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VOLUME 26, ISSUE 2
JUNE 2015
Quarterly Newsletter of the
Revolutionary!War!Patriot:!!
Elisha!Hinsdale!
By:$John$H.$Franklin,$Jr.$
Member of the
Ohio Genealogical Society
Board of Directors
Presidents
Lynda Brodine
Vice President
Helen Soblosky
Secretary
Carleen Welch
Treasurer
Dick Satava
Co-Assistant Treasurers
Nancy Brock
Ted Minier
Trustees
Barbara Behling
Beth Bush
Marion Else
John Franklin
Immediate Past President
Mary Hughes
Honorary Board Members
Jean Allread
Jack Bowers
Elsie M. Thomas
John and Betty Franklin
The “new” 8th Regiment, of the “Connecticut Line" unit was organized
from January-April 1777 at Danbury with men from Fairfield, Litchfield, New
Haven and New London Counties, and was part of the "Continental Line." The
8th Regiment was placed under the command of Colonel John Chandler and
saw action in the Battle of Germantown and the Siege of Fort Mifflin, or what
was called the “Defenses of Philadelphia.” The regiment was sent to winter
camp at Valley Forge, where the unit merged with the 4th Connecticut
Regiment, and 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Regiments to form the 1st Division of
Varnum’s Brigade, to be part of General Lee’s Division. The 8th regiment
entered Valley Forge with 506 soldiers assigned, 264 fit for duty, and left
Valley Forge with 346 assigned, 233 fit for duty, under Capt. Theophilus
Monson. After leaving Valley Forge the unit fought at the Battle of
Monmouth.
In this Issue
Elisha Hinsdale Biography
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President’s Message
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Genealogy For All
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Field Trip To Cuyahoga Co. Archives
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HGSG 25 Anniversary
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While doing genealogy research, I learned about one of my Patriot
ancestors, Elisha Hinsdale (Hinsdell), of whom I am very proud. Elisha was
born February 18, 1761, in Harwinton, Connecticut, the son of Jacob Hinsdale,
Jr. and his first wife, Mary Brace. The family later moved to Canaan,
Connecticut. When the Revolution broke out in 1775, his older brother joined
the Connecticut regiment of the Continental Army. When Elisha turned sixteen,
he enlisted in the 8th Connecticut Regiment as a Fife, though future records
only listed him as a private.
Owners of Ancestry.com Hoping to Sell 3
Recent Acquisitions
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Conferences And Road Trips
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Jean Barnes Obituary OGS Trustee
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HGSG Obituary Index
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Area Genealogical Activities
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HGSG Calendar Of Events
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When his 3-year enlistment ended in 1780, Elisha’s dad went to bring him
home, as the war at Monmouth and the stay at Valley Forge had been very hard
on all the men. Elisha had enlisted in 1777 at the age of sixteen and was
discharged in 1780 when he was just nineteen.
Elisha’s first wife was Arsenath Barnes. They were married on Nov. 16,
1783 and had five children. The second child, Herman, is from whom I’m
descended. Arsenath died March 16, 1800. His second wife was Elisabeth
Barnes and they had four more children.
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HUDSON GREEN
JUNE 2015
President’s!Message!
GENEALOGY!FOR!ALL!
By Elsie Thomas
John Hughes, who is a graduate of Lehigh
University but not a Kirkland Village resident,
came to speak to residents on May 12th about his
experiences with genealogy research. He was
engagingly enthusiastic as he described some of
his experiences, relating how the unexpected often
happens, such as meeting a totally unknown
person who turns out to be a relative.
No President’s Letter was available due to the
death of Lynda’s dear Walt. Please keep Lynda
and the family in your thoughts and prayers.
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Revolutionary!War Patriot:
Continued from page 1
In 1816, Elisha sold his business and land in
Connecticut and moved to Norton, Ohio. His son
Herman had moved to Hudson, Ohio about the same
time. Elisha died June 22, 1827 in Norton, Summit
County (then Medina County), Ohio at the age of 67.
He was first buried in Western Star Cemetery in the
Norton area, but later the family had his body moved
to the Woodlawn Cemetery in Wadsworth, Medina,
Ohio.
A firm believer in the adage "Everything
happens for a reason," John told stories that bore
out this theme. He was blessed with having access
to many family photographs. Many genealogists
are not so lucky; sometimes they inherit
unidentified photos. He urged his audience to date
and name every photo, then "start with your own
information and work backward." The goal is not
to see how far back you can trace, but to make
family connections wherever you can, and to
illuminate your work with stories. Everyone has a
story, and they are all unique.
Research is easier than ever these days with
endless information online, accessible through
programs like Ancestry.com and the free
FamilySearch offered by the Church of Latterday
Saints (Mormon) in Salt Lake City, Utah. John has
been to their immense library where 600 million
names are on file. He enjoys travel, and likes to
combine vacations with genealogy research,
making every trip special and every find exciting.
Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth
By Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze
When John's Welsh ancestors came to this
country, they were drawn to the Wilkes Barre area
where many Welshmen settled to get jobs in
mining anthracite. This had been their occupation
in Wales. In addition to researching in Wales for
his own ancestors, he has explored his wife's
German ancestry. Her family name of Bankhard
sometimes ends in a t, or dt. Soundex helps with
names that sound similar but are spelled
differently.
Sources for this article are:
Elisha Hinsdale Revolutionary War Pension File,
www.fold3.com
The Project by The Friends of Valley Forge Park: The
Valley Forge Muster Roll for Private Elisha Hinsdell
ID: CT16271, http://www.friendsofvalleyforge.org
John has written a book called "Relatively
Speaking," loose-leaf so it can be added to with
each new find. When someone asks when he's
going to finish it, he replies that it's never finished;
it's an ongoing project. He urged his audience to
get started NOW! "The stuff is there. All you
need to do is uncover it."
Descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham,
Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield: With an account of
the French Family of DeHinnisdal, Compiled from the
notes of Honorable Sanford C. Hinsdale, by Herbert
C. Andrews, edited by Alfred L. Holman
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HUDSON GREEN
JUNE 2015
Owners!of!Ancestry.com!
Hoping!to!Sell!
Field!Trip!to!
Cuyahoga!County!Archives!
Reported by Liana B. Baker, Reuters
This online article is a reprint from The Ancestry Insider,
Tuesday, May 26, 2015.
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It seems Ancestry.com will soon be on the
auction block, according to “people familiar
with the matter.” Reuters broke the story last
Wednesday, citing sources that did not wish to
be identified. Ancestry’s owner, Permira
Advisers LLC, has hired an investment bank to
perform the auction.
Permira is a private equity firm. Let me see
if I can remember how they work. I’m not an
expert, so I may not have this completely right.
But here’s how I think it works: A private
equity firm is a company with expertise in
buying and selling stock in privately owned
companies. It invites people to give them
money with the anticipation that ten years later
they will get their money back, plus a profit.
The pile of money is called a private equity
fund. The firm takes the funds and buys
multiple private companies. At the end of the
ten years, the people want their money back,
plus a profit. If the firm can’t deliver, people get
awfully cranky. And they don’t want private
shares of Ancestry.com; they want cold, hard
cash.
L to R: Meredith Kreye, Sandy Wilson, Judy Cetina
(Archives Director), Carolyn Vigneulle (Volunteer), and
Nancy Brock
On May 15th three members of the HGSG took a
field trip to the Cuyahoga County Archives on Franklin
Boulevard on the west side of Cleveland. Sandy Wilson
was lucky and found on Fold3, a Civil War index for her
Gr Gr Grandfather from Virginia.
The Archives is located at 2905 Franklin
Boulevard, Cleveland, OH. It is open on Monday,
Wednesday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The
phone number is (216) 443-7250.
HGSG!25th!Anniversary!
So when Permira bought Ancestry.com
back in 2012, it was expected that several years
later they would want to unload it. I’ve been
told that in the private equity world, three years
is a long time. Well, we’re coming up on three
years for Ancestry.com.
How much money will Permira make? It is
hard to say, but let’s look at one, simplistic
measure. In 2012 Ancestry.com sold $334.6
million in subscriptions and was sold for $1.6
billion. That put the value of the company at 4.8
times its subscription revenues. Last year they
sold $553.8 in subscriptions. The same ratio
would put their present value at $2.6 billion.
Like I said, that’s pretty simplistic. Lot’s of
other factors will be considered. But the Reuters
“people” predicted a valuation of between $2.5
and $3 billion, so my napkin math is reasonable.
On April 11, 2015 at the Ohio Genealogical
Society Conference in Columbus at Saturday’s
Business Luncheon, Betty and John Franklin received
Hudson Genealogical Study Group’s 25th Anniversary
Certificate as a chapter in the Ohio Genealogical
Society.
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HUDSON GREEN
JUNE 2015
Mayflower Families through Five Generations,
Volume 24, by Elder William Brewster, 1st Edition
Recent!Acquisitions!to!the!Archives!
By$Gwen$Mayer$
The Wright Company from Invention to Industry, by
Edward J. Roach
A History of Henry County, Virginia, with
Biographical Sketches of its most Prominent Citizens
and Genealogical Histories of Half a Hundred of its
Oldest Families, by Judith Parks America Hill
Building the Past: Prehistoric Wooden Post
Architecture in the Ohio Valley-Great Lakes, edited by
Brian G. Redmond and Robert A. Genheimer
A Hidden Phase of American History: Ireland’s Part
in America’s Struggle for Liberty, by Michael J.
O’Brien
The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the
Government of the Confederate States of America, by
Henry Putney Beers
Maryland Runaways, 1775-1781, compiled by Joseph
Lee Boyle
Manitoba Scrip, 2nd Edition, compiled by Gail Morin
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25 Anniversary, The Roster and Register of the
Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Ohio, Ohio
Society Numbers 1 through 192, compiled by Eric
Eugene Johnson
First Metis Families of Quebec, Volume 4, Pierre
Couc dit Lafleur and Marie Mitequamigoukoue an
Algonquin, compiled by Gail Morin
Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great
Migration 1725-1775: The People of Highland
Perthshire, by David Dobson
Understanding Revolutionary War and Invalid
Pension Ledgers 1818-1872 and the Pension Payment
Vouchers They Represent, by Craig R. Scott, CG,
FUGA
Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great
Migration 1725-1775: The People of Highland
Perthshire, Vol. 2, by David Dobson
Kissin’ Cousins Mayo/Jones, by Lois M. Jones and
Annette H. Jones
Northwest Half-Breed Scrip 1885, compiled by Gail
Morin
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Bicentennial History 2012:
Celebrating Our Past, our Present and…our Future,
Commemorative Edition
Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records, 1874-1877,
Vol. III, A-K, compiled by Lois E. Hughes
The Engraving Trade in Early Cincinnati, by Donald
C. O’Brien
Hamilton County, Ohio Death Records, 1874-1877,
Vol. III, L-Z, compiled by Lois E. Hughes
The Victory with No Name: The Native American
Defeat of the First American Army, by Colin G.
Calloway
Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol.
16, Part 4, by John Alden
The Other Trail of Tears: The Removal of the Ohio
Indians, by Mary Stockwell
The U.S. Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison, by
Bob O’Connor
World War II Guide to Records Relating to U.S.
Military Participation, Vol. 1 and 2, compiled by
Timothy P. Mulligan
Historic German Newspapers Online, compiled by
Ernest Thode
River of Memories (Cuyahoga Falls), by Jeri Holland
Emigration from the United Kingdom to America:
Lists of Passengers arriving at U.S. Ports, Vol. 18,
July 1881-December 1881, edited by Ira A. Glazier
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the
Underground Railroad, by Eric Foner
Eastern European Historical Repositories, by Dr.
Charles Dickson
Between These Walls, by John Herrick
To Live and Die in Dixie: Native Northerners Who
Fought for the Confederacy, by David Ross Zimring
ARTICLE!SUBMISSIONS!
Legal Executions in North Carolina and South
Carolina: A comprehensive Registry, 1866-1962, by
Daniel Allen Hearn
If you have an article about local history,
genealogy insights, or other genealogical tidbits,
please submit your article to our editor, Stefanie
Hughes at [email protected].
Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle
to Save Cleveland, by David Stradling and Richard
Stradling
1970 Fuelgas Fire, Hudson, Ohio, by Roger F.
Burgess
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HUDSON GREEN
JUNE 2015
Jean!Barnes!OGS!Trustee!
JENNIE “JEAN” BARNES, age 80,
a longtime Berea resident, passed
away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015.
She was a graduate of Bowling
Green State University and received
an MS in Education from Kent State
University.
Jean became involved in genealogy and
commercially published three family histories.
She was the Cleveland District Trustee of the
Ohio Genealogical Society Board from 19952009. Some of you might remember meeting
Jean at the OGS Conferences.
HGSG!Obituary!Index!!
The HGSG Obituary Index is a project of
Hudson Library volunteers, chaired by Nancy
Brock. Information provided includes Last
Name, First and Middle Name, Year of Death,
Place of Death (or other location if not clear in
the obituary), etc. As the information is entered
on a regular basis, it is uploaded to the Ohio
Obituary Index, which is held at the RB Hayes
Obituary Index index.rbhayes.org. If someone
would like to obtain a printed copy with all the
information, a small fee will be charged.
CONFERENCES!AND!ROAD!
TRIPS!
Friday - Saturday 26-27 June 2015 The
Palatines to America National Conference will be
held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 23 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg. Speakers
include: Michael D. Lacopo, D.V.M.; Jonathan R.
Stayer; Katharine Lowe Brown, Ph.D.; Iren
Snavely, Ph.D. M.S.; Joe Lieby; and Kathleen Hale.
Many terrific topics! See the flyer for this
conference go to https://www.palam.org. Fee
Volunteers are asked to sign up to enter
Obituary Index information into the computer.
Please contact Gwen Mayer, Archivist, at 330653-3689, Ext 1017. Nancy has completed
through the “L’s.” All obituaries are in the
collection of the Hudson Library.
Monday-Friday 17-21 August General
Pursuits offers a research trip to Washington D.C.
with 9/11 memorials. Research the DAR, National
Archives, and Library of Congress. Cynthia Turk
will be leading this one. See the brochure here
GenealPursuits.com. Sign up by July 1. $
The Hudson Green
Editorial Board
July 6-10, 2015 35th IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be held at the
Jerusalem Ramada. Conference information at
www.iajgs2015.org Fee
Editor.........…...………....…..Stefanie Hughes
& Elsie Thomas
Layout.....................................John Franklin
Mailing……………………...Carleen Welch
Publicity…….………………Gwen Mayer
August 11-15, 2015 FEEFHS will hold its
Eastern European Family History Conference at the
Salt Lake Plaza Hotel.
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JUNE 2015
Area Genealogical Activities
(From Cleveland District Round Table)
Monday, 6 July 2015, 7:00 pm, East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society meets for a potluck at Ross C.
DeJohn Community Center, 6306 Marsol Road, Mayfield Heights OH 44124. Eileen Giunta will present
“The Red Cross Volunteer Services during WWII.”
Saturday, 11 July 2015, 9:15 - 12:30 pm, NEOCAG hosts Deborah Abbott, "A Gift of Legacy, Who is
Writing your Story?" Mayfield Library, 500 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield, OH.
Monday, 3 August 2015, 7:00 pm, East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society meets at Ross C. DeJohn
Community Center, 6306 Marsol Road, Mayfield Heights OH 44124. Tom Neel will present “Creating a
Family Archives at Home.”
Saturday, 8 August 2015, 9:15 am - 12:30 pm, NEOCAG will meet and Chris Staats will speak. Mayfield
Library, 500 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield, OH
Sunday, 9 August 2015, 12 Noon - 4 pm CDRT picnic!! Open to all members of any Cleveland District
Round Table member organization. Bain Park Cabin, 21077 North Park Drive, Fairview Park 44126. Bring
dish to share and tableware. Icebreaker games and entertainment for genealogists. Come enjoy time with
those who share your passion.
Thursday, 3 September 2015, 7:00 pm, East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society meets at Ross C.
DeJohn Community Center, 6306 Marsol Road, Mayfield Heights OH 44124. Scott Lonsdale will present
“Fort Meigs and the War of 1812 in Ohio.”
Saturday, 12 September 2015, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Greater Cleveland Genealogical Society
"Clandiggers" help session for genealogists at the Fairview Park branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library,
2nd floor.
Saturday, 13 September 2015, 9:15 am - 12:30 pm, NEOCAG meets and will hear Betty Franklin speak
about "FamilySearch Wiki." Mayfield Library, 500 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield
Monday, 21 September 2015, 7:00 pm, Greater Cleveland Genealogical Society program "Genealogy
Hacks: Tips & Tricks for Researching" presented by Mary Jamba. Fairview Park Branch, Cuyahoga County
Public Library
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 10:00 am, "Researching Local Records" will be presented at Lake County
Genealogical Society meeting at Morley Library, 184 Phelps St., Painesville, OH 44077.
Thursday, 24 September 2015, 2-5 pm and 6-9 pm, Help Sessions at Morley Library with members of
Lake County Genealogical Society. Beginners to those with brick walls welcome. 184 Phelps St.,
Painesville, OH
Monday, 28 September 2015, 6:30-8:30 pm, Greater Cleveland Genealogical Society "Clandiggers" help
session for genealogists at the Fairview Park Branch, Cuyahoga County Public Library, 2nd floor
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JUNE 2015
HGSG!Calendar!of!Events!for!
Fall!2015!
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Visitors!are!most!welcome!
PROGRAM
Basic How-to-do Genealogy Session
DATE
September 5
Sat
October 10
Sat
October 17
Sat
November 14
Sat
November 21
Sat
Civil War Workshop – Registration required Details forthcoming
Adoption Research Panel – Social Worker,
Attorney, and Genealogist
December 5
Sat
Holiday Party
Preserving Your Legacy: How to write your family
history
Death Becomes You: Using cemetery research
and Find a Grave website
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SPEAKER
Helen Soblosky
TIME
10 a.m.
Steve Powers
Chylinski
Beth Bush and
Trevor Carlson
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!LOCATION
Flood Room
10 a.m.
Flood Room
10 a.m.
Flood Room
10 a.m.
Flood Room
10 a.m.
Flood Room
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!SPEAKER’S!BIOGRAPHY!
NEXT!MEETINGS!
Donna M. DeBlasio is Professor of History and Director of the
Center for Applied History at Youngstown State University. She
received her BA and MA in history from Youngstown State and Ph.D.
from Kent State University. For nearly fifteen years, she worked as a
museum site manager and historian for the Ohio Historical Society
and the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. Dr. DeBlasio came to
YSU in 1999, after leaving her position as Senior Historian for the
Cincinnati Museum Center. She also directs the Oral History
Program at YSU and is a faculty member of the Center for WorkingClass Studies. She is webmaster for Steel Valley Voices and for the
website of the Center for Working Class Studies.
Dr. DeBlasio’s most recent publications are: “Memories of
Work and the Definition of Community: The Making of Italian
Americans in the Mahoning Valley,” Ohio History, Spring 2014 (coauthor with Martha I. Pallante); Images of America: Youngstown,
Arcadia Publishing, 2013; “Youngstown’s Idora Park: Creating a
Fantasyland in an Industrial Landscape” in Ohio History, 2010.
Catching Stories: A Practical Guide to Oral History (co-author)
(2009); “A Splendid Place to Live: Housing and the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company,” in The International Journal of Regional
and Local Studies, Spring, 2007, and Youngstown State University:
From YoCo to YSU (co-author with Martha I. Pallante), for Arcadia
Publishing, in 2007. Dr. DeBlasio has received numerous grants,
including $10,000 from the Ohio Humanities Council in 2012 for
“Celebrating the Legacy of the New Deal,” which won the 2014
Public History Project Award from the Ohio Academy of History.
Saturday, June 6, 10:00 a.m.
Annual meeting
Speaker: Donna DiBlasio
The Importance of Doing Oral
Histories
Annual Election of Officers
President – Helen Soblosky
VP – Beth Bush
Secretary – Barbara Behling
Treasurer – Dick Satava
Trustee – Carleen Welch
Steve Chylinski Powers
Have a good Summer doing your
family genealogy research!
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