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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Special Holiday Offer for RootsMagic Users

Special Holiday Offer for RootsMagic Users:

Two RootsMagic bundles on sale until 30 Nov 2017, one for $25 and the other for $35 plus S&H

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Dick Henthorn
27 Nov 2017

Ohio’s Digitized Newspapers

Ohio’s Digitized Newspapers:

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25 Nov 2017

Daniel McCardle 1821-1898 - Ancestry

Daniel McCardle 1821-1898 - Ancestry:

He married three times.  He had 11 children with Priscilla Burge whose mother was Elizabeth Goddard.

I saved this link because I want to extract the information about the McCardle family.

Dick Henthorn
15 Nov 2017

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Find A Grave Issues

Find A Grave Issues

Here are a few Find A Grave issues that are driving me crazy.

1. Some people enter middle initials without a period.  This impacts searches.
2. West Virginia didn't become a state until 20 June 1863.  Place names for events prior to that should be entered as: Virginia or Virginia/West Virginia
3. I like to see women's maiden names in italics, i.e., Joan Melissa Doe Jones.

Dick Henthorn

14 Nov 2017

Preserving the Work of Billy Lynn "Bill" Cunningham

About the Work of Billy Lynn "Bill" Cunningham (deceased)

OLD website (Bill Cunningham’s) - No changes can be made
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvwetzel/

NEW website: Wetzel County WVGenWeb
Glenda Thompson; Wetzel County Volunteer County Coordinator
http://www.wvgenweb.org/wetzel/index.html
http://www.wvgenweb.org/wetzel/contact-me.html

The program that Bill trained me on for the Wetzel genealogical website on Rootsweb was extremely outdated. I had been having problems with it crashing in the middle of my work. I spoke with Bill’s family & the decision was made to just leave the website as it was. Ancestry .com acquired (who acquired Rootsweb) started doing updates and links started going bad, and then saw a post they made on the main Rootsweb page. I was concerned they may pull page(s) and/or close the site down.

Their post:
“As you know, RootsWeb is a collection of products that has grown organically over the last two decades. Many of these have not been updated or maintained in years. Ancestry is currently working on updating and revising World Connect, Mailing Lists, and hosted sites such as Free Pages over the next twelve months; however, all other products and functionality are under review. We will continue to notify you of updates here as decisions are made.”

I spoke again with Bill’s family and informed them of my concerns. It was decided that I turn the Wetzel County WV’s Rootsweb website over to the WV Genweb state coordinator, as they use their own server. All of the data on the old server (Rootsweb) would be transferred over to the new (WVGenWeb). This move would guarantee that the data would not be lost & the site could be updated. This was made with the condition that Bill’s work was to be left online, for as long as ancestry decides to leave it there.

Many thanks to:
Glenda Thompson (WVGenWeb Coordinator) & Connie Burkett (WVGenWeb Asst. State Coordinator) who worked tirelessly transferring the data to the new website.

Linda Cunningham Fluharty for her guidance/support throughout my tenure as Bill’s designated replacement.

Barbara, Brian & Diane Cunningham for their support/assistance with this transfer.

Bill Cunningham for all of the work he did to create & maintain the “Go To” place for Wetzel County, WV genealogy for many, many years. He is fondly remembered & greatly missed.
(Written by Joyce (Schaefer) Yowler, 10 Nov 2017, on the Wetzel County, West Virginia Genealogy page on Facebook)

Shared with permission of Joyce (Shaefer) Yowler
Dick Henthorn
10 Nov 2017