News and Updates

 Just a couple of quick notes:

We had our first Zoom Reunion yesterday, Saturday, February 3, at 3:00 pm.  Our next will be Monday, February 5, at 6:00 pm.

I will vary the times so  people who can't make it to one might be able to make it to another.

Right now these are just general gatherings and include people from all my family lines.

I'm aiming to have one general meeting a month and the other meetings will vary according to interest and schedules.  Right now they will be a little more frequent until it just changes.

Later, I will have Zoom meetings for more specific family history topics like my one-name studies.

If you're interested in any of it, email me at familytracker@yahoo.com.

Recently doing a quick search for some Hogancamp ancestors, I encountered many of the variant spellings of the name so I thought I'd post here the spellings I'm familiar with, so far:

Hogancamp

Hogencamp

Hogankamp

Hogenkamp

Hovancamp

Hovencamp

Hovankamp

Hovenkamp

Even those single differences in letters can mean a great difference in search results depending on what web site or datebase you're searching.  It's very tedious and time consuming.

I'm almost always interested in getting more family pictures.  I'm always happy to share and hope others feel the same.  Right now I'd like to find photos of the following people:

Fanny Flowers Odell

Joseph W. Wormuth, Jr.

Nettie Reeves Wormuth

Nettie Winner Beismer

Rachel Odell Beams

Benny and Sally Beams

William Marcus Wormuth

Reginald Houck

Beatrice Odell Dempsey 

Adelia Odell Ingraham

Lena Ingraham Tyler

Jesse Odell O'Dowd

Bertha Odell Kniffen

Joanna Odell DeWitt

Louise Odell Oliver and George Oliver

Anna Odell Ward

Catherine Odell Merritt

Rosa Odell Vandermark

Minnie Odell Lowe

Nora Beismer Eronimous

Mary Beismer Conklin

Elizabeth Beismer Bossley

Alameda Wormuth Kelly

Sarah Wormuth Edwards

Henry Flowers

If you're looking for a family photo, let me know; I have a lot.  A lot of people have shared photos with me and have left me photos.

If you want to know more about my ancestors, ancestors that we might share, be sure to check out my family tree at WikiTree.  It's free.  

That's it for now.           

                                                                                       

Happy 2024

 It's been a while.  I've been very distracted and haven't been working on family history research much.

But, this is a new year and I'm going to try to be organized (never a natural thing for me).

In Memoriam:

We lost a family member during the Christmas holiday.  William "Willie" Beismer

https://landersfh.com/tribute/details/2297/William-Beismer/obituary.html

In Memoriam:

Aunt Betty Hall, Elizabeth "Betty" Hall, born Elizabeth Odell, passed in September 2023; the last of my father's siblings.  We just learned about her passing during the Christmas holiday.  We have not yet found an obit.

NEWS

I will be starting virtual reunions very soon.  

I just have to do a little planning and scheduling.  I will be using Zoom.  So, if you're interested, you'll have to get Zoom.  It's relatively safe, as software goes.  I have not hosted before, only participated, so I have to learn a few things first.

What is Zoom?  Zoom is a video chat app that's free.  I've used it many times.  You need a computer with a camera and microphone which are usually built in to your computer.  You're sent a link for the session.  Somebody (me) starts the session and click on the link to join the session.  You can be visible or invisible.  Everybody who's joined will be able to see whoever else is in the session, if they have made themselves visible. I will spend some time in our first session explaining anything you need, that I know, about Zoom.

The purpose of the virtual reunions will be to discuss family history ONLY.  I will set up separate reunions for specific families that I'm related to.  I will email the Zoom session link ahead of time, usually a day ahead.  I will also post a announcement of the reunions in various social medias. 

You can just listen and watch or you can participate.  I hope you'll join.  

Later

Updates

 I've been working away @ WikiTree.  I'm working just on my own family history but I also participate in several projects: Native Americans; Civil War; Palatine Migration; my 2 One Name Studies; and a One Place Study.  

In addition, I've adopted a bunch of orphaned profiles with surnames that are in my family.  When I do that, I try to quickly find basic information for each person:  birth, marriage, death, children, with good sources.  I don't always go back to get into details for every person. When I can I add a photo.

I'm really enjoying myself.

Because I have a bad habit of trying to do more than I possible can, I've worked out somewhat of a routine where I rotate what I do so I get a little bit done on each of those projects over time.  That also works because I get stuck on one thing and can't move ahead to I switch to something else.

In the past couple of weeks, I've been working on the Wormuth and Beismer One Name Studies.

I just posted a report on the Beismer One Name Study on its blog.  Each of the ONSs have their own blog where the details of what I've been doing and what I'm finding will be posted.  Take a look.