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Published on Saturday, 13 September 2008 01:05

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This is a reprint of an article from the printed edition of The FIG Tree News, February 1999 By Lesliel E. Fenton I hope that everyone will understand the major delays that we have had in getting the most recent newsletters. I still enjoy genealogy, but there have been a number of reasons that these issues have gotten so late from their normal issue dates. Unfortunately, and most importantly, my work and family life have been very busy in the last six months. There have been many nights that I wanted to work on typing up the newsletter, but my eyes were just too tired as well as my own body. I work at a company that sells electronic components. We put together a catalog for those products and it is updated once each quarter. We usually have a break between on catalog and the next. That is usually when I am able to type up the newsletter. The last two catalogs that we have put together have not had that break that I am use to. There really isn’t one this time either, but I am forcing myself to get the newsletter back on track. My personal life has also kept very busy. When you have one child in band in the fifth grade and another who is in seventh grade and involved in Special Olympics it keeps you very busy. This is not to say it has been a bad year. In fact, it has been a very good year but just a little too busy to be able to do much genealogy work. I had hoped that scanning information into my scanner and then using an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software would make things go a little faster. Unfortunately I ended up having to proof a lot more than I thought. It also gave me enough proofed information to hopefully put two newsletters together at the same time. I should have enough information at this writing to finish this newsletter and most likely finish the next newsletter as well. I hope everyone understands and I hoped you also missed your newsletter. I will be needing some new articles for future newsletters soon, so I hope you will send me some of your information soon. If it is possible, please send that information in an electronic format if you have a computer. It would simplify the process that I have to go through to add your article to the newsletter. If you have any questions or comments about improvement to the newsletter or the website that we have on the Internet please be sure to contact me at the following addresses: Leslie E. Fenton718 Kensington LaneMansfield, TX This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

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Published on Monday, 08 September 2008 00:55

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This is a reprint of an article from the printed edition of The FIG Tree News, February 1998 In this article I would like to talk about some thing that The FIG Tree News and The FIG Tree News Homepage has to offer it's readers. I think you might be surprised by the number of tools that are available to you, whether you are a subscriber of the newsletter or not. As I have stated in past issues, I do maintain a number of Fenton databases on the Fenton name. I have a database for my Thomas Fenton line, the Robert Fenton (from Connecticut) line, Jeremiah Fenton line, Canadian Fenton line, English Fenton line, Ireland Fenton line, and a Scotland Fenton line. I must admit that the information on the lines outside the United States are somewhat limited. I am willing to do a search on any or all of these databases. I do not require that you have a paid subscription to query the databases. I just ask that you be willing to share what information you have available so it can be added to these databases. We also have a section of the newsletter that is specifically setup for inquiries. This section is to allow individuals who have some information on their line that they would like to share with other readers in hope of getting help in their research. These inquiries also get double exposure as they are on the printed version of the newsletter and can be viewed in an inquiry section of the web site. Once again, it is not required that you be a paid subscriber in order to put cost to them. The first four issues are currently available for viewing, but they are not presented well and they can not be downloaded for later view. We hope to have those completed pretty quickly. I have recently added a section to the web site that shows pictures of some of my Fenton relatives. I hope that if you have a picture of some relatives that you would like to have added to the site, you would let me know. You can send me the computer file via e-mail or on a diskette. If you don't have access to the Internet or a scanner, you can send me the photo and I will scan it for you and return the photograph if you would like. Once it has been scanned I can add it to the Internet web site and give you address for contact on that Fenton line. We also hope to be able to allow an individual to "subscribe" to the newsletter via a form on the Internet, which can then be sent to me via e-mail. It will allow the user an easy way to subscribe and give me all the information that I need to get them a newsletter in the future. I look forward to what 1998 will bring in opportunities for all the Fenton researchers that are out there. If anyone has any additional suggestions for improvements to the printed newsletter or Internet web site can be sent to me directly via e-mail or via the U.S. Post Office at the following addresses: The FIG Tree NewsLeslie E. Fenton, Editor718 Kensington LaneMansfield, TX 76063-2819E-Mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

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Published on Saturday, 13 September 2008 00:06

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This is a reprint of an article from the printed edition of The FIG Tree News, November 1998 I would just like to remind all readers of a few things about The FIG Tree News. If you have heard all of this before, I am sorry, but I do feel that it needs to be repeated. The newsletter was started back in February of 1994. I began the newsletter in hopes of helping my own research of my surname, but I have instead made it an effort to help all researchers of the Fenton family name. The newsletter and the subsequent web site on the Internet were all developed to help all Fenton researchers to share the information that they have on their Fenton line. I have always welcomed information on any Fenton line, whether it is connected to my line or not. I think some readers have made some progress in their research because of the willingness of others to share the information that they have. I currently maintain a number of Fenton databases on various Fenton lines. Some of those databases are available for viewing from the website. All of them are available for a search if you request that one be done. There is no cost for this search (except the cost of a S.A.S.E. if the request is mail via the mail). The databases contain information on my Thomas Fenton line, the Robert Fenton line (from Connecticut), the Canadian, English and Irish Fenton lines that various people have shared with me. The newsletter is a genealogical tool for anyone that wants to use it. I hope that everyone is willing to share their information with other readers. That information can be small and added to the newsletter in the form of an inquiry. That information can be medium in size and be an article that is covered in one issue. That information can be large in size and be an article that covers a number of issues of the newsletter. The big key here is to share as much information as possible with as many people as possible. I would like to also encourage all readers to tell other Fenton researchers about The FIG Tree News. The more people that read the newsletter (whether in print or on the Internet) the more exposure the information given gets. If you know another researcher who is researching the Fenton line, let them know about the newsletter. If you want, let me know their name and address and I will be glad to send them one copy of the newsletter for them to look at. I hope that the newsletter has helped you and I hope that each of you will continue to help me grow this tool for the benefit of all researchers. If you have any ideas on how the newsletter or web site can be improved, please let me know. If you have information that you would like to add to our databases or share with other readers, please let me know. I can be reached via the following methods: U.S. Postal Service Leslie E. Fenton718 Kensington LaneMansfield, TX 76063-2819 World Wide Web http://draco.cwru.edu/homes/figtree/index.html E-Mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

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Published on Sunday, 07 September 2008 19:27

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This is a reprint of an article from the printed edition of The FIG Tree News, August 1997 In case many were wondering, I do plan on continuing with the newsletter and the web page. I feel that both have been a big help to many Fenton family researchers, and that is my main purpose for creating the newsletter in the first place. I do need to continue to have support from the readers of both mediums. For the printed newsletter, I will still require donations to cover copying and postage costs. For both, I will still ask that others continue to share their information that they have on their Fenton family lines. Without this data, I will not have anything to put into print. Many readers have given me some very interesting information for printing in past newsletters. I hope that will continue as our readership continues to grow. I do apologized for the newsletter being so late for the last couple of issues. Both times it has been because of personal reasons. First a computer upgrade, and this time, just not enough time in a day, after a family vacation, and work. I hope, in the next month or so to be able to get ahead on the newsletter, as well as be able to publish back issues of the newsletter on the Internet. This will give the newsletter coverage that I just can’t afford on my own. If you don’t have access to the Internet, I do not wish to leave you in the dark. I will continue to publish a printed newsletter, and mail it to you, but I must ask for donations to cover my costs. I do not wish to lose a single researcher of the Fenton line. I hope you will all continue to help make this endeavor better for all researchers of the Fenton name.