tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230369742010-04-15T13:54:21.753-05:00The Wilson-Bingham Family History Web LogThis is a web log or "blog" about efforts to publish the Wilson-Bingham family history in the form of a single hardbound book. Major family names being researched include Wilson and Bingham. If you feel your family history ties into ours, please post a comment to one of the latest postings. Please <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/wilsonbingham">subscribe </a> to get instant updates.Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-16028116481828268742010-04-15T13:54:00.001-05:002010-04-15T13:54:21.807-05:00This blog has moved<br /> This blog is now located at http://wilsonbingham.blogspot.com/.<br /> You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click <a href='http://wilsonbingham.blogspot.com/'>here</a>.<br /><br /> For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to<br /> http://wilsonbingham.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.<br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-1602811648182826874?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-52258753915918363062008-05-18T22:39:00.004-05:002008-05-18T23:05:06.612-05:00New FamilySearch.org Web siteI know this is old news for some, but it just hit the Chicago temple district and we're very excited to announce that FamilySearch.org is rolling out a new "version" of its web site that will make it easier to tie together the world's efforts to connect the human family.<br /><br />Go to <a href="http://new.familysearch.org/">http://new.familysearch.org</a> and enter in your LDS Church membership number to register. You'll also need to enter your confirmation date and a few other details and security questions to make sure that they get the right "you" and that your information is secure. From there you can start adding people to your family tree (if they're not already in there because of someone else linking to you) and watch it grow based on the efforts that other people have already made.<br /><br />The new FamilySearch ensures that duplicates of names are reduced or altogether eliminated. Because it's a group effort, nobody works in isolation anymore. If you make a change to a person's birth date, it shows up as a change you made so that others can see and provide more source material to show that your date is correct or incorrect.<br /><br />The TempleReady system is replaced by and integrated into FamilySearch so that ordinance data is shown in near real-time rather than taking months to show that the person you just did ordinance work for has already been taken care of. Now you'll know instantly and accurately who needs their work done and who doesn't.<br /><br /><a href="http://new.familysearch.org/">Come check it out!</a> This release of the new FamilySearch is a limited release for Church members only, so you'll need your membership number. It is written on your temple recommend, so you should be able to hop right on. Or, your ward clerk can provide your number to you on Sunday.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-5225875391591836306?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-49421265130140085362008-04-25T10:47:00.004-05:002008-04-25T11:59:08.944-05:00Ray Wilson's Photo AlbumI thought I'd post a "Scrapblog" of Ray Wilson's photo album here for all to enjoy.<br /><br /><object height="312" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer_v2_embed.swf?scrapblogId=1550&showShareButton=true&showShareInitially=true&showOnlyShare=false&partnerId=1"><embed src="http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer_v2_embed.swf?scrapblogId=1550&showShareButton=true&showShareInitially=true&showOnlyShare=false&partnerId=1" height="312" width="420"></embed></object><br /><br />Scrapblog is great for doing scrapbooking online. It's actually <span style="font-style: italic;">easier</span> than doing scrapbooking on paper, and you have so many choices for adding your personal flourishes to every page!<br /><br />Another cool thing you can do is easily share your scrapblog with anyone via email, your own personal blog, social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Mac.com, and photo sharing sites such as PhotoBucket, Flickr, Smugmug...on and on!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scrapblog.com/">Give it a try!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-4942126513014008536?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-46000596730314241602007-10-09T21:10:00.000-05:002007-10-10T10:21:03.012-05:00Finally, an economical way to digitize ALL of your photosFull disclosure: I swear I have no financial relationship with ScanCafe.com. I'm just promoting their site because<br /><ol><li>they're So Incredibly Cool.</li><li>with more family members archiving their photos digitally, we can more easily share our memories and do family history research<br /></li></ol> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.scancafe.com">ScanCafe.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> is <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> photo scanning service to beat them all. </span> I haven't tried it yet, but I'm seriously considering it. With stacks of photos fading and deteriorating in my basement and attic, I've long felt a need to back up these memories in a compact digital format for preservation against time. But how can I find the time to do that by myself?<br /><br />Now, I don't have to. Neither do you. Just open an account at <a href="http://www.scancafe.com">ScanCafe.com</a>, box up your photos and ship them to their address. Then, they get <a href="http://www.scancafe.com/secure_tracking.php">securely shipped</a> to their <a href="http://www.scancafe.com/operations_blr.php">secure, state-of-the-art scanning facility in India</a> whose highly trained employees scan them at the highest quality, put them on any kind of digital media you want (the Web, CDs, DVDs, hard drives), and then send them right back to you. They'll even do <a href="http://www.scancafe.com/serviceoptions.php#custom_naming">custom naming of the folders</a> the images are stored in on the disk! The whole process takes 7-8 weeks for most orders, but that's understandable given the number of images they handle (with lint-free gloves and forceps, I might add).<br /><br />As a gift, you can even send a duplicate set of DVDs to family members as part of your order. That's <span style="font-weight: bold;">great</span> for when you want to share the memories while also diversifying the storage locations in case of disaster.<br /><br />So, why bother doing this at all? Well, think about where your photos are stored. <br /><ul><li>Are all of those photo albums with sticky backs and who knows what kind of plastic cover sheets <span style="font-style: italic;">preserving </span>or <span style="font-style: italic;">destroying </span>your photos? Acid-free photo presentation mediums didn't really come into widespread use until the late 80s. </li><li>What about the cardboard shoe boxes your <span style="font-style: italic;">other</span> photos are in? </li><li>Most of all, what kind of paper were the photos <span style="font-style: italic;">themselves</span> printed on? Are <span style="font-style: italic;">those</span> acid free and resistant to fading and deterioration? Chances are, they're not.</li><li>Now, think about the climate of where you live. Is it dry, humid, hot, or cold, or a mixture of all of the above throughout the year? Photos like to be stored in a cool, dry place free of dust, humidity, insects, and other environmental contaminants. It would be nice if we all had a private, climate controlled storage vault, but we don't.<br /></li></ul>That's where digitizing your photos is probably one of the greatest gifts you can give to your posterity. It renews the "death contract" on fading photos, especially given that you can restore color, remove scratches and blemishes, and enlarge them. ScanCafe.com charges a <a href="https://www.scancafe.com/photorestorationserviceselection.php">comparatively small fee for restoring photos</a> and has a <a href="https://www.scancafe.com/pro.php">Professional offering</a> that gives you a number of FREE photo restoration services including automated dust and scratch removal, manual cropping & re-orientation, manual color correction, and manual red-eye removal.<br /><br />Just do it. <a href="http://www.scancafe.com/testimonials.php">Like these folks</a>, you'll be glad you did.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-4600059673031424160?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-84694030007579726312007-10-07T12:53:00.000-05:002007-10-07T13:14:25.273-05:00Genealogy ChallengeFrom time to time, as I do editorial passes of the book, I come across little mysteries that remain unsolved and tidbits of tantalizing information that would be nice to expand on. I'm going to start posting these <a href="https://wilsonbingham.tripod.com/">to the blog</a> for all of you to comment on there and <a href="http://www.google.com/">research</a>.<br /><br />The first is about when John Powell and his family first arrived in the Salt Lake valley. The history as written by Ruth Young states:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:100%;">Arriving in Immigration canyon September 26, 1856, they were met by President Young and several members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles. They brought watermelons for them. He told them not to eat too much, John said, "Brigham Young was quite sensible."<br /><br />John's little daughter age 4, who walked all the way, got the large piece of bread and butter she had been promised.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />In the afternoon they went down into the valley, camping on the square in the 16th ward, staying from Friday until Monday. Brother Brigham Young told them they had fulfilled a prophecy.</span> </span> </blockquote>What was the prophecy Brigham Young referred to? Was it a specific one he had uttered and is it recorded anywhere? If it is, where? Or, was it part of the overall prophecy that the Church would grow in the West?<br /><br />If it helps, here is some more information, quoted from the same account:<br /><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:10;" ></span><blockquote><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >June 9, 1856 the Saints left for <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Salt</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Lake</st1:placetype></st1:place>, pushing and pulling handcarts...</span><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >John and his family were in Edmund Ellsworth company. John was counselor to the captain of his company...[in late August] </span><span style=";font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" >the McArthur company was with them going to<st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"> Laramie</st1:city></st1:place>.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">About 21 September, the company camped at Fort Bridger. Here they stayed all night. "The men killed a beef." Mary says, "This was the first meat since we left the buffalo on the prairies." At Fort Bridger they met Brother Parley P. Pratt. Two men from the fort were on their way to Salt Lake, they asked Captain Ellsworth what message they could take and he told them, "Tell them we haven't a bite of food left in camp." They were completely out of provisions.<br /><br />A relief party met them with food before they arrived in Salt Lake.</span> </span></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-8469403000757972631?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-85902186823654829432007-07-31T22:00:00.000-05:002007-07-31T22:02:44.502-05:00Now Available: WilsonBingham.com Web Site TourSome folks may not have had a chance to visit and explore our new web site, WilsonBingham.com. To make it even more user friendly than it already is, I've added an <a href="http://www.wilsonbingham.com/?dftid=1427954">animated tour</a> to walk you through the site and what we have to offer.<br /><br />Visit now by clicking this link --> <a href="http://www.wilsonbingham.com/?dftid=1427954">http://www.wilsonbingham.com/?dftid=1427954</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-8590218682365482943?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-87766075710815863662007-07-31T21:34:00.000-05:002007-07-31T21:57:05.662-05:00Famous Bingham RelativeHere's one I knew about, but hadn't taken the time to figure out in more detail until tonight.<br /><br />I was reading stories of amazing coincidences when I happened upon the following:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><a href="http://tytka.blogspot.com/2007/05/20-most-amazing-coincidences.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Three strangers on a Train, with complementary last names</span></a><br />In the 1920s, three Englishman were traveling separately by train through Peru. At the time of their introduction, they were the only three men in the railroad car. Their introductions were more surprising than they could have imagined. One man's last name was Bingham, and the second man's last name was Powell. The third man announced that his last name was Bingham-Powell. None were related in any way. (Source: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Unexplained-H-G-Carlson/dp/0809234971" target="_blank">Mysteries of the Unexplained</a>)<a href="http://tytka.blogspot.com/2007/05/20-most-amazing-coincidences.html" target="_blank"><br /></a></blockquote>I remembered reading once about a man named Hiram Bingham, an archaeologist/historian who discovered the ruins of Macchu Picchu, so I decided to do a little digital archaeology of my own to figure out how he might be related to us.<br /><br />Hiram Bingham is my mother's 3rd cousin, 3 times removed (my 3rd cousin, 4 times removed). The common ancestor linking us together is Joseph Bingham and Ruth Post. Joseph Bingham (b. 1738) and Calvin Bingham (b. 1750) were siblings under Joseph and Ruth and that's where ours and Hiram's lines split. Hiram, who is actually Hiram III, is Calvin's great-grandson.<br /><br />More facts about this branch of our family, plus pictures:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_I" target="" _blank="">Wikipedia entry for Hiram Bingham I</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_II" target="" _blank="">Wikipedia entry for Hiram Bingham II</a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Bingham_III" target="" _blank="">Wikipedia entry for Hiram Bingham III</a><br /><br />And now you know.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-8776607571081586366?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-57973122348137533012007-07-02T22:12:00.001-05:002007-07-02T22:40:08.150-05:00Temple closings...So, I go to the temple in Chicago all ready to do a session to commemorate the Wilson clan's 100th year of existence, and what do I find? It's closed for maintenance from June 24th to July 4th. Arg! Well, I guess I can go sometime soon thereafter. It's still the thought that counts. Anyone else have this problem?<br /><br />Also, did you know that July 9th marks the 69th wedding anniversary of Ray and Maxine Wilson? Next year, at the reunion, it'll be their 70th. So, that's another milestone to celebrate.<br /><br />I went to Atlanta last week for an educational technology conference. The last time I was in Atlanta was 1984. Doug Wilson, my uncle, invited us to come on a road trip with his family. We looped from Chandler, AZ to New York, Washington D.C., through the southern states, and stopped at the World's Fair in New Orleans before going home. All I remember about Atlanta was the skyline, a Motel Six where we stayed (my first time seeing bulletproof windows in a motel office), and a really good pancake house where we ate dinner.<br /><br />And, on that note, it's time for the Wilson Food Report. <br /><br />This time, I decided to get a taste of the deep south by seeking out a good southern-style restaurant. I didn't have to go far. Right across the street from the Westin was a place called "Pittypat's". It was decorated with memorabilia, most of it authentic, from "Gone With the Wind" and other southern knickknacks and relics. <br /><br />"Pittypat's" bills itself as being the home of the Southern dining experience. I was inclined to agree. The food is homestyle in appearance and presentation and very tasty. Anytime fried chicken is referred to on the menu, it's called "the best damn fried chicken". Adding to the Reconstruction era ambiance, the waiters are brusque, but not quite rude. The conversations are loud, the tables are rickety, and close together, and there are stuffed game trophy heads on almost every wall.. There's even a short, gray-haired lady playing an out-of-tune honky-tonk piano. I think she had memorized just about every Reader's Digest "Book of Best Loved Songs" tune because I can follow along note for note on dozens of them from when I played them as a child for Grandma (Maxine) Wilson.<br /><br />I had the Plantation Platter, which came on a huge plate in an obscene portion consisting of "the best damn fried chicken", a half rack of baby back ribs, homestyle mashed potatoes and southern gravy with black-eyed peas and collard greens on the side. <br /><br />I could only eat half of it because my real object in coming was to try some authentic Atlantan peach cobbler. I was not disappointed. Even though the bowl was smaller than I expected it to be in comparison to the hefty meal that had just been served to me, it was every bit as advertised and included a generous dollop of cinnamon-vanilla ice cream on top.<br /><br />I didn't eat a very big breakfast the next morning.<br /><br />Want to post your own Wilson Food Reports to our blog? Let me know and I'll set you up as an author.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-5797312234813753301?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-44404653056683917572007-06-26T21:25:00.000-05:002007-06-26T21:53:12.716-05:00Don't forget family temple day!Tomorrow is the 27th of June, which is the anniversary of the marriage of Alfred Raymond Wilson to Emma Jane Powell Bingham. Please take a moment this week to reflect on what this means for you and your family. If you're near a temple and can find the time to attend, that would be a wonderful way to mark this once in a lifetime occasion.<br /><br />If anyone would like to share their feelings about their excursion to the temple this week with the rest of the family, please send email to the wilsonbingham at yahoogroups.com (replacing " at " with the @ symbol). That way it will only get sent to our private group and won't be posted on the blog for all to see.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-4440465305668391757?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-60507294761455867372007-05-24T21:53:00.001-05:002007-05-24T22:04:04.869-05:00Coupons for Father's Day books from my company!I work for Pearson, a major book publisher. Two of our imprints, Dorling Kindersley (DK) and Penguin are offering <span style="font-weight: bold;">friends and family discounts</span> for products on their web sites. Father's Day is coming, so get your dad, grandpa, or husband a gift with the coupon codes.<br /><br />Here are the details:<br /><ul><li>Receive 15% off your total online order placed now through June 22, 2007 at <a href="http://us.dk.com/" target="_blank">http://us.dk.com</a>. Simply enter the code ‘<font style="font-weight: bold;">dkfriends</font>’ into the coupon code field on your shopping basket page, then click the ‘update cart’ button to activate your coupon and see your savings. </li><li><a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/" target="_blank">http://us.penguingroup.com</a> is offering a special friends and family code to receive 15% off their total online order placed now through June 22. Simply enter the code ‘<font style="font-weight: bold;">friend9</font>’ into the coupon code field on your shopping basket page, then click the ‘update cart’ button to activate your coupon and see your savings.</li></ul>Feel free to give these codes to all of your friends and family. Just use the e-mail icon at the bottom of this post to forward them a link to this page. Or, if you're reading this in your e-mail, just forward it along.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-6050729476145586737?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-23716795284910353452007-05-18T21:35:00.000-05:002007-05-18T21:52:45.280-05:00WilsonBingham.com updated!I have updated <a href="http://www.wilsonbingham.com/" target="_blank">WilsonBingham.com</a> with the latest announcements. I've also provided a link to Ray Wilson's photo album. Just look on the right-hand side of the page. It's the second link from the top. I know what some pictures are (several are of a trip he once took with the Boy Scouts to Southern Utah), but I'm curious what, and who, you all recognize.<br /><br />I'm looking into the idea of formalizing a Wilson-Bingham family association. We would need officers, an operating budget, a charter, and, of course VOLUNTEERS. Please respond in the comments section of the blog, or by replying via e-mail.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-2371679528491035345?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-2380710174816125912007-05-15T21:24:00.000-05:002007-05-15T21:37:20.270-05:00Reunion Postponed Until 2008Many of you have already received this announcement via e-mail, but I'm resending it to the larger Wilson-Bingham mailing list for those who haven't yet heard.<br /><div bg="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > <div><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;" ></span></div></span></div></div><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;"><div bg=""><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><div><span style="font-size:100%;">Dear Wilson cousins,<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:100%;">After visiting with Danny this past weekend </span><span style="font-size:100%;"> in Las Vegas, he indicated to us that it will be best to postpone a Wilson cousins' reunion until June or July of 2008. He has just not been able to pull enough of the details together to be able to arrange a reunion for this July. Danny will likely be sending you more information in the coming months.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sorry we won't get to see many of you this July, but hope to see you in 2008.</span></span></div> <div><br /><span style="font-size:10;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Jan, Janene & Janette</span></span></div></span></div></div></blockquote>As far as the book publishing date goes, this relaxes my initial deadline and will give me some time to "do things right" and make sure that it's the best it can be. But it <span style="font-style: italic;">will</span> be published sometime in this 2007 centennial anniversary year of Alfred and Emma's marriage.<br /><br />That leaves us with what to do to mark the June 27th anniversary date. I ran this past Jan and she thought it was a good idea. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Let's have a family temple day</span> on June 27th where we all make an effort to attend a temple session at some point during that day. If possible, try to find someone in our genealogy whose work has not yet been done and take that name to the temple. If you do find a name, be sure to reply to the mailing list and let us know who it is so we don't end up doing duplicate ordinances.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to doing this and to seeing you all in 2008.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-238071017481612591?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-75509217187436817402007-05-10T01:01:00.000-05:002007-05-10T01:05:48.428-05:00Update: Death by footnotesI have made more progress with the footnotes to chapter 2. Many items of research were eliminated because they were photographic or cartographic (maps) and there won't be room to publish pictures in this edition. If you are helping me, feel free to just ignore anything having to do with maps and photos.<br /><br />Maps, photos, and as many original documents as I can get my hands on will be put into a separate book to be published in the form of a full-color "coffee table" album at a later date.<br /><br />Here is the Chapter 2 link with the most recent updates from tonight's editing.<br /><br /><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dgtmz6rc_34d5wg83&revision=_latest">http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dgtmz6rc_34d5wg83&revision=_latest</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-7550921718743681740?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-28863404677493606852007-05-06T23:35:00.000-05:002007-05-06T23:40:10.284-05:00Update: Death by footnotes...Thanks for help from my mom and from Dee Wilson. I have now completed footnote research up to footnote number 30. PE33 and forward to RW95 are still open for anyone to help find the information asked for. Some of these I'm just dropping altogether, so if you see one that appears to have little relevance or wouldn't likely provide more clarity, feel free to suggest that it be dropped.<br /><br />It's off to bed for me now. Three consecutive nights up until 1:00 AM has begun to take its toll.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-2886340467749360685?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-45981319495571032432007-05-02T20:51:00.000-05:002007-05-02T20:59:36.594-05:00Death by footnotes...I have officially fallen behind my self-imposed due date for having the manuscript edited, typeset, and sent to the printer--all because of footnotes.<br /><br />I'm looking for <span style="font-style: italic;">anyone</span> who can donate a few hours for a few days to help me flesh out some parts of chapter two that are in need of greater detail, bibliographic information, etc. All you need is a computer and the know-how to perform some Google searches to compile a list of leads. I can research the rest from there.<br /><br />Any takers?<br /><br />Chapter two can be found, in printable format, with all the latest updates as of right this second, <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docID=dgtmz6rc_34d5wg83&revision=_latest&spi=1&hgd=1">by clicking here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-4598131949557103243?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-1270583339310379362007-04-23T21:47:00.000-05:002007-04-23T22:01:15.237-05:00Reunion date change in the worksDanny will be sending out a letter via regular mail about this, but I thought I'd take advantage of the speediness of e-mail and send out a quick note in advance of that for folks who check their e-mail regularly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The date of the Wilson-Bingham 100-year anniversary reunion is likely to change to the weekend following July 4th. That would be July 6th and 7th.</span> The event plan is being shaped up, but looks like it will include a temple session, a picnic, and a tour of downtown Salt Lake City to locations of interest of the early marriage and family life of Alfred and Emma.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please RSVP about the July 6th and 7th dates (for you and your extended family) by clicking "reply" in the email</span>, or click on the link to the blog in the e-mail and respond in the comments section. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The more people RSVP via email, the fewer we'll have to contact via "snail-mail".</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-127058333931037936?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-47978562624264178642007-04-16T22:18:00.000-05:002007-04-16T22:22:34.910-05:00WilsonBingham.com Launched!Our very own family domain and home page is now live. We are now the proud proprietors of WilsonBingham.com. <a href="http://www.wilsonbingham.com">Go check it out</a>!<br /><br />If you would like an account, please let me know and I will set one up for you. Just reply to the e-mail notice that brought you to this blog post.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-4797856262426417864?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-45783895107774275552007-04-01T14:34:00.000-05:002007-11-01T06:15:49.966-05:00I just started doing another editorial pass of the first few chapters of the book and came across a part of a biography written by Ruth Young. In it she mentions an Elder William Hyde who was the missionary who baptized our common ancestor, Richard Merchant, of Vacy Allyn (Allen) river in Australia. She also mentioned the fact that the event was recorded in Elder Hyde's journal as part of the Australian mission's history.<br /><br />Something (actually, more like Someone) prompted me to search via Google to see if anyone had published those journals online. The first result revealed what I was hoping to find, and happens to be <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/William_Hyde/Journal/home.html" target="_blank">published on the web site of a man named Bill Thayer</a>. He apparently has repurposed a transcript written by the Church historian dating back to 1974 or earlier. Here is the telling entry <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/William_Hyde/Journal/4*.html#3Apr53" target="_blank">from part 4 of the journal</a>, with the baptism noted as having occurred Monday, 18 <strike>March</strike> July 1853<br /><blockquote>Sunday. Held meeting again and on Monday the 18th, Mr. Richard Merchant, George Knight and Jane Smith were baptized. After baptism and suitable instructions, I administered the Sacrament.</blockquote><a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/William_Hyde/Journal/4*.html#22Mar54">Part 5</a>, dated Wednesday, 22 March 1854, details the journey to Utah. Some of the entries of two months prior to their departure (beginning 29 January 1854 with a letter to Elder Farnham) are interesting to read also. The 29 January entry anachronistically references the 4 March 1854 publication of the Zion's Watchman newspaper. It establishes some interesting facts about the preparations of the "Julia Ann" to set sail for Utah.<br /><blockquote>The time is close at hand when another company of Saints will leave this land, in the fine new barque "Julia Ann", Captain Davis. Mr. Pond of California, owner of the vessel, will accompany them. They will sail from New Castle, bound for San Pedro. The company is under the charge of Elder William Hyde, who during the past year has laboured faithfully, diligently, and perseveringly in the Hunters River district. His labours have been blessed, many have obeyed the Gospel, and are gathering with him. He goes hence with the full confidence and approbation of all true Saints; and we feel to assure him that their prayers will constantly <span class="emend">ascend</span> to our Father in Heaven for his protection and guidance over sea and land, and that he may return safe to <a name="p63"></a>the bosom of his family and friends in Zion. The company is from the Hunters River district. They consist mostly of farmers and their families. They are of responsible connections, possessing firm, good, and obedient spirits. They number 63 souls. We would particularly request the attention of the Saints and the public to Elder William Hyde's farewell address.</blockquote>There were a few other Google search results as well, including a site listing him as one of many missionaries who personally associated with Joseph Smith. Clicking on his name from that site, I found <a href="http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/WHyde.html" target="_blank">William Hyde's autobiography</a>.<br /><br />The whole journal and autobiography are a great read if you're at all interested in how the Gospel was taught to our ancestors.<br /><br />I love the Internet.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-4578389510777427555?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-59818194003162139222007-03-19T23:29:00.000-05:002007-03-20T00:42:55.200-05:00Wilson Bingham Book Progress Report - March 200Hello again everyone. Time for another update and a reminder that I will be needing all of your biographies and autobiographies by March 31st. The idea is to document your life and those of your ancestors and descendants. I'm asking that you do it in at least one full page of text per person you write about (or a corresponding amount of audio if submitting a cassette recording). However, as you get closer to the present day with your descendants, their life histories will obviously be shorter, so don't worry about filling an entire page with, say, your 2 year old grandson's life.<br /><br />You can submit these to me however you like, whether it be by postal mail, on a tape cassette, via e-mail, or using Google Docs. If you have any questions, please let me know.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=1oug8gsd1c5039062tmagcpa7g%40group.calendar.google.com">I've also prepared an online calendar</a> for everyone to refer to so that you can see the tasks that are ahead of us. If the March 31st deadline is met by everyone, then I will have the materials I need to simply edit and rearrange the text and then typeset it.<br /><br />Just click the icon below to see the calendar. I've also summarized the major events in the timeline below.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=1oug8gsd1c5039062tmagcpa7g%40group.calendar.google.com"><img src="http://www.google.com/calendar/images/ext/gc_button1_en.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><pre>Saturday Mar 31 Biographies and Autobiographies due<br />Sunday Apr 1 Edit, rearrange, research details, proofread, <br />typeset<br />Monday Apr 30 Order printer's proof copy. Final manuscript <br />to Lulu.com as PDF.<br />Tuesday May 15 Printer's proof should ship<br />Monday May 21 Receive/review/edit printer's proof<br />Monday May 28 Submit for final printing, Set up online <br />store for book, Send out promotional email<br />Tuesday May 29 Do layout of photo album<br />Tuesday Jun 5 Upload photo album to online service, Order <br />printer proof of album<br />Wednesday Jun 20 Receive/review/edit printer proof of album<br />Saturday Jun 23 Submit photo album for final printing, Set <br />up online store for book, Send out promotional email<br />Tuesday Jun 26-30 Tentative date range for reunion - Salt <br />Lake City</pre><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-5981819400316213922?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-74393275951158212822007-03-03T22:13:00.000-06:002007-03-04T00:58:25.037-06:00Book of Remembrance - March 31st Deadline...I went to the temple today. Just before the session started, I was sitting in the chapel reading out of the Pearl of Great Price. In Moses chapter 6, which talks about Adam and his posterity keeping a book of remembrance, I read the following verses:<br /><blockquote><div id="moses/6/5" onclick="return toggleMarked(event, this)"> 5 And a <sup>a</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/5a" mark="a" type="C" title="Abr. 1: 28 (28, 31); TG Scriptures, Lost; TG Scriptures, Writing of.">book</a> of <sup>b</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Book of Remembrance.">remembrance</a> was kept, in the which was recorded, in the <sup>c</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Moses 6: 46.">language</a> of Adam, for it was given unto as many as called upon God to write by the spirit of <sup>d</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Guidance, Divine; TG Inspiration.">inspiration</a>; </div><div class="verse"><a name="6"></a><div id="moses/6/6" onclick="return toggleMarked(event, this)"> 6 And by them their <sup>a</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Education; TG Family, Children, Responsibilities toward.">children</a> were taught to read and write, having a <sup>b</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Language.">language</a> which was <sup>c</sup><a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/6/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="Zeph. 3: 9.">pure</a> and undefiled. </div></div></blockquote>When I read this, I immediately thought of how we have the same obligation...to teach our children and grandchildren about where they came from and how their lives were made possible. The Wilson-Bingham family history anthology will help fulfill this purpose for us.<br /><br />I realized that in order to publish this book correctly, everyone has to have a chance to review the pages, make corrections and additions, and comment on what has been written.<br /><br />We live in a world and time where not only is that possible, it's extremely simple. <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Question: Sounds great! How can I help?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br />Answer: </span></span><span>You will soon be seeing at least 12 separate emails arriving in your inbox.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Please do not set these emails aside or lose track of them.</span> <span>They each contain a link to one of the 12 book chapters for you to review and edit. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><ol><li><span>In the first email you receive, which will have the subject line <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Google Docs & Spreadsheets Invitation"</span><span>, click on the link in the email and you will be taken to a page where you can sign up for an account to help us edit pages.<br /></span></li><li><span>Once you have an account, then you will be taken to the editing page on the Web where you can read and edit the contents of that chapter.</span></li><li><span>Chapter emails will have the subject line <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">"</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Wilson-Bingham-Family-History_chapter_</span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">"</span>. </span><span>Just click the link in the email.<br /></span></li></ol><span>Ignore the signup e-mails in step 1 after you've registered. There is no need to sign up for a new account again once you've already done so.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;">Question: I have a hard time with the signing up for stuff on the Web. Can't you just e-mail me the whole chapter so I can make my changes in the e-mail itself?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;"><br />Answer: </span></span><span>It's easier than you think. <a href="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html" target="_blank">Click here to read a quick tutorial</a>. If you still don't want to use the editor, the text of the chapter is also included in the e-mail itself, so you can just reply to the email, type your changes wherever you want, and then click the "Send" button.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Question: When do you need me to be finished?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;"><br />Answer: </span>I'd like to have everyone's changes and additions done by March 31st, 2007</span> so that I will have sufficient time to merge them back into the master document for printing. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The final book will be ready by June 2007</span>, just in time for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">once-in-a-lifetime</span> 100th anniversary of Alfred and Emma Wilson's marriage. <span style="font-weight: bold;">If you have any questions or problems accessing the documents, don't hesitate to reply via email or call me. My phone number is [<span style="font-style: italic;">removed from blog for privacy...see email</span>]. The best time to reach me is Sunday evenings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Question: What if a chapter isn't about me and my family? Should I just ignore it?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br />Answer: </span>Some chapters will be all about your ancestors and descendants. Others won't. But, you are welcome to make changes to ALL chapters. This is because you may be reading along and will have a memory of participating in an event, or talking to a person, or hearing a related story and will want to include it. Please do!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Question: What else can I do to help?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;"><br />Answer:</span> <span>We also need</span><span> help with several research items that you will see noted as comments in the footnotes section of each chapter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Question: How do I keep from messing up other people's changes?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br />Answer: </span>Don't worry about overwriting each other's changes. The simple word processing editor you'll be using keeps track of each person's changes in different colors so it'll be easy to merge it all together when we're done.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Question: I want my other family members to help! Who else have you sent this to?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic;"><br />Answer: </span>Below is a list of names and email addresses for all individuals currently subscribed to receive this email. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">If you have descendants or relatives who are not on this email list, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">please reply with their e-mail addresses so I can include them in this group editing process.</span><br /><pre><span style="font-weight: bold;">[<span style="font-style: italic;">removed from blog for privacy...see email</span>]</span><br /></pre><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you for your help and cooperation!<br /><br /></span>Rob Watson<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-7439327595115821282?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-58545301641921708642007-02-26T21:39:00.000-06:002007-02-26T21:46:36.936-06:00Emma Wilson's Newspaper ArticlesAt the memorial for Maxine in July, I asked Bruce Young if he would be interested in helping find archived articles that Emma Wilson had written in various newspapers on the Wasatch Front. Here is a summary he just e-mailed to me this evening. There are more gaps than we had anticipated, so ANY information you can give which would help us uncover articles specifically written by her would be very welcome. Maybe you know some keywords or subject matter she would have written about. Or perhaps you have a few copies of articles we know for a fact she wrote which we could use to track down others like them.<br /><br />Bruce said:<br /><br /><blockquote>Rob,<br /><br />Here's a summary of what I've found so far:<br /><br />I've looked in a few issues of several of the papers that Grandma Wilson wrote for to get oriented.<br /><br />Specifically, I've looked at<br /><ul><li>The Intermountain Republican (some issues of 1909--that's the last year BYU has microfilm copies of the paper)</li><li>The Salt Lake Tribune (a few issues from the 1920s plus the name and subject lists for 1942)</li><li>The Paysonian (from about 1917-1923)</li><li>The Provo Herald (some issues from 1913 and later)</li></ul>I have so far found no reference at all to Grandma Wilson, but that may be because her articles in the issues I looked at were anonymous. I found nothing in the Paysonian I could link with her (except one item I'll mention below). In the Intermountain Republican, the Salt Lake Tribune, and the Provo Herald, I found news briefs and society notices from Payson from time to time, but all of these were short and anonymous. I'm afraid they give no great insight into Grandma Wilson, especially since I'm not certain which ones she may have written. But I could photocopy a few examples just to give a feel for the kind of thing she may have done.<br /><br />My plan is to keep looking and see if at any point she did signed articles. I'll let you know as the research proceeds.<br /><br />One thing I did find of interest, though: in an early issue of the Paysonian (1917 I believe) there was a front page list of who was on the ballot for an upcoming election. I believe that below the ballot there was a notice saying that for more information readers should contact Alfred R. Wilson, City Recorder. That would have to be Grandpa Wilson. At some point I'll return to the microfilms and make a copy of that page. I might also make a copy of an advertisement or two that are probably connected to the family (I remember one for clothing from T. H. Wilson and Son--or something like that).<br /><br />Anyway, that's what I have so far. We may end up running into a treasure trove. But I'm afraid it's also possible that most of what Grandma Wilson did were the sort of short anonymous notices that really wouldn't be of much interest.<br /><br />By the way, if you have more information that might guide me in my searching, let me know.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />Bruce</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-5854530164192170864?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-16782374865235968682007-02-22T21:42:00.000-06:002007-02-26T23:08:22.373-06:00Better Family CommunicationsI have an idea that will make it so easy for us to stay in touch as a family and I wanted to find out if you would be interested in trying it out. Stick with me for the next few minutes and you'll see how neat it could be. Pretty pictures are included (go ahead and click...they open in new windows).<br /><br />Google.com has a new service called Google Apps. It allows groups like ours to choose Google's services (email, chat, document sharing, personal web pages, etc.). The setup to do this would only cost $10 for ALL of us, which I'll gladly pay out of my own pocket if there's enough interest. You wouldn't have to lift a finger to sign up because I would do that for you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Email</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/images/gmail_inbox.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_44fhbt5k" style="height: 75px; width: 100px;" title="Google's Email (Gmail)" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a>With Google's email being part of Google Apps, it would never be hard to remember someone's email address again. We would all be signed up at the same email service under a single web name and with a single address book for the whole family!!<br /><br />For example, I can sign up the domain name wilsonbingham.com with Google. Then I can give each of you email accounts at that domain such that, say, Bruce Young's email address would be something like bruceyoung@wilsonbingham.com. Mine would be robwatson@wilsonbingham.com. My wife's would be shannonwatson@wilsonbingham.com and so forth. <del>All of our address books would automatically include everyone's email addresses.</del> Oops on that last part. It doesn't automatically populate the address book, but I can pass along a master address book file that you can import and keep up-to-date.<br /><br />Additionally, everyone could just keep sharing with other people the email addresses they already have. That's because through this one wilsonbingham.com account, <a href="https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=21288" target="blank_" title="click here to see how this works">you are allowed to check and send email through up to five other email accounts</a>. You just tell Google how to check your other e-mail accounts and then all of that email flows right into your single Google account. (Some email providers do charge a fee for Gmail to access your inbox. Yahoo charges $1.66/month.)<br /><br />It's easy to switch because you don't even have to tell other people what your new email address is. When you send or respond to emails, you can <a href="https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&amp;hl=en&answer=22370" target="blank_" title="click to see how it's done">tell Google</a> to make it so that when people reply to your message, they will be replying to an older address, if that's what you want them to see. (This part is free from Google.)<br /><br />For example, if Bruce's old address was bruceyoung@hotmail.com and he writes an email to someone using his new Google email account, they would never know the difference. Whenever they reply, it will say bruceyoung@hotmail.com at the top of the e-mail, as if he had never moved to another address.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bottom Line: You could easily never have to remember how to log in to multiple e-mail accounts again.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chat</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/talk.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_464xd92m" style="height: 72px; width: 100px;" title="Google's Chat (Talk)" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a> That's only the tip of the iceberg. If we all had a Google Apps Family account, we would also be able to have chats with each other, even over-the-web <span style="font-style: italic;">phone calls</span> via Google Talk. Whenever you're logged into Google to check e-mail, you'll see who is online and available to chat with you, right in the same window as when you're doing your e-mail.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Calendar</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/images/calendar.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_47cxfzpf" style="height: 72px; width: 100px;" title="Google's Calendar" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a>Have you ever tried to coordinate a get-together or reunion with more than 3 people over the phone? Ever wish you all could all easily review each other's calendars or even share a common calendar? As part of Google Apps Family, we would all be able to see each other's events so that invitations to parties and reunions are super easy.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Personal Web Sites</span><br /><br />Ever wanted to create your own web page for a business or to <a href="http://proud2b4family.googlepages.com/" target="blank_" title="Rachel Rose Watson, Born 13 October 2006">show off your kids</a> or grandkids? Google has made it so simple. You don't need to know anything other than how to type and how to use a mouse. This feature would also be a part of our Google Apps Family account.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photo Sharing</span><br /><div style="text-align: left; width: 194px; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 83%;"> <div style="height: 194px;"> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/proud2b4family/GrandmaWilsonPhotos"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/proud2b4family/RTfzfR1XABE/AAAAAAAAAE4/csz9-zQm7qY/s160-c/GrandmaWilsonPhotos.jpg" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0px; margin-top: 16px;" height="160" width="160" /></a> </div> <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/proud2b4family/GrandmaWilsonPhotos"> <div style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> Grandma Wilson Photos </div> </a> <div style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128);"> </div> </div> Picasa, which is also a Google service, allows you to upload hundreds of photos to the web to share privately or publicly, according to your preferences of whom you want to view them. I've set up <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/proud2b4family/GrandmaWilsonPhotos/photo#s4987722908162129938" target="blank_" title="click to view the album">a slideshow in a public album</a> to demonstrate.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Documents & Spreadsheets</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/images/dands_sheet.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_49g57thb" style="height: 72px; width: 100px;" title="Google's Spreadsheets" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/images/dands_doc.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_50c4xrhd" style="height: 76px; width: 100px;" title="Google's Documents" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/images/dands_list.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_51gh5pc6" style="height: 59px; width: 100px;" title="Google's Documents & Spreadsheets List" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a> Doug Wilson maintains an extensive family list of his own with contact information, birthdates, and other facts. But, he has to email revisions as attachments whenever he makes changes, which can sometimes be a pain. Besides the already great address book features of Google's Gmail, with Google's Documents & Spreadsheets (also part of Google Apps Family), he can just create the document in an online word processor and update it whenever he needs to. If people need to read it, he just shares it with them and they can simply open the document in their browser to see the latest. I can't think of an easier way to permanently capture, share, and collaboratively edit <a href="http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgtmz6rc_33hr7r9w" target="blank_" title="click this link to see an example">biographies and other family histories</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Easy Access</span><br /><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/mobile.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_53cvf77k" style="height: 178px; width: 100px;" title="Mobile Access" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a><a href="http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/images/startpage_example.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://docs.google.com/File?id=dgtmz6rc_52gb6v6z" style="height: 68px; width: 100px;" title="Start Page" align="left" border="1" hspace="3" vspace="3" /></a>I know this sounds like a lot to remember but it's really very simple. Google provides a single "Start" web page for getting to ALL of these features in a single click. You can even drag things around on the page to put them where you want them. There's also a "mobile" version of these features for those of you with cell phones, or (gulp!) if your kids have them. <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">So, What Do You Think?!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Would you personally use a Google Apps setup for simplifying family communications?</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">I'd like to hear from at least 10 people to get this started.</span> Then we can work on inviting others to join in the fun. I won't take a "no" personally, so don't worry. <span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">Please reply in the comments section below with a yes or a no, and any other comments you have about it.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-1678237486523596868?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-63885990406912787272007-02-11T01:04:00.001-06:002007-02-11T01:01:41.778-06:00Jeremiah Bingham Sr.: Revolutionary War Soldier<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>I decided to search more earnestly for data on the Bingham side of the family and was able to uncover some meaty sites that give more information than I previously had in my family tree. In my searching, I found some work that people had done about <a href='http://server1.pa.uky.edu/%7Eshapere/dkbingham/d0000/g0000060.html#I159'>Jeremiah Bingham, Sr.</a>, my 5th Great Grand Uncle, who is the son of my 6th Great Grandfather <a href='http://server1.pa.uky.edu/%7Eshapere/dkbingham/d0005/g0000056.html#I174'>Joseph Bingham</a> (our Jeremiah Bingham, from whom we descend, is the son of Joseph Bingham, Jeremiah Bingham, Sr's brother). All of this is part of <a href='http://www.telusplanet.net/public/dkbing/genproj.htm'>The Bingham Genealogy Project</a>. I'm certain that if we all did some searching around on these sites, we'd find a wealth of extra relatives who might even be eligible to receive temple ordinances.<br></br><br></br><a href='http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/lis/lib/guides_and_tutorials/subject_guides/collection_guide-vermont/internet_resources/history_addison_county/chap19_hac.htm'>Some interesting things</a> I encountered about our family on another web site about the town of Cornwall, Vermont:<br></br><br></br><blockquote><span id='mainContent'>On the long since discontinued road which ran north from near the lands now owned by F. H. Dean, formerly the residence of Mrs. Sherwood, to the early home of P. B. Warner, were several settlers, among whom were Jabez Watrous, Rev. Benjamin Wooster, Abbott Tambling, and Henry Daggett; the last two named built a dam across the stream and erected a saw-mill, but soon abandoned the enterprise. Some distance west of the road, near the brook, John Gilman owned one hundred and thirty acres, on which his grantee, Daniel Huntington, lived until 1803. Deacon Jeremiah Bingham and Merrill Bingham afterwards occupied that place.<br></br><br></br>...<br></br><br></br></span><span id='mainContent'><p>In 1783 Thomas Hall pitched several hundred acres, including the present farm of William Wright. His son David settled southwest from his dwelling. He sold fifty acres of his land in 1791 to Nathan Ingraham, afterwards owned by Pitts Ingraham. Elisha Hurlbut bought a lot of Hall in 1795, and in 1798 sold to John Boynton. William Wright is a grandson of Pitts Ingraham, Mrs. J. K. Wright being a daughter; S. C. Parkhill and Mrs. H. J. Manchester are also his grandchildren. South of Thomas Hall's, on the road to West Cornwall on land now owned by H. F. Dean, the earliest settler was Jeremiah Bingham, jr., a nephew of Deacon Bingham. He was a soldier of the Revolution. In 1793 he sold to Deacon Jeremiah Bingham. </p></span>...<br></br><br></br><span id='mainContent'>Deacon Jeremiah Bingham, who has already been mentioned, was one of the original members of the Congregational Church, and was chosen one of the first deacons. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and took an active part in the battle of Bennington, and was connected with the quartermaster's department of the garrison at Ticonderoga before the surrender of the fort to Burgoyne. He was a man of indomitable energy and unusual intelligence, a thorough student of the Scriptures, and a conscientious believer in the truths therein inculcated. He frequently wrote poetry for his own edification. He died at the age of ninety-four years.</span><br></br></blockquote><blockquote>...<br></br><br></br><span id='mainContent'><i>Town Organization, etc.--</i>The town was organized on the 2d of March, 1784, by the election of the following officers: Moderator, Jeremiah Bingham; town clerk, Joel Linsley; selectmen, Samuel Benton, Jeremiah Bingham, Eldad Andrus; treasurer, Hiland Hall; constable, Barzillai Stickney; listers, Nathan Foot, Roswell Post; highway surveyors, Eldad Andrus, Stephen Tambling, William Jones, Isaac Kellogg.<br></br><br></br>...<br></br><br></br></span><span id='mainContent'>The Congregational Church of Cornwall, the first religious organization in Cornwall, was formed on the 1st of July, 1785, with the following members: Jared Abernathy, Stephen Tambling, James Marsh Douglass, Jeremiah Bingham, Roswell Post, Daniel Sampson, Mary Chipman, and Elizabeth Ives, and during the few weeks following August 21 Jesse Chipman, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Tambling, Nathaniel Cogswell and wife, Joel Linsley, Ethan Andrus, Isaac Kellogg, Hiland Hall, and Mrs. Ives were added to the number.</span><span id='mainContent'><p><br></br>On the 20th of July, 1787, a call was extended to the Rev. Thomas Tolman, and accepted on the 30th of August. Being the first pastor, he received as his right the lot of land set apart by the charter for the first settled minister, and in addition received from the town "a settlement." The first deacons were Jeremiah Bingham, Hiland Hall, and Father William Samson. The first meetings were held in Captain Benton's barn; afterward at his house and the house of Joel Linsley. The first house of worship stood west of the highway on which the old red school-house formerly stood. It was completed, probably in the spring of 1791, and first occupied in the following autumn. Mr. Tolman was dismissed at his own request on the 11th of November, 1790.<br></br></p></span></blockquote>And, in case you were wondering, as I was, why Jeremiah and James (sons of Joseph Bingham and Ruth Post) appear to have the same birthdate of 17 Apr 1760, it's because they were actually twins.<br></br> What I can't seem to account for, though, is why Joseph Bingham, one of their siblings, also has the same birthdate as I can't seem to find more information as to whether there were actually triplets in this family.<br></br></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-6388599040691278727?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-19131086844298624912006-12-27T09:25:00.000-06:002006-12-27T09:33:12.032-06:00Submit your family details for our book...the easy way...Hello and Happy Holidays to all the Wilson and Bingham family members. I just want to take the opportunity during the Christmas season to invite you to contribute to our book to be published in June 2007.<br /><br />One easy way for you to do this is by sending me a copy of your various family newsletters, including those of any of your descendants. That is a quick and easy way to provide the "snapshot update" needed for our book. Please mail me a copy of your and your children's (and grandchildren's) Christmas newsletters.<br /><br />As always, you can also use our new <a href="http://www.formassembly.com/forms/30340">family group sheet submission form</a>. Just fill it out and click the "Submit" button at the end and it will come to me in an email. If you can't finish it all in one shot, you can always save your work and return to it later.<br /><br />Thank you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-1913108684429862491?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23036974.post-35042538402478457042006-12-05T00:17:00.000-06:002006-12-05T00:25:01.943-06:00Easy Family Group Sheet Online Form!I've just made it so much easier for you to submit your family group sheet information to me. The easiest way for Genealogy-savvy folks is to just email me your GEDCOM file, of course. But if you don't have anything already done, start with this <a href="http://www.formassembly.com/forms/30340">easy new form</a> (<a href="http://www.formassembly.com/forms/30340" class="textOnly" id="formLink">http://www.formassembly.com/forms/30340</a>). Don't worry if you can't finish it all in one sitting. At any point in the process, the form allows you to click "Save my progress and resume later" type in your email address and password, and then "boom". Your work is saved until you return to it later.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/23036974-3504253840247845704?l=wilsonbingham.tripod.com%2Findex.html' alt='' /></div>Rob Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04127465919258708936noreply@blogger.com0