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Greathouse Surname DNA Project / 2008 Family Tree DNA: End of Year Discounts

« on: November 26, 2008, 10:16:28 AM »

Dear Family Tree DNA Group Administrator,
 
In keeping with our end-of-the-year tradition, effective November 26th, 2008 we'll institute special pricing at Family Tree DNA for your new-kit-purchasing participants.
 
The products that will be offered at the special prices are:

   Y-DNA37    $119
   Y-DNA67    $218

   Y-DNA37+mtDNAPlus     $199
   Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus    $308
   mtDNAPlus    $139
   Full Genomic mtDNA    $395
   SuperDNA    $613

This offer is good until December 31st, 2008 for kits ordered and paid for by that time.

 

http://www.FamilyTreeDNA.com

"History Unearthed Daily"

+1-713-868-1438

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Events, Happenings and Reunions / Revolutionary Germantown Festival: October 4, 10PM - 5PM

« on: September 15, 2008, 09:35:23 AM »

Revolutionary Germantown FestivalOctober 4, 10PM - 5PM

Join us for the annual reenactment of the Battle of Germantown at Cliveden. Costumed soldiers and generals will be performing live battle reenactments at 12pm and 3pm. Food and craft vendors, as well as childrens? activities will be on-site for the festival. Tours of Cliveden house available immediately following the battle reenactment. Bring the family, expect the excitement! Visit revolutionarygermantown.org for further event details.

Source: Email from Gene Stackhouse to "Germans to Phila" mailing list, 15 Sep 2008.

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General Discussion / Houston and Hurricane Ike

« on: September 14, 2008, 09:03:42 PM »

Hello Cousins,

We would like to let everyone know that our thoughts and prayers are with any of our cousins and friends and all those who live in Houston and the surrounding area. Our hearts are with them as they struggle through each day cleaning up the mess that Hurricane Ike left. That storm was so devastating. We hope for a quick recovery and cleanup of all the affected areas, so all can get back to normal living.

If you are in contact with any cousins who live in the Houston area and have heard from them, please email our mailing list, or post some news about how they are doing in our forum. We would like to know if we can help them in any way.


Sincerely,
Rick

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Events, Happenings and Reunions / 14th Annual Genealogy Fair - 27 Sep 2008

« on: September 05, 2008, 10:59:01 AM »

Roane County Historical Society is proud to announce the 14th Annual Genealogy Fair will be held Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Heritage Park in Spencer.

Read more: WVRoane.org

If you have never been to our Genealogical Fair, you might want to check out pictures from last years fair. You'll find a room filled with people with an interest in the genealogy and history of the Roane County area. Various organizations from the surrounding area and many individuals will have displays, selling publications or just sharing information. There will be people not only willing, but excited to talk to you about your family history. You might discover a lost cousin, and you can almost count on meeting new friends. It doesn't matter if you have been researching your lines for years, or are just thinking about getting started, join us and you won't be disappointed.

When: September 27, 2008 from 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

Where: Heritage Park Community Building
110 Church Street, Spencer, WV

There will be signs posted in the area to show the directions to the fair. (For a map, click here.)

Please join us and enjoy the day researching your family roots in Roane County and surrounding areas. Everyone is welcome.

The Roane County Courthouse and our genealogy room at the Roane County Library will both be available until noon.

The old school house and the museum located in Heritage Park will be open.

Good food will be available on site.

Door prizes will be given.

To reserve a display area, or for further information, you may contact one of the following:

Johanna Nutter
johanna@wvroane.org

Carol Board-Westfall
carol@wvroane.org

or contact us by mail at:
Roane County Historical Society
P.O. Box 161
Spencer, WV 25276-0161

More information will be posted as it becomes available, so check back on this page for updates.

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Events, Happenings and Reunions / Mt. Zion Community Park Reunion - 21 Sep 2008

« on: August 26, 2008, 09:48:07 PM »

Greetings to all,

Basil "Bub" C. Brown will be holding a reunion on Sunday, 21 Sep 2008 at the Mt. Zion Community Park, just below Mt. Zion Church on Route 16, about 7 miles north of Arnoldsburg, WV.

Directions: Coming in from I79, take the Big Otter exit heading towards Arnoldsburg on Rt. 16. When you arrive at the intersection in Arnoldsburg, continue right on Rt. 16 towards Grantsville for about 7 miles. There will be a sign on the right at the road where you turn into Mt. Zion Community Park.

Lunch will be served at 12:30pm. Bring a covered dish and spend the day.

Gospel music can heard all day long. Singers include Brenda Cole and family, Golden Tones and others (subject to change).

This reunion welcomes the following families of Calhoun County, WV, and surrounding counties:

ADAMS, GREATHOUSE, SLIDER, STURM OR STURMS, KERBY OR KIRBY, WRIGHTS, STARCHERS, HUGHES, CARPENTERS, RIGGS, TANNERS, POLINGS, GAINERS, WOODFORDS AND NORMANS

All families and friends are welcome.

Bub has gathered much information on all of these families and he is looking forward to sharing his work and his collection of photos with others. He is always searching for more information on these families, so bring any family research that you have collected, so you can share what you have gathered with Bub and others, myself included.

I attended this reunion for the first time last year, where I made several very interesting connections and met some new cousins too. I am looking forward to attending this reunion again, this year.

For more information call (304) 354-7394, ask for Bub.

Or you may email Bub at: bcbrown26151@yahoo.com

Hope to see you there,
Rick

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Greathouse Point FAQ / What are the benefits of using our forum vs our mailing list?

« on: August 23, 2008, 04:27:57 PM »

What are the benefits of using our forum vs our mailing list?

1) Less email from our project's members, which must be sorted out from all of the spam that you may receive, if you want to keep the emails from our project's members for future reference.

2) In our forum, any topics posted, may be edited by the original author or by the Admin of the forum at anytime. Topics may also be deleted by the original author or forum Admin at any time.

However, with our mailing list that is not possible. All email sent to our mailing list can not be edited once sent. If you want to correct an error in an email, you must revise the error and then resend a copy of that email. Also all email sent to our mailing list is archived at RootsWeb, where once those emails are archived there, they can not be edited. Although, emails available in the archives at RootsWeb , can be deleted at any time, upon request.

3) With our forum as a resource available at Greathouse Point, our group's members may visit our forum, of their own accord, when ever they would like to know about updates, that have been made available at Greathouse Point, since their last visit. Therefore, use of our forum, in favor of our mailing list, will minimize the number of emails that members of our group receive, which will minimize any time that may spend sorting emails from our group's members, that they would like to keep, from all of the other spam that they receive.

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Greathouse Point FAQ / When was the "Greathouse Research Guild" founded?

« on: August 23, 2008, 03:13:43 PM »

When was the "Greathouse Research Guild", our forum, founded? By whom? And what events led to the creation of our forum, which serves as an additional tool for gathering additional research, that can be shared, on our website, with our group?

A remnant of our old "Greathouse Research Guild" forum, is still available at EZBoards.

Our forum first went online on 3 Oct 2001, based on the first announcement that our new forum was available for use.

Our forum was established as an additional tool that would help Greathouse Point gather additional research, from members of our group, who would prefer to use a forum, instead of a mailing list, to share their work with our website.

Also because of the growing problem with spam at that time, which is even worse now... it was common opinion of many experts on spam, that mailing lists were going to become obsolete, within a few short years. Of course, mailing lists are still with us today, but their usage is diminishing as the problem with spam continues to grow, significantly.

On 30 Apr 2004, we completed the move of forum from EZBoard to our new forum that was hosted with our our group's website. At the time, the name was changed from "Greathouse Research Guild" forum to "Greathouse Community" forum. At that time our forum was powered by PHPBB.

Within the last couple years, the software powering our forum was changed to Simple Machines Forum.

Recently, our forum was renamed back to "Greathouse Research Guild" forum because we want to start using it to share research where a peer review process can be implemented.

As of September 1, 2008, "Guild Greathouse Forum" is the new name for our forum, retiring "Greathouse Research Guild" and "Greathouse Community".

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Greathouse Point FAQ / How did the "Greathouse Cousins Data Exchange" begin?

« on: August 23, 2008, 03:08:49 PM »

How did the "Greathouse Cousins Data Exchange" begin?

Greathouse descendants have always been interested in their family history.  In 1997, two people, seeking to learn the history of the Greathouse family in American and Europe, became the pioneers, who brought "Greathouse Cousins" together, when they began exchanging Greathouse family information by E-mail.  Later, in December 1998, the Greathouse Mailing List at RootsWeb.com was adopted to share their collection of information as well as the means to gather new information from family members.

The Greathouse Mailing List at RootsWeb.com, appears to have been created about January 1983, but had either been left idle; or any E-mails posted were lost,  probably due to a server failure at RootsWeb.com; between February 1983 and December 1998.

The group was founded in 1996, by Patricia Dodd Greathouse, when she started searching for documentation to join the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

When interviewed by E-mail, in late 1998, about how the group came to be founded, Pat stated, "I wrote for the records of Harmon Greathouse from the DAR and received 3 different copies stamped "error". I got on the internet and found that there were several sites that also reported these errors as fact... I just wanted the facts recorded correctly for future descendants.  The "Greathouse Cousin" network started with the exchange of information.  I was trying to inform all the Greathouse relatives to find accurate and factual information."

The group of Greathouse relatives or Greathouse family researchers, who were exchanging the history of the Greathouse family, continued to grow under the leadership of Patricia Dodd Greathouse, "our fearless leader"... who directed the project, with interest and enthusiasm for about seven years, through her death, which occurred on February 7th, 2003, in Columbus, GA. We mourned her passing and miss her very much.

In 1997, Franklin Daniel Neher volunteered to be the record keeper of all the Greathouse data received by the group, which had been named as, the "Greathouse Cousins Data Exchange", based on Frank's E-mail which he used to recruit new members for their project.

• Email from Frank Neher to All possible Greathouse Cousins in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Subject: Greathouse Cousins Data Exchange
  

Pat stated, "she and Frank were "tied by a common interest in correcting past inaccurate published Greathouse information, and that their goals were to:

1.  Collect and share documented facts about the descendants of Herman Groethausen (ca 1670-1743), Springfield Manor, Germantown, Pennsylvania.

2.  Share all research that was collected and to enable future generations to find accurate information.

3.  Help others to tie their loose links to the main family tree."

When Franklin Daniel Neher retired as Records Coordinator and as Custodian of the collections he had diligently and tirelessly compiled for the group after his 85th birthday, on April 27th, 2002, Frank continued to serve in an advisory role for the group, while he also helped many others with their Greathouse family history endeavors. For his continued service, Frank was granted the title of "Records Coordinator Emeritus", which he retained through his death. Franklin Daniel Neher died on 27 May 2004 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, WA.

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Greathouse Point FAQ / Frequently Asked Questions about Greathouse Point

« on: August 23, 2008, 02:28:00 PM »

In this topic we would like to offer some introductory answers to frequently asked questions about Greathouse Point, the Greathouse Cousin Network, and our forum, the Greathouse Research Guild.

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Greathouse Surname DNA Project / DNA Heritage: DNA Patent Discount

« on: August 15, 2008, 08:00:53 PM »

Hello Greathouse Cousins,

I just received the following announcement from DNA Heritage about their, "DNA Patent Discount"

If you are Greathouse male who would be interested in participating in our Greathouse DNA Project, this is a really great discount.

For any who would like to take advantage of this discounts before August 31, 2008, please fill out the application form to join our DNA project at DNA Heritage available here:

http://www.dnaheritage.com/surnameform.asp?GroupUnique=442944839&Surname=Greathouse


If you have any questions about our DNA project, please let me know by replying to this topic or by email at: rick@greathouse.us

Thanks,
Rick

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DNA Heritage: DNA Patent Discount

Due to our success in battling a patent claim, which would have limited anyone using their Y-chromosome for tracing their own surname, we are celebrating by opening a bottle of champagne and also providing a large discount off of our Surname DNA test.          
          
   Full Surname DNA (Y-chromosome STR) tests will all be at the low price of $169.

New orders:
To get the reduced-price test, place an order either through the main order form or through your own Surname Project form.

All full, 43-marker orders placed before August 31st 2008 and returned within 4 weeks (29 Sep 2008) will be at the $169 price.

Existing orders:
Additionally, if you have already ordered a test but not yet returned your sample kit then we will provide this special price of $169 for all full 43-marker tests if you return your sample kit before August 31st 2008.

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Greathouse Surname DNA Project / Family Tree DNA: Sizzling Summer Sale

« on: August 15, 2008, 07:41:23 PM »

Hello Greathouse Cousins,

I just received the following announcement from Bennett Greenspan of Family Tree DNA about their "Sizzling Summer Sale".

If you are Greathouse male who would be interested in participating in our Greathouse DNA Project, these are really some great discounts. For any who would like to take advantage of these discounts before August 31st, 11:59PM CST, please fill out the application form to join our DNA project at Family Tree DNA available here:

https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=P55591&special=true

If you have any questions about our DNA project, please let me know by replying to this topic or by email at: rick@greathouse.us

Thanks,
Rick

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Dear Group Administrator,

In June, Family Tree DNA ran our most successful promotion ever, in which we offered a significant discount on many of our test upgrades.
 
Now that our lab has had time to process the high volume of orders generated by that promotion, we are ready to challenge the record that we set in June by returning to you with our “Sizzling Summer Sale.” This time, the promotion is geared towards bringing new members to your projects by offering the following big incentives:
 
Y-DNA12 orders include a FREE mtDNA test (Y-DNA12+mtDNA promotion price of $99; normally $189)
Y-DNA25 orders include a FREE mtDNA test (Y-DNA25+mtDNA promotion price of $148; normally $238)
Y-DNA37 orders price REDUCED to $119 (normally $189)
Y-DNA37+mtDNAPlus orders price REDUCED to $189 (normally $339)
Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus orders price REDUCED to $288 (normally $409)
mtDNAPlus price REDUCED to $149 (normally $189)
 
This promotion goes into effect immediately and will be available until August 31st, 11:59PM CST.
 
We would also like to make you aware of a change in shipping costs. Since our inception we never increased our shipping charge, even though in the meantime USPS has increased its rates 6 times. For that reason, our shipping cost will increase by $2, effective immediately. We appreciate your understanding.
 
As always, thank you for your continued support!

Family Tree DNA
Best Regards
Bennett Greenspan

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General Discussion / Copyright Law Regarding Derivative Works

« on: July 27, 2008, 03:43:57 AM »

Copyright Law Regarding Derivative Works

        Under the law, a derivative work is defined as:

        [A] “derivative work” is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications, which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work”.

        The law further provides:

         (a) The subject matter of copyright as specified by section 102 includes compilations and derivative works, but protection for a work employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists does not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used unlawfully.

        (b) The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply any exclusive right in the preexisting material. The copyright in such work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the preexisting material.

        As indicated above, the copyright law provides that the creator of a derivative work that is not an infringement of the underlying work is the owner of rights of copyright in that derivative work, but does not acquire any rights to the underlying work.  However, the creator of that derivative work must have created the derivative work with the authority of the copyright proprietor since the copyright proprietor of the underlying work has the exclusive right to make derivative works, as discussed above.

        Without any such authorization, the creator of the derivative work cannot use any part of the underlying work without the permission of the copyright proprietor in that underlying work.

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News and Updates / 2008 Archive of News and Updates

« on: April 19, 2008, 02:15:59 PM »

21 Dec 2008

Updated original document links to Footnote.com:

Mifflin, PA - Greenwood Township Assessment Records for 1799, 1802, 1803, 1804a, 1804b, 1805, 1807, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814a, 1814b, 1815a, 1815b and 1816, transcription available.

Updated the following report:

Conflicting Timelines of William Grotehouse/Groathouse of Northampton and Mifflin County, PA vs William Greathouse Junior of Bedford County, PA and Harrison County, VA

Added the following articles to the Family of Herman Groethausen:

Daniel Greathouse and the Yellow Creek Affair. Reproduced with permission from the book The Stulls of �Millsborough� A Genealogical History of John Stull �The Miller� Pioneer of Western Maryland, by Chris H. Bailey, Vol. 1, pp. 249-256, privately published, 2000.

"The Stulls of Millsborough", Special Offer from Chris Bailey.

25 Oct 2008

Added the following research report to Family of David Greathouse and Pensillah Goodwin:

David Greathouse ca 1770 to 1839

Added the following to our collection of Articles and Manuscripts:

"Stackhouse Notes", Doug Knox.

18 Oct 2008

Revised the following research report found in the Family of Herman Groethausen to add a statement that qualifies the father/son relationship between John Greathouse, who married Ann Cain? to his father, Gabriel Greathouse:

John Greathouse and Catherine Benigar - Harrison, VA to Roane, WV

4 Sep 2008

Added the following research report to Family of John and Sarah McDade Greathouse.

John Greathouse Senior, Estate Settlement, Roane, WV - Jul 1866

3 Sep 2008

Added the following research reports to Family of Herman Groethausen:

Stulls of Millsborough, Chris Bailey, digital copy online at: Family History Archives

Daniel Greathouse: Yellow Creek Massacre [PDF]

1 Sep 2008

The following additions and updates were completed:

As of September 1, 2008, "Guild Greathouse" is the new name for our group, retiring the "Greathouse Cousin Network" and the "Greathouse Data Exchange". Also the name of our forum has been changed to "Guild Greathouse Forum".

Added updated "About Us" with new article about the History of Guild Greathouse & Greathouse Point.

Added new "Join Us" page which now includes everything necessary from the "Mailing List" page, retiring the "Mailing List" page.

Revised navigation menu to support those changes.

23 Aug 2008

Added the following research report to Family of Herman Groethausen:

John Greathouse and Catherine Benigar - Harrison, VA to Roane, VA

4 Jun 2008

Happy 10th Birthday... Greathouse Point!

24 May 2008

Added new section for our recently acquired original source document collection on William Grotehouse of Miflin, PA to Family of Herman Groethausen:

Mifflin, PA - Greenwood Township Assessment Records for 1799, 1802, 1803, 1805, 1807, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814a, 1814b, 1815a, 1815b and 1816, transcription available.

Mifflin, PA - Quarter Sessions
Apr 1796, Apr 1797, Nov 1797, Nov 1798, Aug 1799, ? 1800, Aug 1800a, Aug 1800b, Aug 1801a, Aug 1801b, Aug 1801c, Aug 1801d, Aug 1801e, Aug 1802a, Aug 1802b, Apr 1803a, Apr 1803b, Aug 1803a, Aug 1803b, Aug 1803c, Nov 1803a, Nov 1803b, Nov 1803c, Aug 1804a, Aug 1804b

Extract - Susquehanna and Juniata Valley History

Mifflin, PA - Grantor/Grantee Deed Records - available soon.

Mifflin, PA - Estate Records - available soon.

10 May 2008

Added the following photos to our Headstone Photo Gallery:

James Greathouse, headstone found near Athens, OH.

Sarah Greathouse, headstone found near Athens, OH.

Margaret Ellen Greathouse, She was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, near Abbott, AR.

William A. Hartsell, buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery near Boothe, Scott County, AR .

James M. Hartsell and Mamie E., buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Abbott, AR.

Updated the biographical sketch of John Greathouse Junior.

Added new section to our Library for Genealogical Helps with the following articles:

Genealogical Research | Tips and Links by Betty Renick

Moved Genealogical Standards by NGS to this new section.

Added a new section for Greathouse family research in Europe to our Library:

Moved our Families von Grotthuss and von Grothusen collection to this new section.

Added translation of Das Rittergut Grotenhus (Das Manor Grotenhus), submitted by Calvin Greathouse.

6 May 2008

Added timeline chart, Conflicting Timelines for William Greathouse Junior of PA/VA, to our research on the family of Herman Groethausen.

Added the following documents to Court, Land and Probate Records:

Deed - John Vanhoosen, Heidelberg, Lancaster, PA

Land Patent - Jacob Greathouse, Anson, NC [PDF]

Land Patent Abstract - Jacob Greathouse, Anson, NC [PDF]

Added photos from Don and Linda Birgel's trip to Germany in 2006 where they met Jan Grothauzen of Venlo, Netherlands.

Birgel Trip to Germany

Added a collection of documents about Charles Franklin Greathouse and his family, a descendant of John and Sarah McDade Greathouse, submitted by Greg Snow.

Charles Franklin Greathouse [PDF]

19 Apr 2008

Added manuscript, "A Partial History of the Greathouse Family in America" by Captain Jack Murray Greathouse, shared with permission from Washington County Historical Society, Fayetteville, AK.

Added collection of biographical sketches for the family of John and Sarah McDade Greathouse and Early Greathouses in America submitted by Betty Renick.

Added collection of church records submitted by Vivian Taylor.

13 Apr 2008

Rebuilding Our Family Databases

About ten years ago, Frank Neher volunteered to collect Greathouse family data from anyone who believed they were a descendant of a Greathouse ancestor. Pat Greathouse volunteered to head the mailing list where ideas and theories were shared. In March 1998 along with Rick Greathouse, they founded Greathouse Point, as a website where their Greathouse family research would be shared with others. At that time, it was difficult to easily find original sources, so the family databases were compiled based on donated family histories. Some were accurate; some were not.

We regret that Frank and Pat didn't live long enough to see some of the excellent resources now available to document and prove or disprove our information.

Because our original databases were built on sources that are considered to be weak by today's genealogical standards, we have removed those databases from Greathouse Point.

All family line databases are being rebuilt, using sound and proven genealogical standards, along with better primary and secondary source documents.

When we feel confident that we have documented as much as possible, the lines will be reposted here at Greathouse Point.

We need your help and your source documents to make this effort a success. If you can contribute documentation or you would like to join the team of researchers who have undertaken this task, please contact us at Research@Greathouse.us .

We are guiding Greathouse Point into being a source of documentation, not speculation. We want anyone who encounters this site to feel confident that they have the best possible information to validate their Greathouse family lineage.

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News and Updates / 2007 Archive of News and Updates

« on: April 19, 2008, 02:14:36 PM »

5 May 2007

    * Updated family reports for John Greathouse of Virginia. This family's reports now contain information on 1426 individuals within 506 families.

28 Apr 2007

    * Added "Johann Adolph von Grothausen - Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem - Balley Brandenburg" to the Articles and Papers section of our Library.

3 Mar 2007

    * Updated family reports for John Greathouse of Virginia. This family's reports now contain information on 1373 individuals within 491 families.

22 Feb 2007
West Virginia History Hero - Carol Board
History Hero Award presented to Carol Board

History enthusiasts gathered on Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Norman L. Fagan West Virginia State Theater of the Cultural Center for the awards ceremony that kicked off a successful day of celebrating West Virginia history. First Lady Gayle Manchin was assisted by Dr. Robert S. Conte, chairman, and Dr. Kenneth R. Bailey, vice chairman of the West Virginia Archives and History Commission, in presenting History Hero awards to 52 individuals from around the state for their grassroots-level contributions to the preservation, promotion and perpetuation of the state�s rich history. City, county and state historical, preservation and genealogical groups and museums provided nominations for the awards. A complete list of this year�s recipients, along with a brief explanation of their contributions, is enclosed.

Carol Board, member of the Roane County Historical Society since 1993, has served as treasurer and co-chairman of the Roane County Genealogical Fair, and chaired Roane County's Sesquicentennial Committee in 2006. During the Black Walnut Festival, this committee sponsored an essay contest for county school children, sold commemorative baskets, sponsored a float, and held a county birthday party. It also installed in the courthouse plaques of all officials elected since the county was formed. To preserve a fifty-year-old newspaper, Board cut and pasted articles into a book sold by the Roane County Historical Society.

Nominated by Roane County Historical Society, Inc.

Carol,

We Thank You for all of your hard work and we congratulate you for receiving this much deserved and prestigious award.

Greathouse Point Board
Lynn Leonard, Sandy Taylor and Rick Greathouse

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18 Feb 2007

    * Updated family reports for Jacob Greathouse of Georgia. This family's reports now contain information on 2614 individuals within 961 families.

15 Feb 2007

    * Added a new cemetery to our Gravestone Photo Project:
      Macedonia Cemetery, IL

10 Feb 2007

    * Added new Library archives section for Landmarks - A collection of information about various landmarks and other locations that bear the Greathouse surname.

5 Jan 2007

    * Added new Libary archives section for Articles and Papers - scholarly works, previously published and unpublished relating to Greathouse family history.
    * Added "Bielefeld: German Home of Herman Grothaus" to the new Articles and Papers section of our Library.

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News and Updates / 2006 Archive of News and Updates

« on: April 19, 2008, 02:11:28 PM »

22 Dec 2006

Updated family reports for John Greathouse and Catharina Haack. This family report now contains information on 2805 individuals within 980 families.
Updated family reports for Greathouse Orphans. This family report now contains information on 1031 individuals within 398 families.


5 Sep 2006
Added a new wing to our Families section for our New German "Cousins":
The Families von Grotthuss and von Grothusen
(Familienverband der Barone und Freiherren von Grotthuss und von Grothusen)


2 Sep 2006
Added Account of Herman Groethausen's Acquisition of Land to the Probate Records section of our Library.


4 Jun 2006
Happy Birthday... Greathouse Point!

On Sunday, 4 June 2006, we will be celebrating the 8th Birthday of Greathouse Point.

Greathouse Point has become what it is today because of the cooperation, teamwork and the mutual goals shared by all the members of our Greathouse Cousin Network.

Greathouse Point is and will continue to be a place for the entire Greathouse family to share the research we have gathered through the contributions made by the members of the Greathouse Cousin Network.

Greathouse Point can only be as great as YOU, our contributors, make it. We hope each Greathouse "Cousin" will find new information here and will in turn contribute to our efforts.

We would like to thank you, our "Cousins", for all of the help you have given us over the last 8 years. We look forward to working with you, in the future, to accomplish even more successes in our research of the Greathouse family.