Family Preserves

Great News! Deloris Ramon from Evanston, Wyoming contacted me (her first email ever). She is a Great Granddaughter of Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor and John Henry Roper. Her Grandfather James Leo Roper is a brother to my Great Grandfather William Roper. James Leo Roper married Maria Daisy Wilstead. James and Maria had two children, one lived to be an adult, James William Roper, who is Deloris’ father. James was born in Castlegate, Carbon, Utah and passed away 14 October 1999 in Ogden, Utah. James William Roper married Lavina Deloris Shurtleff, a Great Great Granddaugther of Luman A. Shurtleff.

Deloris and her daughter Peggy Harvey have a number of photos and history to contribute to the website in the future including a photo of Charlotte Elizabeth Mellor. Along with a book about Charlotte: “Charlotte Elizabeth : a tale of tenacity, tragedy, triumph” by JoAnn Mellor Felix.

Version 2.0 of Poplar Gedcom Viewer (another PHP Gedcom Viewing program) has been released.

Ingeborg Allen along with Nancy Jane Putman (see previous post) were two of my ancestor (Joseph Stewart Allen’s) other spouses. I just did a quick search on Ingeborg and it appears that she died of Malaria near Overton, NV about an hour from where I live.

Source: Rootsweb Nevada Death Records

ALLEN, Ingeborg JESPERSON
HANSEN PEHL ALLEN
3 Jun 1869
67y
St. Joseph City
Clark
Malaria
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One of the neat features of PHPGedView is the Anniversary Calendar. For any given day you can quickly see events that happened on that particular day.

For example here is the anniversaries from my ancestors for today (30 Jan 2004).

ARNDT, AXEL AUGUST (I1022)
Birth – 30 January 1893 (111 year anniversary)
MALLING,AARHUS,DENMARK

ARNDT, FRITZ JOHAN ARNOLD (I455)
Birth – 30 January 1893 (111 year anniversary)
MALLING,AARHUS,DENMARK

GARDNER, Mary (I1312)
Birth – 30 January 1757 (247 year anniversary)
EXETER,R.I.

PUTMAN, NANCY Jane (I1750)
Death – 30 January 1853 (151 year anniversary)
Manti,Sanpete,Utah

ROYLANCE, AILEEN (I2413)
Death – 30 January 1900 (104 year anniversary)

WIMMER, MARTHA (I435)
Death – 30 January 1906 (98 year anniversary)

WOOD, GENIEL (I3853)
Birth – 30 January 1930 (74 year anniversary)
HOLDEN,Utah

This is just a quick plug for Genealogy Blog (an online journal) from Heritage Creations. If you have seen it yet check it out. You’ll probably want to book mark it also. Daily the authors post a prolific amount of links directly related to family history.
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New Jersey Division of Archives and Records Management

Salem County Cemetary Map Listing

I used a Christmas gift certificate to purchase From Quaker to Latter-Day Saint: Bishop Edwin D. Woolley. The book about Michele’s 4GGrandfather is dedicated to Edwin D. Woolley’s grandchildren including Spencer Woolley Kimball, J. Reuben Clark Jr.

Another of Edwin Woolley’s Grandchildren is Arthur Beals Simmons – Michele’s GGreat Grandfather.

I loaded PHPGedView on my laptop. Once it is up and running it works very well. I’m considering loading here on Family Preserves. What do you think?

Update: PHP Gedcom Viewer is now running on this server. Note: the gedcom that is available is not up to date. This is just for evaluation purposes at moment. There may or may not be permanent long term support for this. Please discuss in the comments below.

2nd Update: PGP Gedcom Viewer is neat, but I’ve purchased and loaded TNG PHP genealogy software. It does a lot more of what I want.

3rd Update: PGPGedView is no longer available on this site.

Henry Roper
Born Feb. 9, 1836, Tornton Bridge, Lincolnshire, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 24, 1848, Heber C. Kimball Company. High Priest. Indian War Veteran. Farmer.
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