MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 12, 2022
MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE
HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Present: Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Thomas Hughes, Larry Meyers, Sue Miller, Deborah
Richards, Isabelle Rivera, Ellen Schneider and Donna Wendt
Meeting officially began 9:00 a.m.
OLD BUSINESS:
If you do not receive Lenore’s Zoom meeting notice or have a problem connecting onto the link
she has attached to her email, go directly onto the Zoom website. Enter our ID number,
83224651197; and then the password, DNA. If you have problems logging into the meeting,
contact Lenore
PRESENTATION:
Donna Wendt ran a 6-minute YouTube video. On June 2, 2007, the Honolulu County Genealogy
Society went on an excursion to the Waipahu Plantation Village. Tom Bopp (2007 president) and
Georgia Bopp set up the field trip to attend a Genealogy Day event. The day included viewing
of the Village which contains examples of homes representing the different immigrant
ethnicities who settled in Hawaii to work on the plantations and start new lives. There were also
tables set up in the Meeting House representing the various nationalities.
she has attached to her email, go directly onto the Zoom website. Enter our ID number,
83224651197; and then the password, DNA. If you have problems logging into the meeting,
contact Lenore
PRESENTATION:
Donna Wendt ran a 6-minute YouTube video. On June 2, 2007, the Honolulu County Genealogy
Society went on an excursion to the Waipahu Plantation Village. Tom Bopp (2007 president) and
Georgia Bopp set up the field trip to attend a Genealogy Day event. The day included viewing
of the Village which contains examples of homes representing the different immigrant
ethnicities who settled in Hawaii to work on the plantations and start new lives. There were also
tables set up in the Meeting House representing the various nationalities.
Bella Rivera commented that part of the property the Village sits on was the farm her Chinese family had lived and made their living on. Lenore commented on the sad condition of old plantation homes located in the Ewa Plantation Village area. The type and size homes reflected the status of the worker.
Lenore recommended a book – “The Three-Year Swim Club” by Julie Checkoway. The story of
children in Maui learning to swim in the sugar ditches.
Lenore recommended a book – “The Three-Year Swim Club” by Julie Checkoway. The story of
children in Maui learning to swim in the sugar ditches.
CALABASH BOWL:
Members shared current snippets of their lives:
Welcome back Larry Meyers. Larry had been on the mainland for 5 months. During that
time, he helped to clean out 2 family homes, returning to Hawaii with a suitcase full of
pictures of his wife’s family. He now begins a search into her Norwegian line.
Larry’s personal DNA heritage was recently updated increasing his Norwegian ancestry to 11%,
from the original 2%.
It was also good to have Tom Hughes back. Tom shared that he had various health issues over
the past 2-1/2 years, but he is feeling much better and looking forward to working on
genealogy projects. He currently resides at The Plaza Pearl City. His current project is to digitize records and photos in his possession. To this end, he is anticipating receiving his order for an Epson 680W wireless scanner through Best Buy. It is the same scanner owned and highly recommended by Donna Wendt.
As a result of Tom’s passion for genealogy, Tom had been entrusted with the history and
documents of his beloved wife’s family. She was of Japanese ancestry and her family’s
documents included enormous photo scrolls of special occasions. Tom expressed gratitude that his father-in-law had resided with them a number of years and being able to “pick his brain” while he was still alive. Tom also inquired if a DNA test taken many years ago through FamilyTree DNA would still
be active. Lenore Hansen-Stafford recommended Tom request Family Tree to “revisit” his
test.
Downsizing continues to be a 2022 hot topic with Lenore also working on sorting and paring
down her possessions. Both Lenore and Donna have been gifting possessions to their
daughters. Tom Hughes also has been pondering on whom to pass on the family records he
has collected all these years. Regarding the collection of his in-law’s historical documents, it
was suggested donating to the Japanese Consulate or the Japanese Cultural Center. He is
also considering donating his family’s records to a museum or a pioneer association back in
Minnesota where he is from. Scandinavian and German families settled throughout Minnesota.
A suggestion from Donna is to post a notice on Ancestry and/or Family Search to see if a family
member or organization comes forward expressing interest in his collection.
Sue Miller has been busy contacting people who share X chromosomes using DNA Painter.
With her brother submitting his DNA, their family found 23andMe had the most extensive
material. “DNA Painter is an easy-to-use tool that helps genealogists make sense of DNA
testing. By mapping segments of DNA to chromosomes, we can begin to see which ancestors
gave us which pieces of DNA, and thus how new matches are related. As a result, DNA
Painter has quickly become an essential tool for genealogists!” Blaine Bettinger of DNA
Central and thegeneticgenealogist.com The basic service is free in which one can sign up for
the free mailing list, watch free webinars, try a sample chromosome map (which is not saved)
and a DNA Painter user group on Facebook. To fully use their services, there is an annual
subscription of $55. Imports to DNA Painter is allowed from MyHeritage, 23andMe and
FamilytreeDNA.
Deborah Richards is working on a new ethnicity added to her DNA makeup. She has always
known of her Hawaiian, Swedish, Norwegian and Portuguese ancestry. She is a proud
member of the Portuguese Society here in Hawaii. The Society has terrific records of
Portuguese immigrants who made Hawaii their home. Deborah had assisted with indexing
these records. Deborah’s subsequent DNA updates now include the intriguing addition of New Zealand Maori FNA.
Ellen Schneider was also surprised by an addition to her DNA profile. Her family has always
considered themselves 100% German. DNA now states Ellen has a very significant amount of
English blood.
Miscellaneous:
Germangenealogy.com is offering an online class today on understanding German writing.
Bella had just received a Christmas box from a German cousin, Heike. Included in the box was
a photo book created by Heike and her daughters to honor an aunt and uncle. The book
contained a few photos of the Hawaii family and photos of Bella’s mother she had never seen
before.
Photos: Another website to look into if trying to identify people in a photo is Dead Fred,
www.deadfred.com. You post the photo and wait to see if anyone responds. You can also
search through their photo archive for your surname. Perhaps you will find a family member.
Shutterfly has been sending out notices stating that they will be purging stored photos to open
up memory. Free photo storage will only be available as a benefit to active customers. To
remain active, one must make a purchase at least once every 18 months.
Donna shared wonderful old photos of the homes of her Blanding family. Her immediate family
lived in Madison Lake, Minnesota and Lake Pleasant, California.
To close out this November meeting, Donna continued reading from The Journal of Wesley
Stevens. Wesley is in 1853 California. He is not having success at his gold mining operation
and battling illness. He decides to move on and we left him crossing the Yuba River.
Larry Meyers has had the opportunity to be on the Yuba River. Mining operations are still
going on there.
Our last meeting of 2022 will be on Saturday, December 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m.
The agenda is open for this meeting. Take a breather from the busy holiday chores, settle into
your office chair, place a glass of eggnog and a special treat on your desk top, and join us for
an hour or two. We hope you will be able to pop in as we close out the year by wishing each
other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
[ADDENDUM 12/09/2022 – My Heritage’s AI Photos program to be showcased by Donna
Wendt]
Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
( 12/09/2022 by Bella Rivera)
Welcome back Larry Meyers. Larry had been on the mainland for 5 months. During that
time, he helped to clean out 2 family homes, returning to Hawaii with a suitcase full of
pictures of his wife’s family. He now begins a search into her Norwegian line.
Larry’s personal DNA heritage was recently updated increasing his Norwegian ancestry to 11%,
from the original 2%.
It was also good to have Tom Hughes back. Tom shared that he had various health issues over
the past 2-1/2 years, but he is feeling much better and looking forward to working on
genealogy projects. He currently resides at The Plaza Pearl City. His current project is to digitize records and photos in his possession. To this end, he is anticipating receiving his order for an Epson 680W wireless scanner through Best Buy. It is the same scanner owned and highly recommended by Donna Wendt.
As a result of Tom’s passion for genealogy, Tom had been entrusted with the history and
documents of his beloved wife’s family. She was of Japanese ancestry and her family’s
documents included enormous photo scrolls of special occasions. Tom expressed gratitude that his father-in-law had resided with them a number of years and being able to “pick his brain” while he was still alive. Tom also inquired if a DNA test taken many years ago through FamilyTree DNA would still
be active. Lenore Hansen-Stafford recommended Tom request Family Tree to “revisit” his
test.
Downsizing continues to be a 2022 hot topic with Lenore also working on sorting and paring
down her possessions. Both Lenore and Donna have been gifting possessions to their
daughters. Tom Hughes also has been pondering on whom to pass on the family records he
has collected all these years. Regarding the collection of his in-law’s historical documents, it
was suggested donating to the Japanese Consulate or the Japanese Cultural Center. He is
also considering donating his family’s records to a museum or a pioneer association back in
Minnesota where he is from. Scandinavian and German families settled throughout Minnesota.
A suggestion from Donna is to post a notice on Ancestry and/or Family Search to see if a family
member or organization comes forward expressing interest in his collection.
Sue Miller has been busy contacting people who share X chromosomes using DNA Painter.
With her brother submitting his DNA, their family found 23andMe had the most extensive
material. “DNA Painter is an easy-to-use tool that helps genealogists make sense of DNA
testing. By mapping segments of DNA to chromosomes, we can begin to see which ancestors
gave us which pieces of DNA, and thus how new matches are related. As a result, DNA
Painter has quickly become an essential tool for genealogists!” Blaine Bettinger of DNA
Central and thegeneticgenealogist.com The basic service is free in which one can sign up for
the free mailing list, watch free webinars, try a sample chromosome map (which is not saved)
and a DNA Painter user group on Facebook. To fully use their services, there is an annual
subscription of $55. Imports to DNA Painter is allowed from MyHeritage, 23andMe and
FamilytreeDNA.
Deborah Richards is working on a new ethnicity added to her DNA makeup. She has always
known of her Hawaiian, Swedish, Norwegian and Portuguese ancestry. She is a proud
member of the Portuguese Society here in Hawaii. The Society has terrific records of
Portuguese immigrants who made Hawaii their home. Deborah had assisted with indexing
these records. Deborah’s subsequent DNA updates now include the intriguing addition of New Zealand Maori FNA.
Ellen Schneider was also surprised by an addition to her DNA profile. Her family has always
considered themselves 100% German. DNA now states Ellen has a very significant amount of
English blood.
Miscellaneous:
Germangenealogy.com is offering an online class today on understanding German writing.
Bella had just received a Christmas box from a German cousin, Heike. Included in the box was
a photo book created by Heike and her daughters to honor an aunt and uncle. The book
contained a few photos of the Hawaii family and photos of Bella’s mother she had never seen
before.
Photos: Another website to look into if trying to identify people in a photo is Dead Fred,
www.deadfred.com. You post the photo and wait to see if anyone responds. You can also
search through their photo archive for your surname. Perhaps you will find a family member.
Shutterfly has been sending out notices stating that they will be purging stored photos to open
up memory. Free photo storage will only be available as a benefit to active customers. To
remain active, one must make a purchase at least once every 18 months.
Donna shared wonderful old photos of the homes of her Blanding family. Her immediate family
lived in Madison Lake, Minnesota and Lake Pleasant, California.
To close out this November meeting, Donna continued reading from The Journal of Wesley
Stevens. Wesley is in 1853 California. He is not having success at his gold mining operation
and battling illness. He decides to move on and we left him crossing the Yuba River.
Larry Meyers has had the opportunity to be on the Yuba River. Mining operations are still
going on there.
Our last meeting of 2022 will be on Saturday, December 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m.
The agenda is open for this meeting. Take a breather from the busy holiday chores, settle into
your office chair, place a glass of eggnog and a special treat on your desk top, and join us for
an hour or two. We hope you will be able to pop in as we close out the year by wishing each
other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
[ADDENDUM 12/09/2022 – My Heritage’s AI Photos program to be showcased by Donna
Wendt]
Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
( 12/09/2022 by Bella Rivera)
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