying to cancel at the end of my “trial” period was a real headache (no phone number! no address!). Sometimes membership offers are so confusing you think you’re getting one “tier” of records and really you’re into more money for another group you don’t even need. Then too, some outfits appear on the horizon for a few years (or months) and then disappear, leaving their members in the lurch, completely out of luck or tacked onto the subscriber list of some other irrelevant service.

By now the big players are pretty well established, and if you are so inclined, fee-based memberships can provide quick and easy access to certain types of documents. (As well as some rather questionable “family trees.”) On the other hand, there are many free and low-cost ways to find much of what you are seeking.

I live in a California county with a library system that provides home access to Heritage Quest for its card-carrying patrons. That means indexes and images for many (though not all) US census records, a way to search over 28,000 family and local histories, access to the PERSI index to articles in many genealogical publications, and more. On site at any of the library branches, I can also log onto the “Library Edition” of Ancestry.

Another resource I use almost daily is the FamilySearch website, that well-known Mormon entity. Their religious emphasis on posthumous baptism has inspired the creation of the world’s largest collection of genealogical materials. And their Family History Library in Salt Lake City is a genealogist’s dream -- open to all, no strings, no subtle pressures or proselytizing. They are presently underway on a mammoth project to place online their millions (literally) of microfilmed records from all over the world. With the help of an army of trained and supervised volunteers, they are making new material available over the Internet just about every day -- and their indexing is of the highest quality.

One of the features that really helps me is their indexing of virtually all census records, in a “fuzzy” way that brings up “sound-alike” surnames -- something you don’t get with Heritage Quest. So I am always sure to check both indexes when a family member is eluding me.

I strongly suggest joining genealogical and/or historical societies in the states or counties of interest, too. That will often put you in touch with individuals who can help with your specific issue. Another place to look is local public libraries in your research area. They often have local history collections and may have old newspapers in their holdings. Go online first, and see what their catalog shows. Then send a note or email to the reference department. I’ve had good results from queries about old obituaries, land records, and other local information. Costs are usually quite low, or non-existent (but send them something anyway! They need it!).

There are far too may free and low-cost sites to name here, but I’d like to remind you of one more: Find a Grave. In their words, it is “a resource for finding the final resting place of family, friends, and ‘famous’ individuals. With millions of names and photos, it is an invaluable tool for the genealogist and family history buff.” I’ve had considerable luck finding names there and even photos of family gravestones, and after registering (free) was able to provide additional information and an image for one Civil War solder’s resting place.

So the next time someone tells you she thinks 'doing genealogy' is too expensive, just smile -- the same way you do when people say their family history is 'complete.'

Comment: This is a blog posting from one of the blogs I follow. I wanted to see if I could share it with you from Google Reader where I read the posting. There's always more to learn.

Mr. Dickie, 20 June 2011

Box.Net

2011-06-09T10:29:00.002-04:00

This morning I did some housekeeping on my Box.net account. About a half dozen people whom I offered collaborator access never responded. I deleted the invitations. That way it will be easier for me to track more recent invitations.

If I know you and we have shared genealogy information in the past, I'm always willing to entertain a request to gain access.

Also, keep in mind that I make lots of genealogy information available on the Internet without the need to accept an invitation.

Recently I shared some webpages on the website of the Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society (MCC-OGS) website. Some of the information came from a series of family articles written by Catharine (Foreaker) Fedorchak in the 1970's.

RootsMagic Blog � RootsMagic Classes now available on CD

2011-06-03T10:00:00.000-04:00

RootsMagic Blog � RootsMagic Classes now available on CD

RootsMagic announces that two CDs of recent Webinars are now available for purchase. This may be of interest to friends who use this program for their geneealogy.

Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

2011-03-18T11:01:00.004-04:00

I have offered to help with the maintenance of the genealogy website of the Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. The website resides on the RootsWeb area of Ancestry.com. I don't know much about either RootsWeb or Ancestry.com. It should be an interesting learning experience.

Yesterday, using some suggestions from friends at the computer club, I was able to plug the information supplied to me by my contact in Ohio and gain access using Fire FTP which I have installed on my Mozilla Firefox browser. I'm reasonably confident that I have enough HTML knowledge to be able to make a contribution now that I can access the website. I don't have skill to do fancy things, but I believe what I know how to do will allow me to do some useful projects for the group. I'm looking forward to the challenge and the mental stimulation.

It's really fascinating that today's technology allows us to communicate and work together from widely separated geographic locations.

Mr. Dickie
18 Mar 2011

Henthorns Rest: Blackberry Cobbler and Sassafras Tea

2011-03-16T16:39:00.000-04:00

Henthorns Rest: Blackberry Cobbler and Sassafras Tea

Here's a nice piece written by Rodney Henthorn. At the bottom of his blog posting there was a spot that said Links to this post.

I clicked on it and that allowed me to post this link to what Rodney wrote on my own genealogy blog. That's cool!

Mr. Dickie
16 Mar 2011

Family Associations by Alan Smith

2011-03-09T10:15:00.001-05:00

Family Associations by Alan Smith (Alan) on Myspace:

"Family Associations - Why join a Family Association"

Researcher and writer, Alan Smith, posted this article on his blog. Alan and I share an interest in the Hinthorn(e) surname.

Hardesty's History of Monroe County, Ohio

2011-03-02T09:51:00.010-05:00

This morning I uploaded to the MonroeCountyOhio folder of MyBox an "Index of Personal History Department" created by yours truly from History of Monroe County, Ohio, published by H.H. Hardesty and Co., in 1882. The file, an HTML table, is named, Hardesty.htm.

I hope you like how it turned out as much as I do. Perhaps I'll post a short description of the steps I went through to create this file on this blog. You might be surprised at how easy it was once I had the right free tool on my computer.

I regret that I didn't make this finding aide available sooner in the HTML format which can easily be viewed with your browser. Sometimes it takes me a long time to find a way to accomplish what I want to do.

There is also a "text" file of extractions from other pages of the Hardesty publication (Monroe.txt) available on MyBox. It's been there since December 2010. The extractions are paragraphs that were of interest to me during my active days of researching. I'd forgotten about this document. (My memory issues are becoming more evident with the passing months.)

BTW, I own a copy of the History. I'm willing to do look-ups for friends who have access to MyBox.

Mr. Dickie
2 Mar 2011

New Links

2011-02-27T08:04:00.003-05:00

I installed three links to West Virginia and Ohio genealogy websites in the sidebar links on my genealogy news and genealogy obits blogs. I consider myself privileged to know some of the people responsible for donating to and maintaining these websites.

These links will take you to these counties:

Monroe county, Ohio
Wetzel county, West Virginia
Marshall county, West Virginia

Mr. Dickie
27 Feb 2011

BBC News - Homeless Daniel Morales finds daughter by Twitter

2011-02-26T18:58:00.000-05:00

BBC News - Homeless Daniel Morales finds daughter by Twitter:

26 February 2011

On a mobile phone Mr. Morales posted a series of Twitter messages saying he was looking for his daughter, Sarah

They had been apart for a decade, but in the end all it took to reunite a homeless father and his daughter was a few 140-character messages on the social networking site, Twitter.

Yoho, Peter and Mary Jane McFadden

2011-02-26T10:54:00.007-05:00

Most Wanted

William V. Dean, Sr. provided information about the Peter and Mary Jane (McFadden) Yoho family of Monroe Co., OH. As of January 1999 (still a mystery as of February 2011) we have been unable to link this branch of the Yoho family to the Yoho family tree.

Today I created a Most Wanted folder under the Yoho folder on MyBox. I added information about this Most Wanted family that was available until October 2008 on my AOL genealogy website.

Who will solve this linkage problem?

Mr. Dickie
26 Feb 2011

Yoho, Samuel and Elizabeth Preble

2011-02-24T09:54:00.004-05:00

I uploaded a five generation descendant chart for Samuel Yoho and Elizabeth Preble to MyBox. This report, in HTML format, includes the family of Charles and Anna (Brown) Yoho of Vermilion Co., IL. This report was available prior to October 2008 on my AOL website. This upload is part of my project to salvage work I did in the past.

Did you know there are two ways to spell Vermilion? When you are talking about the county in Illinois use one "L" and when you are talking about the neighboring county in Indiana use two "LL."

Members of the Henthorn family also lived in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL.

Access to MyBox is by invitation.

Mr. Dickie
24 Feb 2011

Yoho Burials

2011-02-23T13:15:00.003-05:00

This afternoon I uploaded YOHOCEM.HTM to MyBox. This is a report I created about twelve years ago of Yoho Burials - with Cemetery Names Identified. There are over 420 burials listed. The report could be useful if you plan a cemetery visit or if you don't know where someone was buried.

The report is best viewed by downloading it to your browser for viewing or printing.

Mr. Dickie
23 Feb 2011

Johannas Yoho and Susanna Catherine Lau

2011-02-23T09:32:00.004-05:00

Today I uploaded, YOHO1.HTM and YOHO2.HTM to MyBox on the Box.net.

This is a two-part, four generation, descendant chart for the family of Johannas Yoho and Susanna Catherine Lau in the HTML format, suitable for download and viewing with your web browser. There are approximately 24 pages in Part One and 9 pages in Part Two, if you decide to print the report.

To download click on the "Down" arrow at the right of the file information. Then click on the "Download" button. Don't use the Box.net "preview" function because it doesn't work as well.

For many years this webpage was available on my AOL website. After making a few changes I'm happy to be able to make it available again to those who have access to the appropriate folders on MyBox.

The file resides in the Yoho folder which is one of the folders in the Marshall-Wetzel-WV folder on MyBox.

Mr. Dickie
23 Feb 2011

New Obituary Postings

2011-02-21T15:50:00.004-05:00

New Obituary Postings

Some time has passed since I last did much posting to my blog, Henthorn Genealogy Obits. Today I posted eleven items which could be salvaged from a Zip Disk with very little work on my part. I think I first shared these obituaries on my AOL website in the year 2000. They haven't been available on the Internet since the end of 2008.

There are thirty-six additional pieces available on the same Zip Disk. As time and interest permit I'll post the rest of them to the obituary blog.

Mr. Dickie
21 Feb 2011

John Henthorn (Hinthorn(e)) and Margaret Downard

2011-02-21T13:55:00.005-05:00

Today I uploaded, Hinthorn.htm to MyBox on the Box.net. This is a five generation descendant chart for the family of John and Margaret (Downard) Henthorn (Hinthorn(e) in the HTML format, suitable for viewing with your web browser. For many years this webpage was available on my AOL website. After making a few changes I'm happy to be able to make it available again to those who have access to the appropriate folders on MyBox.

The file resides in the Hinthorn(e) folder which is one of the folders in the HenthornOther folder on MyBox.

Mr. Dickie
21 Feb 2011

Libraries by Alan Smith

2011-02-20T21:56:00.002-05:00

Libraries by Alan Smith on Myspace:

"Libraries are essential depositories of information not only for the genealogist, but for all of mankind. The ALA (American Library Association) has over 120,000 libraries of all kinds in the US. There are 29 different types of libraries from Public, Private, Reference, School, State and Presidential Libraries, Carnegie, Academic and even book mobiles to name a few."

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Alan Smith lives in the western part of the United States. He is interested in the history and genealogy of the Hinthorn(e) family. He is an avid and published writer. One of his projects is the annual publication of Alkali Flats Gazette the annual Smith family newsletter which he has shared with me for many years.

Mr. Dickie
20 Feb 2011

Location of John's Yoho's Land

2011-02-20T18:48:00.002-05:00

Location of John's Land:

"John Yoho's Winchester Land" by Hugh L. Yoho

Yoho Family Genealogy Forum

2011-02-20T18:46:00.001-05:00

Yoho Family Genealogy Forum:

"Yoho Family Genealogy Forum"

John and Jacob Yoho Problem

2011-02-20T18:44:00.001-05:00

John and Jacob Yoho Problem:

"The John and Jacob Yoho Problem By Hugh Yoho"

Relationships

2011-02-20T11:35:00.004-05:00

Relationships
by
Richard E. Henthorn

I have seen a number of tables which outline family relationships. This is an attempt to convey the same information for six generations in a textual manner, rather than in a table.

The information is from the male point of view.

Your Father is the:

Brother of your uncle
Uncle of your first cousin
Great Uncle of your first cousin's child
GG Uncle of your first cousin's grandchild
GGG Uncle of your first cousin's great grandchild
GGGG Uncle of your first cousin's GG grandchild

You are the:

Child of your parents
Sibling of your siblings
Nephew of your uncle
Uncle of your sibling's children
First cousin of your first cousin
First cousin once removed of your first cousin's child
First cousin twice removed of your first cousin's grandchild
First cousin three times removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
First cousin four times removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your son is the:

Great nephew of your uncle
First cousin once removed of your first cousin
Second cousin of your first cousin's child
Second cousin once removed of your first cousin's grandchild
Second cousin twice removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
Second cousin three times removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your grandson is the:

GG nephew of your uncle
First cousin twice removed of your first cousin
Second cousin once removed of your first cousin's child
Third cousin of your first cousin's grandchild
Third cousin once removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
Third cousin twice removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your great grandson is the:

GGG nephew of your uncle
First cousin three times removed of your first cousin
Second cousin twice removed of your first cousin's child
Third cousin once removed of your first cousin's grandchild
Fourth cousin of your first cousin's great grandchild
Fourth cousin once removed of your first cousin's GG grandchild

Your GG grandson is the:

GGGG nephew of your uncle
First cousin four times removed of your first cousin
Second cousin three times removed of your first cousin's child
Third cousin twice removed of your first cousin's grandchild
Fourth cousin once removed of your first cousin's great grandchild
Fifth cousin of your first cousin's GG grandchild

George and Eva Catherine (Yoho) Lemley

2011-02-20T10:19:00.003-05:00

This morning I uploaded, Lemley.htm to MyBox on the Box.net. This is a six generation descendant chart for the family of George and Eva Catherine (Yoho) Lemley in the HTML format, suitable for viewing with your web browser. For many years this webpage was available on my AOL website. After making a few changes I'm happy to be able to make it available again to those who have access to the appropriate folders on MyBox.

The file resides in the Yoho folder which is one of the folders in the Marshal-Wetzel-WV folder on MyBox.

Mr. Dickie
20 Feb 2011

Salvaging My Genealogy Work

2011-02-19T14:28:00.005-05:00

When AOL dropped free website support at the end of 2008 it was a disaster as far as sharing my genealogy information was concerned. Since then I have tried several other ways to share. I created two Google blogs: Henthorn Genealogy News and Henthorn Genealogy Obits. More recently I opened an account on Box.net where I share information in MyBox with collaborators to whom I grant access. The blogs are public and MyBox is by invitation only.

I came up with a way to salvage, and share, some of my genealogy data that's in HTML format. With minor modifications I can get it ready to upload to MyBox where my collaborators can download and view the page with their own browser. I've tested the idea and found it works nicely with Firefox. It's like having a website that can only be viewed by folks who have been granted access.

To test the idea I uploaded Seven Generations of Thomas and Elizabeth (Baskins) McCoy to the MonroeCountyOhio folder on MyBox. Collaborators with access to this folder can test out how it works. When you have the McCoy.htm file name displayed on the screen don't click to preview the file. You can't see the entire webpage from the "preview."

Rather,

Find the "down" arrow to the right of the file name.
Click on that arrow.
Next click on the "Download" line.
A dialog box pops up on the screen

Chose

"Save" the file on your computer, or
"View" the file with your browser.

If you have any problems understanding the steps let me know and I will try to help out.

Your feedback about your experience will be appreciated.

Mr. Dickie
19 Feb 2011

Place Name Order

2011-02-13T10:44:00.002-05:00

Place Name Order

Here's how I entered cemetery names in my genealogy records.

City/Town Name, County Name followed by "Co.," State Abbreviation, Cemetery Name

You might ask the question, "Why did you enter the cemetery name last, rather than first?" The reason I do this is because in a sorted place name list I want to see the names of all of the cemeteries in a particular geographic location together in the list.

For example in my Conger file, in the case of Cameron, Ohio, I used four place names. Here's how they look in a sorted place name listing.

Cameron, Monroe Co., OH
Cameron, Monroe Co., OH, Atkinson Cemetery
Cameron, Monroe Co., OH, New Cameron Cemetery
Cameron, Monroe Co., OH, Old Cameron Cemetery

Did I make my point? If I'd entered the cemetery names first the four place names would have appeared in the place name list in four different locations, in the "A," "C," "N," and "O" parts of the listing.

Mr. Dickie
13/Feb/2011 10:39

On genealogy: Keep family research alive after you`re gone - Broomfield Enterprise

2011-02-13T09:23:00.002-05:00

On genealogy: Keep family research alive after you`re gone - Broomfield Enterprise:

Jule Miller, Enterprise columnist
Posted: 02/13/2011 12:00:00 AM MST

"What is going to happen to your genealogy research when you are gone? This is not a subject most of us want to think about. However, it is something for which all genealogists should take time to plan."

******

Mr. Dickie says:
Do you have a plan? After your death what will happen to the genealogy information you gathered and organized? None of us should count on anyone else to take care of this matter for us.

I have donated some of my work to genealogy libraries. Consider, The Library of Congress; the LDS library in Salt Lake City; the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, IN; the DAR library in Washington, DC; the NGS library in Washington, DC.

Ancestor Search Blog: Who Do You Think You Are? Episode Schedule 2011

2011-02-11T14:45:00.000-05:00

Ancestor Search Blog: Who Do You Think You Are? Episode Schedule 2011:

"Who Do You Think You Are?
Season 2 Episode Schedule 2011
NBC has just released the following dates for WDYTYA

Second episode tonight, 11 Feb 2011

Counties Count

2011-02-11T08:54:00.003-05:00

Counties Count

Often when genealogy information is shared I run into a problem with place names. The person who first recorded the name of a place where a life event occurred didn't write down the county name. The result is that we really don't know where the person was living at the time of the event. This is because in some states the same place names were used more than once. It's bad enough when two places in the same state have the same name. Imagine the confusion when there are more than two.

Another problem with place names comes up when a county and a town in that county have the same name. How am I supposed to know whether the person who shared the information was referring to a town within a county or to the county?

When I first started doing genealogy I didn't take this problem into account. I've come to regret that. In recent years I've been working to correct the problem. I decided I'd use the abbreviation, "Co.," after the county name. For example: Bellevue, Sarpy Co., NE or just Sarpy Co., NE when I don't know the town name.

This week I have been editing the place names in my RootsMagic Conger family file. Yesterday I complete a first pass through the place name file associated with this family.

The place name edit project reminded me of another place name issue. Often when cemetery names were recorded, and shared, the person who wrote down the cemetery name failed to include the town and county name. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, to determine where the cemetery is located. Another cemetery name issue is failure to accurately record the cemetery name. This probably happens because many cemeteries don't have name signs.

Mr. Dickie
11 Feb 2011

Ahnentafel Chart Numbers Explained

2011-02-03T18:50:00.006-05:00

Ahnentafel Chart Numbers Explained
Richard E. Henthorn
3 February 2011

How to Read the Chart Below

/Generation/

{Number of People In This Generation}

[Ahnentafel Numbers from Number to Number]

- Who's in this generation

For example:
/06/ {00032} [00032-00063] - 3rd Great Grandparents

That is to say in the sixth generation of your Ahnentafel Chart a possible thirty-two people can appear with ahnentafel numbers ranging from 32 to 63 and all being your great-great-great grandparents.

A complete fifteen (15) generation ahnentafel chart would include the names of thirty two thousand seven hundred and sixty seven (32,767) individuals.

/01/ {00001} [00001-00001] - Child
/02/ {00002} [00002-00003] - Parents
/03/ {00004} [00004-00007] - Grandparents
/04/ {00008} [00008-00015] - 1st Great Grandparents
/05/ {00016} [00016-00031] - 2nd Great Grandparents
/06/ {00032} [00032-00063] - 3rd Great Grandparents
/07/ {00064} [00064-00127] - 4th Great Grandparents
/08/ {00128} [00128-00255] - 5th Great Grandparents
/09/ {00256} [00256-00511] - 6th Great Grandparents
/10/ {00512} [00512-01023] - 7th Great Grandparents
/11/ {01024} [01024-02047] - 8th Great Grandparents
/12/ {02048} [02048-04095] - 9th Great Grandparents
/13/ {04096} [04096-08191] - 10th Great Grandparents
/14/ {08192} [08192-16383] - 11th Great Grandparents
/15/ {16384} [16384-32767] - 12th Great Grandparents

Copyright 2011 - Richard E. Henthorn

Bible Genealogy

2011-01-28T13:24:00.000-05:00

Warren W. Wiersbe writing about Bible genealogy in Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 227 writes.

These names belong to real people who once lived on this earth. Now most of them are forgotten, their names buried in an ancient list. One day "you" will be a name in a record file somewhere. History may forget you, but heaven never will. ...

These names were written on earth because these people were born on earth. ...

These names belonged to what we would call "ordinary people." They were not all great men of faith like Abraham and David, but they all played a part in the working out of God's plan in this world. You may not consider yourself of consequence, but you are; every child of God has a place in God's heart and in His plan. Make yourself available to Him for the task He wants you to do, no matter how humble or unrecognized it may seem to you or to others.
28/Jan/2011 13:22

Ahnentafel Explained - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

2011-01-24T15:44:00.001-05:00

Ahnentafel Explained - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Here's what Dick Eastman has to say about Ahnentafel, with some comments and questions by other folks.

Numbering Systems In Genealogy - Richard Pence

2011-01-24T15:40:00.001-05:00

Numbering Systems In Genealogy - Richard Pence

Family Chronicle - Ahnentafel Charts...

2011-01-24T15:38:00.001-05:00

Family Chronicle - Ahnentafel Charts...:

"Ahnentafel Charts Ron Wild explains what they are and why you need one."

Suter Family

2011-01-12T12:17:00.003-05:00

This morning I uploaded a 90-page PDF genealogy about the ancestors of R.A. Suter (female) to the Marshall-Wetzel-WV folder on My Box.

The report includes some information about people in the following families: Suter, Parsons, Yoho, Watson, Wykert, Gorby and Baker.

Access to information in My Box is by invitation.

West, Samuel and Rebecca Henderson

2011-01-11T12:14:00.004-05:00

This morning I uploaded a 51-page PDF genealogy about the family of Samuel West and Rebecca Henderson to the Marshall-Wetzel-WV folder on My Box. Samuel and Rebecca were related (cousins) prior to marriage.

The report includes some information about George Lemley and Catharine Yoho as well as about John Otho West and Sarah Lemley.

Some information in this file was shared by Samuel Lee West. I regret that I am no longer in touch with Mr. West.

Access to information in My Box is by invitation.

Okey, Thomas and Elizabeth Stockley

2011-01-10T16:00:00.004-05:00

Thomas Okey and Elizabeth Stockley

Today I created a 172-page PDF report from one of my RootsMagic files. This report is about the family of Thomas Okey and Elizabeth Stockley. The report includes members of the Henry Yoho and Anne Phillips families. These families have roots in Monroe county, Ohio.

I uploaded the file to the MonroeCountyOhio folder on My Box where it is available to those whom I have granted access. Access is by invitation only.

Dick Henthorn

Genealogy Center - Allen County Public Library

2011-01-08T23:10:00.001-05:00

Home - The Genealogy Center - Allen County Public Library

The new Genealogy Center website of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN.

I donated at least one document I compiled to this library.

John Henthorn and Frances Low

2011-01-08T11:04:00.004-05:00

This morning I created three PDF reports for the family of John Henthorn and Frances Low of Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania.

These files are now available in My Box on Box.net to those who have been granted access to the OtherHenthorn folder.

Two of the reports are for smaller family groups within the John Henthorn and Frances Low family.

John Henthorn and Frances Low (379 pages)
David Jennings II and Mary Henthorn (213 pages)
James and Mary Quinn (27 pages)

John Henthorn and Frances Low

2011-01-07T13:07:00.006-05:00

John Henthorn and Frances Low

Today I finished an edit project on my RootsMagic genealogy file of John Henthorn and Frances Low of Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. This file includes 3,801 individuals and 1,468 marriages. Another family prominently featured in this file is the Jennings family.

The edits:

including the name of each person in the second line of their notes
adding sort dates, where needed, to insure that death information precedes burial information
adding nicknames to the Nickname field whenever possible
adding Copyright and contact information to the note of John Henthorn

I'm now able to produce a 446-page report, with an every name index, from this file. RootsMagic outputs reports in the PDF format.

Pike County Illinois Families

2011-01-02T12:49:00.004-05:00

Pike County Illinois Families

To get the year 2011 started off on the right foot today I created and uploaded four genealogy reports about Pike County, Illinois families. The reports were created from my RootsMagic genealogy file. The reports are in the PDF format and they reside in My Box on Box.net. Access to the reports is by invitation only.

Guy Louis Dougherty (11 pages)
Jacob Joshua Stauffer (76 pages)
Wells Cooley (176 pages)
Abraham Henthorn (329 pages)

The reports for the Henthorn and Stauffer families replaced information that was previously shared on Box.Net. There is some duplication between the various reports because the four families are linked by marriage.

Dick Henthorn
2 Jan 2011

Henthorns Rest: Our Ohio Roots

2011-01-02T09:02:00.000-05:00

Henthorns Rest: Our Ohio Roots

Here's a link to the blog of Rodney Henthorn. He posted information about the Henthorns of Monroe county, Ohio, extracted from the Hardesty history of that place.

Dick Henthorn

Colonial Ties

2011-01-02T08:53:00.001-05:00

Colonial Ties:

"COLONIAL TIES" - Website of Rebecca Bangsund

The Colonial Ties website is a genealogy and history work in progress. There will be mistakes that I hope others will help to correct. Keep in mind that not all of this research has been verified by first source records. Thank you to all the friends, family and researchers that have assisted in this project."

There are some recent updates on Rebecca's site.

GED-GEN: Family Tree Websites

2010-12-30T19:39:00.001-05:00

GED-GEN: Family Tree Websites:

"GED-GEN is a program that creates customized web pages. Use it to make your own family tree website. By publishing your genealogy on the Internet, you can easily share it with relatives and fellow researchers, who are often distant cousins."

Input to the program is a GEDCOM file created by your genealogy program. There are two versions of the GED-GEN program. One is a 30-day trial version of this shareware program. The other is the fully operational shareware version which costs $20.00.

Click on the Resources tab at the website and scroll down to find some sample websites created by several users of the program.

I haven't tried the program. I'm posting the link because it's another option that might be considered for sharing your genealogy. Keep in mind, of course, privacy issues before sharing anything on the Internet.

Mr. Dickie
30 Dec 2010

Monuments and Memorials

2010-12-30T07:56:00.000-05:00

In order to have perspective, we must have monuments and memorials, places to return to and learn from and talk about and pass on. If we don't, we are destined to live rootless, fast-lane lives without much significance. (Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom For The Way, p. 117)
30/Dec/2010 7:51

Henthorns Rest: Divinity

2010-12-29T18:14:00.001-05:00

Henthorns Rest: Divinity:

"Divinity
Luckily, there is in this world, Divinity. Even more lucky is the fact there is more than one type of Divinity. Even more lucky is the fact that my aunt Louise is the worlds foremost expert in making the candy Divinity. You talk about being aptly named, it is heaven on earth. Right now there is a batch waiting on me at her house, a batch that didn't turn out to her standards. That means it is the second best batch of candy on the planet."

The Google Blog of Facebook friend, Rodney Henthorn.

Resolutions by Gerald Henthorn

2010-12-29T17:56:00.002-05:00

Resolutions

This is from the WordPress blog "Gerald Henthorn's Blog" of Facebook friend, Gerald Henthorn.

Stauffer Family of Pike County, Illinois

2010-12-26T13:24:00.000-05:00

Stauffer_Frames

Here's some information about the Stauffer Family of Pike County, Illinois. At one time I was in touch with the Jan Hoeft, the person who posted this information.

Christmas Greetings

2010-12-19T10:20:00.002-05:00

Mr. Dickie's Blog: Christmas Greetings:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
19 December 2010

This is a link to our Christmas form letter. This year I posted it on Mr. Dickie's Blog.

Revamped site, New FamilySearch developments | Mormon Times

2010-12-18T17:41:00.002-05:00

Revamped site, Roots Tech conference among new FamilySearch developments | Mormon Times:

"SALT LAKE CITY — Technology is zooming forward, and the genealogy site FamilySearch.org is zooming right along with it."

Welcome To My Box

2010-12-14T13:08:00.002-05:00

Welcome to those folks I invited to have collaborator access to my genealogy information on My Box.

If you have any questions about how it works or any comments about the information in the files I'm sharing don't hesitate to send me an Email or post a private Message on Facebook.

I hope you will find something of interest in the material I'm sharing.

Dick Henthorn
14 Dec 2010

Box.Net

2010-12-11T10:31:00.003-05:00

Box.Net

For several days I have been working with a floppy disk that contains "text" files about the "Other Henthorns." "Other Henthorns" includes Henthorn families that I am not related to in this country. That is to say, there is a good possibility that we are related via our ancestors in England. After some minor edits I'm uploading most of these files to My Box account on Box.Net. If you are already a registered collaborator watch your Email inbox for automatic notification messages or periodically check My Box to see if there is anything of interest.

Access to the files and folders of My Box is by invitation. I am open to suggestions or requests for granting access. Collaborators must be known to me.

Hardesty's History of Monroe County, Ohio

2010-12-10T18:20:00.003-05:00

Hardesty's History of Monroe County, Ohio
Published about 1882

This evening I uploaded extracts from Hardesty's History of Monroe County, Ohio to My Box. The paragraphs extracted pertain to families of interest that lived in this county about 1882 or prior. There are seven pages in this "text" file. The file resides in the MonroeCountyOhio folder.

Access to My Box is by invitation only.

Mr. Dickie
10 Dec 2010

Catharine (Foreaker) Fedorchak

2010-12-10T13:25:00.004-05:00

Henthorn Articles

In November and December of 1970, Catharine (Foreaker) Fedorchak wrote four articles about the Henthorn family of Monroe County, Ohio which were published in The Spirit of Democracy in Woodsfield, Ohio. This afternoon I uploaded a a 7-page "text" file of these articles to My Box.

Access to the folder containing this file is by invitation.

Mr. Dickie
10 Dec 2010

Jennings Family

2010-12-10T10:16:00.004-05:00

I uploaded a 46-page document (Text file) about the Jennings Family of Fayette county, Pennsylvania and points west to my Box today. There is a link between the Jennings and the Henthorn families.

Mr. Dickie
10 Dec 2010

Our Forefathers

2010-12-09T08:10:00.002-05:00

We cannot fail to meet the same problems as did our forefathers, and learning their answers may help us to act upon them as intelligently as they did, and may even, perhaps, teach us to avoid making always the same mistakes. (Anne Fremantle, in The Promise of a New Day, 22 November)

Jennings Family

2010-12-08T13:34:00.005-05:00

Jennings Family

Today I posted a fourteen page file of Jennings Family information compiled by researcher, Clarice (Jennings) Carnahan to my Box. The Jennings family and the Henthorn family were joined in Fayette county, Pennsylvania.

Access to my Box is by invitation only.

Wills and Other Court Documents

2010-12-07T12:47:00.004-05:00

Wills and Other Court Documents

Today I uploaded a compilation of thirty-two wills and other court documents to my OtherHenthorn folder on my Box.net. This text file consists of thirty-seven pages of court documents concerning members of the Henthorn family created during the period of November 1736 through 13 Dec 1930.

At one time I planned to include all of this information in the front of a genealogy I was planning to produce. That plan never came to fruition. Using the Internet to share these documents is a much better way.

Access to my Box.net is by invitation only. There are several ways that I can grant access. I can grant access to a particular file or to a particular folder. Or, I can share a link to a file or folder via Email. To gain access you must be known to me and you must have shared information about where your genealogy interest lies. Some friends have already been granted Collaborator access to my Box. I believe they receive a notice from Box.net when I post something new.

Dick Henthorn
7 Dec 2010

Harrison, Thomas Henry

2010-12-06T12:42:00.001-05:00

Thomas Henry Harrison, one of the old and honored pioneers of Highland Township, residing on section 31, about five miles west of Perrysville, [IN] was born in Ohio County, West Virginia January 1, 1810.

His father, John Harrison, removed from Baltimore, Maryland to West Virginia, and later settled with his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he died when the subject of this sketch was a child. He was a nailer by trade, and was engaged in the manufacture of nails in Pittsburgh. After his death the family returned to West Virginia, remaining there until 1819, then moved to Monroe County, Ohio.

The mother was a second time married to William Harris, who died in the United States Army, and to this union two sons were born, named Charles and Samuel.

In 1824 the mother immigrated with her family to Vermillion County, Indiana where she died April 9, 1861, at the advanced age of eighty six years.

Thomas Henry Harrison, whose name heads this sketch, arrived in Perrysville for the first time December 20, 1834. January 29, 1835, he was united in marriage to Miss Marinda Henthorn, a daughter of William D. Henthorn, who came to Vermillion County at the same time as the Harrison family. He then settled on land now occupied by our subject where he lived until his death, his wife also dying at the homestead some time before. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henthorn only four daughters are living at the present time.

Eleven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, of whom seven are still living - Virginia, Richard, Susan, Marinda, Mary C., Charles and Margaret M.

Their eldest son, William M., was a member of Company K, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry, in the war of the Rebellion. He was wounded at the battle of Perryville, Kentucky, but died of pneumonia at Gallatin, Tennessee, January 13, 1863, in his twenty-sixth year.

The remaining children who are deceased are - John, who died August 18, 1846 aged six years; Thomas B., died in his thirty second year, July 4, 1863, at Jonesboro, Arkansas, and one who died in infancy, unnamed.

In April 1835, shortly after his marriage, Mr. Harrison went to Porter County, Indiana, returned to Perrysville, Vermillion County, in October of the same year. In August 1838 he settled on the place where he has since resided, with the exception of one year. As will be seen Mr. Harrison has been a resident of Highland Township about fifty-four years, and is now the only representative of his father's family living in Indiana.

He has always been an active and public spirited citizen, being interested in all enterprises which tend toward the advancement of this township or county. In politics he was in early life a Whig, but in later years a Republican.
(Source: Biographical and historical record, Vermillion County, [IN] 1888 - furnished by Cassi Bauman, typed by Richard E. Henthorn)

BackupMyTree

2010-12-05T09:13:00.000-05:00

Free family tree backup - BackupMyTree: "Preserve Your History for FREE

Fast, automatic backup and off-site storage for all of your family tree files. All of the popular family tree file formats are supported. Download your files at any time. FREE, simple, easy, safe & secure."

Mr. Dickie's Comment:
I'm not sure whether this is a good idea or not. This site, Backup My Tree, offers free storage for genealogy file backup. They say they will offer a more robust pay-for-use version later. I don't see the point of offering such a free service. (I also don't believe in the tooth fairy.) I wonder if there is any danger that they might later decide to publish or sell the data that they have been storing for free. While I like the idea of storing backup copies of my genealogy data on another computer I'm not certain that this is the way to go about it.

If anyone else knows anything about this service I'd like to hear your opinion.

Mr. Dickie
5 Dec 2010

Stories

2010-12-01T08:13:00.002-05:00

I will teach you hidden lessons from our past -- stories we have heard and know, stories our ancestors handed down to us. We will not hide these truths from our children but will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord. (Psalm 78:2-4)

The Younger Generation

2010-11-29T08:17:00.004-05:00

Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from. (Sam Ewing)

Ten Commandments of Genealogy - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

2010-11-27T10:20:00.000-05:00

Ten Commandments of Genealogy - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:

"In the course of writing this newsletter, I get to see a lot of genealogy information. Most of what I see is on the Web, although some information is in books or in e-mail. Some of what I see is high-quality research. However, much of it is much less than that. Even the shoddiest genealogy work could be so much more if the compiler had simply spent a bit of time thinking about what he or she was doing."

Who's Your Daddy?

2010-11-24T19:50:00.001-05:00

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. (Abraham Lincoln)

Place in the Sun

2010-11-23T09:36:00.001-05:00

You can't expect to make a place in the sun for yourself if you keep taking refuge under the family tree. (Claude McDonald)

Tracing My Family Tree

2010-11-21T07:37:00.002-05:00

Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they usually do a good pruning job. (O.A. Battista)

Remember the Days of Long Ago

2010-11-18T10:08:00.004-05:00

Remembering our history can give us strength when we face challenges. Reflections on the generations that have gone before gives us continued inspiration and motivation... (after Tamara Elizabeth Lewis in The Upper Room Disciplines - 2008, 5 November)

Ancestry Acquiring Footnote

2010-09-23T21:49:00.001-04:00

Ancestry Acquiring Footnote

Tracing My Family Tree

2010-09-21T17:47:00.001-04:00

TRACING MY FAMILY TREE
Author unknown
Copied from The Genie,
Published by ARK-LA-TEX Genealogical Association
April 1977

I started out calmly tracing my tree
To find, if I could, the making of me.
And all that I had was a great grandfather's name
Not knowing his wife or from which way he came.
I chased him across a long line of states
And came up with pages and pages of dates.
When all put together it made me forlorn.
I'd proven poor great grandpa had never been born.

One day I was sure the truth I had found
Determined to turn this whole thing upside down
I looked up the records of one of Uncle John
But found the old man to be younger than son.
Then when my hopes were fast growing dim
I came across records that must have been him.

The facts I collected then made me quite sad
Dear old great grandfather was never a dad!
I think maybe someone is pulling my leg.
I'm not at all sure I wasn't hatched from an egg.
After hundreds of dollars I've spent on my tree
I can't help but wonder if I'm really me!

Atkinson, Stephen A.

2010-09-15T09:17:00.003-04:00

Yesterday I uploaded an article about Stephen A. Atkinson of Monroe County, Ohio that I extracted from page 31 of the 1882 Hardesty History of Monroe County, Ohio. This five-page PDF is available from my Box account. Access to my Box is by invitation only.

A copy of this document is also available on this blog. Use the search box in the side bar to search for "Stephen Atkinson."

Publications of H. Maxine (Crowell) Leonard

2010-09-13T09:38:00.003-04:00

H. Maxine (Crowell) Leonard published The Conger Family of America (CFA) in two volumes about twenty years apart. She was also the editor / publisher of the newsletter Conger Confab. Copies of these genealogical publications are available at libraries in various parts of the country.

I compiled a list of the names of the libraries and the names of the donor of the book whenever I could obtain it. This list is available, in a PDF document, to Conger researchers, upon request.

If you can add information to the list your sharing would be appreciated.

Converting HTML to PDF

2010-09-12T13:46:00.002-04:00

I'm trying to find an easy method of converting HTML files that I used to share on my AOL website to PDF files that I can share on my Box.net account.

Today I discovered that I can upload an HTML file to Google Docs and easily convert it to the Google Docs format. The converted file can then be downloaded from Google Docs to my computer in the PDF format.

As a test I created the PDF document, CFA.PDF and then uploaded it to the Conger folder in my Box account. I was able to retain bullet lists in the document with very little work on my part.

In the days ahead I'm looking forward to converting more of my HTML files.

Mr. Dickie
12 Sep 2010

Ask Me About Box.net

2010-09-12T13:39:00.002-04:00

If you are interested in the same surnames as I am, ask me about Box.net.

If you wish you'd downloaded information that used to be on my AOL genealogy website, ask me about Box.net.

I am currently adding genealogy information to my Box.net account and sharing access with genealogy researchers who are well-known to me.

Mr. Dickie
12 Sep 2010

Box Net Notification Options

2010-09-03T09:52:00.001-04:00

Box Net Notifications

People who accept my invitation to my Box.Net account may want to limit the number of notifications they receive. There are a number of options. Here's a summary of the options shared with us by my friend Diane.

Comments & Discussions:

Notify on every event
or
Notify on daily digest

Downloads:
Notify of 1st event only per login per day
or
Notify on daily digest

Uploads:
Notify on 1st event only per login per day
or
Notify in one daily digest

Henthorns Rest

2010-09-01T16:25:00.001-04:00

Henthorns Rest:

"Welcome to Henthorns Rest - Named for one of the first pieces of property bought by Henthorns in America."

Blog of Rodney D. Henthorn.