Weaversville

I can’t begin to fathom how our families have come together using “The Cloud” AKA the Internet, you know that thing Big Al Gore invented ha ha.

I started some time last year, or was it the year before I can’t quite remember now, creating a photo blog on weavervisions.com , then I found a script for one, then I found a better one on my host, then I found http://sharedweaverandfamilyphotos.ning.com/ then I created http://thebataandeathmarch.ning.com/ and a few others that have kept me busy this year.

Then I got busy on Father’s Day after Scott and Sarah purchased time on Scott Weaver’s Family Tree so I could spend countless hours chasing our family lineage which you are all welcome to visit and add your family lines to.

My goals have been aimed that way where I don’t get stuck with all the dirty work and get help from you all, (famous last words.)

We are a very big family with Persian Roshan and Eteshamsadah, African American Booker T. Washington, Polish Ingenfritz, German-Deutsch Ottinger and Welty, French relatives De Brus, Spanish relatives Valasquez, Mexican relatives Haro and I know I’ve just touched on the tip of the iceberg and we are all related through Adam and Eve, but these are more current and interesting connections I’ve enjoyed discovering.

(I noticed it seems to be off-putting to some people when I bring up our relations but our kids deserve to know the lines they came from and I know it has grounded me in world history and our own Canadian, Mexican, Texican, American relatives.)

I’m sure we have family on both sides of the Spanish-American war, the War of Independence, the Civil War, WWI and WWII. I was disappointed when I discovered we are related to the Ottingers who lived in the area I was stationed in in Germany near Bitburg AFB because I could have done some research there and maybe made contact with them.

My sons are related to Sir Walter Scott, George Bush, John F. Kennedy, Linden Baines Johnson, Johnny Ringo, Clyde Barrow (sp?), Frank and Jessie James, Butch Cassidy, John Wesley Harding, Booker T. Washington, Winchester and Browning,William Randolf Hurst, Howard Hughs, Robert Bruce my 10th great grandfather, and Robert Brus, Diego Valasquez. Robert Parker, Judy Garland.

The Quiesenburies are from Kentucky, Weavers go back to the Virginia Colonies to what is now the Raleigh North Carolina area. (It’s really hard to think in terms of “Virginia Colonies”.)

The Rutherfords came over to the Madrid area of New York, I think the Radfords came from England to Chester Iowa, a very small farming community where Lorena Radford and John Thomas Rutherford met and married.Then there is the Sanford side of the family who settled in the Horsehead, Broome County Upstate New York area, the Shearer family who are Pennsylvania Dutch, (Weakly’s on the Weaver side are also Pennsylvania Dutch,) Weaver’s migrated from NC, through the Ozarks, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas Panhandle, Demming NM, Nevada, and finally California.

Robertsons migrated from Hamilton Scotland, to Nova Scotia, Toronto Ontario, Dunchurch Ontario, Perry Sound, Selma (Robertson Dear Lake or Wawashkesh,) then Piosche Nevada, the Redlands California, Stanislaus California, (Patterson then Modesto,) then to Richmond, Berkley California.

My ancestors fought for and against Kind Edward Longshanks, for and against the Invading Roman Armies in the Borders area of Britain, and most recently against the Japanese in the Philippines and lived to tell about it after 42 months of torture, experimentation, exploitation against the Geneva Accords and every kind of tropical disease.

I do plan on updating this article as I get time and more information or think of more information so please keep coming back and check it out.

Disclaimer: I hereby relieve myself of all responsibility for misspellings of family or place names listed in this article. If you can correct them please contact me either by phone or email. If you are related you know how to reach me.

George Weaver

November 25th, 2009

It was time to move Dad’s history off of OLM servers and incorporate them on Blue Host. I have limited resources on OLM and need to economize by consolidating on Blue Host. Scott made some mention of Hostgater but I like what’s available at this time of the Blue Host system even though it’s about twice the cost. Nemisys will still host his stories until I decide it’s time to shut that down or transfer Nemisys to this server.  You can go there at: Memorial or http://www.weavervisions.com/memorial/ .

George

Complete is a relative term! It’s where it is, it is what it is, and, well I’m happy I even got this far. It uses some state of the art scripting from a book “Dom Scripting” by Jeremy Keith. The book was hastily sent to press before checking some typo’s and scripto’s but is the best book written on the subject to date. I will forgive Jeremy for his shortcomings in editing and scripting since this is an outstanding book on programming.

That said, we now have a photo center. Some time in the future I want to activate a slide show with it. (That’s in the book!) I also need to think out how I want uploads from you all to work on the site. Each photo needs 2 files, one cropped to 75 pixels high and one cropped to 300 pixels high. I would like it if you can do the work on your end. It may get down to you sending me 2 copies of each picture in it’s raw format and I will take it from there, but if you have any skills with cropping pictures using a jpg format I would appreciate your help. Gif files will work and png, but I prefer jpg if you got em.

The databases I’m transferring from nemisys to my current host are to say the least not nearly completed, so you may see some problems with that aspect of this site. Not to worry, it’s coming when I can get to it. Be patient and all will fall into place as time permits.

By the way, you can upload pictures on the nemisys side if you like. That functionality is in place here .

George

I have a crude image uploading capability that needs a ton of refinement but at least it’s a start towards members being able to upload their own family photos.  If I can polish that script and finish the membership scripts then we have a site that can compete with any family site out there.

George

I’m still working on creating a membership system. This will take well into the fall or longer before it is what I want it to be. I will have a multi-teared system, those who support the site financially will get the cream of the crop options. So there will be a Lite system and a Pro system. Eventually there will be a news letter sent out by email and maybe a once per year or more postal mail news letter. This isn’t a for profit setup, so not to worry about that, I will just try to recuperate the cost of mailings and hosting fees. I’m just trying to give our legacy to future generations. Scott will inherit the site, because I know his abilities with programming.

Howdy, my name is George. You are welcome to read, write and comment. Please keep it fairly within G-Ratings. I’m a firm believer in attacking someones views, but not them personally. Please don’t resort to personal attacks here, they will be removed when discovered! Keep it fairly civil and most things will be forgiven. Ideas are important, no matter how wrong they are, so feel free to give your opinions and prepare for a response from whomever.

Good Luck