New Links

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Location of John's Land:

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

Yoho Family Genealogy Forum

Yoho Family Genealogy Forum:

"Yoho Family Genealogy Forum"

John and Jacob Yoho Problem

John and Jacob Yoho Problem:

"The John and Jacob Yoho Problem By Hugh Yoho"

Relationships

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:

• Nephew of your siblings
• 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

Copyright 2011 - Richard E. Henthorn

George and Eva Catherine (Yoho) Lemley

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

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

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

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."

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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

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

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

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