PDF Reports

I maintain a secret  Henthorn Genealogy Group on Facebook.  Membership is by invitation only. In the last few months that's where I have been sharing my genealogy projects.

Today I posted two PDF descendant reports which include name and place indices:

• Jacob W. Mason, Jr. - 107 pages
• Allen Arbogast - 12 pages (includes marriages to two members of the Rine family)

Dick Henthorn

15 June 2015

Sharing Information

I'm concerned about how I share the information I have compiled.  I'd rather not share with folks I don't know or with those I know who don't reciprocate when I share information.

I'm of the opinion that there are as many rules about how to do genealogy as there are people doing genealogy.  Sharing information always opens the door to criticism.
Some say:

• "It's all wrong." 
• "Send me everything you've got."
• "You didn't cite enough sources."
• "You didn't cite your sources in the approved manner."
• "You have too much information about the living in your files."
• "I don't want you to have any information in your files about my family."
• "The dates you recorded are wrong."
• "The places you recorded are wrong."
• "That's not the name of this person."

Today I'm testing another method of sharing.  The idea is to share a PDF report on a limited basis, say 48-hours.  I can do this using the application Files To Friends. Files uploaded remain available for download for two days.

I'm sharing the URL to a 51-page Descendant Report for the family of Thomas and Mary Clegg here and also on my Henthorn Genealogy group on Facebook.  The link expires on 29 Jan 2015 at 10:38 a.m.

Dick Henthorn
27 January 2015

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