Hacker's Creek
Pioneer Descendants

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304-269-7091

HCPD Chat April 23, 2023

Today’s HCPD Chat was a fun conversation between 10 of us from 7 states (Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Utah, West Virginia).

Patty updated us on:

  • Hacker’s Creek Journal will be out next week
  • Spaghetti Dinner was a success. First one with dine-in since before the pandemic. Made over $1000.
  • Classes in March and April were a success. We made over $1000 on these as well. They were recorded, and we are figuring out how to make them available for a donation.
  • Coming up next  is a Yard Sale and Hot Dog Sale.
  • For the Gathering in August we will be spending time at Jackson’s Mill, which will include historic talk and possibly lunch in one of the cabins.
  • Please send us any ideas you might have for Zoom meeting topics, YouTube videos, or the Gathering.

Paula shared some information about projects we are working on and also some great places to find maps and to do research. Check out some great introductory videos on these and take some time to explore.

HCPD Webpage

  • On the Journals page, you can now click on specific issues AND you can get to the linked Table of Contents (TOC) up through Volume 13
  • Be sure not to miss the Blog – where I highlight the topics that we have discussed during the HCPD Chats….including links!

HCPD on Internet Archive (as of April 23, 2023)

Go to https://archive.org and search for Hacker’s Creek Pioneer to get to all of these

  • Don Norman Files (A through M already up – N through P almost ready to go up)
  • Hacker’s Creek Journals (Volumes 1-35) 
  • Lewis County Teachers 1873-1934, by Winneta Kennedy
  • Stories from the Small Churches of the Wesleyan District

Other great searches to try:

  • West Virginia Wesleyan College
  • WVWCHistory
  • West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church

David Rumsey Maps

Website: https://www.davidrumsey.com/home

How to Use the David Rumsey Map Collection for Genealogy

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6hfgT3p-T0 (7:49)

Library of Congress: County Histories and Plat Maps

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAj5p8V37M (5:14)

Sanborn Insurance Maps at the Library of Congress

Website: https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/about-this-collection/

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQwDyuNje_0 (27:36) 

Lisa Louise Cooke Genealogy Gems

History Hub

History Hub can be a Goldmine for Genealogy Help and Records

Website: https://historyhub.history.gov/

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_QJIVkew1c (14:34)

Lisa Louise Cooke Genealogy Gems

There are 19 Communities including: Genealogy, Census Records, Immigration & Naturalization Records, Military Records, African American Records, Native American Records, Women’s Rights & Suffrage Records, Land Records, Court Records

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