tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33985785870951941792024-03-13T03:31:47.614-10:00Honolulu County Genealogical Society BlogA Blog for the Honolulu County Genealogical Society. Input from all members is needed to make this blog an interesting and informative site to benefit all members. Please make comments. Also, our Society Webpage is www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hihcgsDonna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-23643527484215468412023-07-05T16:43:00.001-10:002023-07-05T16:45:06.015-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY JULY 8, 2023<p> HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING</p><p>SATURDAY JULY 8, 2023 ZOOM MEETING</p><p><br /></p><p>Join the July meeting with information from Lenore.....</p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-42429476654839297302023-06-10T08:50:00.008-10:002023-07-05T16:43:44.005-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY JUNE 10, 2023<p> </p><p> <b><span style="font-size: large;"> JUNE 10, 2023 9AM ZOOM MEETING</span></b></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> With the summer months we have people off on vacations this month. Lenore just returned from Turkey and Donna from the Stans of Central Asia-Silk Road.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Donna discussed the discovery, via DNA matching, that she has an adult new nephew FOUND BY DNA!</span></p><p> </p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-6388186024426749322023-04-07T17:29:00.006-10:002023-04-07T17:29:59.287-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING APRIL 11, 2023 <p> HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY (HCGS) MEETING</p><p> ZOOM MEETING SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2023 9 AM</p><p> CONTACT LENORE FOR SIGN-IN INFORMATION</p><p><br /></p><p>PRESENTATION; SUE MILLER WILL DISCUSS "DNA PAINTER."</p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-20080885493570046532023-03-10T17:46:00.006-10:002023-04-07T17:27:20.029-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING MARCH 11, 2023<h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /> <b> HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</b></h2><div><b> ZOOM MEETING MARCH 11, 2023 SATURDAY 9AM</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b> CONTACT LENORE FOR SIGN-IN INFORMATION</b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjCpMcX-_Thcf_0qI8pUZoLl55MNqoUtd6ng4FD1xp0_Cup73PJ_pT4FFMfvg1uRgG5brLykfNN5ipK3zOzmYU3r4lbMcUL_9Gll-JajgdpKzUtk2q1Au--jQE6SEpNrPOIN9Af6Cacjnifmfr2dq_iTZGwn5vEh_aMcW90Zh1-hUxwZH10mOornOMQ/s1983/20230311_091732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1983" data-original-width="1805" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjCpMcX-_Thcf_0qI8pUZoLl55MNqoUtd6ng4FD1xp0_Cup73PJ_pT4FFMfvg1uRgG5brLykfNN5ipK3zOzmYU3r4lbMcUL_9Gll-JajgdpKzUtk2q1Au--jQE6SEpNrPOIN9Af6Cacjnifmfr2dq_iTZGwn5vEh_aMcW90Zh1-hUxwZH10mOornOMQ/s320/20230311_091732.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 11, 2023</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Sue Miller, Isabelle Rivera, Deborah Richards, </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ellen Schneider and Donna Wendt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Meeting began at 9:00 a.m.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Topic of the Day - DNA</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Sue Miller shared that she has been busy looking into her Irish relatives. She has also been watching </span><span style="font-size: large;">DNA Painter tutorials. She especially wanted to note an interesting tutorial on upcoming technology.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Donna Wendt has also been viewing tutorials and recent 2023 Rootstech online and live presentations. This began an open discussion about DNA. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Deborah Richards stated being intrigued by the DNA trees on herAncestry.com account. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Using the Zoom Shared Screen, Donna Wendt did a quick overview of Ancestry’s DNA page. Opening </span><span style="font-size: large;">the DNA section, one has the option of viewing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"> 1) your DNA Story which shows your ethnicity estimate;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> 2) your DNA Matches; and 3) your ThruLines which are suggestions on how you may be related to your </span><span style="font-size: large;">DNA matches. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"> When "Ancestry" introduced the capability of splitting your ethnicities between Parent 1 </span><span style="font-size: large;">and Parent 2 that was amazing, but they are now able to specify maternal or paternal ethnicity divisions based on DNA </span><span style="font-size: large;">matches to other people in your tree. The key is finding that “common ancestor” in tree connections. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xMubEOpd9cVEFRVTCl4jgBMhQurvmSCRv24yrXeGtvqOYIt8RRYHcqj5E1BNUJlHUqqquOZC_8qeEXhdMxjrQnYJycrjiR8rBFq92AEdVjMVu0tP9_Hir4gBXGb5Zs4MKC2rLslmFYX6sHGPOy_8bjf7d3SvrYX72UaLlHgZ6GKI_BS1riKCNDufEA/s244/Ancestry%20inheritance%20by%20parent%20a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="244" data-original-width="211" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xMubEOpd9cVEFRVTCl4jgBMhQurvmSCRv24yrXeGtvqOYIt8RRYHcqj5E1BNUJlHUqqquOZC_8qeEXhdMxjrQnYJycrjiR8rBFq92AEdVjMVu0tP9_Hir4gBXGb5Zs4MKC2rLslmFYX6sHGPOy_8bjf7d3SvrYX72UaLlHgZ6GKI_BS1riKCNDufEA/s1600/Ancestry%20inheritance%20by%20parent%20a.JPG" width="211" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEuwGpDvL_OIWvcs7q1x5GFRFUPeesD0b6al5Ep4L__PXhxogGR313mMFpBfmVBXaacMJocRfV508rPORwexYJaaXZXe_0uwSbyive7n9W6cY_Osxgz7Oz1QZneDAZPcKSmgWQ56ajk5iePfhWLFfOQtmdO7ZsELUUa7BgqGfZUWAetAjvgJw1W5Z9Q/s247/Ancestry%20inheritance%20by%20parent%20b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="236" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEuwGpDvL_OIWvcs7q1x5GFRFUPeesD0b6al5Ep4L__PXhxogGR313mMFpBfmVBXaacMJocRfV508rPORwexYJaaXZXe_0uwSbyive7n9W6cY_Osxgz7Oz1QZneDAZPcKSmgWQ56ajk5iePfhWLFfOQtmdO7ZsELUUa7BgqGfZUWAetAjvgJw1W5Z9Q/s1600/Ancestry%20inheritance%20by%20parent%20b.JPG" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;">Matches are difficult to trace without trees, and quite a few matches do not include any family tree. How does Ancestry do it? They say "<span style="background-color: #f6f3f0; color: #262626; font-family: ui-sans, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400;">You and your matches have identical segments of DNA, likely passed down from common ancestors. By comparing these segments, we can split your matches into two sides."</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> In the DNA Story section you are taken to a map highlighting the portions of the world your ethnicity is </span><span style="font-size: large;">linked to. On the right side of the page, scroll down to “DNA Communities”. This section identifies </span><span style="font-size: large;">specific cultural groups or locations where your ancestors probably came from.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> In ThruLines, you discover how people in your tree connect with other people’s trees. Treat these </span><span style="font-size: large;">matches as a “hint”. Make sure the other trees have good sources and you are able to look deeper to </span><span style="font-size: large;">confirm a tree is indeed part of your family. Some trees simply copy other trees if they believe it is a </span><span style="font-size: large;">match. You want to find good solid matches.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> If you desire to learn more about DNA there are numerous books, YouTube tutorials, podcasts, blog </span><span style="font-size: large;">sites, as well as our choice of online genealogy sites and organizations (Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, </span><span style="font-size: large;">FamilyTreeMaker.com, RootsTech, etc). </span><span style="font-size: large;">Besides the “DNA Painter” tutorials, another DNA expert suggested is Christa Cowen, aka as “The </span><span style="font-size: large;">Barefoot Genealogist”. She is one of Ancestry’s well known DNA experts with a blog site and YouTube </span><span style="font-size: large;">tutorials.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoOof0LRSCllYyldxzxXp1VxKmz-DuS-FOt7P8xaIBlLoTRnobZ549H7wpjBVD-LZ1Pi2At3E-R2MZ96qlZ7ssxCYhExGlrJIM2QcAnCfYdl_6hEnvtt3kjEVfQ9xtUuqDlHEU371EKDsrX47m-QlPgkuAd_f0AtWXh6pYcIsBqnC6snuoSqto96gcg/s392/christa%20cowen%20youtube.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="392" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoOof0LRSCllYyldxzxXp1VxKmz-DuS-FOt7P8xaIBlLoTRnobZ549H7wpjBVD-LZ1Pi2At3E-R2MZ96qlZ7ssxCYhExGlrJIM2QcAnCfYdl_6hEnvtt3kjEVfQ9xtUuqDlHEU371EKDsrX47m-QlPgkuAd_f0AtWXh6pYcIsBqnC6snuoSqto96gcg/s320/christa%20cowen%20youtube.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Donna also demonstrated how to locate Ancestry’s teaching tools. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Begin at Ancestry’s Home page > click on Extras > click on Ancestry Academy. There are many topics </span><span style="font-size: large;">listed: Researching Your Military Ancestors in the US, Newspapers.com, Getting the Most Out of </span><span style="font-size: large;">Ancestry, Researching Outside the United States, Understanding DNA, Census Records, etc. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Other genealogy sites offer similar teaching tools to their subscribers. The software program,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> LegacyTreeMaker also has wonderful webinars. Subscription is $49.95 for one year. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXysZkr2Sy4bJtVG_90qzU0AnZDodps9LFR9mDj6b4AQYHhgyD8eMbvjFSetZ0KdaS72RJ-iTGGPFPWNcDMty1Yl3AWoTdc3e19HmR38MmxIRq2QzhwvyX4Chio5lLU-rTg8DzNBr-Bgk8ho_ceuETKi3F_hdopJCTxSX-IrfJIHjwPGt0yCemke1mWg/s314/legacy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="271" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXysZkr2Sy4bJtVG_90qzU0AnZDodps9LFR9mDj6b4AQYHhgyD8eMbvjFSetZ0KdaS72RJ-iTGGPFPWNcDMty1Yl3AWoTdc3e19HmR38MmxIRq2QzhwvyX4Chio5lLU-rTg8DzNBr-Bgk8ho_ceuETKi3F_hdopJCTxSX-IrfJIHjwPGt0yCemke1mWg/s1600/legacy.JPG" width="271" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Sometimes you will make a surprising and exciting connection on your genealogy site. Donna recently </span><span style="font-size: large;">replied to an Ancestry message. It turned out that this person had a photo of her 3rd great-uncle, Henry Hunt Hague, </span><span style="font-size: large;">sitting beside a dog, taken in England, circa 1900, at Newton, England! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbAi51XweWw6yJAlSSW6ta6P7Vl2B7YvliwfdkaK6ONi-r3apwMWP3OMsbRlGHtl8Ju9_BrgLeYheU8Qp9nMFn_B73ggpwKzTf9mfLk_zDN8L7qGFpmES-IIh_x69LG8amgYvIcZgLOdwNluh7U_l_Zxp46wqFJwrXtBHnte6D6nNjXJHChL914Sn4g/s1309/Henry%20Hague-%20Newton,%20England%20Uncle%20of%20Joseph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="856" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbAi51XweWw6yJAlSSW6ta6P7Vl2B7YvliwfdkaK6ONi-r3apwMWP3OMsbRlGHtl8Ju9_BrgLeYheU8Qp9nMFn_B73ggpwKzTf9mfLk_zDN8L7qGFpmES-IIh_x69LG8amgYvIcZgLOdwNluh7U_l_Zxp46wqFJwrXtBHnte6D6nNjXJHChL914Sn4g/s320/Henry%20Hague-%20Newton,%20England%20Uncle%20of%20Joseph.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"> CALABASH BOWL:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> It was asked, “How does Zoom work?” Lenore provided the following information –</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Open up a free account in Zoom.com. You can now create a meeting with your family and friends. Keep </span><span style="font-size: large;">in mind that the limit is 40 minutes per meeting. If you choose to pay the monthly fee, then you have 30 </span><span style="font-size: large;">hours to meet. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Google has a similar program.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Interested in creating your own blog? Create one for free at Blogger.com. </span><span style="font-size: large;">To view a great example of a blog site, go to https://anotherdaywithdonna.blogspot.com. This is a </span><span style="font-size: large;">personal blog Donna Wendt created full of interesting genealogy data and family stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Organizing our photos and mementos for the generation who follow us can be a daunting task. Do we </span><span style="font-size: large;">have a family member who will look through and take possession of our traditional photo albums? </span><span style="font-size: large;">Donna continues to inspire us to organize our collection of photos and keepsakes. </span><span style="font-size: large;">After scanning a stack of photos in her hardworking Epson FF680W scanner she tosses non-essential </span><span style="font-size: large;">photos, takes some to her daughter and stores ones she cannot part with. Good portraits are packed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">with archival material, but simple snapshots are now sorted by years, placed in zip-lock bags and stored </span><span style="font-size: large;">in marked boxes. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Donna also scans letter and files by years. Letters, cards and calendar pages are also scanned and a </span><span style="font-size: large;">computer folder created to file them into. Now you can, hopefully, discard those old cards and </span><span style="font-size: large;">calendars to create more space. </span><span style="font-size: large;">A great suggestion is to make a timeline of your life, and those in your family. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLX-YCtTt2MEYqWz2aRR-aIUUWo3FOkQfaj0iYge4Wm7BEleSRJJxo5cLlvnfAJluZgQMDGk89MmQxHrn5wGg1g-qzkwNGn4BkYkbTD36oKIoH0E1ewmsQ2isdIw-GRyObbf-NVHHLZA2DedUhiH1lTTkPo10xL8_HWECWKtjfJBjHezFkoCpi5RxEWQ/s3621/1990-91%20Photo%20Albums%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3621" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLX-YCtTt2MEYqWz2aRR-aIUUWo3FOkQfaj0iYge4Wm7BEleSRJJxo5cLlvnfAJluZgQMDGk89MmQxHrn5wGg1g-qzkwNGn4BkYkbTD36oKIoH0E1ewmsQ2isdIw-GRyObbf-NVHHLZA2DedUhiH1lTTkPo10xL8_HWECWKtjfJBjHezFkoCpi5RxEWQ/s320/1990-91%20Photo%20Albums%20b.jpg" width="173" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHCNxamRg5UQW5FFW83GfqdqtIxwBtXCA39cNc1C_Pqi1WG-WUHpKfeV_FWGFGJwYPdMviKys9FRwfRt7ftdFp3S2m581FtLQMvWlF1SVEILPxd7dbRUsBBo2vN2GH0OuwKauTQI2XMYXcML-Vs2UKc6XSuTWKNiX_IBiBI-L1T0F_63zDAh_ANxKtg/s2439/~%201989%20photos%20ready%20to%20scan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2439" data-original-width="1839" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHCNxamRg5UQW5FFW83GfqdqtIxwBtXCA39cNc1C_Pqi1WG-WUHpKfeV_FWGFGJwYPdMviKys9FRwfRt7ftdFp3S2m581FtLQMvWlF1SVEILPxd7dbRUsBBo2vN2GH0OuwKauTQI2XMYXcML-Vs2UKc6XSuTWKNiX_IBiBI-L1T0F_63zDAh_ANxKtg/s320/~%201989%20photos%20ready%20to%20scan.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbG8TQfFlIHKMAsa-O7aVOsuFNQ6-8DI0P8BJj2qfpAVleZyeZd8arLwIM6-ieNDvbzAbU_iHEPusBxrKITinC0dk5qbUVqX3hWMK_vsct9Q6jOwWhm8LOeKmFTXp6yk4RGZ9Fs6UWgbVm81QT3LXuk3mFu1ivCSXgAkqwSnxuIlHbeHK-UuweV6AwA/s1100/photos%20digitized.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="1100" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbG8TQfFlIHKMAsa-O7aVOsuFNQ6-8DI0P8BJj2qfpAVleZyeZd8arLwIM6-ieNDvbzAbU_iHEPusBxrKITinC0dk5qbUVqX3hWMK_vsct9Q6jOwWhm8LOeKmFTXp6yk4RGZ9Fs6UWgbVm81QT3LXuk3mFu1ivCSXgAkqwSnxuIlHbeHK-UuweV6AwA/w640-h186/photos%20digitized.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">800 photos (1600 images front & back) for 1989</div><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Deborah Richards aptly dubbed Donna a “living archivist” for her family. Yet, all of us who value our </span><span style="font-size: large;">families’ history and search for relatives and their stories are also living archivists. Let’s strive to be </span><span style="font-size: large;">living archivists for our families while we are able.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Member Notes:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Alan Toft will be traveling to England, Nice and Italy in April.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Lenore Hanse-Stafford will be traveling to Turkey at the end of April.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> In mid-April to mid-May, Donna Wendt will be off to Uzbekistan and three other "Stans" in Central Asia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;"> We wish our world travelers a safe journey and lots of good memories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Our next meeting will be on </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, April 8, 2023, 9:00 a.m</span></b><b><span style="font-size: medium;">. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sue Miller will discuss DNA Painter.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Meeting adjourned around 11:18 a.m.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">(by Bella Rivera)</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-67425734260000792352023-02-22T19:48:00.002-10:002023-03-10T17:44:11.242-10:00HCGS Meeting Feb 11, 2023<p> </p><p> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Meeting of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society </span></b> ZOOM Feb 11, 2023</p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyi6IzvHV9jl4bpe8usfZrAZiRVAo60NTllhjptARHphjb3iXeNLUVRNe0RlS5YcGVMOmK-1294Qih_OuAePr5m5GlilaKQOXkdSb4tVViU-iPl9RtD0xD-vL7BN78IU9yEc4TfFfSiNkM5yuMN2n4Wh0pyOHpBIng3RKw_SD4xUQzGWDxOwjcliFrw/s2107/20230213%20HCGS%20zoom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2107" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyi6IzvHV9jl4bpe8usfZrAZiRVAo60NTllhjptARHphjb3iXeNLUVRNe0RlS5YcGVMOmK-1294Qih_OuAePr5m5GlilaKQOXkdSb4tVViU-iPl9RtD0xD-vL7BN78IU9yEc4TfFfSiNkM5yuMN2n4Wh0pyOHpBIng3RKw_SD4xUQzGWDxOwjcliFrw/s320/20230213%20HCGS%20zoom.jpg" width="298" /></a></p><div> MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 11, 2023</div><div> MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</div><div>Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Karin Jones, Stanley Jones, Larry Meyers,</div><div>Isabelle Rivera, Deborah Richards, Ellen Schneider, Alan Toft and Donna Wendt</div><div>Meeting began at 9:00 a.m.</div><div> <b> OLD BUSINESS:</b></div><div>Due to conflicting schedules, the signatory changes on the HCGS’s bank account have been postponed.</div><div>The parties hope meet at the nearest bank branch in the near future to complete, schedules permitting.</div><div> <b>Clarifications/Corrections to the January 14, 2023 Minutes </b>–</div><div>Under Presentation – The last paragraph, date should be corrected to read:</div><div>[On February 13, 2023, Karin sent to select members a link to sign up for this free event. There is no</div><div>obligation.]</div><div><b> Under Calabash Bowl –</b> Alan Toft’s information regarding half-siblings should read:</div><div>At the death of a person who owned property, full siblings and their children, are given priority to the</div><div>inheritance, before any half siblings.</div><div> Under Calabash Bowl – Donna Wendt requested clarification regarding the paragraph advising caution on Ancestry messages from people inquiring on relatives:</div><div>Caution was in reference to sharing personal family information, which is not public knowledge, with</div><div>new contacts. Verify their connection and then make a decision how much you wish to share. Donna</div><div>added that it is advisable to communicate through personal email if you decide to continue the</div><div>connection.</div><div> </div><div> <b>CALABASH BOWL:</b></div><div>Genealogy Events and Tools:</div><div> February 13, 2023 – Southern California Genealogical Society is presenting an online Legacy</div><div>seminar. It will include an open discussion on problems you may be having regarding genealogy.</div><div> February 25, 2023 is Forever Family History Event. The topic for this year is “What to Do with</div><div>Your Research”. Time is from 7 to 10 a.m.</div><div>On February 13, 2023 Karin sent to select members a link to sign up for this free event and</div><div>Lenore emailed the link on February 17, 2023. There is no obligation.</div><div>https://www.forever.com/ambassador/karin-sorge/events/family-history-virtual-event-2023.</div><div> <b>RootsTech 2023</b> Conference is being held on March 2nd through the 4th in Salt Lake City. Inperson</div><div>attendance will be $98 and it includes the free virtual pass. You can sign up for the free</div><div>virtual pass at Familysearch.org/RootsTech.</div><div> Larry Meyers has been watching Legacy Family Tree webinars through MyHeritage. Access to all</div><div>programs costs $51 a year. Larry is highly impressed with a particular 12 program once-a-month</div><div>series by Elizabeth Shown Mills. A recent webinar – Trousers, Black Domestic, Tacks &</div><div>Housekeeping Bills: Problem-Solving with “Trivial Details” addressed how to look in depth at</div><div>details and clues, looking beyond what we see on the surface.</div><div>Donna Wendt purchased at a past genealogy conference a well-known book, “Evidence</div><div>Explained” by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Donna still has it and recommends it as research book.</div><div> Donna has been using for quite some time a fast file search engine, MasterSeeker. It quickly</div><div>searches files and directories by name, size and inside specific directories and it is free. Go to</div><div>www.master-seeker.com for more information or to download.</div><div> The Families App is “designed to operate in conjunction with Legacy Family Tree. Your Legacy</div><div>family files can be easily transferred to your smart phone, or device, enabling them to be viewed</div><div>and edited wherever you are” (online description). Alan Toft highly recommends this app.</div><div>Through Lenore’s February 17, 2023 email, Alan shared personal experience, some information</div><div>and the download site for this app. https://www.telgen.co.uk/families/.</div><div> Podcasts are great sources of learning. Donna uses the Podcast Addict App to search for</div><div>interesting podcasts – Family Tree Podcast, Genealogy Gems, The Genealogy Guys, Ancestral</div><div>Findings, Extreme Genes are a few examples.</div><div> Recommended Family Tree Article, “11 Must-See Genealogy TV shows that Will Inspire You”.</div><div>A New Leaf – Ancestors – Ancestors in the Attic – Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.</div><div>- Genealogy Roadshow – the Genetic Detective – The Generations Project – Long Lost Family –</div><div>Relative Race – Roots Less Traveled – Who Do You Think You Are?</div><div> Suggestion courtesy of Lenore regarding entering information on trees with no official</div><div>documents/sources (example: vital statistics) – place a note in the tree how the information was</div><div>determined or who provided (example: “verbal information” or “from a family Bible”, etc.)</div><div><b> Media:</b></div><div>Deborah Richards inquired on “fixing” photos. Getpaint.net (search for the free download) is an app</div><div>Donna Wendt has shared about in past meetings. There are many popular software packages such as</div><div>Adobe Photoshop available.</div><div> From a podcast, Donna heard of a photo scanning app, Photomyne. It provides scanning, enhancing and restoration of photos. The free Photomyne Basic allows customers to try out a limited amount of the app’s scanning capabilities before deciding whether or not to upgrade to a paid account. Upgrading will unlock more features and remove restrictions after your initial sampling of the Basic. With the upgrade you will have unlimited scanning, sharing and saving to your device or computer, photo-to-PC transfer, photo backup, multi-device access, web access, online photo storage and unlimited photo styling & enhancements.</div><div> My Heritage does not “fix” photos, but their photo tools will enhance pictures you download.</div><div>Forever.com will also try to get the best results possible for any media sent to be stored in the user’s</div><div>account.</div><div><b>Member Notes:</b></div><div> A highlight of Alan Toft’s January 2023 Maui vacation was a visit to the Alexander & Baldwin</div><div>Sugar Museum in Puunene. He also recommended a book, “Life Behind Barbed Wire: The WWII</div><div>Internment Memoirs of a Hawaii Issei.</div><div>Alan will be travelling April/May 2023 in England. He will be gathering with cousins from his</div><div>maternal grandfather’s family.</div><div> Lenore Hanse-Stafford has been fixing her home.</div><div> Karin and Stanley Jones have future plans to move from their current home to another part of</div><div>Oahu.</div><div> Keeping legacies alive – the family of an old family friend were pleased with letters Karin Jones</div><div>had found and sent to them. Deborah shared how touched an aunt had been over a family</div><div>album Deborah had made on their immediate family.</div><div>Deborah also inquired if anyone had experience dealing with embassies, maritime organizations and</div><div>entry ports. Donna has visited the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts and Alan with</div><div>Halifax, the Ellis Island of Nova Scotia.</div><div> After a break of a few months, we returned to the 1853 journal of Donna’s gold prospecting relative,</div><div>Wesley Stevens. We find him continuing his quest to find California gold with his partner. They have</div><div>gone through Cache Creek, Sacramento into the gold hills, Grass Valley by Lake Tahoe, up to Ophir and finally back to Sacramento and Cache Creek. Rain, sickness and loneliness for his family and friends back home were part of Phineas’ days. He also found wonder in the natural beauty he traveled through and a deepening faith in God.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our next meeting will be on Saturday, March 11, 2023, 9:00 a.m.</div><div>Meeting adjourned around 11:30 a.m.</div><div>(minutes by Bella Rivera)</div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-22625583736519668382023-01-12T17:04:00.005-10:002023-02-11T09:21:08.496-10:00HCGS Meeting Jan 14, 2023<p style="text-align: center;"><b> HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - ZOOM MEETING</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> JANUARY 14, 2023 9 AM</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-x5H5-vAqniuTxEOYAnLkZP1uUC1L1ZlbBwtB2jvTzLRP81S8XgAeeWOEz5ofTRV3jGV8DwPJ6_C3OOy3n8Hdqcl4_VWzRe7panP5IFcpJSaVDUOcqfTffezke72a_geZAO1MqktXxxWh9R1Y9qS6X73arcp7Jp3swAlzKx2GQSNfPvO3NWaGRx-HQ/s2312/20230114_094600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2312" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-x5H5-vAqniuTxEOYAnLkZP1uUC1L1ZlbBwtB2jvTzLRP81S8XgAeeWOEz5ofTRV3jGV8DwPJ6_C3OOy3n8Hdqcl4_VWzRe7panP5IFcpJSaVDUOcqfTffezke72a_geZAO1MqktXxxWh9R1Y9qS6X73arcp7Jp3swAlzKx2GQSNfPvO3NWaGRx-HQ/w443-h270/20230114_094600.jpg" width="443" /></a></p><br /><div><b> MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 14, 2023</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</b></div><div><b>Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Karin Jones, Larry Meyers, Isabelle Rivera, </b><b>Deborah Richards, Alan Toft, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</b></div><div><b>Meeting began at 9:00 a.m.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>OLD BUSINESS:</b></div><div><b> The future of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society was briefly discussed.</b></div><div><b> A point to continue to the society was brought up by Alan Toft. He expressed concern over the</b></div><div><b>dwindling numbers of organized groups. Yes, there is much information to find online, on one’s own, yet </b><b>there is much to be said for being a part of a group that meets regularly to share and discuss specific </b><b>topics of interest. Whether we meet in person or in Zoom we have learned much from each other </b><b>regarding genealogy tools, facts, as well as personal histories and stories.</b></div><div><b>The HCGS website can still be found on the internet on rootsweb.ancestry.com and wordpress.com. </b><b>Unfortunately, these sites are at a 2018 standstill as the creator had moved to the mainland. The </b><b>current P.O. Box is still listed on the website. It was suggested contacting the web company to look into </b><b>obtaining ownership or closing it down. If we continue as an organization perhaps we should look into </b><b>creating a new website if we are unable to access the existing sites.</b></div><div><b> Thankfully, we have the HCGS blog that Donna Wendt created and faithfully updates every month - </b><b>honolulucountygenealogicalsociety.blogspot.com .</b></div><div><b>One excuse which more than one member has received when inviting people to attend our meetings is </b><b>the particular day - Saturday. Many people, especially the “younger” generation are busy on the </b><b>weekends. In our search for future genealogists, we may have to consider being flexible with our </b><b>meeting dates and times. </b><b>Perhaps a weeknight meeting would be more acceptable for the new generation. It is also important to </b><b>update our web and Facebook presence if our organization wants to thrive.</b></div><div><b> At an earlier meeting, the suggestion to gather to share a meal was introduced. The Joneses graciously </b><b>offered to open their home if people were willing to come out to the West side.</b></div><div><b> Another suggestion was the Waioli Kitchen and Bake Shop in Manoa Valley. They are open Tuesdays to </b><b>Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. </b><b>Present members are willing to get together, but a set date and place is pending until the HCGS funds </b><b>are accessible. </b><b>Lenore Hansen-Stafford (treasurer), Stanley Jones (president) and Karin Jones, agreed to meet at the </b><b>nearest bank branch to complete necessary signatory paperwork in order to access the HCGS funds. </b><b>Due to the pandemic shutdown the transfer of names has been on hold.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>PRESENTATION: QR (Quick Response) Codes on Forever.com by Karin Jones</b></div><div><b>In a previous meeting, members were intrigued with the QR Code which Karin had included at the end </b><b>of a photobook she had made for her husband, Stan. The QR Code linked the reader to a video of Stan. </b><b>With the possibility of storage disks/flash drives becoming outdated or lost, the new QR Code </b><b>technology offers another means of storage, keeping, sharing and displaying media.</b></div><div><b>Take a video and download to your computer. In Forever.com go to the QR Code generator to</b></div><div><b>download the image or video, once saved it is ready to download to your scrap or photo book. The QR </b><b>Code image or video does not take up any of your storage space in your Forever account.</b></div><div><b>Those receiving the QR code will automatically be taken to the video or image when scanned. They will </b><b>be able to download. Question asked, “Are you able to send URL Code?” The answer was “Yes”. </b><b>Forever Boxes are on special – transfer your media to Forever.com storage. Choose and order a box, fill </b><b>with media you would like saved, close and send to Forever.com. Color correction is automatic for slides </b><b>and photos. You will be contacted first if your media is over the storage space you have purchased. </b><b>Karin’s recommendation is to purchase the medium sized box (the most reasonably priced) and “cram” </b><b>it with your media. If you are contacted due to reaching your storage limit you will be able to decide </b><b>which media to process or if you would like to purchase more storage. Boxes are sent via Fedex and </b><b>trackable during the entire transit time. Forever guarantees the best results possible. If you are not </b><b>pleased they will redo the record(s).</b></div><div><b>Forever will migrate all of their storage to the latest technology. They also offer passing access of your </b><b>records and storage to your designated heirs. </b><b>February 25, 2023 is Forever Family History Event. The topic for this year is “What To Do With Your </b><b>Research”. Time is from 7 to 10 a.m.</b></div><div><b>[On February 13, 2021 Karin sent to select members a link to sign up for this free event. There is no </b><b>obligation.]</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>CALABASH BOWL:</b></div><div><b>At the opening of today’s meeting various members shared memories, history and thoughts.</b></div><div><b> Alan Toft, joined us from his vacation rental in Kihei, Maui. He shared of his love for the Nova Scotia </b><b>community.</b></div><div><b> Deborah Richards’ maternal family, are of Irish and English stock. They traveled on whaling ships from </b><b>Nantucket to Hawaii, choosing to remain in the islands. Her Norwegian and Swedish ancestors settled in </b><b>Maui in 1881. One can find a monument to these ancestors by the lighthouse in Lahaina. </b><b>Deborah’s Moloka’I family were given land by King Lunalilo. Because the land could not be developed it </b><b>was used by the family as a cemetary.</b></div><div><b> Karin Jones shared that for hundreds of years the parishes of Sweden were tasked with keeping records </b><b>of the family/people in their respective parishes. Records are kept at the Lansarkivet (National Archives </b><b>of Sweden). Check the Lansarkivet if you are searching for Swedish relatives.</b></div><div><b>In researching Stan Jones’ Scottish/Swedish heritage Karin discovered an interesting inheritance law for </b><b>titled gentry. A widow had the right to continue collecting rents/income from property left by her </b><b>husband for the rest of her life, but she was not allowed to inherit the property. Title to property was </b><b>passed only to the sons so as to remain with the original family. </b><b>Alan Toft said that in England, if someone dies without a will a full sibling's child will inherit before a half sibling.</b></div><div><b> Susan Victor is back in Hawaii as of December 2022. She is recovering well from her back injury.</b></div><div><b> Shutterfly products are now accessible through Costco. Costco members receive 50% discount. Donna </b><b>Wendt orders her photobooks and personalized gift items from Shutterfly. </b><b>Shutterfly is not a storage company but they do store photos you upload. They recently sent out </b><b>reminders that customers need to purchase any item within 18 months to remain active and not have </b><b>your stored photos deleted.</b></div><div><b> Donna cautioned regarding messages on Ancestry from people inquiring on relatives. We could have </b><b>large pool of possible relatives listed under our matches on various sites. DNA is interesting but it can </b><b>be hard to trace most of the matches for higher removed cousins. Many do not have trees, or their </b><b>trees are private. Make sure to check out the person’s tree, their name(s) and shared matches.</b></div><div><b> The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has a new title, the Family Search Library and the </b><b>Family Search Centers are your local LDS research libraries</b></div><div><b> Searching for groups on Facebook – tap on the magnifying glass icon in the Search box, then put in </b><b>specific information for groups you are searching for.</b></div><div><b> Our next meeting will be on Saturday, February 11, 2023, 9:00 a.m. on Zoom. See email from Lenore.</b></div><div><b>Meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m.</b></div><div><b>(02/10/2023 by Bella Rivera) .</b></div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-2406783701237916822022-12-10T12:33:00.008-10:002023-01-12T17:01:51.398-10:00Honolulu County Genealogical Society Dec 10, 2022<p> <b><span style="font-size: large;">Honolulu County Genealogical Society Dec 10, 2022</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdqAkCKGgALMDpxB4XOCeGH5LZalOfD_eviq-VgqfoJajZqa73tAipv9IJv3iDs2Qxn_16UsfedjJIw8HNesIKo0cTGMbO64Fi9E1RzcV9UNNcDuaOvKFXS6gMgXQM3RFYPcsKjkErsW3tlQBBbMTc6p6y2sjAMb2HYMELW7w0oKWOjbQStaZAjXJWA/s1887/20221210%20HCGS%20Zoom%20Dec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="1887" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdqAkCKGgALMDpxB4XOCeGH5LZalOfD_eviq-VgqfoJajZqa73tAipv9IJv3iDs2Qxn_16UsfedjJIw8HNesIKo0cTGMbO64Fi9E1RzcV9UNNcDuaOvKFXS6gMgXQM3RFYPcsKjkErsW3tlQBBbMTc6p6y2sjAMb2HYMELW7w0oKWOjbQStaZAjXJWA/s320/20221210%20HCGS%20Zoom%20Dec.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next Zoom Meeting Jan 14, 2022 at 9am....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="clear: left; float: left; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b>MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 10, 2022</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></p>
<h4 style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p> </o:p>Present: Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Karin Jones, Stanley
Jones Deborah Richards, <span lang="DE">Isabelle
Rivera,<br /></span><span lang="DE">Ellen Schneider and Donna Wendt </span></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="DE"> </span>Meeting
officially began 9:13 a.m. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>OLD BUSINESS:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">If you do not
receive Lenore’s Zoom meeting notice, sent on January 9, 2023, or have a
problem connecting onto the link she has attached to her email, go directly onto
the Zoom website. Enter the new ID
number, 84220254009; and then the password, DNA. If you have problems logging into the
meeting, contact Lenore at (808) 341-0766.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><b>NEW BUSINESS:</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">During the
pandemic Lenore Hansen-Stafford has faithfully continued to handle the business
for the Honolulu County Genealogical Society the past 3 years. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">One item of
business is the yearly P.O. Box fee. With
emails, the HCGS blog, online connections, the suspension of dues during the
pandemic, and activities of other organizations cancelled or suspended during
the pandemic era, there has been very little mail coming to the HCGS P.O. Box.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">A suggestion
was made by Lenore to close the P. O. Box.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Considering the
dwindling number of members, for many valid reasons, a second suggestion was
made to dissolve the Honolulu County Genealogical Society. With the remaining funds we could meet to
share a meal, or more, together. If the
membership chooses to dissolve, interested parties could continue to meet as a
webinar group.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><b>PRESENTATION: Photobooks</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Donna Wendt
shared a photobook she made with Shutterfly.com in honor of her mother, Nadine
Pearce Hague. The book had
many photos of her family – her Welsh great-grandparents who immigrated to Iowa then Colorado Springs; the Fern
Hotel in Los Angeles, California; Vincent Hague (Donna’s father) whom Nadine met and
fell in love at the Fern Hotel; Donna, her brother, Dickie, as well as other
relatives. To end the photobook, Donna
included a screenshot of the family tree she had on her Family Tree Maker
software for ancestors and descendants of Nadine Pearce Hague. Donna also uses
these types of memory books to remember events experienced with her great-grandchildren.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Karin Jones shared
Volume 2 of the photobook she had created for Stan Jones, using Forever.com. In Volume 1,
Stan’s youth to adulthood was highlighted.
This Volume 2 covers his life with his first wife, their daughter and
son. Karin is
working on another book for Stan’s great-grandchildren. “So How Are We Related” pages show the
generations how they are related within the family. A fascinating
new technology offered by Forever.com is the use of QR codes. Karin placed a QR code on the final page
which takes the viewer to a video of Stan speaking to his family. History – a
relative of Stan’s was one of the first Calvinist preachers in Ulster. Note for our
calendars – Stan will be a young 92 years-old in March 2023.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Deborah
Richards has many photo binders. It was
suggested that she can have them scanned and the images stored permanently at
Forever.com.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><b>CALABASH BOWL</b>:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">This past
summer, Karin and Stan Jones, experienced an exciting trip to Sweden. Karin shared her discoveries with us of her
visit to the second largest cathedral in Sweden. Karin’s family are descendants of King Gustav
Vasa who is interred in this cathedral. She
first was amazed by the beautiful stained glass windows. In the Treasury Room
rests the Gustav Vasa Bible. It was
commissioned by King Gustav Vasa in the 16<sup>th</sup> century. Of note, this Bible is 100 years older than
the King James Bible.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">“Travel
broadens our world.” “Appreciate where
you are.” - Deborah Richards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Forever.com has
a sale on December 13, 2022. You can
purchase a box to convert media (ex: movies) for $28. Forever will never delete your storage, they
keep your files forever and up-to-date with the most current technology. If you would like more information or help on
projects, please contact Karin.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Multiple
Storage Options and Recommendations - It is so
important to protect your digital records and photos. Besides an outside storage source like
Forever.com, you still want to preserve your hard work and collections at
home. Cloud storage sites, hard drives
and external drives are recommendations as backup storage.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Deborah is
still searching for a projector. She
wants to project digital media onto a projector screen.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">She has tried
contacting previous suggested source(s) but was unable to get a representative
on the phone. It was recommended that
she go down in person to the physical store to talk to someone. Another
suggestion was to rent a projector, perhaps from a local university.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Still cleaning
out your inventory of books? Lenore took
hers to the Kapolei Library (they do not provide donation receipts). Donna has donated to the Friends of the
Library of Hawaii. Their drop off point
is located at 501 Sumner Street, Unit 614 and you will need to make an
appointment. They will provide an online
receipt.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>The Census for
Scotland is now available, but on a pay-for-view basis.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>The newest My
Heritage tool features artificial intelligence.
Their AI Time Machine creates avatars allowing you to picture yourself
in different historical eras. You can
view yourself as you might have looked at the time your ancestors lived.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Join us for our
first meeting of 2023. It will be on
Saturday, January 14, 2023, 9:00 a.m.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p>Meeting
adjourned at 11:02 a.m. <o:p> </o:p>( by Bella Rivera)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-76282660788439705432022-12-10T12:25:00.008-10:002023-02-11T09:24:08.479-10:00Honolulu County Genealogical Society Nov 12, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"> <br /> <b> MINUTES FOR THE NOVEMBER 12, 2022</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b> MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b> HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b> Present: Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Thomas Hughes, Larry Meyers, Sue Miller, Deborah<br />Richards, Isabelle Rivera, Ellen Schneider and Donna Wendt<br /> Meeting officially began 9:00 a.m.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <b>OLD BUSINESS:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">If you do not receive Lenore’s Zoom meeting notice or have a problem connecting onto the link<br />she has attached to her email, go directly onto the Zoom website. Enter our ID number,<br />83224651197; and then the password, DNA. If you have problems logging into the meeting,<br />contact Lenore<br /> <b>PRESENTATION:</b><br />Donna Wendt ran a 6-minute YouTube video. On June 2, 2007, the Honolulu County Genealogy<br />Society went on an excursion to the Wa<b>ipahu Plantation Village.</b> Tom Bopp (2007 president) and<br />Georgia Bopp set up the field trip to attend a Genealogy Day event. The day included viewing<br />of the Village which contains examples of homes representing the different immigrant<br />ethnicities who settled in Hawaii to work on the plantations and start new lives. There were also<br />tables set up in the Meeting House representing the various nationalities.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOFOx1xvBEbDbab4ybz_5S4JdMwngNhpRbZ1DwFCI9b5GDMiiqWgWN3I7H9KXH7J-ViyeJtPDbl3mUzAfLEIumMw7xYIW2B_4nDTUKzqJ1Z0pYhpFHH7SNsgxHzg8y3G8ripHaNiJUJ4d2O0lnnyqERXP9pL9SFJD90OWVNQESVftUuAuKF4jAJcrdw/s2019/20221112%20HCGS%20Nov%20Mtg%20Zoom.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2019" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOFOx1xvBEbDbab4ybz_5S4JdMwngNhpRbZ1DwFCI9b5GDMiiqWgWN3I7H9KXH7J-ViyeJtPDbl3mUzAfLEIumMw7xYIW2B_4nDTUKzqJ1Z0pYhpFHH7SNsgxHzg8y3G8ripHaNiJUJ4d2O0lnnyqERXP9pL9SFJD90OWVNQESVftUuAuKF4jAJcrdw/s320/20221112%20HCGS%20Nov%20Mtg%20Zoom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> 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.<br />Lenore recommended a book – “The Three-Year Swim Club” by Julie Checkoway. The story of<br />children in Maui learning to swim in the sugar ditches.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh82RkYvaN1gLY0Ww9eHGhT2vq0sRJks0MpU1Io9CqkYsPBsGb37hvvtxPy6QXJ7I5IFGsdKcKk-6fmIXH5hoULd6pr-jIB8W684wdMYlPZftQnstZSUrqVSBBS6Ju-VO5y7dbrGRb2NbfojEnKX5hvTd7Ap4L2n2PaStHdw_MMLt0r2pP7mB21aLWeA/s1831/20221112%20HCGS%20Nov%20Mtg%20Zoom%20a.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1831" data-original-width="1637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh82RkYvaN1gLY0Ww9eHGhT2vq0sRJks0MpU1Io9CqkYsPBsGb37hvvtxPy6QXJ7I5IFGsdKcKk-6fmIXH5hoULd6pr-jIB8W684wdMYlPZftQnstZSUrqVSBBS6Ju-VO5y7dbrGRb2NbfojEnKX5hvTd7Ap4L2n2PaStHdw_MMLt0r2pP7mB21aLWeA/s320/20221112%20HCGS%20Nov%20Mtg%20Zoom%20a.jpg" width="286" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <b> CALABASH BOWL</b>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Members shared current snippets of their lives:<br />Welcome back Larry Meyers. Larry had been on the mainland for 5 months. During that<br />time, he helped to clean out 2 family homes, returning to Hawaii with a suitcase full of<br />pictures of his wife’s family. He now begins a search into her Norwegian line.<br />Larry’s personal DNA heritage was recently updated increasing his Norwegian ancestry to 11%,<br />from the original 2%.<br /> It was also good to have Tom Hughes back. Tom shared that he had various health issues over<br />the past 2-1/2 years, but he is feeling much better and looking forward to working on<br />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.<br /> As a result of Tom’s passion for genealogy, Tom had been entrusted with the history and<br />documents of his beloved wife’s family. She was of Japanese ancestry and her family’s<br />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<br />be active. Lenore Hansen-Stafford recommended Tom request Family Tree to “revisit” his<br />test. <br /> Downsizing continues to be a 2022 hot topic with Lenore also working on sorting and paring<br />down her possessions. Both Lenore and Donna have been gifting possessions to their<br />daughters. Tom Hughes also has been pondering on whom to pass on the family records he<br />has collected all these years. Regarding the collection of his in-law’s historical documents, it<br />was suggested donating to the Japanese Consulate or the Japanese Cultural Center. He is<br />also considering donating his family’s records to a museum or a pioneer association back in<br />Minnesota where he is from. Scandinavian and German families settled throughout Minnesota.<br />A suggestion from Donna is to post a notice on Ancestry and/or Family Search to see if a family<br />member or organization comes forward expressing interest in his collection.<br /> Sue Miller has been busy contacting people who share X chromosomes using DNA Painter.<br />With her brother submitting his DNA, their family found 23andMe had the most extensive<br />material. “DNA Painter is an easy-to-use tool that helps genealogists make sense of DNA<br />testing. By mapping segments of DNA to chromosomes, we can begin to see which ancestors<br />gave us which pieces of DNA, and thus how new matches are related. As a result, DNA<br />Painter has quickly become an essential tool for genealogists!” Blaine Bettinger of DNA<br />Central and thegeneticgenealogist.com The basic service is free in which one can sign up for<br />the free mailing list, watch free webinars, try a sample chromosome map (which is not saved)<br />and a DNA Painter user group on Facebook. To fully use their services, there is an annual<br />subscription of $55. Imports to DNA Painter is allowed from MyHeritage, 23andMe and<br />FamilytreeDNA.<br /> Deborah Richards is working on a new ethnicity added to her DNA makeup. She has always<br />known of her Hawaiian, Swedish, Norwegian and Portuguese ancestry. She is a proud<br />member of the Portuguese Society here in Hawaii. The Society has terrific records of<br />Portuguese immigrants who made Hawaii their home. Deborah had assisted with indexing<br />these records. Deborah’s subsequent DNA updates now include the intriguing addition of New Zealand Maori FNA.<br /> Ellen Schneider was also surprised by an addition to her DNA profile. Her family has always<br />considered themselves 100% German. DNA now states Ellen has a very significant amount of<br />English blood.<br /> <b>Miscellaneous:</b><br />Germangenealogy.com is offering an online class today on understanding German writing.<br />Bella had just received a Christmas box from a German cousin, Heike. Included in the box was<br />a photo book created by Heike and her daughters to honor an aunt and uncle. The book<br />contained a few photos of the Hawaii family and photos of Bella’s mother she had never seen<br />before.<br /> <b>Photos:</b> Another website to look into if trying to identify people in a photo is Dead Fred,<br />www.deadfred.com. You post the photo and wait to see if anyone responds. You can also<br />search through their photo archive for your surname. Perhaps you will find a family member.<br />Shutterfly has been sending out notices stating that they will be purging stored photos to open<br />up memory. Free photo storage will only be available as a benefit to active customers. To<br />remain active, one must make a purchase at least once every 18 months.<br /> Donna shared wonderful old photos of the homes of her Blanding family. Her immediate family<br />lived in Madison Lake, Minnesota and Lake Pleasant, California.<br /> To close out this November meeting, Donna continued reading from <b>The Journal of Wesley<br />Stevens.</b> Wesley is in 1853 California. He is not having success at his gold mining operation<br />and battling illness. He decides to move on and we left him crossing the <b>Yuba River.</b><br />Larry Meyers has had the opportunity to be on the Yuba River. Mining operations are still<br />going on there.<br /> Our last meeting of 2022 will be on Sat<b>urday, December 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m.</b><br />The agenda is open for this meeting. Take a breather from the busy holiday chores, settle into<br />your office chair, place a glass of eggnog and a special treat on your desk top, and join us for<br />an hour or two. We hope you will be able to pop in as we close out the year by wishing each<br />other a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.<br />[ADDENDUM 12/09/2022 – My Heritage’s AI Photos program to be showcased by Donna<br />Wendt]<br />Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.<br />( 12/09/2022 by Bella Rivera)</div>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-83370112509633415732022-10-08T11:35:00.007-10:002022-11-04T19:36:47.457-10:00<p><b><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Honolulu County Genealogical Society Oct 8, 2022</span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctOnLlbHoJ90gk9w069t6D5HPC65lL-EgxiZRaKh7XFXTfgEbOKqqkoAPOJEHNMrI53WDfXe6piCYJJ1nccw1vk9Rwsk6ETfh-fxfCf94ws5N1_7TFXcU100PB0st-buCeezBBoszjA_SrQDuqCE1w1J3eXkMIeHjbIbJNoe6n1eTnd9njNqhNDrjEw/s1870/20221008_090837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="1870" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctOnLlbHoJ90gk9w069t6D5HPC65lL-EgxiZRaKh7XFXTfgEbOKqqkoAPOJEHNMrI53WDfXe6piCYJJ1nccw1vk9Rwsk6ETfh-fxfCf94ws5N1_7TFXcU100PB0st-buCeezBBoszjA_SrQDuqCE1w1J3eXkMIeHjbIbJNoe6n1eTnd9njNqhNDrjEw/s320/20221008_090837.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oct 8, 2022 Zoom Meeeting<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div>MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</div><div>Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Isabelle Rivera, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Deborah Richards, Ellen</div><div>Schneider and Donna Wendt</div><div>Meeting was begun around 9:05 a.m.</div><div> <b> ANNOUNCEMENTS:</b></div><div>Funeral service for member <b>Trisha Robertson </b>will be held on October 20, 2022 at St. John Vianney</div><div>Catholic Church, 940 Keolu Dr., Kailua, 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Hawaiian Memorial Park. More information will be posted by Donna Wendt on the HCGS blog site.</div><div><b> Rose Mary Thompson, </b>wife of our past president, Stanley Yon, passed on August 15, 2022, in Atlanta, GA. Her service will be held at the Church of the Holy Nativity, 5286 Kalaniana’ole Highway, Aina Haina, 10 a.m. Inurnment will take place at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl).</div><div> <b>James Case,</b> husband of former member, Suzanne Case, passed away on September 21, 2022 at the</div><div>amazing age of 102. His services will be held at Central Union Church on October 30, 2022, 3:30 p.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>We send Susan Victor prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery of a back injury she sustained in</div><div>her home in Michigan. Her healing will be a slow and patient process but Susan seemed in good spirits.</div><div>She bravely joined our meeting for a shortened period and we admired her positive attitude.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>OLD BUSINESS</b>:</div><div>The topic of downsizing was brought up in the September 2022 meeting.</div><div> Donna Wendt shared on her ongoing goal to do just that – downsize. Currently she has been working on paring down her collection of books. She shared photos of books presented by her parents to each</div><div>other. These and other sentimental books, as well as favorite photos, will be kept and treasured, but</div><div>others are being sorted for giving away or donating.</div><div> For quite some time, Donna has been working on downloading individual photos and photos of</div><div>scrapbook pages on her Epson Fast Photo 680 wireless scanner. Sort your photos, removing the ones</div><div>you wish to store. Scan them into your computer.</div><div> Donna recommends running any favorite photos a second time with a higher resolution. Higher</div><div>resolutions will provide clearer copies, especially if enlarging, if you decide to print these photos. Now</div><div>you are ready to sort again. Choose which originals to keep, offer to family or friends, or discard.</div><div>Donna and Deborah Richards have stored hard copies in family folders, as well as in their computers.</div><div>Another source to load photos into is the Family Tree Maker program.</div><div> Donna cannot remind us often enough to always backup your computer files! Purchase a solid state</div><div>external hard drive. Look into Backblaze (a backup of your external hard drive) for additional source of</div><div>storage. Flash Drives are fine, but they are not a permanently secure product.</div><div> Donna has a lot of travel data. She found that the Friends of the Library of Hawaii do not want travel</div><div>guides older than 3 years, nor in worn condition. They also do not accept video (VHS) tapes and audio</div><div>tapes. Goodwill and Salvation Army still accept VHS tapes.</div><div> If you have LP records in good condition, try taking them down to Hungry Ear in Kaka’ako to see what they would offer you. FLH, Salvation Army and Goodwill also accept vinyl records.</div><div>Deborah Richards commented on the difficulty of downsizing as almost everything we collect has</div><div>meaning. We want to view our collections with the purpose of carrying on our personal, and our</div><div>family’s, histories.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>PRESENTATION </b>- Research Tips in Scotland by Donna Wendt:</div><div>The site to go to for beginners of genealogy research is Cyndi’s List, cyndislist.com. A site containing a</div><div>wealth of topics and advice as one starts their search for ancestors.</div><div><br /></div><div>Specific sites for Scottish research –</div><div>nrscotland.gov.uk - National Records of Scotland</div><div>scotlandsplaces.gov.uk - historical resources relating to places throughout Scotland</div><div>scotlandspeople.gove.uk – good subscription site to search for vital records such as birth, death and</div><div>marriage</div><div>nls.uk - National Library of Scotland</div><div><br /></div><div>Other sites to search on –</div><div>Familysearch.com ,</div><div>Findmy past.co.uk,</div><div>My Heritage.com,</div><div>Facebook groups (private & public),</div><div>FamilytreeDNA.com – This site consists of groups overseen by an administrator and co-administrators.</div><div>To request to join a group you simply email the administrator.</div><div>Search subscription sites for groups with a knowledge base of Scottish heritage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Webinars are great learning tools. Numerous webinars are on YouTube. Legacy webinars are available</div><div>on www.familytreewebinars.com, example: “Who Were the Scots-Irish?” First time users can view a</div><div>few for free. A yearly subscription costs $49.95.</div><div><br /></div><div>Donna did a story on a blog of her 2-time great-grandfather, Joshua Wallace. After reading Donna’s</div><div>blog, a Mike Donavan contacted her. He had in his possession a daguerreotype photograph of Joshua</div><div>Wallace with his second wife, Rebecca. In comparing the photograph with a crayon drawing Donna had</div><div>of Joshua Wallace she surmised that it was a match. Mr. Donavan chose to keep the daguerreotype but</div><div>Donna was able to obtain a copy of the photo.</div><div><br /></div><div>In 2012 Donna experienced a memorable heritage trip to Scotland.</div><div>Relative, Larry Akin, directed Donna to visit the Scottish Genealogy Society Family History Center in</div><div>Edinburgh. At the center Donna met a most hospitable hostess, Ms. Ann King. Ms. King treated Donna</div><div>to a tasty lunch of Leek Spinach Tart with a tall glass of Scotch. A Google Images search provided Donna with the identity of the café, The Hub, formerly The Assembly Hall and Talbooth Church, Castlehill. After the meal Ms. King took Donna on a little tour of the area. Donna continued exploring the city with a visit to St. Margaret’s Chapel at Edinburgh Castle. Donna again used Google Images to identify a character on impressive stained glass window. This image turned out to be Sir William Wallace (depicted in the Braveheart movie). Sir Wallace was one of the main leaders in the First War of Scottish Independence. Donna is a descendent of Sir Wallace. Donna continued her journey with a visit to the North East Scottish city of Aberdeen. Sites visited were the Aberdeen Train Station, the offshore oil rigs and the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society. One disappointment, Donna was looking forward but unable to meet an Aberdeen Angus (small beef cattle).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>CALABASH BOWL:</b></div><div> Money Saving Tip: Amazon Prime & Netflix offer family plans. You can save on fees by joining with a relative who is already paying for the service. Partner up and share fees or find a relative who is willing to add you to their plan for free.</div><div> Deborah has been searching for a projector for presentations of her converted video files. She desires</div><div>to show videos, not on a computer or television screen, but on a larger scale, projecting larger images</div><div>for her family to view. Suggestions included asking Best Buy’s Geek Squad and searching Amazon Prime. </div><div> With the remaining time we had an impromptu practice session was initiated to see if remaining</div><div>members were able to participate on screen sharing. Lenore enabled “Share Screen” > clicked on the green “share”. The people who now has the share screen feature > minimized the zoom screen > brought up their computer file(s) to share. Clicking on the red “stop share” to end. Practice was a success as everyone was able to participate on the share screen. To learn more, view tutorials on zoom.us.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our next meeting will be on Saturday, November 12, 2022, 9:00 a.m.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you do not receive Lenore’s Zoom meeting notice or have a problem connecting onto the link she</div><div>attaches to her email, go directly onto the Zoom website, enter our ID number, 83224651197; and then</div><div>the password, DNA. If you have problems logging into the meeting, contact Lenore at (808) 341-0766.</div><div>Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.</div><div>(minutes by Bella Rivera)</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX09y171W9EJdzjSsI_4gG5YJva3q9yTV7NZyft8c6txhgZIUZOZODWHOuLEdtMDOWbybrKuyqfTnGe_8C3o3jYjX52vnt17Ej6zICM95YG0xW-jYAqXwA_vuKXEFT7cekyOj99a1J4PoSfTnOwlV5HW9RerdNX2z6RJw940YZwU36qMdiVX8QdxVTQ/s1222/Donna%20M.%20Wendt_001.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="766" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxX09y171W9EJdzjSsI_4gG5YJva3q9yTV7NZyft8c6txhgZIUZOZODWHOuLEdtMDOWbybrKuyqfTnGe_8C3o3jYjX52vnt17Ej6zICM95YG0xW-jYAqXwA_vuKXEFT7cekyOj99a1J4PoSfTnOwlV5HW9RerdNX2z6RJw940YZwU36qMdiVX8QdxVTQ/w402-h640/Donna%20M.%20Wendt_001.jpg" width="402" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HCGS Member Trisha Mach Robertson<br />Aloha o’e, dear Trisha, … until we meet again.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b> </b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-MU01aTDS3Xvsl8eB8C8Gh8SbdM57B27kuT4VHitWi1XAMylGN2iHGltEZDQFWW0O5P-B407bgWqTieFwGrG3Te8jeEcTAS_TOEfBYLc6o6Q-HX7-mFt-Erf7wNfq3cn3xqkKZnf2ue3CmsyNdvYhMiFUeM6ulEtZsnVglVjAgiiKxlHZNImnH-VRA/s2895/20221008_085350.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2895" data-original-width="1177" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-MU01aTDS3Xvsl8eB8C8Gh8SbdM57B27kuT4VHitWi1XAMylGN2iHGltEZDQFWW0O5P-B407bgWqTieFwGrG3Te8jeEcTAS_TOEfBYLc6o6Q-HX7-mFt-Erf7wNfq3cn3xqkKZnf2ue3CmsyNdvYhMiFUeM6ulEtZsnVglVjAgiiKxlHZNImnH-VRA/w163-h400/20221008_085350.jpg" width="163" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obit of Rose Mary, wife of former President of HCGS, Stanley Yon</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-20979675819177303112022-10-08T08:43:00.011-10:002022-10-08T11:30:51.313-10:00Honolulu County Genealogical Society Sept 13, 2022<p> HCGS Meeting September 13, 2022 via ZOOM</p><p> <b>SEPTEMBER 13, 2022</b></p><p><b> HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Isabelle Rivera, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Deborah Richards, Ellen Schneider and Donna Wendt </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meeting was begun at 9:00 a.m.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpgd7lf3jSTRDsqL1cZnif3ZyYuX7cdonucowKmxFcIngu5Q57ymR7DXO69LZetXF9e6FRavIQ39To-zyXrbtVKIfDDNp4TLibGn44Gc8cqITZ5vkt_aYcr4zN91IZRAInMXd0nFzstYWD6r0-FT3upxff0EglFotEu8iOKOpUddhPfmqMqhXOYFhjA/s1881/20220910%20HCGS%20zoom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="1881" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpgd7lf3jSTRDsqL1cZnif3ZyYuX7cdonucowKmxFcIngu5Q57ymR7DXO69LZetXF9e6FRavIQ39To-zyXrbtVKIfDDNp4TLibGn44Gc8cqITZ5vkt_aYcr4zN91IZRAInMXd0nFzstYWD6r0-FT3upxff0EglFotEu8iOKOpUddhPfmqMqhXOYFhjA/s320/20220910%20HCGS%20zoom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>OLD BUSINESS: </b></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Donna Wendt intended to present her talk on Scotland but due to today’s small summer attendance it </span><span>was decided to postpone one more month.</span><p></p><p><span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">NEW BUSINESS: </span> </b></span><span>A request was made to include in the Minutes the Zoom ID information for the Honolulu County </span><span>Genealogical Society’s meetings. </span><span>If you did not receive Lenore’s Zoom meeting notice or have a problem connecting onto the link she has </span><span>attached to her email, go directly onto the Zoom website, Zoom.US. </span><span> Enter our <b>ID number, 83224651197</b>; and then </span><span>the password, <b>DNA.</b> If you have problems logging into the meeting, contact Lenore at (808) 341-0766.</span></p><p><b>CALABASH BOWL: </b>As in August, today’s meeting became an open discussion and sharing session.</p><p><b>Finding Time to Talk with Family</b> (or Friends): Deborah Richards connects with family on their birthdays. Birthdays are a great reason to talk and reminisce. Donna suggested hospital stays, or when someone is home recovering (but not with a contagious illness). A visit and conversation with the patient will lift their spirits and may get some good family data.</p><p><b>Roots Tech:</b> Roots Tech has just begun sending emails announcing their March 2 to 4, 2023 conference. Last year’s conference was all-digital and this year offered a combination in-person and digital. Find information go to their website. Roots Tech is sponsored through <b>FamilySearch.org </b>.</p><p><b>Documentation/Photos:</b> Yesterday, Donna Wendt scanned over 1000 photos on her Epson Fast Photo 680 wireless scanner. The unit comes with 2 software programs, 1 for documents and 1 for photos. The quality of your photo copies are better as scans versus taking a photo of a photo. Be mindful of the page thickness. A note or double paper layer will probably be rejected. If that happens, or if your page is larger than the size limit, you will have to take a photo of the scrapbook page with your cell phone or scan with a flatbed scanner/printer. First check the settings before scanning with Fast Photo... If you plan on enlarging a photo, scan at a higher resolution (600). The 300 resolutions are considered standard. Also in "Settings" under "Enhancements" you have options to auto enhance, to restore faded colors and remove red eye automatically. Once scanned, the photo goes into a file you have named. Any further tweeking of the photo can be done with a photo editing program. Worth repeating, Donna uses a free photo editing program – found at www.getpaint.net. Avoid the ads on the page and find the free app to download .. usually on upper right,</p><p><b>Paint.net </b>does not add color, or "colorize" old black and white photos, MyHeritage.com can do that with their subscription Members of MyHeritage can also use their features to animate a photo, or even add oral narration to an animated photo.</p><p>Also, check your cellphones for default photo editor programs. Most phones have the capability to improve a photo when you bring one up on your screen.</p><p>Addition advice: digitize originals and store on a hard drive with a large terabyte capacity. Purchase the hard drive from any trusted shopping site or store. Scan by years and store in appropriate designated folders. Keep what you store current, taking the time to review and delete what you do not want.</p><p>An inquiry was made asking about venues who still offer prints of photos. Suggestions included Costco, Rainbow Photo Video, Walgreen and Walmart. Some locations have online order sites, with pick up at the stores.</p><p><b>Possible Future Topic</b>: How Does One Downsize? Deborah commented on how hard we work gathering and organizing our family trees and sources. A common concern is that we do not want to see all this work lost, or the possibility of our family history disappearing. Trying to downsize, Donna’s latest project is scanning her 23 binders of Operation Smile missions and then boxing up the binders. </p><p>If we are <b>drowning </b>in hard copy material, how do we downsize? What should be our priorities when we evaluate our collections? How do we best store the items we decide to keep? My Heritage. MyHeritage.com bought out Legacy, it is owned by an Israeli company. Their strong focus is European roots. A note of caution regarding the hints on My Heritage - do not add groups of relatives from the site, with the click of a button. It is best to always review each person individually and add on one-at-a-time if the record is correct.</p><p><b>Ancestry: </b> Ancestry has the largest collection of records (20+ billion historical records) and more members. Since 2020 the current owner of Ancestry.com is the Blackstone Group, an equity investment company. Ancestry and FamilySearch.org (LDS church’s non-profit organization) has collaborated throughout the years. In the business world, Ancesty.com is primarily a large tech company, not a genealogy company. [Info from Genealogy Explained article: Who Owns Ancestry.com by Marc McDermott, March 14, 2022]</p><p>Ancestry’s latest feature is their improvement of pinpointing DNA areas. As more people submit DNA tests, the data of your family origins become narrower and closer to exact sites.</p><p><b>Family Search:</b> Looking into the records at FamilySearch.org is free. All the microfilm from Salt Lake City is now digitized, but indexing is still ongoing. On their site, go to the catalog so review the records available.</p><p><b>Living DNA: </b>Do you have ancestry from the United Kingdom? Living DNA is a UK based genetic testing company. It is strictly a DNA service searching UK data. In 2018, Living DNA partnered with FindMyPast.com to incorporate British Isles and Irish family history records.</p><p>Our <b>next meeting</b> will be on Saturday, October 8, 2022, 9:00 a.m.</p><p>Planned presentation: Donna Wendt’s talk on Scotland and the possible continuation of Wesley Stevens’ adventure in California.</p><p>Meeting adjourned at 11:42 a.m.</p><p>Minutes by Bella Rivera)</p><p><b>ADDENDUM:</b></p><p>We end on a somber note with the announcement shared by Kathy Hudson on the passing of long-time member Trisha Mach Robertson on September 29, 2022. She is remembered as a passionate genealogist who was always willing to share her discoveries of her family history. She always had something to contribute at each meeting she attended. She was a humble, kind, engaging and strong woman. Every member who had the blessing of knowing Trisha will miss her sweet smile and her eager spirit to be with like-minded souls. It was an honor to have her choose to spend her second Saturdays with us. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. Funeral at St Johns Vainny on Keola Dr., Kailua Oct 20th at 10:30 am. Burial at Hawaii Memorial Park.</p><p>Aloha o’e, dear Trisha, … until we meet again.</p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-36211763499765426782022-09-10T08:27:00.003-10:002022-10-08T08:18:12.509-10:00Honolulu County Genealogical Society August 13, 2022<p> </p><p> AUGUST 13, 2022</p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</span></p><p>Present: Kathy & Don Hudson, Karin & Stanley Jones, Isabelle Rivera, Trisha Robertson, Ellen Schneider, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</p><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">There was no formal presentation today. Lenore Hansen-Stafford is again on the road heading to the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">East Coast and Europe. She was unable to join us this month. Though members present were able to</span><span> </span><span>meet on Lenore’s Zoom account, Donna Wendt was unable to access the share screen.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today’s meeting became an open discussion and sharing session.</span></p><p><b>CALABASH BOWL:</b></p><p> <span style="font-size: medium;">Donna Wendt had returned from visiting family in Denver. Susan Victor is coming in from Michigan in the midst of an electrical storm. Kathy and Don Hudson are surviving 100+ degree heat in Utah. Karin and Stan Jones are joining us from cool and comfortable Sweden. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Kathy Hudson shared the exciting news that she and Don will be moving back to Oahu in the spring of 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Waiting to leave for the airport in Sweden, Karin Jones shared some wonderful genealogical discoveries she has made in Sweden. She and Stan attended approximately 7 family gatherings and visited with around 40 family members. Her family helped to identify “unknowns” in some 1958 photos, visited the sarcophagus in Vasteras Cathedral of Eric XIV (1560-1568) and viewed the first Bible translated into Swedish during the reign of Eric’s father, Gustav I (aka Gustav Eriksson and Gustav Vasa) (1496-1560). The Bible was named the Gustav Vasa Bible (published 1540-41). Karin is a descendent of these kings of Sweden. Stan and Karin are continuing their travels to London and Glasgow.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> In last month’s meeting, Susan Victor, spoke of the 7-times married wife, Martha Hawley, of a relative. Since last month, she has been in contact with the granddaughter of Martha Hawley. She lives in the same Michigan town as Susan and they have plans to meet.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Trisha Robertson recently had a situation which makes one pause regarding sharing family history. Trisha had spoken before of the Polish letters her mother had kept. Trish had recently shared copies of these letters with 2 younger cousins (granddaughters of the letter writer). 1 cousin was very excited to receive and view the letters, but the other was so embarrassed that her opinion of her grandmother was changed. </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Though saddened by the reaction of one cousin, the joy the other expressed confirmed that it was the </span><span style="font-size: large;">right decision to share the letters.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9nAkuowkcreIw9B0cz__KRFFJ2O6JFXaoHVXjATL7uNRDVlZSRrUpqLJWHpmpb8xIqn7CUZftso-YO3BaowIlBnAwfFo_a8VfGuNAWGrg-Z1exjmVszPrV1c0W27QSWnKJKeEI0KAsoWORVsfSIt14TxY4VRK3uuwkdlcHLQSQ0qvaPNfIZcZMCPRQ/s2476/20220708_141654%20Stevens,%20Wes%20from%20Geroge%20Frazer.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2476" data-original-width="1922" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9nAkuowkcreIw9B0cz__KRFFJ2O6JFXaoHVXjATL7uNRDVlZSRrUpqLJWHpmpb8xIqn7CUZftso-YO3BaowIlBnAwfFo_a8VfGuNAWGrg-Z1exjmVszPrV1c0W27QSWnKJKeEI0KAsoWORVsfSIt14TxY4VRK3uuwkdlcHLQSQ0qvaPNfIZcZMCPRQ/s320/20220708_141654%20Stevens,%20Wes%20from%20Geroge%20Frazer.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> Last month, Donna Wendt began sharing excerpts from a wonderful journal she discovered years ago at </span><span style="font-size: large;">the Buffalo, NY, public library. This author, Wesley Stevens, was a brother of Donna’s ancestor, Phineas Stevens. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This morning Donna continued reading from, “The Journal of Wesley Stevens”. We left off last month </span><span style="font-size: large;">with Wesley and the vessel rounding the tip of Cape Horn. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Wesley continued to marvel at porpoises “throwing themselves out of the water snorting like horses”, a </span><span style="font-size: large;">sighting of a white whale, the birth of a child on board to a German woman whom no one realized had </span><span style="font-size: large;">been pregnant, and simple gift boxes of figs and raisins from the Captain. He endured a gale storm, his </span><span style="font-size: large;">longing to receive word from his wife and children, and times of despondence. </span><span style="font-size: large;">After 155 days at sea, the ship finally arrives at San Francisco. From there he traveled to Sacramento, </span><span style="font-size: large;">took a stagecoach to Marysville , continued to Dobbin’s Ranch, Foster’s Bar and Mountain House. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Wesley purchased mining equipment and headed out to find gold. Wesley arrived 3 years after gold was </span><span style="font-size: large;">first discovered. It did not take long to ascertain that there was no gold on his grubstake in Oregon </span><span style="font-size: large;">Creek, CA. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This is where we leave Wesley for this month, on a claim with no gold.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Susan Victor had a relative who walked across the country, from Bloomfield, NY, to the gold fields in </span><span style="font-size: large;">California. He accomplished this feat with a group of friends. He later walked to a Wisconsin town </span><span style="font-size: large;">where a brother had died and the widow resided. He may have made some money in California for </span><span style="font-size: large;">Susan knows that he purchased plots for everyone in the family.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meeting adjourned at 10:37 a.m.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> by Bella Rivera, Secretary<br /></span></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-4228073170617292742022-08-27T18:25:00.004-10:002022-10-08T08:05:42.605-10:00Honolulu County Genealogical Society July 9, 2022<p> </p><p> <b>H</b>onolulu County Genealogical Society --- a Zoom Meeting on July 9, 2022</p><p> Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Leilani Maguire, Isabelle Rivera, Ellen Schneider, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</p><p>OLD BUSINESS: Donna Wendt’s presentation on Research Tips in Scotland will be rescheduled.</p><p>CALABASH BOWL: Donna Wendt shared a most interesting journal, “<i>The Journal of Wesley Stevens”</i>. This journal addresses his journey from the eastern United States to the west. A distant uncle of Donna, Wesley Stevens travelled by ship from Jamestown, NY, around the tip of South America, headed to the gold fields in California in 1852. Donna read a few pages filled with descriptions - the ups and downs of living months at sea on a sailing ship, the wonderful sea creatures the passengers observed (turtles, killer whales, porpoises and other “large fish”), the weather elements, and the mental and physical trials of the passengers. I especially enjoyed how his faith in Christ had been tested and grown on that journey. The transcontinental railroad would not be done until 1863 so many travelled by ships. Wesley’s wife and children would eventually join him in California and the entire family does end up back in New York years later. In future meetings, Donna promised to continue sharing a few more pages of Wesley’s journey as we left him off rounding the tip of South America this morning.</p><p> The reading of Wesley’s journal had Leilani Maguire remembering a long passed meeting in which member Suzanne Case had encouraged other members to write down each day something about your grandparent, or any other relative. Time can run out so quickly. Written memories can be enjoyed by your family for generations.</p><p> Susan Victor had been looking up a relative. He was married to a woman named Martha Hawley who lived to the age of 83. Martha was employed as a ticket agent for the White River Railroad in Park City, Newaygo, Michigan. Susan was surprised to discover Martha had been married 7 times. What were the stories behind so many marriages?</p><p> Divorces: If you cannot find divorce records in the city/town your relative resided in, try checking nearby towns or states. Expanding your search may help that record pop up.</p><p> Lenore Hansen-Stafford had read of a woman (not related to Lenore) who was arrested for bigamy after she married her second husband. It was discovered that she had not bothered to get divorced from her first.</p><p> Scanned Photos: Janice Choat-Zavaval inquired about storing and quickly retrieving scanned photos. Donna demonstrated her technique using Timelines. She also shared her album organization system. It was a lot of information so Donna will consider making a presentation for a future meeting. A highly recommended equipment investment – the Epson Fast Photo 680w printer/scanner is the one Donna now uses.</p><p> Summer Schedules: Lenore Hansen-Stafford shared a bit of her journey last month. She had a most enjoyable time riding the Rocky Mountain Train Tour through British Columbia, Canada. Highlights included the Charles Schultz Museum, a Mary Chapin Carpenter concert, Banff, Lake Louise and a very harrowing experience being caught in a California wildfire. She continues her summer travels on August 19th with a cruise to Iceland beginning in Boston, enjoying Iceland and Greenland, vacationing in New York and returning to Honolulu after Labor Day.</p><p> Karin and Stan Jones will be continuing their 2-month summer trip and will be in Sweden.</p><p> Donna Wendt will be traveling to Denver on July 14th.</p><p> Faith Burgwinkel sent an email message regarding the Native Hawaiian Genealogy Society. Their Facebook site has information on a genealogy fair, scheduled for July 23, 2022, 9am to 2pm, at the LDS Church Chapel, located at 92-900 Makakilo Drive. There will be workshops, displays and a marketplace.</p><p> Ellen Schneider provided an update on the Friends of the Library of Hawaii. Donations are still being accepted by appointment only, with drop offs at 501 Sumner Street. The most popular books are cooking and children books. The next sale should be in January 2023 at Washington Intermediate School. The huge summer book sale should be returning to McKinley High School’s cafeteria in 2023. This summer it was held at their retail site in Ward Center.</p><p>Our next meeting will be on Zoom on <b>Saturday, August 13, 2022, 9:00 a.m.</b></p><p>Meeting adjourned at 11:25 a.m.</p><p>by Bella Rivera</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V1we6HPBFaKu-Gwp3Jmq9HkLwe2t9HvKPQ6TDzjpixIANhZb4VXddGq2fcB-YM6SRrIOvQy5plsfAi6qxpMU262RJCq6PudlqcQ5NgWv3aBxp-KKYIJzlK6lUC43XjqRRp4iTFwi5Vy1dJ1zBgGJgl5vITUht7aoHZDhSgyBu_ssBaJZKVXWvEEpnQ/s1912/20220709%20HCGS%20zoom%20mtg%20July%20b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="1912" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_V1we6HPBFaKu-Gwp3Jmq9HkLwe2t9HvKPQ6TDzjpixIANhZb4VXddGq2fcB-YM6SRrIOvQy5plsfAi6qxpMU262RJCq6PudlqcQ5NgWv3aBxp-KKYIJzlK6lUC43XjqRRp4iTFwi5Vy1dJ1zBgGJgl5vITUht7aoHZDhSgyBu_ssBaJZKVXWvEEpnQ/s320/20220709%20HCGS%20zoom%20mtg%20July%20b.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpYVHMM21ZLPhdOggcv740gLKeGoqB6ACZ17miAZmJSWWHfBS5Q3zoStc0LtMECWqYa-Vi8TTVVMqeylL_u8RsP52lSzewHn8Fo4KoLzBYELaC5SQkUzzMMHGZlq15EalbJUrG8q-p2jNH-uxrHVjA8MM5_Pvs6dPtova2p4sCeG6NkSHD5TsA89lTw/s478/20220709%20HCGS%20zoom%20Susan%20Victor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="478" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpYVHMM21ZLPhdOggcv740gLKeGoqB6ACZ17miAZmJSWWHfBS5Q3zoStc0LtMECWqYa-Vi8TTVVMqeylL_u8RsP52lSzewHn8Fo4KoLzBYELaC5SQkUzzMMHGZlq15EalbJUrG8q-p2jNH-uxrHVjA8MM5_Pvs6dPtova2p4sCeG6NkSHD5TsA89lTw/w161-h131/20220709%20HCGS%20zoom%20Susan%20Victor.jpg" width="161" /></a> </div><br /><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-26141082924109059322022-07-11T12:04:00.001-10:002022-08-27T18:28:40.316-10:00Honlulu County Genealogical Society August 13, 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Honolulu County Genealogical Society August 13, 2022 </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Saturday 9am ZOOM</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The meeting was held on ZOOM... information will be posted her later.</b></span></p><p>The Sept 10th, 2022 HCGS meeting will be on ZOOM at 9am .... same ID and same password.</p><p> Contact Lenore for information or problems.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-77783029443371190032022-06-23T15:32:00.005-10:002022-07-11T11:43:26.752-10:00<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Honolulu County Genealogical Society </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> June 11, 2022 Zoom Meeting</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Attending: Bella, Lenore in California, Donna, Karin (Susan Victor and
Sue Miller sent regrets)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ancestry.com news </b>– "Side View" is a new feature showing your DNA broken down to both parents<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Family Tree Maker–</b> security against hackers has triggered a error
when synching – you must remove any “Class.” In your notes, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do a Find for "class" followed by a period.... and Replace<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="CIDFont+F1" style="mso-bidi-font-family: CIDFont+F1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to open another window while
looking on ancestry, click on ….next to URL<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(this will also show you the photo of what your are searching for under
HINTS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ancestry.com </b>--has Photomyne on website or phone app. Go to your tree's Gallery and select a black and white photo... then select the "edit" pencil -- you can colorize that photo, the original black and white is saved.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Paper Flattening</b> - Lenore has baptismal certificate of father from 1915..she wants
flattened and asked for advice. Linda offered advice from a study she has done on paper and paper flattening with a humidity box. "<i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">I'm attaching a picture of a newspaper flattening project I did for the
Hawaiian Historical Society. It involved just a styrofoam box; a
suspended wooden frame with plastic screen hammered to it; and putting a pan of
boiled water beneath the screen and changing it frequently. I think it
took 2? weeks for me to get the curled up newspapers flat. When they
eventually began to "relax" I inserted empty glass jars to hold them
partially open and continued the hot water steaming. The process is
gradual and cannot be speeded up otherwise the paper will crack. I hope
someone at UH Preservation will be able to help with this or maybe there are
written instructions or Youtube demos online. It might be called a
"humidification chamber." Determining the stability of the ink
used on the paper, before humidifying it, is advisable, because the paper
becomes somewhat damp. I used "dispensable" duplicate newspaper
issues to practice on -- since I was totally "winging it." But
it worked and all of the newspapers were eventually able to be microfilmed."</span></i></p><i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="line-height: 107%;">
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</span><b>2022<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> on Zoom. Same ID and password and link.</span></b></span></div></span></i><p class="MsoNormal"><b>MINUTES FOR THE JUNE 11, 2022
MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Present: Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Karin Jones, Stanley Jones, Isabelle Rivera, and Donna Wendt
With a sparse gathering this beautiful Kamehameha Day our June meeting was begun at 9:10 a.m. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> <b>OLD BUSINESS</b>:
The <b>Cemetery Pupu Theatre</b> sponsored by Hawaiian Mission Houses is back! Donna Wendt has
purchased her ticket for the event for the 18th of June. Anyone interested in joining her will need to
purchase her/his ticket soon. Attendees and participants are looking forward to a great time after a two
year COVID19 shutdown. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Longtime member, Linda L., via Donna Wendt, had additional suggestions regarding an inquiry
from April 9, 2022 into <b>separating fragile papers.</b> She took up the challenge and did some research.
Instructions can be found online for making your own humidification chamber and flattening paper. It is
a process that takes time and patience. Before using this technique make sure to check the stability of
the ink. YouTube demonstrations from the University of Hawaii’s Preservation Department can also be
found online. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Karin Jones continues her work organizing and documenting Stanley Jones’ family tree and life. She
shared their current project of creating a <b>Forever book</b> on Stan’s children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
The first page is cleverly title, “So How Are We Related?” Shown on this page is Stan Jones with
his first wife, Catherine Martin, their children and grandchildren.
The second page has photos of the great-grandchildren (1st cousins once removed or second
cousins)
Karin cleverly used colored frames around the photos to distinguish the different families.
Part of this project is the use of QR coding. Through Forever.com you can now record, store and watch
videos. Karen agreed to have a formal presentation on Forever QR coding at our September 10, 2022
meeting.
Zoom </p><p class="MsoNormal">With the growing use of <b>Zoom</b>, a discussion popped up regarding sharing hosting duties. Donna asked
about the “host key”. This “host key” is applied to meetings scheduled by the initiating Zoom host. The
Google instructions regarding the “host key” are as follows:
Sign in to Zoom
In the navigation panel, click Profile
Scroll down to the Meeting section
Select the eye icon next to your Host key to view your current 6-digit pin
Click Edit
Input the new host key desired and click Save.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Scanning Suggestions
</b>If you are scanning documents or photos which are grainy, set your computer on the gray scale.
Scanning important documents? Use 600 megapixels. Less important documents, use lower megapixels
such as 300.
Photographs
Ancestry.com now offers a colorization process on the Ancestry phone app (and website at the individual's Gallery).
Ancestry.com has partnered up with <b>Photomyne</b>. “Photomyne is a media preservation and archiving
specialist company”. Photomyne provides an “easier way to digitize old family photos by scanning and
uploading multiple photographs at once through the Ancestry mobile app.”
Click on a photo from your Ancestry gallery > In the Edit tool on the right side, choose Edit Image
Colorize. It will not affect the black & white original. Always keep your originals safe.
Though not as good as the MyHeritage program yet, it is pretty good and they continue to work on
improving it. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>CALABASH BOWL</b>:
Podcast recommendation – <b>Blast From the Past</b> sponsored by MyHeritage.
Interested in joining a hiking group? Donna has a couple of suggestions – Hiking With Aloha,
information can be found on their website, www.meetup.com; and a Facebook Group, “Aloha Hiking
Explorers & More. Places she has been to include, the Bamboo Forest off the Pali Highway/Nuuanu,
Koko Crater Botanical Gardens in Hawaii Kai, and discovering neighborhoods. </p><p class="MsoNormal">The memory of a past excursion to <b>Hawaii’s Plantation Village </b>in Waipahu by the Honolulu County
Genealogical Society was mentioned. Donna offered to search for a video on immigration which had
been filmed that day. Bella Rivera noted ties that her family had to part of the land which the Plantation
Village now sits on. Her paternal family farmed on that land for decades.
Many members have very busy summer schedules: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Lenore Hansen-Stafford joins us today from a very hot Sacramento, CA. She heads to Portland
in a couple of days. She returns to Honolulu on June 17. She continues her summer travels in August with a cruise to Iceland/</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Karin and Stan Jones will continue their summer travels planning to be away the next 2 months.
They will first head to the Forever.com convention taking place in Denver. After
that they head off to Sweden. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Susan Victor is celebrating this Kamehameha Day with friends in Michigan. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Donna Wendt will be traveling to Denver.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> .
For those listed above and everyone else enjoying their summer, we wish you all well, safe travels and
look forward to seeing you whenever you are able to join our zoom meetings.
Our next meeting will be on <b>Saturday, July 9, 2022, 9:00 a.m</b>.
Donna Wendt might be sharing a presentation she had given in June 2022 at The Caledonian Society of
Hawaii – Research Tips in Scotland.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Meeting adjourned at 11:19 a.m.
(Emailed on 07/08/2022 by Bella Rivera)</p><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-64409912445592588942022-05-13T15:06:00.005-10:002022-06-23T15:19:03.556-10:00<p><br /> <b>HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY --- MAY 14, 2022</b></p><p> The May 14th 2022 HCGS meeting will be on ZOOM. Contact Lenore Hansen for the code and password. Lenore attended from Washington and Susan from Michigan..</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXExvmog0kUeqK-bXUN4fliqIkubazUAmBkfEWCHqm2d9YGdPoFuiL5HOkel5ySN3fOwkNfNpuONpTBeHT7EJ4iMskvfRGS9HNoIZq5NRXmCGw_0nfSqtysbW0pf02sbog0V5EpD-lOHpiUXD6_hen9nt1INShNSyAev1gykAdKae9M8t-5MYOdL_dg/s1056/HCGS%2014%20May%202022%20best.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1056" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXExvmog0kUeqK-bXUN4fliqIkubazUAmBkfEWCHqm2d9YGdPoFuiL5HOkel5ySN3fOwkNfNpuONpTBeHT7EJ4iMskvfRGS9HNoIZq5NRXmCGw_0nfSqtysbW0pf02sbog0V5EpD-lOHpiUXD6_hen9nt1INShNSyAev1gykAdKae9M8t-5MYOdL_dg/s320/HCGS%2014%20May%202022%20best.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> The May 2022 Zoom meeting<br /><span><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmSXUpzgWLcLjRAMuXlJZEMH3ZO4dBGPOW_D8DTFbjX5TRIJL8qbJHQLUDAVmc7sAtjZRTV3OBWWdF4h8xEPXlqwWP2FM7qPxIY-ixxRoq9f9Ypdv_n3jSdVwF5NZNwvwbaDzMZAPKKL6dMZ84dUEoqClbRXXzKkSMOMcx_dzo53M49P6xT6Msa9J_g/s629/20220514%20HCGS%20Susan%20Victor.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmSXUpzgWLcLjRAMuXlJZEMH3ZO4dBGPOW_D8DTFbjX5TRIJL8qbJHQLUDAVmc7sAtjZRTV3OBWWdF4h8xEPXlqwWP2FM7qPxIY-ixxRoq9f9Ypdv_n3jSdVwF5NZNwvwbaDzMZAPKKL6dMZ84dUEoqClbRXXzKkSMOMcx_dzo53M49P6xT6Msa9J_g/s320/20220514%20HCGS%20Susan%20Victor.JPG" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Victor with head lei for Ukraine from Michigan by Zoom</td></tr></tbody></table><div> Leilani Maguire opened our meeting with the following question, “Has anyone written down your family history?” She recalled a speaker who suggested researching relatives, one at a time.</div><div>Deborah Richards shared that her family does not like to write, so they video tape share sessions.</div><div>Lenore Hansen-Stafford encouraged people to sit down with your subject and ask questions in an</div><div>interview format.</div><div> Donna Wendt recommended taping the conversation on a tape recorder, diction machine or other</div><div>recording device. Using photographs are great memory joggers.</div><div> A live transcription/translation program highly recommended by Susan Victor – Live Transcribe which is only for Apple I-Phone or I-Pad users. As a person is speaking, the program is transcribing the</div><div>conversation onto the I-phone or I-pad. It is also able to translate from a foreign language. Susan did a</div><div>quick presentation from Michigan. Find it on www.livetranscribe.app.</div><div> One of most commonly used online translation provider is Google Translate. Members have found that translations are not perfect, but it is still a popular, and free, site.</div><div> Deborah Richards exclaimed, “I’d love a book from each of you!” With that encouragement, to those who have already begun recording their life and family stories, keep going; and to those who have yet to begin, e’eu (get going/get a move on, from hilo.hawaii.edu/wehe website).</div><div> Heritage Tour - Needing a guide and translator in Portugal, Leilani negotiated with the taxi driver to spend the day taking them around and helping to translate. It worked out very well for her.</div><div>Contact Hawaii’s Portuguese Heritage Society if you are looking for information of Portuguese ancestors.</div><div> Ancestry.com – New feature: A new DNA feature on Ancestry is the Side View Technology. It sorts/organizes your DNA into the portions of each region you inherited from each parent. The chart will not tell you which parent the result is for, but there are ways of deduction that you may be able to figure it out on your own.</div><div> DNA testing for the mitochondrial (maternal) and the Y (paternal) is currently only being offered by</div><div>Family Tree. For $159 you can discover the migratory path of your female and male ancestors. Go to</div><div>FamilyTreeDNA.com.</div><div> As fascinating as this information sounds, there was a word of caution from Donna. Trying to</div><div>understand and research DNA information can be overwhelming. She has chosen to turn her focus on</div><div>the stories of more recent relatives for awhile.</div><div> Suggested Reading</div><div>Ann Sloat recommended looking into the American Ancestors Magazine by the New England Historical</div><div>Genealogical Society. It is a rich resource for genealogical research.</div><div> Volunteers</div><div>Ann also offered to try to help anyone who has a brick wall (or block). There are already 3 or 4 people</div><div>she will be trying to help, but she is open to helping others.</div><div> Trisha Robertson shared about her limitations due to health issues, but she still has the deep desire to</div><div>continue work on her book of her family’s Polish letters project. Karin Jones volunteered to help Trisha</div><div>organize and compile her book through Forever.com. Leilani suggested providing a copy of Trisha’s completed book to a Polish society.</div><div> Passing It On</div><div>What a blessing passing on your collection to someone who will treasure it.</div><div>Trisha sent the original Polish letters back to a cousin in Poland whose grandmother had sent them her</div><div>family in America.</div><div>Donna is sending her brother’s letters from Vietnam to his son.</div><div> Military Service</div><div>Looking for correspondence, photos, etc. of military during war times? Leilani suggested searching the</div><div>Library of Congress archives.</div><div> Trisha’s father was a photographer when he was stationed overseas in England. While stationed at</div><div>Walla Walla base, he was tasked with taken photos of the base and surrounding area during WWII.</div><div>Trisha donated these photos to a very grateful Walla Walla museum.</div><div> Karin had a great uncle who took photos during WWI, tied to a bi-plane as he was flown over the fields.</div><div> Nuuanu Pagoda</div><div>Donna provided an update on the Nuuanu Japanese pagoda. It is currently in the process of being</div><div>restored. Though access is not possible, one can still view the beautiful temple from outside. Access to</div><div>reach the site is through the lane next to Craigside Place.</div><div> Cemetary Pupu Theatre – Oahu Cemetery</div><div>Last month, the topic of the Hawaiian Mission Homes Cemetery Pupu Theatre was suggested as a future excursion to consider. Well, it is certainly back in 2022. Presentations will run from June 10th to the 25th at Oahu Cemetery. Tickets will soon be available for purchase online. Many notable figures in history are buried at Oahu Cemetery – one such person is Alexander Cartwright who is credited with helping to organize the rules of modern day baseball. If you would like to learn more about this cemetery, Nanette Napoleon, a guest speaker in the past at HCGS meeting(s), has published a book about Oahu Cemetery, “Oahu Cemetery Burial Ground and Historic Site”.</div><div> Leilani noted another upcoming event at the Oahu Cemetery. On May 30, 2022, 9:30 AM, there will be a ceremony remembering the British Officers buried there. If you would like more information or would like to attend, contact Caitilin Embree at (808) 261-2409, or caitilin.embree@gmail.com.</div><div>In other cemetery related news:</div><div> Trisha mentioned that she has a plot for sale.</div><div> Leilani’s daughter had signed up as a volunteer at Find-A Grave. She was sent to the old cemetery by the former Waialae Drive-In site.</div><div> Charts</div><div>Karin unrolled a printout of her Swedish family tree going back to the 1300’s. A cousin in Sweden had</div><div>shown the original to her. Karin took photos, returned home and made copies.</div><div>Local print shops – Kinko’s, UPS Store and HonBlue should have no problem assisting you with printouts of your trees.</div><div>[On May 17, 2022, Lenore emailed the membership a notice for a Memorial Day Sale from Family</div><div>Chartmasters. This was a site mentioned in previous meetings providing a good selection of pedigree</div><div>charts.]</div><div> Our next meeting will be on Saturday, June 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m.</div><div> Meeting adjourned at 11:15 a.m.</div><div>(Emailed 06/10/2022 by Isabelle Rivera)</div>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-83651110357611761282022-05-13T15:04:00.009-10:002022-06-23T15:51:00.100-10:00<p> <br /><b>HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY April 9, 2022</b></p><p><b>The Honolulu County Genealogical Society met by Zoon on April 9th, 2022 at 9AM.</b> th</p><p>Below are the minutes: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydfNukfG2tSPv-ZBwrEPYxVas66qcXh2oCjQggHjN0-kuSLZ5WFaae6FLTf6jZqsNq3WiAJhoErMlAHyh0Zp_ldzjQ1I_-z-r75FHON2QUeAmahgVhG7S1ncuF2dpjTCS1Lmq8xHrKtzPbnaH435_C1w6miG8nhVg0JbhAQ0SPN_Amu6u-iP6t3YHNg/s1214/20220409%20HCGS%20Apr.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1214" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydfNukfG2tSPv-ZBwrEPYxVas66qcXh2oCjQggHjN0-kuSLZ5WFaae6FLTf6jZqsNq3WiAJhoErMlAHyh0Zp_ldzjQ1I_-z-r75FHON2QUeAmahgVhG7S1ncuF2dpjTCS1Lmq8xHrKtzPbnaH435_C1w6miG8nhVg0JbhAQ0SPN_Amu6u-iP6t3YHNg/s320/20220409%20HCGS%20Apr.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 9, 2022 Meeting began at 9:00 a.m.</p><p><b>OLD & NEW BUSINESS</b>:</p><p>No Minutes for March 12, 2022 Meeting</p><p>Presentation by Donna Wendt: Searching for census records using “ED” (Enumeration District) numbers “An enumeration district (ED) is a geographic area assigned to an individual census taker, or enumerator, usually representing a specific portion of a city or county. The coverage area of a single enumeration district, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, is the area for which an enumerator could complete a count of the population within the allotted time for that particular census year.” Quote taken from an article, “What is a US Census Enumeration District?” found on ThoughtCo.com. The 1950 U.S. Census is out. Genealogy researchers are anxious to dive in. Why aren’t 1950 Census records popping up on our trees? We have to wait for the data to be indexed. Without a name index, it is necessary to know the E.D. of where your ancestors lived to locate their Census records. For now, your search will have to be by location and not by name, until volunteers are able to complete indexing the 1950 records.</p><p> Donna shared a great website to help search the Census records using ED’s – stevemorse.org.It titles itself the “Unified Census ED Finder”. You can also find it under “One Step ED Finder”.Enter the Census year, State, County, City or Town, House Number and Street Name in the appropriate boxes. To help narrow your search, enter street names bordering your city block, if you have that information available. A technique in finding the names of cross streets is to go to a modern map. Unless it is a development after 1950, there is a good chance that the streets will have the same names as in 1950. </p><p>If your information is correct, ED number(s) will pop up for the area you are searching for. Choose one Then you will have to choose which viewer site you would like to use – NARA Viewer (National Archives & Records Administration), Family Search Viewer or Ancestry Viewer. Choose one and the census pages for that ED area should be available for you to review.</p><p> If the enumerator did not find anyone to provide information for a particular address, you will see “no one home” notation. Look along the line and you should find a “see sheet _” reference. You will need to search for that sheet number for the household’s information.</p><p> There were standard inquiry lines in the 1940 census which were removed from the 1950 census. Some of these questions now called “sample” lines in 1950 were asked of randomly chosen individuals, not the entire population. Questions regarding residence in 1949, education level, work, income and military service.</p><p>What if you do not have the house number and street address? On the home page of stevemorse.org, again enter 1950’s census > click on See ED maps > click on Get ED Map Images > click on the map area you with to search. Donna demonstrated searching ED maps for various members.</p><p><b>Ancestry Viewer:</b></p><p>Search > 1950 Census > Explore Maps > click on your area of interest > ED District number should come up > Records </p><p> At this time, you are unable to save to Ancestry these records because they are not indexed yet, but you can save the image to My Computer. Ancestry’s goal for 1950 Census is to be very thorough indexing all the information.</p><p>Family Search Viewer: At this time, it is difficult to print or save any information found. As of today’s date, My Heritage has already 4 states indexed, but they have found some errors and are working on correcting them. Possible reasons if you are unable to find your relatives on a census, or if the information does not seem correct:</p><p> Enumerators in the past were paid for information recorded per household. Trish mentioned that there could have been some workers listing down made up names just so they would be paid. Some information could have been provided by neighbors if the residents were not home or were unable to speak English. One can only hope the information provided by a second party was accurate. </p><p> Another concern would be people not answering the knock on the door for whatever reason – is trust of the government, fear, working or just not being home at the time, etc.</p><p><b>CALABASH BOWL:</b></p><p>Discussion for possible future excursions:</p><p> Share lunch together at the <b>Waioli Kitchen & Bake Shop</b> (formerly Waioli Tea Room) in Manoa Valley. Hours are 8 a.m to 1 p.m., Wednesdays through Sundays.</p><p><b> Attend the Cemetary Pupu Theat</b>re presentation by the Hawaiian Mission Museum at Oahu Cemetary. This program features 5 reenactments on the lives of 5 historical figures in Hawaii’s past. Snacks and drinks are included.</p><p>--Trisha shared about her enjoyment of ancestry trips which focused on searching for family graves. It can be fascinating viewing the many interesting, informative, and even artistic, tombstones found in various cemeteries around the world. Some headstones contain valuable information such as the person’s occupation and how they died.</p><p> A local landmark Donna recently discovered was the 119-foot pagoda located in Nuuanu Cemetary It was built in 1966 and houses niches and urns. It is closed due to disrepair, but it is still a wonderful structure to admire. Tours can be found on YouTube taking you to burial places of famous people.</p><p> Any ideas on where to obtain help with unrolling/unfolding old fragile letters? Suggestions – ask the librarians at the UH Library or Bishop Museum. Trisha also suggested speaking with Kathy Hudson.</p><p> Keep Donna in your thoughts and prayers for a swift and full recovery as she undergoes knee surgery on May 10, 2022.</p><p>Meeting adjourned at 11:16 a.m.</p><p>(05/12/2022 by Isabelle Rivera)</p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-51428871646492902092022-03-12T16:17:00.004-10:002022-03-17T13:22:08.912-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MARCH 12, 2022 MEETING<p> <b><span style="font-size: large;">The Honolulu County Genealogical Society met by Zoom on March 12, 2022 at 9AM</span></b></p><p>There was some initial confusion about getting onto the ZOOM. The link sent out for February meeting does not work for any other month. Lenore is administering/hosting the Zoom Meetings with her account. She has the meetings all scheduled using the same new ID and Passcode. She sends an email out before the meeting as a reminder and includes the ID and Passcode. This should be <b>written down to use for the entire rest of 2022. </b></p><p><b> <span style="font-size: large;">HOW TO ACCESS THE ZOOM MEETING </span></b></p><p> To access ZOOM first go to your internet browser and put " <b>zoom.us</b> " in the the address window. Then click on the "<b>JOIN A MEETING</b>" tab at the top. </p><p> Type the ID into the place for " <b>ENTER MEETING ID</b>". and click "<b> JOIN</b>"</p><p> I usually end up clicking on both the boxes "OPEN ZOOM MEETING" and "LAUNCH MEETING"</p><p> Wait for small pop up box to appear and follow what it says ... I think the next thing is to put the PASSCODE into the box.</p><p> Wait for Lenore to let you into the HSCG meeting. </p><p> Please phone Lenore if you are having problems - also check your emails from her.</p><p> For the month of March 2022 we had an enjoyable meeting covering many topics, especially digitization of photos and documents as nearly everyone has these they would like to preserve.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglXGFtwnJpI9tenvIzHPrA_146MIyxj3SCOGjO11k8RwURqSm5fLii_yjDex6VNUCQt4vIWJ_2xR3z9EJJKsVZr5ST7yxKEq1MD0vjChH4LFwrcuq0cCqCXoXyj9PfB09L4xwUQ8L7te7rPUg0jLRYGKeMBVEpChvYbbmX8dikz3sXwvy3IbNREaJcRg=s1957" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1957" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglXGFtwnJpI9tenvIzHPrA_146MIyxj3SCOGjO11k8RwURqSm5fLii_yjDex6VNUCQt4vIWJ_2xR3z9EJJKsVZr5ST7yxKEq1MD0vjChH4LFwrcuq0cCqCXoXyj9PfB09L4xwUQ8L7te7rPUg0jLRYGKeMBVEpChvYbbmX8dikz3sXwvy3IbNREaJcRg=w400-h293" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-24739130565886016872022-02-03T16:47:00.009-10:002022-03-12T15:50:07.162-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING FEB 12, 2022<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> <span>The February 12, 2022 meeting of the <b>Honolulu County Genealogical Society </b> will be held via Zoom at 9 am.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> New information will include the <b>1921 Census for England and Wales</b> by <b>Alan Toft</b> in British Columbia, Canada.</span></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOCuUMfJ7TnseDvoiV4QRCuHWWXOLRF62mDBcV9uHnyQPiKHkdqUOe9yHtAyRv9rbYXgZBgHTQotK0TZh6qaSFYzNphkvZnngx_8L3FYF9t4D6g9WTE2FzaVNzzQJ_0ZrYCkiLbEGXa8S6HSxCU31ShvdqmWeomEd2sgmGDWLmFeaLY7DhbM1rt0GT4w=s333" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="333" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOCuUMfJ7TnseDvoiV4QRCuHWWXOLRF62mDBcV9uHnyQPiKHkdqUOe9yHtAyRv9rbYXgZBgHTQotK0TZh6qaSFYzNphkvZnngx_8L3FYF9t4D6g9WTE2FzaVNzzQJ_0ZrYCkiLbEGXa8S6HSxCU31ShvdqmWeomEd2sgmGDWLmFeaLY7DhbM1rt0GT4w=s320" width="320" /></a></p> The National Archives (TNA) at Kew, London and FindMyPast have announced that the 1921 Census of England and Wales will be released to the public on 6 January 1922. Visitors to TNA will be able to view digital images free of charge. Researchers viewing the online collection – exclusively at FindMyPast – will have to pay £2.50 to view a transcription and £3.50 to view an image of the census return; search results, showing name, age, birthplace, and one or two other names in the same census <span style="background-color: white;">return, will be free.</span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"> This census was taken on Sunday 19 June 1921, having been postponed from 29 April 121 due to the arrival of economic depression following WW1 and Spanish Flu, and a threat of imminent strike action from miners, transport and railway workers, and dockers.</span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;">It gathered information on more than 38million individuals, resulting in 18,235,242 census return images. Most of the data requested was similar to that required in previous censuses but there are some changes and additions. Not only was a person's occupation noted, as before, now the person's employer's name and address was recorded</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyKhNQNigyV3duDLUuTHy2WTfZNQT392cu8P_kSZ0vOk8a95f535AeLl_0wbSFlOdg585FLgqOn0c0mhBBuacmLUgjM-7IumFSZfCnBkbvfauA803R1tcM45GxKn4z-1spjWwzI-ffSTDsNqXTco2S6Ulc1z_YrYBlK6gkwbEzEGYQ3g3mWldBGvPOgA=s338" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="272" data-original-width="338" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyKhNQNigyV3duDLUuTHy2WTfZNQT392cu8P_kSZ0vOk8a95f535AeLl_0wbSFlOdg585FLgqOn0c0mhBBuacmLUgjM-7IumFSZfCnBkbvfauA803R1tcM45GxKn4z-1spjWwzI-ffSTDsNqXTco2S6Ulc1z_YrYBlK6gkwbEzEGYQ3g3mWldBGvPOgA=s320" width="320" /></a></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;">.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIajr7MPz1t0ikt0c0lbeEZTl-b9zeKm5ht5marJVacmuUzhlZUIhn45FiI92DDAQGBzH81_SWCJQdaxLUzZkaz7tSi3s-RGq6EJglAUNn6byVG4SsyieGmwQtqtnzInzac038K0iBgskflA_mSHeySil_jLSBu18_ddb0vYN4MYOW5YIlhKy7PvPhXQ=s3131" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="3131" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIajr7MPz1t0ikt0c0lbeEZTl-b9zeKm5ht5marJVacmuUzhlZUIhn45FiI92DDAQGBzH81_SWCJQdaxLUzZkaz7tSi3s-RGq6EJglAUNn6byVG4SsyieGmwQtqtnzInzac038K0iBgskflA_mSHeySil_jLSBu18_ddb0vYN4MYOW5YIlhKy7PvPhXQ=w502-h286" width="502" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b> MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 12, 2022</b></div><div>MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</div><div>Present: Janice Choat-Zavaval, Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Kathy Hudson, Karin Jones, Stanley Jones,</div><div>Leilani Maguire, Larry Meyers, Sue Miller, Trisha Robertson, Deborah Richards, Isabelle Rivera,</div><div>Ellen Schneider, Alan Toft, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</div><div>Meeting began at 9:00 a.m.</div><div><b>OLD & NEW BUSINESS:</b></div><div> Reviewed the Minutes of December 11, 2021</div><div> Correction 1: Page 1, in the “Present” paragraph, remove Trisha Robertson. She was not present at the</div><div> December meeting.</div><div>Zoom meetings will now be administered by Lenore Hansen-Stafford via her Zoom account. Look for the Zoom link on Lenore’s email prior to our next meeting.</div><div> Thank you to Trisha Robertson for facilitating all of our past Zoom meetings. We wish her a speedy and complete recovery.</div><div> Welcome to Janice Choat-Zavaval. We hope you enjoyed attending today’s meeting and will return.</div><div> Every member of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society wishes to send our condolences to member,</div><div> Faith Burgwinkel and her family. Donna Wendt shared an obituary notice from the January 7, 2022</div><div>Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Faith’s son, Lee Kauila Burgwinkel, had passed away on December 1, 2021.</div><div>Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Faith and John.</div><div> Karin Jones will update us on her “Writing Your Own Story” session(s) at our March meeting. At our</div><div>October 9, 2021 meeting, Karin told us about her 52-week ½ hour sessions she would be introducing at</div><div>2 conferences on the mainland. Due to the time differences, it was hoped to offer these sessions to our</div><div>HCGS members at the beginning of this new year. Due to various reasons this plan had to be put on</div><div>hold.</div><div> Our presenter today is Alan Toft. Alan first visited Hawaii, Maui to be exact, in 1983. In 2006 he and his family were living in Hawaii. He worked for a software company with a contract with Hawaiian Electric. When the contract ended in 2009, they left Hawaii. He retired in 2015 and enjoyed travelling, until COVID hit. He has been living very contentedly in Canada and we are glad he reconnected in our Zoom meetings. Alan’s began researching his family history in 1989, the year before his mother passed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>PRESENTATION BY ALAN TOFT – THE 1921 UK CENSUS</b></div><div>Bullet points are taken directly from Alan Toft’s presentation.</div><div>Basic Background on the 1921 <b>UK Census</b>:</div><div> Taken every 10 years and released after 100 years.</div><div> <b>1801 through 1831 </b>– statistical – no personal information</div><div> <b>June 7, 1841</b> – poor addresses, occupant names, ages (adults rounded to nearest 5),</div><div>male/female, flags for whether born in this country or whether born outside England, but not</div><div>where!</div><div> March 30, 1851 – accurate ages and birthplaces, relation to head, marital status, state, flag for</div><div>blind/deaf/dumb.</div><div> <b>April 7, 1861</b> – ditto, plus flags for imbecile/idiot/lunatic.</div><div> <b>April 2, 1871 </b>– ditto</div><div> <b>April 3, 1881 </b>– ditto – I have these on CD’s from pre-internet days.</div><div> <b>April 5, 1891</b> – ditto – the first census in which there are people I remember.</div><div> <b>March 31, 1901 </b>– ditto – thinks this is the first census that was available online shortly after</div><div>release.</div><div> <b>April 2, 1911</b> – nicer format, 1 page per household, number of children born/living/deceased</div><div>(this information is helpful with finding children who were born and died between censuses now</div><div>that GRO gives mother’s maiden name on the indexes for dates prior to 1911. Clearer</div><div>profession/occupation/occupation location (e.g. Warehouseman in a Soapworks). Nationality,</div><div>Infirmity (although this seems to be blanked out in online records).</div><div> <b>1939 UK Register</b> – September 29, 1939 – this was not a census, more like the 1901 UK Census</div><div>format but no birthplaces. Exact date of birth! People not know to be deceased are banked out</div><div>– can submit death certificates on FindMyPast to get the records opened – when it works!</div><div> 1941 – no census was taken</div><div> 1951 – I’ll be103 when it is available.</div><div><b>1921 UK Census – taken 19 June 1921</b></div><div> Only on FindMyPast – for now anyway.</div><div> Even with an annual membership you pay for each record. I pay $4.41 US for each 1921 Census</div><div>image and $3.15 for each 1921 Census transcription.</div><div> I think you can sign up and view the indexes for nothing.</div><div> I have a US 12-month Ultimate British & Irish subscription. The cost is $171.50 US ($179 US next</div><div>year) but I only paid $152.15 US in November 2021 (probably a loyalty discount).</div><div> Most censuses I only keeps the census image, but …</div><div> In the 1921 Census only, the transcription contains the address!</div><div> The images are <b>more important </b>– and transcriptions have errors – I have reported many already.</div><div>1921 UK Census – What was my approach?</div><div> Direct line ancestors have to be found!</div><div> Anyone I actually met has to be found!</div><div> Favourite cousins’ ancestors have to be found!</div><div> Favourite cousins’ spouses’ ancestors have to be found!</div><div> Any ‘special project’ relatives have to be found!</div><div> Basically, it’s totally out of control and I need to set up a GofundMe page!!:)</div><div>So What Did I Learn, and Receive, From the 1921 UK Census?</div><div> You could survive with just the transcription but you need one for every occupant of the house.</div><div> There may be more than one image for every house.</div><div> You need the transcription for the address but I much prefer the image.</div><div> It’s a good idea to do an address search or advanced search on every address!</div><div> I got to see a lot of people whom I knew and was very fond of.</div><div> I realized why my mother was so close to her aunts and uncles, almost to the exclusion of all</div><div>other relatives.</div><div> Alan demonstrated a search on FindMyPast, searching for his father, Leonard Toft. We viewed an image of the transcription for Leonard Toft.</div><div> Alan showed us photos of his father’s birthplace on 424 Knutsford Rd., Warrington, UK and of other</div><div>relatives, including a favorite great-aunt, Ada Lowe Sutcliffe (1891-1982). His Great-Aunt Ada lived with various family members at 26 Thewlis Street. Alan shared pieces of their lives and relationships.</div><div> In your search for families you may find that many people worked at the same place. Are there</div><div>connections in your family where some worked in the same occupation or the same employer?</div><div> In his presentation, Alan showcased a Family Chart. When asked about it, he replied that he used</div><div>Legacy Charting. Legacy Charting is a program which comes with Legacy Family Tree. The online</div><div>information states that the Standard Legacy Charting download is free, but it only goes up to 4</div><div>generations). The deluxe version allows up to 100 generations on most of the charts.</div><div>Alan was finally able to read the book, mentioned in the past two HCGS Minutes, The Family Diagram & Family Research by Victoria Harrison. It is a book on trends of families. Alan found it interesting, so if you think that is a topic you would like to learn more about, then it would be a good book for you to</div><div>look at.We were reminded to respect wishes of relatives who do not want their names put out on public</div><div>records.</div><div> There was a brief discussion of scandals and family secrets.</div><div> Question from Sue Miller – What does the UK government use the census records for?</div><div>In 1939, it was used for distributing rations during WWII. Otherwise, Alan suggested that it may be used for data – area growth, planning tools, perhaps.</div><div> Leilani Maguire wanted to know if Alan has written down any of his great stories. He replied that he has written some stories provided by relatives and research notes on Legacy, for himself and his son. He</div><div>carries his Legacy Family Tree program in his phone app. Make sure your phone has enough storage. It</div><div>is easy to download if you use Legacy Family Tree – go to the Legacy website > go to the Family app.</div><div>Donna uses Family Tree maker.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>CALABASH BOWL:</b></div><div> In regards to searching FindMyPast census records, Donna Wendt had the following suggestion: If you</div><div>obtain an address for a family member, search by the address, not the name. You may be able to get</div><div>names, birth years, birthplace and parish information for free!</div><div> Donna shared a couple of photos – one was a 2012 photo of herself with Alan’s son, Michael; and the</div><div>other, a photo of herself with Lenore enjoying the 2012 Southern California Jamboree.</div><div> Donna had an issue of with opening some PDF documents emailed to her. As she would click to open</div><div>the PDF file, it would turn into an internet link in the browser on Google Chrome. She uses the Chrome</div><div>browser but for some reason she is unable to view the PDF file(s). ANSWER: Karin Jones had the <b>solution</b>: In the top box, change the Type of File. Change the type of file to Google Chrome.</div><div> Donna mentioned receiving a DVD gift from a relative in the UK, but it is a limited region play so she has been unable to view it. Alan’s <b>solution</b>: Purchase an inexpensive non-name brand DVD play. Alan has found that these cheap units usually play almost everything.</div><div> Karin Jones also shared lovely old photos of her great grandparent’s wedding. They both came from</div><div>Sweden. They were married in Chicago, where they settled.</div><div> When searching for records remember to check the online files of the Library of Congress and</div><div>Newspapers.com, Leilani reminded us.</div><div> The National Archives has not sent out documents for the past two years due to COVID and no staff.</div><div>Our meeting was adjourned at 11:55 a.m.</div><div>(Emailed 03/11/2022 by Isabelle Rivera)</div></div>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-66509660573976729582022-02-03T16:42:00.001-10:002022-02-03T16:42:16.362-10:00HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY DEC 11, 2021<p> <span style="font-size: large;">A Zoom meeting was held on Saturady, Dec 11, 2021 at 9am for the Honolulu County Genealogical Society. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="1834" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0MnKw71O6oE237e0J7Tghylqyi2gZJwRPYJ501et9PDubstYNzSduQL4ZWsqKfjWvX0QbHTXMdRsAOC0ucaT0Zm4lf03fHmxt-_EsKIX-DTZVHwn2Y-G6xNHJ1jCtcIms8OwE7pJZgHC62ZMZivfraHxXsvv5R3fWrE6UnCzAzKgyz784EhEx9MKNtg=w378-h324" width="378" /></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many items of genealogical interest were presented.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was decided that the January 2022 meeting will be skipped as several people will be away.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Zoom meetings will resume Feb 12th</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-90533177987954588362021-11-15T13:58:00.008-10:002021-11-15T14:17:13.233-10:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Honolulu County Genealogy Society </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">13 Nov 3032 - 2nd Saturday 9 am</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The HCGS Meeting met on Zoom</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The November HCGS meeting was held on Zoom. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qt2XJg9JLfU/YZLtbqUfdXI/AAAAAAAAzng/rHaA04uJtTIFlas2SGvGjsv_Urco7MiNwCLcBGAsYHQ/20211113_175155.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2048" height="245" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qt2XJg9JLfU/YZLtbqUfdXI/AAAAAAAAzng/rHaA04uJtTIFlas2SGvGjsv_Urco7MiNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h245/20211113_175155.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the Zoom participants</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We were glad to see Alan Toft from Vancouver, British Columbia attending. Everyone contributed to the genealogical conversation and questions were answered. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Specific topics included: </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The website "The Ancestor Hunt" and the link on this free website to access collections of "Free Stuff" </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k23ObHosgRI/YZLyt7ohkmI/AAAAAAAAzo0/IHdPQr8PohAGQLUz3rkVanzdWkOLTZYOwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="151" data-original-width="745" height="39" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k23ObHosgRI/YZLyt7ohkmI/AAAAAAAAzo0/IHdPQr8PohAGQLUz3rkVanzdWkOLTZYOwCLcBGAsYHQ/w191-h39/image.png" width="191" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> -----------------------</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">he FRITH Photo Collection is now at www.FindMyPast.co.uk with an amazing collection of thousands of very old post card photographs from mainly the UK, but also Hawaii. Dates in Hawaii from 1935 and 1982.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--spPU7zTHqY/YZLzL8KPs9I/AAAAAAAAzo8/epoCQXAKZWILy3SVTXkGhI8zfA0rDrpJgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="853" height="219" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--spPU7zTHqY/YZLzL8KPs9I/AAAAAAAAzo8/epoCQXAKZWILy3SVTXkGhI8zfA0rDrpJgCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VZ1YRyiGGLk/YZLzWudULLI/AAAAAAAAzpA/PwwmwxwP_ogJeakHMjP93-zdyGoZ5piIACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="792" height="234" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VZ1YRyiGGLk/YZLzWudULLI/AAAAAAAAzpA/PwwmwxwP_ogJeakHMjP93-zdyGoZ5piIACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">-<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">-------------------</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> News that the 1921 UK Census of Wales and England will be available on Jan 6, 2022</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">--------------</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> The website MyHeritage.com has acquired tons of French records previously owned by "Filae" a leading French Genealogy Company. This is a gold mine of information for those with any French roots.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">--------------------</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"BREAKING DOWN A BRICK WALL"</span><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zdmXJqN1MQQ/YZLt6WpaX6I/AAAAAAAAzno/1ldK4qPMNIUQI9RQKp7MT8ytmE3Gt47AgCLcBGAsYHQ/20211113_175126.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1119" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zdmXJqN1MQQ/YZLt6WpaX6I/AAAAAAAAzno/1ldK4qPMNIUQI9RQKp7MT8ytmE3Gt47AgCLcBGAsYHQ/20211113_175126.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Susan Victor</td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Susan Victor gave a power point presentation on how her sister, Nancy, solved a long-time brick wall to find her grandmother.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j8SZKAB2vqk/YZLuQJ0BWaI/AAAAAAAAznw/Xao4LCEkPzwLDHvB1vMX3P1c4RS4wleCACLcBGAsYHQ/20211113_100819.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1165" data-original-width="2699" height="173" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j8SZKAB2vqk/YZLuQJ0BWaI/AAAAAAAAznw/Xao4LCEkPzwLDHvB1vMX3P1c4RS4wleCACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h173/20211113_100819.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; 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font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We also discussed this relationship chart</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6oZCzR3gX7k/YZLyGVE8NyI/AAAAAAAAzos/yRfO_ow8P4oshXm0BGf7s6NyKHAks_OzACLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="938" height="302" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6oZCzR3gX7k/YZLyGVE8NyI/AAAAAAAAzos/yRfO_ow8P4oshXm0BGf7s6NyKHAks_OzACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h302/image.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-50307022386039747642021-10-11T16:14:00.007-10:002021-11-15T14:14:02.179-10:00HCGS October 2021 meeting ZOOM Genealogy <p> <b style="font-size: x-large;"> Honolulu County Genealogy Society</b></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>9 October 2021 - 2nd Saturday 9 am ZOOM</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The HCGS Meeting met on Zoom. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Many topics were discussed including photo storage, The Family History Guide (free online genealogy guide), Getting death records from the GRO (gro.gov.uk) record office in the UK, Updates at Ancestry.com, and "Telling Your Story" as a future project.</span></p><p><span><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kMXuXDSMwwU/YWTph4NRwvI/AAAAAAAAzkQ/-6GP6IlNzXoLLVVjpfMmVIQXzfMtWb1GgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20211009_092012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="2048" height="242" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kMXuXDSMwwU/YWTph4NRwvI/AAAAAAAAzkQ/-6GP6IlNzXoLLVVjpfMmVIQXzfMtWb1GgCLcBGAsYHQ/w411-h242/20211009_092012.jpg" width="411" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Part of the audience at the October Zoom meeting</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><span><b>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</b></span></div><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: x-large;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYhFb5AJsKI/YWTtpL9xOfI/AAAAAAAAzkk/jPZ9RaJJOdsNH6WGvEQiR08BtTY1c75SgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1008/Pearce%252C%2BEliz%2Bdeath%2Bcert.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="1008" height="138" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lYhFb5AJsKI/YWTtpL9xOfI/AAAAAAAAzkk/jPZ9RaJJOdsNH6WGvEQiR08BtTY1c75SgCLcBGAsYHQ/w437-h138/Pearce%252C%2BEliz%2Bdeath%2Bcert.JPG" width="437" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Death Certificate 1891 Wales from General Record Office <br />online 7 pounds UK example</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLJXSHkxrv0/YWTuLoTteMI/AAAAAAAAzks/R35yeVIutWQ_k2CI69EqfJejVs2bHhaggCLcBGAsYHQ/s1105/TheFHGuide%2Bonline%2Bsite%2B2021.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1105" height="318" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xLJXSHkxrv0/YWTuLoTteMI/AAAAAAAAzks/R35yeVIutWQ_k2CI69EqfJejVs2bHhaggCLcBGAsYHQ/w436-h318/TheFHGuide%2Bonline%2Bsite%2B2021.JPG" width="436" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Family History Guide - a free online source for help with <br />genealogy sites and information</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Next Zoom meeting Nov 13th, 2021 9am</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">MINUTES FOR THE OCTOBER 9, 2021</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Present: </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Karin Jones, Stanley Jones, Sue Miller, Deborah Richards, Isabelle </span><span style="font-size: large;">Rivera, Trisha Robertson, Ellen Schneider, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Meeting began at 9:12 a.m.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> OLD BUSINESS:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Following up on her suggestion to look into the possible use of a room in the Pearlridge Center American</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Savings building Karin Jones reported that the idea did not pan out. Non-employees are not allowed to</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">use the facilities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"> DISCUSSION:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Donna Wendt began this portion of our meeting by reviewing the September 11, 2021 minutes. She </span><span style="font-size: large;">spoke a little more on the process she used to improve the newspaper image of Susan Victor’s uncle-inlaw.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Donna shared a host of genealogy news:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Family History Library in Utah has completed digitizing all of their microfilm stored in their mountain </span><span style="font-size: large;">vault. Though digitized, not all the records are indexed, nor listed in the Family Search catalogue at this </span><span style="font-size: large;">time. Periodically, you can check the Family Search card catalog for updates and new information. If </span><span style="font-size: large;">you have time, volunteers are needed to help with indexing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Searching for certificates of birth and deaths in England? The General Records Office for the UK is a </span><span style="font-size: large;">wonderful source for these records. For about $10 (US), you will receive a PDF copy of a requested</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">record. Hard copies are available to order. Payment is by credit card. Go to their website, gro.gov.uk > </span><span style="font-size: large;">register>create a login >request.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> It was noted that Find My Past is the #1 site for families in the British Isles.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Family History Guide, offers free programs, activities, events and a catalogue of tutorials to help</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">enhance your knowledge of family searches. They can help you to understand what the 4 main data </span><span style="font-size: large;">providers are about and what they provide – Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Family Search.com and </span><span style="font-size: large;">FindmyPast.com. Check out its website, www.thefhguide.com.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Backblaze is a “scalable low cost cloud backup and storage service”. Backblaze claims to be “the world’s </span><span style="font-size: large;">easiest cloud backup” provider. Donna uses this company and pays a yearly charge to back up her entire </span><span style="font-size: large;">computer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Forever.com also provides backup media service lasting for your lifetime, plus 100 years. You pay once </span><span style="font-size: large;">based on the size you are storing. Whenever you need more storage you can purchase additional space </span><span style="font-size: large;">for the one time cost. Contact Karin Jones if you are interested in getting more information.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Reminder regarding Renewal Fees – keep a record of your various subscriptions and the renewal date(s).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some sites will automatically renew your subscription using your credit card on file. Some sites will send </span><span style="font-size: large;">you a notice in advance informing of the upcoming charge(s). For most providers, you will need to make </span><span style="font-size: large;">a phone call to cancel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Recommendation – Every Month Crista Cowan, aka The Barefoot Genealogist, presents a seminar, </span><span style="font-size: large;">“What’s New at Ancestry”. Find her video(s) online.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Throughout October 2021, The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Library will be celebrating a virtual </span><span style="font-size: large;">Family History Month. 22 programs are on the slate. Go to acpl/genealogy.com for more information.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Susan Victor shared that the small Grand Rapids Library offers free searches if you contact them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The Jones’ will be on the road again this month. Karin Jones will be speaking at a conference in Chicago </span><span style="font-size: large;">and San Jose. She will be introducing a 52 week series on Writing Your Own Story on October 30, 2021. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The weekly half-hour sessions will be presented via Zoom beginning on the first Wednesday in </span><span style="font-size: large;">November 2021. The times of the sessions are based on mainland time zones (3 p.m. or 5 p.m.).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Depending on the response, there could possibly be more than one session a week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Karin wanted to open it up to the members of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society but the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">challenge will be the Hawaii time zone. Karin could keep us informed via Lenore Hansen-Stafford on the </span><span style="font-size: medium;">session days and times if members would like to join existing groups, or perhaps she will start a session </span><span style="font-size: medium;">for Hawaii only. Another option will be to record her sessions and set it up for future viewing. Susan </span><span style="font-size: large;">Victor suggested starting Hawaii sessions in January 2022.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> If anyone has questions, or would like to check on the live mainland sessions, contact Karin at </span><span style="font-size: large;">karinjs74@gmail.com.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">CALABASH BOWL :</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Deborah Richards’ grandnephew will be taping her next month as she discusses their family’s genealogy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What a wonderful gift to her family as she shares her years of research and stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Deborah already has a YouTube presence. She can be found sharing on Wahi Pana: Papakolea, a 2019 </span><span style="font-size: large;">video about the community of Papakolea.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Deborah made a statement worthy of consideration, “How has our research blessed each other?”</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Donna Wendt is also a YouTube contributor. She has 3 self-made videos on her own YouTube channel. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Watching Genealogy Gems Donna learned how to make a video and create her own channel. Do you </span><span style="font-size: large;">have the urge to share a fascinating story, or helpful knowledge? You can also do it through YouTube. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Subscribe to YouTube Channels, use your phone to make a video and upload it to your channel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Recommendation from Donna – An app called “Nextdoor” is a great way to keep in touch with news </span><span style="font-size: large;">from around your neighborhood. Some of the alerts you will find on the site are regarding break-in’s, </span><span style="font-size: large;">lost pets, sales, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Donna inquired about updating the email list. Lenore has also felt the need to revise the list. Please </span><span style="font-size: large;">send Lenore any information you may be privy to regarding keeping a name on the list, updating an </span><span style="font-size: large;">email address or removing a name.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Our meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">(Emailed 11/12/2021 by Isabelle Rivera)</div></div><br /><br /></div></div></b></span></div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-15797584890174491612021-09-17T15:05:00.006-10:002021-10-11T16:34:16.355-10:00HCGS July, Aug, Sep 2021 Zoom Genealogy Meetings<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> Honolulu County Genealogy Society</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <b> July, August, September 2021 - 2nd Saturday 9 am</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our monthly meetings continue, on Zoom. We have been having fun discussing genealogical topics and other things. Contact Lenore or Trisha for the link and password of the Zoom meeting.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vV6cM9B6sx0/YUU9q_z3IMI/AAAAAAAAzgk/cUyD135ySdkMOdheT1WMPZG1STQjDq5bwCLcBGAsYHQ/20210912%2BHCGS%2Bzoom%2Bmtg.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vV6cM9B6sx0/YUU9q_z3IMI/AAAAAAAAzgk/cUyD135ySdkMOdheT1WMPZG1STQjDq5bwCLcBGAsYHQ/w422-h240/20210912%2BHCGS%2Bzoom%2Bmtg.jpg" width="422" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Of special interest is the abundance of newspaper photos at the <b>National Archives</b> that we can now search by words in the <b>captions</b> of those photos. It's especially great for finding things like baseball or railroad type photos, but <b>Susan Victor</b> has found a photo by using the name of her husband's uncle George Waikoli from the Star Bulletin Newspaper of 1916. Unfortunately the photo was very dark. But with the magic of a internet download of paint.net I was able to lighten up the picture so a face w</span><span style="text-align: left;">as discernable. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Check out the before and after photos of the news clipping</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> "George Wikoli: Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wikoli who reside at the junction of Fort street and Pauoa road. George is a Hawaiian boy, 15 years old, and attends the Royal school, being in the eights grade. He has been selling papers for the past three or four years and has a good many customers, who look for George at the corner of Fort and Beretania streets. George's sales average over 50 papers per day."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3tFNa7Z8Cq4/YUU6kpj82cI/AAAAAAAAzgc/kjDNArHghqgACktVBGmecsAU09bEa8TGwCLcBGAsYHQ/Wikoli%2Bphoto%2Bgroupings.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="679" height="606" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3tFNa7Z8Cq4/YUU6kpj82cI/AAAAAAAAzgc/kjDNArHghqgACktVBGmecsAU09bEa8TGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w490-h606/Wikoli%2Bphoto%2Bgroupings.JPG" width="490" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b> MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2021</b></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY</h3><div> Present: Karin Jones, Stanley Jones, Sue Miller, Deborah Richards, Isabelle Rivera, Trisha Robertson, Ellen Schneider, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</div><div>Meeting began at 9:18 a.m.</div><div><b> OLD BUSINESS:</b></div><div>Potential future meeting locations are still being considered. Karin Jones will look into the possible use</div><div>of a meeting room located in the old American Savings building at the lower level of Pearlridge Center.</div><div>Donna Wendt mentioned that her Hawaii Kai building has a meeting room she could look into.</div><div><b> MEMBER UPDATES:</b></div><div> Karin and Stanley Jones are back from their 55-day trip. They visited family, attended conferences and toured Iceland.</div><div> Donna Wendt is also home from her trip to Denver to visit family. She had a wonderful example how the “genealogy bug” is such a part of us. After returning home, she saw a new doctor. With a few conversational questions she learned that they had a Green Lake County, Wisconsin thread. Taking this thread she lengthened the rope as her research found information that their families resided in the same locales.</div><div> Sue Miller was also on an extended trip to the Midwest which included a class reunion, visits to family members and successful genealogy research.</div><div> Ellen Schneider has been busy volunteering with the Friends of the Library of Hawaii.</div><div> <b>PRESENTATION</b>:</div><div> The internet is an amazing source for collections of old and new video’s. <b>YouTube</b> is the most known provider with a huge selection of both new and old videos. Donna Wendt told us of a site, W<b>ayBack</b></div><div><b>Machine</b>. WayBack Machine was founded by Internet Archive in 1996 and launched in 2001. It is a digital archive of the world wide web for the purpose “to see how websites looked in the past”.</div><div>Internet Archive is a “nonprofit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and more”.</div><div> For this morning’s meeting, Donna Wendt, shared a short 2007 video, “Flat Stanley’s Family Tree” by <b>Roots Television</b>. A popular book character, Flat Stanley, was first published in 1985. The author is Jeff Brown. In this video Flat Stanley, a paper doll, goes on a quick genealogy road trip to the National Archives, Colonial Williamsburg and San Francisco with genealogist Megan Smolenyak. Donna shared how she took her own Flat Stanley character on the road with her taking many photos of their</div><div>adventures together.</div><div><b> PHOTOGRAPHS:</b></div><div>Deborah Richards brought up the topic of storing photographs.</div><div>FOREVER.com, represented by Karin Jones, is an excellent provider of a permanent and safe company to safeguard our precious media. All media you choose to store with them is kept in 3 separate locations always insuring that there are backups if one site should have an unforeseen disaster. All your information can be passed on to your designated heirs. If you wish to obtain more information on</div><div>FOREVER.com, please contact Karin.</div><div> You can also store your photos digitally with your own equipment. Remember to have backups.</div><div> Susan Victor shared that she had taken notes during a previous meeting and she went on a search into the National Archives for a photo which had a caption. She was looking for a photo of George Wikoli, her husband’s uncle. He was a 5-year old newsboy at the time. She found it! The photo was very dark, but the article was found. Afterwards, Donna used her photo enhancement tools, brightness and contrast, to “repair” the news photo and produced an improved image. Using Paint.net – upload the photo (always use a copy to “repair”)> Tools>Image. Remember to “Save As” – this will save the copy and leave the original “as is”. When creating Files and Folders, create and label what makes sense to you.</div><div> <b>PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGISTS:</b></div><div> If you are becoming frustrated with your brick walls, you may want to consider getting professional help to kick start your search.</div><div>FOREVER.com has a partnership with GenWard. There are different contracts to choose from, but a simple 1-hour consultation is $119.19. The genealogist may be able to provide advice for moving past your brick wall. She also has contacts around the world ready to help in your search. Karin added that this genealogist likes to look for the stories in your family tree, not just details.</div><div> The Family History Library in Salt Lake City provides knowledgeable assistance with your research. </div><div> Susan Victor praised Alan Toft for helping her friend with her research in England and the British Isles.</div><div> Members of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society are great resources and full of information to aid each of us as we continue our searches.</div><div> Donna had partnered with a friend with a genealogy search. She recommends going with the free sources first. Then, if you need more help consider hiring a professional. Locally, Donna has been to the Honolulu State Archives, the State Library and the Bureau of Conveyances and commented that it is hard work being a professional, paid genealogist. It takes a lot of time and patience. Translations are another hurdle. Translators can be found in Google and Facebook groups. Enter “translation help” on your computer’s search engine.</div><div><b> CALABASH BOWL :</b></div><div> Sue Miller – the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana offers regular meetings on various topics. These meetings are free.</div><div> Karin Jones – On a recent trip to Illinois, Karin visited the Decatur Public Library. A member of the History Room staff was able to provide contact with a classmate of Karin’s. This is another example of how valuable library staff can be.</div><div> Donna recently downloaded and highly recommended an advanced search engine – "Master Seeker."</div><div> Our meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m.</div><div> (Emailed 10/08/2021 by Isabelle Rivera)</div><div>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></span></span></div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-46699992783187687212021-06-08T17:02:00.004-10:002021-09-17T15:13:36.197-10:00HCGS June 12, 2021 Zoom Genealogy Meeting<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY </span></b></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> JUNE 12, 2021 </span></b> <span style="font-size: large;">ZOOM MEETING</span></h1><p> <span style="font-size: large;">The June 12, 2021 meeting of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society will be on Zoom. Contact Lenore Hansen-Stafford for connection information</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> There will be plenty to talk about, including various short power point presentations.</span></p><p><span style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">The Zoom meetings can be accessed on your phone, tablet or desktop computer using the downloaded Zoom app, or by going to the Zoom website WWW. ZOOM.COM and click on "JOIN A MEETING" then use our ID code and password. Contact </span><b style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Lenore </b><span style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">or </span><b style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Trisha </b><span style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">for more information and codes. You'll need a microphone and speaker on your device. A camera is optional, but it's more fun to see everybody.</span></p><p><span style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #223344; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMLzhtoZgjs/YMA5pDfunkI/AAAAAAAAzWQ/zQSriAookuMEVr16n613mlzLh4kUp2C5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Pearce%2BJones%2BPhoto%2B1910%2BWales%2Bnames.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMLzhtoZgjs/YMA5pDfunkI/AAAAAAAAzWQ/zQSriAookuMEVr16n613mlzLh4kUp2C5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h281/Pearce%2BJones%2BPhoto%2B1910%2BWales%2Bnames.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-79908213484553941602021-05-12T13:21:00.003-10:002021-05-12T13:53:10.265-10:00HCGS May Zoom Meeting 8 May 2021 - Family History Interviewing<p> <b>HONOLULU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MAY 8, 2021</b></p><p> ZOOM MEETING</p><p> The May 8, 2021 meeting of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society took place on Zoom with 14 members, including Alan in British Columbia and Kathy in Utah!</p><p> Many things were discussed and Donna gave a power point presentation about questions to ask when doing a Family History Interview of relatives - or to ask and document for yourself!</p><p> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQBGlHtG8g0/YJxhq7Q036I/AAAAAAAAzR8/WexcRXz0zVsYrdJA4sqb-5u4dhR3yAdZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210508%2BMay%2B8%2B2021%2Bzoom%2Ba.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CQBGlHtG8g0/YJxhq7Q036I/AAAAAAAAzR8/WexcRXz0zVsYrdJA4sqb-5u4dhR3yAdZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20210508%2BMay%2B8%2B2021%2Bzoom%2Ba.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><br /><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vjinYscDRLE/YJxhrD29f6I/AAAAAAAAzSA/mQNYtbnYz30V4aaFG4xRU0E0PEumHkPIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20210508%2BMay%2B8%2B2021%2Bzoom%2Bb.jpg" width="320" /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-960viCwsWHU/YJxhq5IvM5I/AAAAAAAAzR4/f0bdzkw3w5A11SFC3sWiNyNvVsdvv8cyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210508%2BMay%2B8%2B2021%2Bzoom%2Bc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-960viCwsWHU/YJxhq5IvM5I/AAAAAAAAzR4/f0bdzkw3w5A11SFC3sWiNyNvVsdvv8cyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20210508%2BMay%2B8%2B2021%2Bzoom%2Bc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3398578587095194179.post-17699710870673220802021-04-10T16:35:00.008-10:002022-03-01T18:33:15.525-10:00HCGS Meeting Apr 10, 2021 -- Image Search & ID using Google<p> <span style="font-family: times;"> The meeting for the Honolulu County Genealogical Society this Saturday, April 10th, at 9 am is our Zoom meeting. The main presentation was by Donna Wendt on: </span> <b>Image Search & ID using Google</b></p><p><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> To join the meeting:</span></p><div><span style="font-family: times;">1, go to <a href="http://zoom.us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">zoom.us</a>. 2. click on join a meeting 3. Meeting ID: 978 71635981</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"> enter the password.... all of which is the same every month.</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IvimQOZWFyY/YHJepfyCGtI/AAAAAAAAzNQ/USBX5xg-DW8uS_9W3KcGgPcn957oPnkYACLcBGAsYHQ/s1062/20210410%2BBook%2BKaren%2Bmaking%2Ba%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="756" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IvimQOZWFyY/YHJepfyCGtI/AAAAAAAAzNQ/USBX5xg-DW8uS_9W3KcGgPcn957oPnkYACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20210410%2BBook%2BKaren%2Bmaking%2Ba%2B-%2BCopy.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> First Leilani Maguire wanted us to know that the <b>Hawaii Mission Houses Reading Room library </b>is</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> now open by appointment. Donna mentioned that at the HawaiiMissionHouses.org there is an</span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> amazing play coming up in July (check website) live online called "Open Your Hearts Wide" </span></div><div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">by missionary descendant, Marion Lyman Mersereau.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFR0dltSNzs/YHJbBER6zJI/AAAAAAAAzMY/9LbQAUvkjoY6Fl3ToMMCCJjDMGk0pme5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s412/HMH%2Breading%2Broom.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="412" height="277" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jFR0dltSNzs/YHJbBER6zJI/AAAAAAAAzMY/9LbQAUvkjoY6Fl3ToMMCCJjDMGk0pme5gCLcBGAsYHQ/w399-h277/HMH%2Breading%2Broom.JPG" width="399" /></a></div><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Following up on last month's presentation, Donna reported on finding out on Newspapers.com that her great-aunt, Fern Blanding, was not only married 4 times in her life, but five! Donna found three newspaper clippings of how Fern eloped at age 16, in 1906, lying about her age, and divorced 5 months later. All this about her 1st husband had previously been unknown, at least to Donna. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZxZczFmhzmw/YHJcVn6wddI/AAAAAAAAzMo/VGVOtkKsQmg4aaG2W02Gz_0clKK4R2TmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s594/Blanding%252C%2BFern%2B1st%2Bhusb%2B1906.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="594" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZxZczFmhzmw/YHJcVn6wddI/AAAAAAAAzMo/VGVOtkKsQmg4aaG2W02Gz_0clKK4R2TmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w428-h250/Blanding%252C%2BFern%2B1st%2Bhusb%2B1906.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The main presentation began about how to find images or identify your images online, especially using Google Image Search</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oYZAjAM4esw/YHJdCibYcNI/AAAAAAAAzMw/spcDqxWDuAktdIUJuapslUx-S97J4QWoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s625/ID%2Bimages%2Bonline.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="625" height="237" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oYZAjAM4esw/YHJdCibYcNI/AAAAAAAAzMw/spcDqxWDuAktdIUJuapslUx-S97J4QWoQCLcBGAsYHQ/w417-h237/ID%2Bimages%2Bonline.JPG" width="417" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For example an old postcard (left) is identified online through a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Google Image search</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TXqQ79INUYs/YHJdmFN0WQI/AAAAAAAAzM4/w-IreWAtBFIlkr-_SS3kpPWV78dIJSMqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s611/postcard%2Bimage%2Bfound.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="611" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TXqQ79INUYs/YHJdmFN0WQI/AAAAAAAAzM4/w-IreWAtBFIlkr-_SS3kpPWV78dIJSMqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w438-h256/postcard%2Bimage%2Bfound.JPG" width="438" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We reviewed the YouTube "Elevenses With Lisa" about</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> image searching</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkgMKCDE4bA/YHJeCBWcYOI/AAAAAAAAzNE/g28RTSprSJwM-9sfdxXa1FH1nvSMO5ibgCLcBGAsYHQ/s448/lisa.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="448" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkgMKCDE4bA/YHJeCBWcYOI/AAAAAAAAzNE/g28RTSprSJwM-9sfdxXa1FH1nvSMO5ibgCLcBGAsYHQ/w418-h294/lisa.JPG" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Karin Jones presented about the beautiful book she is creating <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SS23U5DvsQA/YHJQg1oEIAI/AAAAAAAAzMA/k6n8OTz4RYM8wKyAi2poOlZ21YdqcbKfACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210410%2BBook%2BKaren%2Bmaking%2Bc.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1073" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SS23U5DvsQA/YHJQg1oEIAI/AAAAAAAAzMA/k6n8OTz4RYM8wKyAi2poOlZ21YdqcbKfACLcBGAsYHQ/w457-h240/20210410%2BBook%2BKaren%2Bmaking%2Bc.jpg" width="457" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">with Artisan Software about her husband, Stan's, life story. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_Ni1NwT79s/YHJQhIGqWgI/AAAAAAAAzME/6XGw8Zsa2Qsd-wy8RdtFmFL0-slFVJ8ewCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210410%2BBook%2BKaren%2Bmaking%2Bd.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p_Ni1NwT79s/YHJQhIGqWgI/AAAAAAAAzME/6XGw8Zsa2Qsd-wy8RdtFmFL0-slFVJ8ewCLcBGAsYHQ/w450-h234/20210410%2BBook%2BKaren%2Bmaking%2Bd.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>MINUTES FOR THE APRIL 10, 2021</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">MONTHLY ZOOM MEETING OF THE </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">HONOLULU COUNTY
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Present: Lenore Hansen-Stafford, Kathy Hudson, Karin
Jones, Stanley Jones, Isabelle Rivera, Martha Reamy, Trisha Robertson, Ellen Schneider, Alan
Taft, Susan Victor and Donna Wendt</li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b>Meeting began at 9:13 a.m.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;">Todays’ presentation by Donna Wendt is on <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>IDENTIFYING IMAGES ONLINE</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Whether you are searching for
images or trying to identify one that you already possess, the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">internet is wonderful source. Your
search is enhanced when you practice some of the following </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">techniques.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Donna demonstrated using Google
Search. Go to Google Search>Click on Images>Drag your </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">photo image onto the
screen>Google will search for similar images. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Use the same technique on
Microsoft Bing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An excellent good resource is
Elevenses With Lisa, a free YouTube weekly show. Donna ran Lisa </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Louise Cooke’s video “How to Find
Photos and Images with Google Images”. You can also go to </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lisa’s website,
lisalouisecooke.com. Highlights included doing image searches on Google Video, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">how to search with desktops and
mobile phones, getting better image results when looking for </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">people, filter on black and white
photos in searching for old photos. Lisa recommends being </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">flexible, put as much information
as possible and consider variations.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Note: Permission is required to
use images from Google Images. Check the website if an image </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">has a copyright. If it does, send
an email to the source listed for permission to copy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Lisa’s suggestion in identifying images you possess,
such as a postcard with no identifying data, is to go to <span style="color: blue;">https://images.google.com </span>>
click on the camera icon > upload your image.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Trying to search on a mobile? In Safari, you go to
Google Images, no camera icon! You go to Google Apps, no camera icon! Go back to Settings > Go to
Safari > request desktop website > turn button “on” > Google > go to the nine (9) dots icon >
Google Image > camera. Now you can upload your image.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">You can also copy old photos to your phone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>CALABASH BOWL :</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Karin Jones</b> began our meeting with a short presentation
on the work she has been doing to put together Stan Jones’ autobiography using the
FOREVER.com Artesian software. Stan’s mother’s scrapbook was a valuable asset full of beautiful photos
from the 1920’s. She demonstrated how to create a page using the Artesian software. Karin will
be sending emails to interested members on details of an upcoming sale for this particular
software.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Kathy Hudson</b> has very recently been helping a friend
work on his genealogy linage. She was able to find much information online for his relatives who came to
the U.S. in the 1920’s and she was very excited to present to him what she has found. Kathy’s “brick wall”, relatives on the Dunning line,
may be coming to light. Since February of this year, a Dunning relative as begun contacting Kathy and is
willing to share information and open to having a DNA test. This is a good example of patience and
persistence.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Member, <b>Leilani McGuire</b>, is currently involved with the
Hawaiian Mission Houses Archives. She had asked Donna to convey that their library reading room
is open. Donna also displayed a flyer for on upcoming event – a reading from a play, Open Your
Hearts Wide, by Marion Lyman-Mersereau. The play consists of interviews with the descendants of the
missionaries. View more information on their website, <span style="color: blue;">www.missionhouses.org</span>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Donna </b>had a follow up to her Newspapers.com
presentation from March 2021. She found an article titled “Perjury for License”. Her great-aunt Fern had
eloped at the age of 16 with a William Burnett. The couple had lied about Fern’s age. Five (5) months
later they divorced.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Lenore </b>had recently received an email from 23&Me on
two (2) DNA links with her paternal grandmother’s name. She is looking forward in
initiating contact.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Family Lands Scandinavia: </b> During
a discussion of family lands later in our meeting, Karin shared photos of her
heritage visit(s) to Sweden.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> Donna
mentioned a new PBS Masterpiece series, <b>Atlantic Crossing</b>. It is based on the experiences of the Norwegian royal family during WWII.
The king, the prince and Council were able to escape to England. The princess and her
children fled to American at the invitation, and assistance, of President Franklin Roosevelt.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Reading Suggestions </b>from <b>Karin Jones </b>and <b>Martha Reamy</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b> Number
the Stars</b> by Lois Lowry. It is a 1989 story about the smuggling of Jews from
Denmark to Sweden on fishing boats during WWII.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <b>Snow
Treasure </b>by Marie McSwigan. This children’s novel was published in 1942 telling
the story of How Norwegian children smuggled their country’s gold
bullion past German soldiers to a waiting ship.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"> <b>Beethoven’s
Hair</b> by Martin Russell. This 2000 novel is about the journey through time of a
lock of hair snipped from Beethoven on his death bed.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Martha Reamy</b> inquired if anyone was having trouble
printing records from Ancestry. <b>Donna </b>did a test right on the spot and there did not seem to be any
problems.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>NEW BUSINESS:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Karin </b>brought up the topic of finding a new meeting
site when people will feel safe to meet in person once again. Martha suggested finding a restaurant which
would be able to accommodate groups.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><b>Lenore Hansen-Stafford </b>suggested Big City Diner and
local libraries. Karin offered to begin the process of checking around and report back at the May 8, 2021
meeting.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;">Our meeting concluded around 11:52 a.m.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Emailed 05/07/2021 by <b>Isabelle Rivera)</b></p></div>Donna Hague Wendthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16369294999488094675noreply@blogger.com0