HenthornFamily - Wiki on Wikispaces

HenthornFamily - Wiki:

On 2 Jan 2018 I renewed the annual subscription for my HenthornFamily Wiki on Wikispaces.

My Plus account is for 2Gb of storage with a 20Mb limit for any one file.

The cost per year is $10.00 a month or $100.00 a year. I think this is a little high (they doubled the price when they raised the price). However, I am willing to pay what they charge because I don't want to go to the trouble of moving the information to another host.

The Visitor Counter currently shows 2320 visits to the homepage. That's a little disappointing considering the cost of maintaining the Wiki.

I am willing to host information shared by others. I don't believe anyone has taken me up on this offer.

Please encourage your genealogy friends to visit.

Dick Henthorn
2 Jan 2018

'via Blog this'

WikiSpaces Account

Today I renewed my subscription to HenthornFamily on WikiSpaces for another year.

The cost of an annual subscription has doubled to $100.00 which made me question whether I wanted to continue to make information available via this means.  In the end I decided to spend the money rather than get involved in another website building project.

If you are interested in viewing what I make available I hope you will avail yourself of the opportunity in 2017.  Your use of the website will justify my expenditure.

If you are willing to share information with others contact me to discuss how this could be accomplished using my WikiSpace.  My Gmail address is: Dick.Henthorn@gmail.com

Here's the link to the homepage.

HenthornFamily WikiSpaces

Happy New Year

2017

Exchanging Information On Facebook

There are country groups and family groups for genealogy on Facebook.  Lately, there have been some good exchanges of information on the Greene county, Pennsylvania and Wetzel county, West Virginia groups.  Some of the folks have subscriptions to Ancestry.com. I have never subscribed, so I don't really have an appreciation for what is available.  Today I read some good information about ship arrivals.

From time to time I shared PDF files to the File areas of some of the groups.  I encourage others to share in a similar manner.  That idea hasn't amounted to much, to date.

I also encourage everyone to learn how to use their genealogy programs.  Learn to export and import GEDCOM files.  Learn how to produce files in "text" or PDF format and be willing to reciprocate when someone shares information.

Plan ahead. Give thought to which libraries you might want to donate a copy of your work.

Dick Henthorn
29 January 2015

HenthornFamily Wiki

HenthornFamily Wiki

Today I am pleased to announce that the HenthornFamily Wiki is once again active and available to family and friends who are interested in my genealogy projects.

The WikiSpaces company discontinued "free" Wiki space.  Rather than lose all of the information I've been sharing I decided to pay for a one-year subscription at the "Plus" level.  I haven't thought much about what features this will entail.  Perhaps the most important aspect is that the subscription includes 2GB of space.

WikiSpaces Page

Did you know that the HenthornFamily Wiki is a collaborative Wiki? This means two things and perhaps more 1) Visitors can make comments and 2) they can post their own information. As far as I know no one has done this in the months that the Wiki has been available.  Therefore, I'm not certain how this works. I'm interested in working with anyone who has the time and interest to try out this idea.

Here's the link to the HenthornFamily Wiki:

HenthornFamily Wiki

P.S.
After I reactivated the Wiki I noticed there is a problem with PDF files that I stored on the Wiki. They don't display correctly.  I think you can download to your computer.  Before I contact the Help folks I'll need to refresh my memory about how files are uploaded and stored on the Wiki.  I wonder if the problem has anything to do with the fact that my account was inactive for a while since they stopped offering the "free" space.  I'm making no promises about how soon I'll deal with and resolve the problem.  I apologize for any inconvenience.

Dick Henthorn

4 December 2014

Email Subscription Test

This is a test post to see how I might use Google Feedburner and a button at the bottom of this blog's display to automatically send Email notices to subscribers.

Thank you for your understanding as I learn more about blogging options.
24 September 2012

The Internet Genealogist: Subscription Services Report Card

The Internet Genealogist: Subscription Services Report Card:

"Subscription Services Report Card
With my subscription to a genealogical website coming up for renewal at the end of this month, I thought I'd take a look at all the subscription services I use and hand out some grades! These are my opinions alone and may very well be different from yours."

A nice posting from a blog I follow. The blogger rates the various paid genealogical services she uses.