Month: January 2009

Personal Historian Software

You sit down at your computer and open your word processor. A large, blank page glares at you– daring you to blacken it with your keystrokes. Assessing the challenge, you enthusiastically begin typing. A single word, "Birth", appears on the screen. "So far, so good," you think to yourself. With a little less certainty, your fingers manage to type in a date, a place, and a few names.? "Now what?" you ask yourself.

Suddenly the enormity of the task hits you like that foul ball in the 3rd grade.? You fumble through a few more paragraphs before deciding that you would do better retreating, regrouping, and charging the enemy at a later time.? Promising yourself that you will return someday, your hand defeatedly clicks on the "Save" button and the once-blank page, although scarred with a few sentences, triumphantly disappears.

Sound familiar?? If so, you’re not alone.? Many people want to write a personal history about themselves or a family member but they just become lost or overwhelmed by the size and complexity of the project.? That’s where Personal Historian Software comes in.

Personal Historian Software takes the seemingly monumental task of writing a personal history about yourself or another individual and breaks it into small, manageable pieces and then reconstructs it into a complete, publishable document.

Personal Historian Software comes with an extensive library of LifeCapsules- timelines, historical events, cultural fads, and memory triggers covering a wide-variety of subjects.? LifeCapsules add color and context to your history, giving you insights into what was happening in the world at any point in your history.

Personal Historian Software builds upon the work that you’ve already done.? You can easily import word processor documents, photographs, and other data.

Personal Historian can even brings in events, dates, and notes from your genealogy software so that all the important events in your life and the life of your family are automatically there, ready for you to write.

From start to finish, Personal Historian Software is the quickest, easiest, and most enjoyable way to write your own personal history or that of another individual.? You’ll be amazed at how easy and entertaining it can be with Personal Historian Software!

Categories: Genealogy Software

New RhodesFamily.org site: Heinrich Roth Rhoads and his Descendants

http://rhodesfamily.org/heinrich/

The web site contains 547 pages and over 2000 descendants. Heinrich Roth RHOADS was born in 1686 in Rhodt, Manheim, Germany. He died in 1752 in Baltimore Co. MD Heinrich Roth RHOADS married Elizabeth RHINEHARDT in 1704 in Manheim, Germany. Elizabeth RHINEHARDT She died in 1730 in Rhodt, Germany. Heinrich Roth RHOADS married again to Catherine RHINEHARDT they were married in 1716. She died on 7 Apr 1774 in Ursina, Bedford Co., PA.

Again the link: http://rhodesfamily.org/heinrich/

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

1918 Biography of William H. Rhodes of Manhattan, Kansas

http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_william_h_rhodes.php

William H. Rhodes was born in Atehison County, Kansas, March 31. 1869. He was the the son of John M. and Martha (Kuhn) Rhodes. This biography covers four generations of his family, back to his emigrant grandfather Christian Rhodes.

Again here is its link: http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_william_h_rhodes.php

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

Rhodes of Ribchester, in the County of Lancaster, England

http://rhodesfamily.org/rhodes_of_ribchester.php

From: The History of the Parish of Ribchester, in the County of Lancaster
By Thomas Charles Smith, Jonathan Shortt
Published by Bemrose & sons, 1890
Pages 244-246

This page follows some of the prominent Rhodes families of Ribchester, in the County of Lancaster, England. It starts with James Rodes in the early 1500s, and continues through with Edward Roades in the late 1600s
Again, here is the link: http://rhodesfamily.org/rhodes_of_ribchester.php

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

Biography of Henry Colclazier Rhodes

http://rhodesfamily.org/b…ier_rhodes.php

From:
History of Kentucky
By Charles Kerr, William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter
Published by The American Historical Society, 1922

Henry Colclazier Rhodes was born at Lagro, Wabash County, Indiana, February 23, 1858, a son of Phillip Charles and Louisa (Rifenberick) Rhodes. His grandfather, Henry Rhodes, was born in England, in 1801, and as a young man came to the United States, spending some years at Baltimore, Maryland, and then becoming a pioneer into Indiana, where he engaged in farming and the manufacture of pottery.
For the biography in its entirety go here: http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_henry_colclazier_rhodes.php

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

Pedigree of the Family of Rhodes of New Zealand

http://rhodesfamily.org/Rhodes_New_Zealand.php

Originally published by by Fretwell W. Hoyle in 1865, this new page gives information on John Rhodes from Kippax, County of York, England, and some of his descendants. He was born in West Riding, in 1709, and he died April 14th, 1791, buried at Kippax. Some of his descendants settled in New Zealand, and even America.

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

Probate records of Adam Rhodes in Champaign Co., OH

Special thanks to Sharon Lemkuil for bringing us this data.
I just posted a new web page of some probate records of Adam Rhodes of Champaign Co., OH. Here some names it contains:
Adam Rhodes
John Rhodes
Ebenezer Rhodes
Elizabeth, wife of Britton Lovett
Ruth Van Boskirk [BUSKIRK], wife of Peter Van Boskirk [BUSKIRK]
Abigail, wife of George Sargent
Philip Miller
Adam Miller
Abigail, wife of Thomas Bythy
Mary, wife of John Sutes
Here is the link to the page: http://www.rhodesfamily.org/probate_adam_rhodes.php

“Tally-ho! My Heaven is to hunt through eternity”

Have a good hunt, and all the best,

Carl Rhodes

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy

Probate record of Willliam Rhodes in Champaign Co., OH

PUBLIC RECORDS OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO CHANCERY RECORDS OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
Record Book 11, Page 71 Filed 22 August 1828
James Dallas, Administrator of William Rhodes
Vs
Susan Rhodes, widow
Previous to the filing of this suit a judgement of $1600 had been granted against William Rhodes, Joseph Pence, John Fitzpatrick, and James Paxton, as endorsers of John Frizzle and Randall Largent, in the favor of William Fisher and William Ward. Therefore, $400 may be liable against William Rhodes’ estate. William died owning 140 1/3 acres of the north-east quarter of Section 32 Township 5 Range 11 (Urbana Tp.); all of the quarter except for 20 acres which had been sold previously to Joseph Clevinger. The heirs of William Rhodes were: Susan Rhodes, widow; Sanford Rhodes and William Rhodes, who did not live in Ohio; James Rhodes deceased left the following heirs: Samuel Rhodes, John Rhodes and James Rhodes, along with minors who did not live in OHIO and Israel Hamilton was appointed guardian ad litem; Isaac Rhodes who did not live in Ohio; Joseph H. Rhodes; Nancy, wife of W. Largent; Polly,
wife of John Wallace; Elizabeth Rhodes; Susan, wife of John King; and the heirs of John Rhodes deceased of Logan County, Ohio: Nelson Rhodes, James Rhodes and Minerva Rhodes (John H. James was appointed guardian ad litem for John’s heirs). The court appointed appraisers, William H. Fyffe, William Glenn and Lewis Long, valued the estate on 3 October 1829 at $5.50 an acre, subject to the dower of 32 acres with the house and another 8 acres (total 40 acres). The appraisal was sworn before Matthew Magrew, Mayor of Urbana. On 22 December 1829 Hugh McDonald purchased the land for $812.68 3/4.

Categories: Rhoades, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rhodus, Roads, de Rodes, Rodes Family Genealogy